is this good gaming setup

devilmaycry1989

devilmaycry1989

devilmaycry1989

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any help or tips would be greatly appreciated this is the spec im goin for

KFA2 GeForce GTX 660TI EX OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail

In-Win GRone Full Tower Windowed Case

In Win GreenMe 750W '80 Plus Bronze' White Power Supply

Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive

Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz x2
 
it's ok, give a budget and get a spec done for you if you like?

is this is you need and no other parts etc?

and thats the case you've picked?
 
It's such a shame because the most sensible NVidia card to buy right now is the 660TI, but it's still not a significant improvement enough to justify that price tag.

For instance, I can still run games above 40 FPS on my 470 but the performance boost moving to the 660TI just isn't enough. I'd personally wait for the next batch to see what improvements they have to offer, plus think about the next gen consoles because you'll be playing ports for a few years from those puppies.
 
was goin to get thermaltake Level 10 GT case but was abit big for my like so i pick that one plus be getin 1tb hdd to and other parts in time.plus is 8gb ram enough or is it best get 16gb be on safeside
 
What is your max budget and will it only be used for gaming?

It's not bad, but you could improve:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Windowed Gaming Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £64.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
Total : £856.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).



G/Card: Cheaper but you get more power & performance for your money over nVidia.
Mobo: Great looking mobo with loads of features, if you want to save money, get this one.
CPU: It's ok if you are doing rendering, photoshop & video editing, not needed for gaming. I've saved you some and changes to the i5k
Case was a personal choice, really lik the CM cases
PSU - Dont need a 750 for a single GPU, 550 is more than enough
SSD - That one uses the sandforce controller which is problematic, swapped to the M4.
 
this would probably run rings around your original spec:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £129.95
1 x Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 12x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £79.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £56.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
Total : £848.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
snips86x said:
What is your max budget and will it only be used for gaming?

It's not bad, but you could improve:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Windowed Gaming Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £64.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
Total : £856.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).



G/Card: Cheaper but you get more power & performance for your money over nVidia.
Mobo: Great looking mobo with loads of features, if you want to save money, get this one.
CPU: It's ok if you are doing rendering, photoshop & video editing, not needed for gaming. I've saved you some and changes to the i5k
Case was a personal choice, really lik the CM cases
PSU - Dont need a 750 for a single GPU, 550 is more than enough
SSD - That one uses the sandforce controller which is problematic, swapped to the M4.
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yea i agreed...sandforce based drives used to have lot of issues, but now all of their bugs fixed and sf controller working well in many ssd's and many companies still using sf controller for making ssd's
 
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