Thinking about buying a new system to celebrate the new Job I just got. "I get paid well". So I'm thinking about going with a 6 core setup that can be upgrade-able later on but I have a few gripes. I don't know if I'm making a mistake by looking at these parts because perhaps new hardware is going to be released soon or maybe I'm just choosing stupid parts IDK anymore. Maybe you guys can help me out and make better decisions.
Here's my list of parts I want also im looking to keep the CPU at 4ghz so I hope I can do that with these parts.
Intel 8 core I7 CPU ~Need this because I do 3d as a hobby and the extra 2 cores could help compute vray.
MSI Motherboard MOBO ~Seems like a moderatly priced board with all the latest bells and whistles.
GSkill Ripjaws RAM ~Seems to be some of the cheapest DDR4 ram I can find thats over 8GB and has decent speed. I plan on picking up 2 kits of this.
GTX970 X2 GPU ~I never owned the latest and greatest. I feel like for once I want to own a powerful GPU. I chose this because of how many fans it has and the amount of DVI outputs. I do plan on SLIing later on.
CORSAIR power supply PSU ~Not much to say its 80 platinum certified and it has detachable cables.
Burner CD ~My buddy always rents blueray movies so why not.
Cooler HEATSINK ~Seems to have VERY good ratings of what I should expect. Afraid that it might block memory slots.
Coolermaster CASE ~Really like this case I wanna try it out.
I already have 4x brand new 240GB SSDs so I don't really need to buy hard drives. I plan on running them in RAID 0.
So far the price seems to be at $2,039. I'm tempted to just go out and get a gaming laptop but I am a performance enthusiast and this would make me happy. Should I go ahead and save up my pennies for this? I should have enough for it by the end on February. BTW I want to go 4K if I get the desktop so im keeping that in mind.
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