High-End Gaming Build Advice

A friend of mine is picking up a PC this week for high end gaming—budgeting around $2,200—and he asked me to put together a list. I’ve drafted this build based on what I personally prefer, and I wouldn't want him cutting corners on certain parts if we can help it. I suppose I just need to know if anyone sees any major red flags or reliability issues with specific components; if everything looks solid to you, I'll give him the green light, and then we might head over to Best Buy together.

2 x SAPPHIRE R9 290, TRI-X OC, 4GB, GDDR5, UEFI
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K Soc1150 CPU
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 cooling
1 x Kingston DDR3 HyperX Savage, 2400MHz, 8GB(2x4G),C11
1 x Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER 1
1 x Aurum Pro 850 w
1 x SSD SAM 250GB 850 EVO Basic
1 x Toshiba 3TB,7200rpm, 64MB, HDD
1 x Asus DRW-24F1ST
1 x Series 450 d Mid Tower Case, Mini-ITX, MicroATX, ATX, E-ATX, Black

Total: $5094 Best Buy it

Are you seriously out here trying every trick in the book just to claim the title of ultimate troll? 🙏

graniteharbor85 said:Are you really trying this hard to win the title of ultimate troll? 🙏

Why, though? I don't think I said anything wrong...

Are you constantly starting new threads about high end gaming gear because your buddies are loaded, or are you just some kind of troll?

Larry Ortiz5 said:Either your friends are loaded or you're just a total troll—you seem to start a new thread about high end gaming components every single day.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I actually have some decent money to work with—and I hang out with a crowd that does too—so nothing really surprises me here; someone in my circle is upgrading or buying something new almost every year. Besides, I haven't actually posted that many threads—I think I had two where I built things myself, and maybe two or three others just out of curiosity—and I haven't even been active on this forum for about seven months, I believe.

Can someone just answer my question so we can move past the arguing?

Why even bother with Corsair Hydro or Coolermaster Nepton? 🍿

Matthew Anderson said:Why pick a Corsair Hydro or a Coolermaster Nepton? 🍿

They don't carry Coolermaster liquid cooling at Future Shop—and honestly, I probably wouldn't go for it over a Corsair anyway, I guess.

frozenbadger76 said:They don't even carry Coolermaster liquid cooling at the local shop, and honestly, I wouldn't touch it anyway if I had to choose between them and Corsair.

I mean, since you guys clearly have money to burn, why not just order something online? Especially since all the reviews say the Nepton actually performs better. 🍿

If you ask me, these AIO liquid coolers are fine if you just care about the aesthetics, but when you look at everything else, they’re a massive waste of money. If I were going to drop that kind of cash, I’d just go all out on a proper custom loop with all the fancy bells and whistles.

Gaming icon 🙏 🤣

graniteharbor85 is still salty because you didn't invite him to play 😁

Hah, oh man, give me a break 😂

How many more...

tiki66 said:

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this is getting ridiculous 😳
nothing but trolls as far as the eye can see 🍿

everyone's totally wired

Everyone, things have been getting pretty dull lately. Honestly, I think because of people acting like clones of etheralknight/geforceGTX or guys like frozenbadger76 (who seem to open five or six threads at a time), we really need a dedicated practice subforum. It would be a space where they can just spout whatever nonsense they want without having to cook up some fake "scenario" just to justify opening a thread. In my opinion, this entire subforum has lost its sense of professionalism over the last two years because of users like that.

Timothy Kim60 said:it’s getting boring here. Honestly, with clones like etheralknight/geforceGTX and frozenbadger76 just flooding the place with five or six threads at a time, we should just start a sandbox thread. Let them spout whatever nonsense they want there so they don't have to cook up fake "scenarios" just to post. This whole subforum has gone downhill over the last two years because of people like that.

Not worth it. They can take their nonsense to DMs instead of spamming the board with it.

Because they aren't going to stop. This guy has cloned himself at least ten times already, if you count all the different profiles he's used to fake those builds.

Robert Rodriguez2 said:🤣🤣

This is getting ridiculous 😳
Just trolls as far as the eye can see 🍿

Plus, the weather's been pretty miserable lately—super humid, and honestly, the weeds in my yard are growing like crazy...

Time to go pull some weeds.

Timothy Kim60 said:Because he won't stop. This guy has cloned himself at least ten times already if you count all the profiles he used to push those fake builds.

Opening a thread isn't going to stop them. They'll just keep multiplying like idiots.

You can't just take them all out in one shot—it’s more like dealing with a swarm of pests, one by one.