Am I ready to build? $1100 Gaming PC

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Alex Hughes

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Hey guys so I've finished what I think will be my build and I need to know **will it all fit together and work?**I haven't left anything out that it needs like windows 7 or something vital (I have a spare windows 7 lying around it's just an example of things I really need). I also have some upgrades in mind I plan on doing in the future (second part list), will it be able to sufficiently support the upgrades I have in mind? Thanks!


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($165.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $64.99)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $269.99)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.50 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $79.00)
Power Supply: OCZ ZT 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (Purchased For $122.00)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($25.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Other: Mouse Logitech G400 ($40.00)
Other: Battlefield 3 ($29.00)
Total: $1159.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-27 23:49 EST+1000)


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($165.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $64.99)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $64.99)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($115.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (Purchased For $269.99)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (Purchased For $269.99)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.50 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $79.00)
Power Supply: OCZ ZT 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (Purchased For $122.00)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($25.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Other: Mouse Logitech G400 ($40.00)
Other: Battlefield 3 ($29.00)
Total: $1648.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-27 23:49 EST+1000)
 
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jinayhvora
looks good to me, just get ur 2nd RAM also in 4GBx2
the OCZ PSU is not very good, replace it with something from Antec, Corsair, Seasonic or XFX, 750W is a good amount for SLI 760s
get a better CPU Cooler as Haswell tends to run hot
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looks good to me, just get ur 2nd RAM also in 4GBx2
the OCZ PSU is not very good, replace it with something from Antec, Corsair, Seasonic or XFX, 750W is a good amount for SLI 760s
get a better CPU Cooler as Haswell tends to run hot
 
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Alex Hughes

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Thanks for the response. I'll make sure to get 2 x 4GB, I just selected the wrong thing on PC Part Picker. What's actually wrong with the OCX power supply? I've read a lot of favourable reviews on it and it has 80 Plus Bronze. I have heard though they don't have as good of a reputation as Corsair, Seasonic etc but why not what actually makes them worse?
 
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morgilroka

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For sure grab a cpu cooler, The 212EVO will work just fine mine works like a charm and dropped my temps by quite a bit. My overclocked temps match my old nonOC'd stock cooler.

XFX psu's are honestly not thaaaat bad. Personally though, the one piece of hardware that runs the whole system.. I don't want to risk anything being damaged. I personally only use Corsair for my builds, I have built upward s of 10rigs in the past couple years and never had a psu problem.
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If you can push your budget another 20$ I would for sure grab this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010
Gold rating and i have used it 4times. Perfect.

Of course if you can't stretch a budget then i would imagine the XFX psu would do just fine. Just talking from experience.
 
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