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Welth

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Hi all. I'm going to buy a new machine and I would like to know what do you think about it before going ahead.
-Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5Ghz Box Socket 1155
-ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
-Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB 2X4GB CL9
-Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition OC 2GB GDDR5
My biggest doubt would be about the mobo, please tell me if it's a good choice or I should change it.
I'm going to use it for graphic design and gaming.
Thanks a lot.
 
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luckiest charm

luckiest charm

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I will change a few things with this build -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1009.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-27 15:38 EDT-0400)

Here, I changed CPU, Motherboard, RAM and Video Card (Basically everything) due to the following reasons -

1) i7 4770K is essentially the upgraded 3770K with 10% more performance.
2) Motherboard is changed due to compatibility issues (ASRock makes one of the best motherboards out there).
3) Corsair Vengeance and G.Skill make the best Gaming RAM out there.
4) Why buy HD 7870 when GTX 760 is there for almost same price? That card is stronger than even HD 7950 BOOST, let alone HD 7870 / 7870 XT.

Here I added a few parts which were not listed by you (those raised the costs). You can cut them out if you own some of them already and don't want to buy those. These parts have the best price - performance ratio.

Hoping that solved stuff. ^^
 
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TenPc

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Graphic design, particularly, may require more ram, those type os of programs are heavy on the cpu and memory usage is intensive especially for compiling and use of large files amd multiple pages. Consider 16gb of ram. 8gb is suitable but you may experience lagging. Allow as much as 45% free space (on the OS hdd), as great volumes of virtual memory is also a requirement.

It might also suit you to have an extra hdd for storage for completed files, artwork, images, sound files (if required) etc so as not to encumber the OS hdd.

If your graphics design is for work (employment) rather than just education, you should consider a separate PC so as not to incur problems with PC gaming as much gaming nowadays requires internet connection rather than stand-alone games. Lots of PC issues with many games could make your system unstable or cause the hdd to become corrupted or fail.

A good anti-virus program is also recommended.

"Never mix business/education with PC gaming, as both are likely to fail"
 
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