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Hi, so I am building a PC for myself, I study 'Multimedia', so basically I'll have to work a lot with Adobe Creative Suite and some Autodesk products.

What do you guys think of this build?

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K ~403USD
ARK | Intel? Core? i7-3770K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)

MB: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO ~248USD
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V_PRO/

VGA: Stuck between Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 TI, 3GB DDR5, GV-N66TOC-3GD and ZOTAC GeForce GTX 660 TI AMP!, 2GB DDR5, ZT-60803-10P. ~416USD each.
GIGABYTE - Graphics Card - NVIDIA - PCI Express Solution - GeForce 600 Series - GV-N66TOC-3GD vs ZOTAC GTX660 Ti AMP! Edition NVIDIA Graphics Card - 2GB - ZT-60803-10P - Scan.co.uk

RAM: DDR3 Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz. ~184USD
Dominator? Platinum with Corsair Link Connector ? 1.5V 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (CMD16GX3M2A1600C9)
Could save up to 60USD choosing "Vengeance" RAM or choosing a different manufacturer.

SSD: Corsair Neutron 128GB. ~160USD
Neutron Series? 128GB SATA 3 6Gb/s SSD - Neutron Series - SSD

HDD: 1x Seagate Barracuda 3.5'' 2TB SATA3 7200RPM 64MB. ~ 113USD
ST2000DM001 Barracuda Desktop 6-Gb/s 2TB Hard Drive

Cooling: Corsair Cooling? H100i. ~134USD
Hydro Series? H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl. ~147USD
Define R4 Black Pearl - Fractal Design

PSU: Corsair CX600 ~Owned.
Builder Series? CX600

Tablet: Wacom Intuos5 Touch M. ~474USD
http://www.wacom.com/en/creative/pro...5-touch-medium

Total of 2279USD

I kinda plan overclocking the CPU, hope it will carry PR more than 20FPS.

Pruskis wrote:Hi, so I am building a PC for myself, I study 'Multimedia', so basically I'll have to work a lot with Adobe Creative Suite and some Autodesk products.

What do you guys think of this build?

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K ~403USD
ARK | Intel? Core? i7-3770K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)

MB: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO ~248USD
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V_PRO/

VGA: Stuck between Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 TI, 3GB DDR5, GV-N66TOC-3GD and ZOTAC GeForce GTX 660 TI AMP!, 2GB DDR5, ZT-60803-10P. ~416USD each.
GIGABYTE - Graphics Card - NVIDIA - PCI Express Solution - GeForce 600 Series - GV-N66TOC-3GD vs ZOTAC GTX660 Ti AMP! Edition NVIDIA Graphics Card - 2GB - ZT-60803-10P - Scan.co.uk

RAM: DDR3 Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz. ~184USD
Dominator? Platinum with Corsair Link Connector ? 1.5V 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (CMD16GX3M2A1600C9)
Could save up to 60USD choosing "Vengeance" RAM or choosing a different manufacturer.

SSD: Corsair Neutron 128GB. ~160USD
Neutron Series? 128GB SATA 3 6Gb/s SSD - Neutron Series - SSD

HDD: 1x Seagate Barracuda 3.5'' 2TB SATA3 7200RPM 64MB. ~ 113USD
ST2000DM001 Barracuda Desktop 6-Gb/s 2TB Hard Drive

Cooling: Corsair Cooling? H100i. ~134USD
Hydro Series? H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl. ~147USD
Define R4 Black Pearl - Fractal Design

PSU: Corsair CX600 ~Owned.
Builder Series? CX600

Tablet: Wacom Intuos5 Touch M. ~474USD
http://www.wacom.com/en/creative/pro...5-touch-medium

Total of 2279USD

I kinda plan overclocking the CPU, hope it will carry PR more than 20FPS.

Me gusta except the GPU and HDD. Not a fan of nvidia or Seagate (but that's personal preference).

does PR still have black spots on terrain using AMD cards?

changed some stuff after reading tons of **** on net.
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i
MOBO: GA-Z77X-UD3H
VGA: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 OC
RAM: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Black 32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz CL9, XMP1.3
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128GB
HDD: WD AV-GP 3,5" 2TB or 3TB.
Graphic tablet: Wacom Intuos5 Touch Medium

case: probably Define R4 black pearl with a window.

Looking good.
But i had problems installing my h100i since the backplate was lose.
You should be able to fix that with some rubber washers though, if it happens.
Or you can use the h100 backplate if you have one of those lying around.

Zotac graphics is pure power with alot of noise. Gigabyte is silent and asus is usually inbetween.

Pruskis wrote:does PR still have black spots on terrain using AMD cards

Not sure about others but I run a HD5870 on the latest drivers with no graphical errors.

Pruskis wrote:does PR still have black spots on terrain using AMD cards?

I haven't played PR in quite a few months. Mainly since the newest release of drivers that's fixed a whole slew of problems the AMD cards have (that I never noticed or didn't have).