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dylan1016

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i7 3770k (going to be overclocked to 4.5ghz)
coolermaster hyper 2012 evo (upgrading to h100i water when i overclock)
Asus sabertooth z77
corsair vengeance 8gb (upgrading to 16gb soon after)
western digital black 1tb
western digital green 1tb
samsung 840 pro 128gb
windows 7 64bit
corsair obsidian 650d
asus top gtx 670 (upgrading to another one of these)
corsair hx850w
samsung 24x dvd writer

I'm narrowing down my system from some helpful users on this site. Is it all compatible? Any suggestion on changing any parts, p.s not chaning i7.
 
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burritobob

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Yes, everything is compatible, there are a couple of changes you can make to save your wallet and increase performance:

CM Hyper 212 EVO is a great cooler, it will easily get you to 4.4GHz, and can take you to 4.8GHz in some cases without even nearing the max or even above optimal even at 100% load, it's a great value and you should keep it.

The sabertooth board is just a heat trap, you would do fine (if you prefer Asus) with an Asus p8z77 V-LK it will serve the exact same purpose and not bust your wallet.

That RAM is a bit on the expensive side, this is a bit cheaper and is fully functional with the same performance as well as being LP: Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ NCIX US)

Getting 2 1TB HDDs will cost you a bit extra, you should look at getting one 2TB Caviar Blue, saves you money and performs the same.

The GTX 670 is a bit on the expensive side, which means you can afford the Gigabyte 7970 (non GHz but you can overclock it to GHz without a problem) which performs 10% faster and has in a nutshell the same performing cooler, it's just a MUCH better value.

Keeping your current PSU which means you can easily CFx/SLI in the future.



 
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http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=63407&vpn=PGD38G1600ELK&manufacture=Patriot

Actually RAM is out of stock

I would stay away from anything green in HDDs, they are slow in their performance, i'd get a 64GB SSD for OS and default programs and 1TB caviar blue for everything else, OR a 2TB caviar blue .

I prefer to stay with GTX 670 bucause of CUDA and Physx, Also when OC'd it surpasses GTX 680 and be 5-10% under an OC'd 680, and you have a chance to SLI with another one and get a gaming BEAST

BEST LUCK
 
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burritobob

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Nice $65 RAM, this is 47 performs the same...
Memory: PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($44.99 @ Amazon)

SSDs unless you cannot stand load times are just a money pit.

Much more cost effective HDD: Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.99 @ Amazon) This is .043 GB/$ instead of .052 GB/$
 
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burritobob

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HDD is $10 more, and the difference between 1333mhz and 1600mhz is a tenth of a percent, do some RAM research, they are virtually the same, it is just a marketing gimic.
 
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