PC Parts Compatibility

Mattsherona · Jun 11, 2013

I was wondering if these parts could go together and if so, are they good together. (I've already got a good hard drive and a few external 2 tb ones, operating system and am planning on overclocking)

Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I73770K

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

NZXT Crafted Series ATX Full Tower Steel Chassis - Phantom White

Samsung 840 Series 2.5 inch 120GB SATA III internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120BW

XFX FX-799A-XNF9 Radeon HD 7990 6GB 384-bit x2 GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card

Corsair Enthusiast Series 850-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Core i3, i5, i7 and platforms - TX850

Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H80i

LG Electronics 12x SATA Blu-Ray Disc Combo Internal Drive with 3D Playback and M-DISC (Black) UH12NS29

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)

any ideas on making it a bit cheaper would be appreciated (costs $2300 at the moment, but keeping graphics card and processor)

DarkSable · Jun 11, 2013

What's this for, gaming?

If so, you're wasting your money on the i7 (it performs EXACTLY the same as an i5-3570k), you aren't spending nearly as much on the graphics card as you should, you're WAY overspending on a crappy motherboard, you only need a 550w power supply, the H80i gets outperformed by cheaper air coolers, you should consider if you really need to play blu-rays, and you don't need any more than 8GB of ram.

Is this a prebuilt computer? If so, you're getting ripped off and not making choices that give you good performance.

Mattsherona · Jun 11, 2013

DarkSable :

i thought the graphics card was pretty good considering its the highest end graphics card from ati?

i'm thinking of doing some video editing and am doing some programming as well so thats the reason for the i7

yes, it will also be used for gaming a fair bit

suggestions for the motherboard?? thats what im unsure of along with the psu?

Marcopolo123 · Jun 11, 2013

Get a gtx 770

Mattsherona · Jun 11, 2013

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7990-vs-GeForce-GTX-770 ?

Kamen_BG · Jun 11, 2013

The HD 7990 is much more powerfull than the GTX 770.
It does however use more power.

Two GTX 770's however will do much better than the 7990.
They will also run quiter and use less energy.
But from what I see, you're trying to build an absolute beast, therefore I think you should go with two GTX 780's.
They do cost more than the HD 7990, and they do use more power, but the performance advantage is massive.

PCPartPicker part list

This is cheaper and faster than the build you listed.

DarkSable · Jun 11, 2013

Mattsherona :

Pardon, my bad. I thought that was the 7790, not the 7990. That being said, the 7990 has, erm... issues. I'd go with a 780 any day of the week.

Only go with an i7 if render / encode times mean money for you - if they don't, don't waste your $100 for a few minutes quicker time.

As for the motherboard, the only time it's worth it to spend more than $180 in my mind is if you absolutely need one specific feature the more expensive motherboard gives you. Otherwise it's just a waste of money.

Mattsherona · Jun 11, 2013

DarkSable :

alright for motherboard is this one good in your opinion

AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007KTY4A6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

and psu

Corsair CX750 Builder Series ATX 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Power Supply

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008RJZQSW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

also what i5 processor would you suggest if so, because im happy for a little less performance for a drop in the pricing

Marcopolo123 · Jun 11, 2013

Get haswell

DarkSable · Jun 11, 2013

Mattsherona :

Good motherboard, but you really only need a 550w power supply. That being said, marcopolo is wrong about getting Haswell - it's only better if you aren't overclocking.

I'd look hard at an i5-3570k, in terms of performance to budget.

Mattsherona · Jun 11, 2013

im considering haswell atm after looking at some reviews and stuff, i5-4670k seems good, but ill need another motherboard

DarkSable · Jun 11, 2013

haswell is only better if you're planning on not overclocking, or not overclocking far enough that the chip is pushed at all.

Here's Tom's Hardware.

Our first-hand information involves a high double-digit number of processors, including samples and final shipping boxed CPUs. Sort testing was limited to 1.2 V to keep heat manageable. Ring/cache ratios are pegged at 3.9 GHz, with the memory controller operating at 1,333 MT/s. Of the chips available for sorting, only one is stable at 4.6 GHz under full load. A few are capable of operating at 4.5 GHz. More run stably at 4.4 GHz. Most are solid at 4.3 GHz and down. As you stretch above a 1,600 MT/s memory data rate or a ring ratio to match your highest single-core Turbo Boost ratio (which helps maximize performance), your top stable core frequency tends to drop.

Overclockers.com guide to Haswell

The first thing you need to know about Haswell you already found out in our review (read it here if you haven’t already) – it runs hot. You will need a lot more than the stock cooler if you want to overclock. With a very good air cooler or all-in-one water cooler, you’re looking at a heat limited voltage cap of about 1.25 V. At that voltage with air or AIO cooling, you’ll be seeing temperatures in the upper 80′s to lower 90′s (°C) range under normal full processor load.

Tech Report's Review

Asus has tested hundreds of Haswell CPUs as part of its effort to profile the chip for auto-tuning algorithms. According to the motherboard maker, Intel's new hotness has a little less overclocking headroom than Ivy Bridge does. Perhaps more importantly, Haswell apparently has more variance from chip to chip, especially in the voltages necessary to hit specific speeds.

Mattsherona · Jun 11, 2013

DarkSable :

haswell is only better if you're planning on not overclocking, or not overclocking far enough that the chip is pushed at all.

Here's Tom's Hardware.

Our first-hand information involves a high double-digit number of processors, including samples and final shipping boxed CPUs. Sort testing was limited to 1.2 V to keep heat manageable. Ring/cache ratios are pegged at 3.9 GHz, with the memory controller operating at 1,333 MT/s. Of the chips available for sorting, only one is stable at 4.6 GHz under full load. A few are capable of operating at 4.5 GHz. More run stably at 4.4 GHz. Most are solid at 4.3 GHz and down. As you stretch above a 1,600 MT/s memory data rate or a ring ratio to match your highest single-core Turbo Boost ratio (which helps maximize performance), your top stable core frequency tends to drop.

Overclockers.com guide to Haswell

The first thing you need to know about Haswell you already found out in our review (read it here if you haven’t already) – it runs hot. You will need a lot more than the stock cooler if you want to overclock. With a very good air cooler or all-in-one water cooler, you’re looking at a heat limited voltage cap of about 1.25 V. At that voltage with air or AIO cooling, you’ll be seeing temperatures in the upper 80′s to lower 90′s (°C) range under normal full processor load.

Tech Report's Review

Asus has tested hundreds of Haswell CPUs as part of its effort to profile the chip for auto-tuning algorithms. According to the motherboard maker, Intel's new hotness has a little less overclocking headroom than Ivy Bridge does. Perhaps more importantly, Haswell apparently has more variance from chip to chip, especially in the voltages necessary to hit specific speeds.

so you're suggesting to get a i5-3750k and overclocking with the motherboard i talked about before (as rock)

DarkSable · Jun 11, 2013

Up to you - if you're overclocking more than just bumping up the voltage a little bit, Ivy Bridge is faster.

If you're only doing a mild overclock, then Haswell is faster.

Mattsherona · Jun 12, 2013

DarkSable :

ok does this setup seem good (please suggest a psu according to the parts, im still unsure about it???)

Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K

Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST2000DM001

AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)

Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H100i

LG Electronics 12x SATA Blu-Ray Disc Combo Internal Drive with 3D Playback and M-DISC (Black) UH12NS29

Samsung 840 Series 2.5 inch 120GB SATA III internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120BW

NZXT Crafted Series ATX Full Tower Steel Chassis - Phantom White

XFX FX-799A-XNF9 Radeon HD 7990 6GB 384-bit x2 GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card

any more suggestions would be appreciated

DarkSable · Jun 12, 2013

You only need 8GB of RAM - it's enough to simultaneously run battlefield 3, photoshop, AND 30 tabs in chrome.

Consider if you really need the blu-ray player.

Also, and this is a biggie, read up on AMD's issues with crossfire right now. It does NOT work well, and the 7990 can sometimes perform worse than a 7970. (despite reporting to the game that it's running a hundred frames a second, sixty of them will be fractions of slices of frame.) I'd look at a 690 if you absolutely have to have that level of performance, but if it's only for one monitor anyways, then a 7970 or 770 will be more than powerful enough.

The power supply depends heavily on the graphics card you end up with, but the rig as it looks right now is going to want something in the range of 700-750w. I'd look at XFX and Seasonic.

Mattsherona · Jun 12, 2013

DarkSable :

You only need 8GB of RAM - it's enough to simultaneously run battlefield 3, photoshop, AND 30 tabs in chrome.

Consider if you really need the blu-ray player.

Also, and this is a biggie, read up on AMD's issues with crossfire right now. It does NOT work well, and the 7990 can sometimes perform worse than a 7970. (despite reporting to the game that it's running a hundred frames a second, sixty of them will be fractions of slices of frame.) I'd look at a 690 if you absolutely have to have that level of performance, but if it's only for one monitor anyways, then a 7970 or 770 will be more than powerful enough.

The power supply depends heavily on the graphics card you end up with, but the rig as it looks right now is going to want something in the range of 700-750w. I'd look at XFX and Seasonic.

alright thanks heaps for the help i think ive got a pretty good idea about stuff now

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