So as most of you know I have been pretty active in the 1v1 scene. I have been consistently getting in games when and where I can. Work makes this a little difficult however I have a pretty good setup now that is a little more conducive to gaming believe it or not. Being that I have a good setup at home with internet now, I am able to game with the trusty laptop which I can't say enough has saved my life up here in Vermont. Thank you Alienware - pun1sher series!!!!
Now having said that, I have been working on piecing together a really good desktop setup for a while now. Unfortunately due to Direct X updates, and Vid card drivers being obsolete for 260 gtx cards I haven't been able to join many of you with some of the new titles. Specifically Reflex the new CPM 1v1 shooter that is out in release on steam that will be the new top tier competitive shooter for tournaments.
So pretty soon I should be good to go. I first am creating a Baddass Custom Gaming Desk which I will get into at a later date. However I have been getting a bunch of crap for my actual Case Choice due to airflow restrictions.. however if I plan on water cooling certain components really that doesn't matter, and its one of those things where its all preference and how you set everything up.
So here we go.
So far it looks like this.... also, just a side note. I found ways around paying retail for any of the things I am listing. So it may sound expensive as far as the components but I assure you.. I literally have been acquiring parts from across the US and Europe to make this happen for an unreal cheap price tag so far.
Competitive Gaming / Content Creation / Streaming Setup
Cue in Baddass Electronic Rock Instrumental ..... haha
- Monitor -
Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q - The world's first WQHD G-SYNC monitor with rapid 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time
Link: http://www.asus.com/us/Monitors/ROG_SWIFT_PG278Q/
- Case -
Fatal1ty Zalman fc-ze1 Case -
Link: http://www.xoxide.com/zalman-fatal1ty-fc-ze1.html
- Motherboard -
Asrock Fatal1ty z97 Professional
- CPU -
Intel I7 4770K
- Getting a lot of interesting feedback saying I should have gone with 4790K however, we will see what happens with this. Price wise, this was cheaper and didn't see the reason I needed to bump up yet to the next level proc. Maybe in the future, if I have issues with overclocking this...
- GPU -
EVGA Superclocked GTX 980
- Seemed to be the biggest bang for the buck right now on these cards. I was looking at the Classified Edition as it blows everything out of the water, however I will overclock this anyways past where it is now, so I think it will be fine. Couldn't justify paying extra $200-$300 for a card that like isn't giving you a crazy amount extra.
- PSU -
Fatal1ty OCZ 1000W Power Supply
- Mousepad -
Fatal1ty fatpad
- Mouse -
Currently Windows Mouse Optical, however looking into left handed Razor Deathadder, and Zowie FK since its similar to the windows mouse with a little better sensor... depends.. again personal preference. Might just stick with what works for now.
- Keyboard -
Fatal1ty Eluminx Keyboard x2
Craigslist helped me out on this one. Currently, I have no HDD's or SSD drives for this rig. This is something I am looking into right now, as well as optical drives, blu-ray etc....
Also, I have no OS for this system as well. I don't know enough about Windows 8 to be honest, and would love to have some advice here.
Also, I haven't decided to do anything yet sound card wise as there is some things I want to check out with the onboard sound on the Asock board. I hear its pretty sweet, so I will have to check that out.
- Headphones -
Sony MDR NC-50 Noisecanceling headphones. Cannot literally find these anywhere except for Ebay once in a while, and let me tell you they are pretty legit. Back when Johnathan played in wsvg 2006 he was using these in tournaments. Pun just got a new pair for Christmas
Any suggestions to what else to put together in this would be great. In my opinion I would love to get some of those SSD drives from Intel but we will have to see what I am able to piece together.
Hit me up for a game of quake live in the meantime... guys... or Doom 3... btw, I am hoping this should be enough for the new Doom if we ever get that to come out.
Frag.
