About to order all my parts for a new PC, any thoughts? suggestions?

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Im finally done researching all the parts for a new gaming PC within my budget. What do you guys think? Could i tweak anything, or does everything look pretty good for a 800 dollar PC?

I will be getting a bundle for both the processor and mobo for $215.00 from Micro Center.


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/10PYH
 
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Thanks for the thumbs up! The only things I am worried about is the mobo and the quality it has, I am not sure how great that one is. The other is the PSU, Ive done a lot of research on it, and I know its something you dont want to slack on. What do you guys thinks of both?
 
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Motherboard is decent quality for the price although feels a little flimsy (I've used it before). Just be careful when fitting it and you will be fine.

Oh and it's not too great at over-clocking apparently. If you want to reach much over 4.2-4.3GHz look elsewhere.

PSU is fine. Good quality and more than enough power.
 
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yeah i was looking into that, on that note, any recommendations around the 80 - 90 dollar price range? what would be best for both my video card and processor? and i see that the vid card is sli compatible, should i get a mobo with sli as well?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.69 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card ($168.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.94 @ Outlet PC)
Other: i5+ASrock extreme4 combo ($290.00)
Total: $813.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-29 01:37 EDT-0400)

try this out if it is not out of your budget.

I recommend trying out Ubuntu and save some money and possibly get a better GPU such as a 7870 XT which is pretty beastly for price to performance.
 
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There are many guides to OCing. Start it when you get used to navigating or when your computer feels a bit slow. For a easy guide for 4.2GHz, just make the clock speed to 42x as you can get there at stock. When you fine tune things, the temperature will get much better and stable.

Also a hint, Never have the things at auto. If it has a specific number on the side, just change auto to that number.
 
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how do you feel about the OEM OS, ive done some research and it seems like a gamble. I read that microsoft now has the OS connect to all the hardware in a computer, so if you try to change something out, the key with the oem wont work. Is that true? And I also read that if you get a faulty OS OEM your essentially screwed because theres no help through windows since you bought a manufacturers edition.
 
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I use OEM Windows all the time and have never got any major problems from it.

As a general rule of thumb anything but the motherboard can be changed without licencing issues. This doesn't mean you can't change the motherboard though! It just means it's a little more complicated.

When changing the motherboard activation will generally fail at first. You have to phone the number it provides and key in a 30+ digit code displayed on-screen. I have no idea why you have to phone up when it could so easily be sent via teh internetz.. .

Any way! it takes 3-4 minutes at most and I find it works almost every time if staying within the same chipset of motherboard.
 
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I put OEM windows 7 on my main rig and have changed hardware and re installed without any problem and bought a 2nd copy to put on a Store bought HP that I re worked just to dump vista and start fresh without the bloatware.

Over clocking is not hard just read up and watch some videos on youtube see what works for your hardware and set everything manually and with popular parts it will be easy to find good settings.
Over clocking is a little like a game where you have to find the sweet spot for your set of parts because not every cpu will be exactly the same.
 
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thanks for the suggestions guys! I went to Tiger Direct today and talked with their tech before being able to read what you said. They said exactly the same as you guys, I feel a lot more confident now! You guys are spot on, like always.

Here's my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/11elb

I ran into one problem though... I started ordering the small stuff like the case, storage, ram ect. and I realized that the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard has an onboard USB 3.0 header, but the Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case does not have front panel USB 3.0 ports. Am I screwed now because of this? What do you guys think??

Also on a side note... What do you think about these graphics cards? Which one well have the best overall performance, cooling and perhaps even customer support. I decided for my budget that two cards will just be too much for me at the moment. Here are some of the options...

GTX 660:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121660 Asus

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125443 Gigabyte

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162122&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= Galaxy

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-130-826&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo Evga

and I found one 7870 within my price range

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7542561&Sku=A271-7874 Sapphire

Any suggestions will help, thanks guys!!!
 
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I would definitely go with that 7870, if you can spend a bit more, get this for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

4 free games included
 
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The header issue really isn't that big of a deal. If you absolutely have to have a USB 3.0 in the front, there are dirt cheap options. I really like my CM Storm Sniper (which also only has USB 2.0 in the front) and I think the USB 3.0 port I have in one of the bays was like $12 or something.
 
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