So I'm gonna buy a new PC pretty soon, for now its only for gaming, but in on year or less, I might begin to use it for 3d modeling and other things like that too. I want to overclock at least the CPU first, and might want to overclock a few other things after that if its possible too. The build that I thought about was :
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jPG5
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jPG5/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jPG5/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($169.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.79 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($672.23 @ Newegg Canada)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DSX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($49.99 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($158.76 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1963.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-23 15:31 EDT-0400)
1st. So I wanted to know if the CPU cooler was enough to do the kind of overclocking that I want, or if maybe it was too much ?
2nd. Then, I also wanted advices about the PSU. I searched quite a bit on the web, and thought that this one might be good, but I'm not quite sure yet.
3rd. I thought about going for an i7-4770k instead of the i7-3770k. Is it really that much better ? I heard that Haswell was a bit hotter when overclocking, but I don't really know if it's that much. Going for Haswell would mean getting on the new 1156 socket which would mean more futureproof... right ?
4th. I'm also open to suggestions for changes on my build, if some of the other things that I decided to put in there aren't really that good.
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jPG5
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jPG5/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jPG5/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon Canada)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($169.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.79 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($672.23 @ Newegg Canada)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DSX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($49.99 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($158.76 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1963.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-23 15:31 EDT-0400)
1st. So I wanted to know if the CPU cooler was enough to do the kind of overclocking that I want, or if maybe it was too much ?
2nd. Then, I also wanted advices about the PSU. I searched quite a bit on the web, and thought that this one might be good, but I'm not quite sure yet.
3rd. I thought about going for an i7-4770k instead of the i7-3770k. Is it really that much better ? I heard that Haswell was a bit hotter when overclocking, but I don't really know if it's that much. Going for Haswell would mean getting on the new 1156 socket which would mean more futureproof... right ?
4th. I'm also open to suggestions for changes on my build, if some of the other things that I decided to put in there aren't really that good.