Double check me before I order

sumik

sumik

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About to order new rig, and haven't put together pc in 7 years, been on gaming laptops.
Can you double check if everything makes sense ?
This is mostly for gaming, never OC'ed before but I am willing to try it out with this rig.


Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W

CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 (CMPSU-850AX) 850W ATX12V

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9

EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Asus VG236H 23" Full HD 120Hz 3D multimedia Height & Swivel Adjustable WideScreen LCD Monitor w/nVidia 3D Vision Kit hard bundle

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
 
You dont need 16GB for a gaming PC (besides, do you have a suitable OS for 16GB?)


RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 - its also low profile should you decide to add a big aftermarket heatsink.


Motherboard - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-389-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

HDD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

Finally, do you have a SATA DVD drive?
 
Personally I would lower the size of the ssd to 128 spend money saves on 3rd party cooler. You can use the ssd as boot drive and for yer fave games then you got 1tb sata drive for other games/storage.

Only need 4gb of ram for gaming like stated above but I recommend 8gb personally you do notice the difference in general use. 16gb is overkill for gaming.

Seriously if going to overclock get aftermarket cooler.

get this gpu if you can. From what I have read best one out the bunch and on offer today
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-095-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
 
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Quick qs for the above - Is 8gb future proof with the move to 64 bit os for gaming? If you have an ultimate and as memory is so cheap, worth getting 16gb?
 
4gb is still enough for gaming, but 8gb is so cheap so why not. And 8gb is a lot, my max usage for gaming only floats around 3.5gb, 16gb is overkill...
 
TheIrishGuy said:
The most RAM you need for games is 4 GB. So use the money you save and put in towards a better gpu =)
Its a nice build though regardless.
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Orcvader said:
4gb is still enough for gaming, but 8gb is so cheap so why not. And 8gb is a lot, my max usage for gaming only floats around 3.5gb, 16gb is overkill...
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Some people have reported a better experience in certain games, like BF3, after they upgraded from 4Gb to 8GB.

Some examples here, here and here.
 
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