Gaming Rig - Bottleneck?

Baker2013

Baker2013

Baker2013

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newbie question. you may have seen me before, i've decided to up my budget.. by a lot! here are my new specs..

CPU: i7 3770k (gonna overclock to a safe 4.2)

GPU: Asus GTX 680 2GB

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i

Mobo: ASRock Extreme4 z77 Motherboard

PSU: OCZ 850W PSU 80+ Gold

RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance

Case: Zalman Z11 High Performance (all fan slots are going to be used)

Will any of this bottleneck?
 
Looks good, but would change for Haswell as the prices are the same and in some cases, cheaper. Are you only gaming? 4670k should be fine if you are.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1150 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £103.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £59.99
Total : £917.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
you suggest the 4670K snips but that CPU isn't in the basket ;) I'm pretty certain the H100 doesn't fit the zalman chassis either.

my rig is down for maintenance so someone else will have to step in and spec
 
Baker2013 said:
I'm gonna be using photoshop, watching HD videos, movies, and gaming
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What is your budget, this ok?

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1150 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £103.99
2 x GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEV38GB2133C11DC) £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
Total : £1,101.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
honosuseri said:
call it what you want but the chassis doesn't fit 240mm rads not many budget cases do
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He's right!!

The top of the motherboard needs space for the Rad, if it's not there, you're not going to get it in. The fans space is not all that is required.

Check out the Corsair range - 200/300R
 
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