Is this a good build

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

Hi guys i have a question.

Is this a good system for gaming? or should i adjust it?

Cooler Master GX 750W v2
Zalman Z11 Plus
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST1000DM003, 1TB
MSI N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC
Intel Core I5 3570K Boxed
Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 (2x4GB)
MSI Z77A-G45
Medion X81005
be quiet! Shadow Rock PRO SR1
Logitech G600 Gaming Mouse (black)

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

seems like a good build to me.
maybe you want to and an ssd as boot/software drive and use the 1tb drive as a storage drive. also maybe you can upgrade you cooler or so because i'm afriad it will be blocking of ram slots.

HOkay · May 12, 2013

That looks fine to me, only thing missing is an ssd as your windows drive! Definitely get one, it makes the whole PC feel so much faster & I would say is the best value for money upgrade you can get.
I would also consider a 7970 in place of the 670 since they're the same price & the 7970 will win the vast majority of benchmarks against the 670 quite easily. The 670 is adequate though don't get me wrong!

jaslion · May 12, 2013

HOkay :

i agree with HOkay and i have a cooler reccomendation it is cheaper and a bit better and smaller the cooler master 412 slim

unksol · May 12, 2013

I would highly recommend a different PSU. First 750W is more than needed, and second cooler master usually sells junk. Including that PSU.

www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-GX-750-W-Power-Supply-Review/917/10

www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=188

I can't find a review of the V2, but knowing coolermaster it's probably still junk

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

But i don't want to spend much money on an ssd, i have looked for a 30 gig sandisk but i heard that ssd is the bigger memory, the better

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

And about the power supply, if i want to do sli with the 670 or crossfire with the 7970, is 750 W enough?

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

yes you won't have much left but yes

HOkay · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

For a 7970 crossfire setup a *decent* 750W PSU would be ok (if you don't overclock the 7970s much) but I agree that you won't have much left! Definitely get an SSD, but don't bother with a 30GB one. If you can stretch to ~£75 then a Samsung 840 120GB would be a good choice, I wouldn't really go much below that though as the value for money per GB does drop off. I can't stress enough how much difference an SSD makes to everyday use. I will never ever build another machine without an SSD as the boot drive, even if it means stepping down a little on the GPU. This is assuming it won't literally be used *purely* for games.

jaslion · May 12, 2013

maybe if you get the cheaper and a tiny bit better coolermaster 412 slim and get an 7950 and overclock that card a bit (really easy to do they are known to be great overclockers) you can get the performance of an gtx 670 and then you can buy yourself an ssd. (raccomendations: sandisk ultra/extreme 120gb or samsung 840 120gb)

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

But if i see benchmarks of the 670 and the 7970 and the 7950 is the 670 better:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-review,3200-5.html

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

true but i said: "overclock the 7950 so that it matches the gtx 670's performance"

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

My friend bought an hd 6990 but it didn't work so well and he bought a 670 and gets more frames now

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

a 6990 IS BETTER then a gtx 670 BUT a 6990 is 2 6970's in 1 card and dual gpu cards are known to have problems in games that don't support crossfire/sli example: gta san andreas is an older game and will only use 1 gpu off the 2 that are there and a gtx 670 is better then a 6970 so here is the difference also in window mode only 1 gpu is set to work. if you don't beleve this go to anandtech bench and see it yourself.

HOkay · May 12, 2013

Also bare in mind that the AMD drivers have come on a LOT since the initial reviews of the 7970/50 and 670/680 reviews. A comparison now usually finds that 7970 beats the 680. Hell I have both so if anyone wants a comparison using both companies new drivers at stock & overclocked settings I guess I could oblige...

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

I'm not used to overclock cards but it's really better than the 670

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

it is really easy just look at a guide online and use msi afterburner. i overclock everything that i have that is overclockable and i ain't a pro in it.

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

Will the card last longer without oc?

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

that is something nobody know my p4 is running and overclock of 400mhz for the past 3 years and is still used often same does the graphics card in here. the funny thing about the graphics card is if i don't overclcok it it glicthes the games and when i overclcok it it doesn't (it was so from the moment i got it)

snelleneddy3 · May 12, 2013

But i'm going to stay with the nwidia card, it has beautiful physX

jaslion · May 12, 2013

snelleneddy3 :

you know that amd cards can use physx as well do you you just need to get the physx driver from nvidia and it will use you cpu for it. btw there arn'tthat much games out there that use physx. and no it won't give you a noticibel performance drop wen you use the cpu for it, it will drop about the same amount off perfromance as if you use an nvidia card.

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