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This is my first time making a custom-built PC, and I need some help.
If you think I could get any better parts, notice incompabilaties, etc, anything helpful, please say.
Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING AC

 

I know I am still missing a PSU, a case and probably some other parts that I'm not aware of. If you could recommend some I'd be grateful.
P.S: Yes, I have the money to spend and I know that is a lot.
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Hello

This will get a hellmaschine with this buget :wink:

But for this price you should buy an ssd this will give you a great loadingtime boost and less loadingstutter.

This one is a pci express so it has even more power.

But i would chose this motherboard the other one has quite bad reviews:Asus Maximus VI Extreme

As PSU i would recommand this one.

The case is a matter of personal taste so i dont have any recommandation.

The graphics card and the cpu are really good and should have no problems to work together but i would recommand a costum cooler.(or even watercooling with this price)

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A quadcore? With that budget you can and should do better then that. Try one of the high end hexa-core socket 2011 CPU's instead. Some examples:

 

I7 4930K (probably the best choice for your budget)

I7 3930K (got this one myself)

I7 3960X (if you really want to burn money)

 

(all 3 do not come with stock coolers, so you need to spend some extra money on a good aftermarket cooler that can handle the heat generated by an I7)

 

Naturally, you'll need a socket 2011 mainboard to go with it. And since ASUS was already mentioned before:

 

Rampage IV Extreme

Rampage IV Black Edition

 

Can anyone recommend a good optical drive

 

Imho that really doesn't matter all that much nowadays. Unless you're planning on making extensive use of your optical drive, it's a waste to overspend on such an inconsequential component.

 

A case is far too personal to let other decide that for you. If you're going for one of the boards I recommended though, make sure you get a E-ATX case (a bigtower).

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A quadcore? With that budget you can and should do better then that. Try one of the high end hexa-core socket 2011 CPU's instead. Some examples:

 

I7 4930K (probably the best choice for your budget)

I7 3930K (got this one myself)

I7 3960X (if you really want to burn money)

 

(all 3 do not come with stock coolers, so you need to spend some extra money on a good aftermarket cooler that can handle the heat generated by an I7)

 

Naturally, you'll need a socket 2011 mainboard to go with it. And since ASUS was already mentioned before:

 

Rampage IV Extreme

Rampage IV Black Edition

 

Can anyone recommend a good optical drive

 

Imho that really doesn't matter all that much nowadays. Unless you're planning on making extensive use of your optical drive, it's a waste to overspend on such an inconsequential component.

 

A case is far too personal to let other decide that for you. If you're going for one of the boards I recommended though, make sure you get a E-ATX case (a bigtower).

 

Don't all of those CPU have a smaller speed?

And don't those Motherboards have older chipsets?

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The CPUs have smaller clock Speeds but More cores and because they are older they have older chipssets to.

They are a bit faster because they have 6 cores and the new haswell i7 has 4 cores.

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The CPUs have smaller clock Speeds but More cores and because they are older they have older chipssets to.

They are a bit faster because they have 8 cores and the new haswell i7 has 4 cores.

But cores don't really matter in gaming, do they?

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And don't those Motherboards have older chipsets?

 

They do. Why does it mattter? Newer isn't always synonymous with better.

 

The socket 2011 boards I linked have X79 chipsets.

The MSI board has a Z97 chipset.

 

Bus speeds are identical, both have same number of PCI-E lanes and same SATA data transfer speeds.

 

Don't all of those CPU have a smaller speed?

 

Heh. You really shouldn't be looking at clock-speeds anymore these days. Compare the number of cores and cache sizes instead.

 

They are a bit faster because they have 8 cores

 

6 cores actually.

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