Scarlet Wizard: 1080p Gaming Computer

Scarlet Wizard is a 1080p gaming computer, designed around a i7-4770K processor and a GTX 970 4GB video card.

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1080p Gaming Computer

Description

Scarlet Wizard is a 1080p gaming computer, designed around a i7-4770K processor and a GTX 970 4GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a i7-4770K processor and a GTX 970 4GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

Chris built his first system to be a 1080p gaming computer and general workstation.

This build was later upgraded to Scarlet Wizard v2.

The use of this build for Plex encoding was later split off to Pandoras Box.

System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel i7-4770K

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR3-1600

Storage (SSD): Samsung 500GB 860 EVO

Storage (HDD): Western Digital Black 1TB

Video Card (GPU): MSI GTX 970 4GB

Power Supply (PSU): Corsair RM750W Gold

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv TG

Fans: 6x Corsair ML120 PRO LED Red

Design Rationale

    • The i7-4770K gave the user a great amount of single-core performance for gaming.

    • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 240mm AIO is recommended.

    • The user wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.

    • The user wanted at least 16GB of RAM, with room for 32GB.

    • At the time, SSD was still very expensive, so the user did a modest storage setup.

    • The user changed the video cards quite a bit over time, eventually sticking with a single GPU.

    • The overall design of the build meant that a 750W power supply was recommended.

    • We used our high-end RGB fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

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