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Viper_x

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Hello! What do you think bout this configuration?

Procesor Intel Core i7 3770K
Mobo ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
Power Thermaltake Toughpower ST 650W 80+ Gold
Corsair Hydro Series™ H80i High Perf. Liquid CPU Cooler + Arctic Cooling MX-2
Mems Corsair Vengeance® — 16GB Dual Ch. DDR3 MemKit (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9)
Graphics card Asus GTX670-DC2OG-2GD5
Sound card Asus Xonar Phoebus Solo
HDD WD Red 1TB WD10EFRX 64MB cache SATA/600
Case Zalman MS800 Plus

I haven't been building PC ages and I want be sure that every piece of my shopping list fit with each other.

I need pc to stable and comfort work with photoshop and illustrator on monitor with resolution 2560x1440 and for gaming. I plan to try run my 3770K @ 4.5Ghz but my OC knowledge is rather not impressive. Is it possible with this set?

I'm not sure about some of my choices, like I'm not sure about expensive Asus Xonar Phoebus Solo card ... how big difference is between this card and SupremeFX IV integrated with Maximus V motherboard? I could go for it and invest saved mone in better colling or even graphic card.

Third Sabertooth specification says that max supported ram is 1886Mhz but from reading posts at OC forums I have read that some peoples run faster rams with this mobo, so I'm not sure if it is 'stable' idea to try put for example 2400Mhz ram inside my set.

And last I'm not sure if GTX670 is enough for 2560x1440 resolution and if 650W power unit is enough for it all specially I'm going OC?

I'll appricate every answer and when I'll have my new toy I promise write on forum what it can do.

Greetings
Viper
 
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Drop the sound card, and use the money for something else. Unless you're making a PC for a sound studio, you don't need it.

You never know what your OC capabilities are until you try. Every chip is different. Will you probably be able to hit 4.5 GHz? Yeah. Can you quote me on that? Hell no.

The RAM specs are iffy. You can probably use higher frequencies, but it isn't guaranteed.

The GTX 670 will probably be enough for 2560x1440 in regards to Photoshop and Illustrator, but not for gaming at the highest settings.

And 650W should be enough, but if you're planning on getting another 670 in the future to SLI, then you should get more. I wouldn't get a Thermaltake PSU, though, because of their reputation with their PSUs. I personally would go with a Corsair TX series.
 
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Viper_x

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I'm not building sound studio and I'm not audiophile, I just want have high quality sound for games and movies. I have two pairs of 5.1 headphones (Roccat and Razer), nice set of 5.1 speakers and with my on board Realtek sound is just poor specially 3D effects. That's why I'm asking about SupremeFX IV on board sound if it is as good as described on Asus webpage. Both mobos are thesome price and this way I have money in my pocket to invest.

I'm not planning upgrades in short future, I have to eat sometimes ;) So it have to be perfect solution.

I have read some good review about this PSU but I think I'm going google again. Thanks for help really! My last Pc shopping remember times when Doom III came out wih flash light effect in packet ;) so all this new stuff look and feel cosmic for me.
 
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