Best gaming setup for the best gaming experience By: Josh Le

What is the best gaming motherboard  The best gaming motherboard in the world right now is the Crosshair V Formula Z. It have a lot of good built in features. It have the FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 Series Processors (AM3+ CPU). Designed for those requiring frequent BIOS access. Users can easily enter the BIOS automatically when the PC is on standby with the simple press of the button. It save you time from boot-up without having to repeatedly pressing DEL button. Also it comes with the AMD 990FX Chipset. Designed to support up to 5.2GTps HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface speed and dual PCI Express™ 2.0x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD® latest AM3+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities. Also come with the SLI™/ CrossFire™ On-Deman. Able to run both multi-GPU setups. The board features SLI™/Crossfire™ on demand technology. Supporting up to four graphics cards in a Quad-GPU SLI or 3 way. The price is set at $

RAM  For RAM, I chose the Corsair Vengeance. I chose this because it’s the most popular on the gaming world today. It’s fast, reliable, and not as expensive as other brands. Most are gravitating towards 4x4 GB sticks for total 16Gb. You can upgrade this into a 32 GB. Specs are 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM, 1600 speed, timing , includes quad channel kit, 1.5V, and includes Corsair's lifetime limited warranty. The price is not expensive at all, it’s been set at $79.99.

LEPA G Series 1600-Watts  Full Modular Cabling Design makes system upgrade and replacement easy. Connectors: Mainboard 24 pin x 1, +12V CPU 8 pin x 2, +12V CPU 4 pin x 1, Molex 4 pin x 10, SATA x 14, FDD x 2, 6+2 pin (8 pin) PCI-E x 10  Six powerful +12V rails with high maximum loads offer great compatibility with heavy-duty graphics cards. Ability to run up to 4-Way GPU (SLI / Crossfire) and Dual CPUs together effortlessly  High Density PCB Design makes G1600 only 18cm in depth, providing more space to dissipate the heat inside the chassis. 135mm ball bearing fan with thermal programmed speed controller delivers silent, cool operation  Solid State Capacitors and 105 degree C Japanese Grade A Capacitors provide great reliability and DC-to-DC Converter Design ensures system stability  Compliance with EU ErP Lot 6 standards (lower than 1W power consumption at standby mode)

Graphic Cards  I chose the AMD Radeon R9 295x2.  Increased GPU clock speed up to 1.018GHz.  2 X 2,816 stream processors  Memory: 2 X 4GB GDDR5  TDP: 500W  Price: $1,499.99

Case  Corsair Graphite Series 780T  A lot amount of space for air and water cooling systems  Super easy side door latches  Good cable managements features  Price: $180.87

CPU  AMD FX Core Processor Black Edition  FX-Series Six Core FX 6300 Processors series  3.5 GHz Processors speed  6 cores  Socket AM3  Price: $98.98

Hard drive  WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive  Capacity of 1000 GB  7200 RPM  Form factors of 3.5 inches  SATA 6.0 Gb/s  Cache: 64 MB  Price: $54.99

Cooling Systems  Corsair Hydro Series H mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler  The 140mm-wide radiator has a larger surface area than typical 120mm radiators for more efficient heat transfer  The blades of the included 140mm fan have more surface area than most 120mm fan blades  The low-evaporation, easy-bend tubing is guaranteed leak-free.  Large-diameter, low permeability tubing ensures long life and improves flexibility for an easier installation  The cold plate uses copper for outstanding heat transfer, and the manifold is engineered for efficient flow  The multi-platform mounting bracket easily adapts for Intel and AMD processors.

Network Card  Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2  Low cost, low power, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) performance for the entire data center  Standard CAT-6a cabling with RJ45 connectors  Backward compatibility with existing 1000Base-T networks simplifies the transition to 10GbE  Flexible I/O virtualization for port partitioning and quality of service (QoS) of up to 64 virtual ports  Unified Networking Delivering Lan, Iscsi, And Fcoe In One Low Cost Cna  Industry First Dual-Port 10Gbase-T Adapter With Single- Chip Solution With Integrated Mac + Phy  Reliable and proven 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology from Intel corporation

Moniter  Lenovo ThinkVision LT3053p  30 inches screen  Native resolution is 2560 x 1600  1080p  ratio of is 16:10  DVI,HDMI  PC interfaces are Analog VGA, Dual-mode (DVI-I), HDMI.  Price is $1,300.00

Mouse  Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse  Very good, comfortable  Contain multiple thumb custom buttons control  Excellent button placement for superior DPI switching  Energy efficiency stretches battery life to days and weeks instead of hours  Only work with Window  $80.00

Keyboard  SteelSeries Apex  Contains dozens of programmable controls  Four independent custom lighting zones  Tactile anchoring on the W key  Additional diagonal arrow keys  Extra-large space bar  $100.00

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