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Vithu Sel

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Hi guys i was just wondering if this setup is too over the top for intensive gaming:
Part Parts name
Case Thermaltake level 10 gt snow edition

Motherboard Asus rampage IV Extreme x79

GPU GTX 690

Ram G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz (PC3 14900) Ultra Performance Desktop Memory 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBZL

CPU Intel BX80619I73930K Core i7-3930K 6-Core Processor LGA2011

Heatsink ZALMAN CNPS10X EXTREME 120mm Blue LED CPU Cooler Intel/AMD

Thermal Paste Arctic MX-4 4g

PSU ThermalTake ToughPower XT 80+ Platinum Modular Gaming Power Supply

CD Drive Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15X BLU-RAY Burner & 16X DVD±R/±RW Drive

OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

WIFI card Asus PCE-N53 300Mbps Wireless Network Interface Card

SSD Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive

if you have any suggestions then please do say

BTW money is no problem
 
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C12Friedman
There are a few advantages to the socket 2011 boards but only one which may make a difference (although not a large difference) in gaming. That is the ability to have two PCIe lanes at 16x but if not looking to SLI/X-Fire and run multiple monitors, it is wasted IMO (want to add another 690 later?). The other advantages would be more for production type work, a) support for 6 core or multiple CPU, b) support for 32+ GB of ram, c) quad channel ram function... there may be others but those are the main advantages.
Your build is solid but I think you could rock games nearly as effectively for quite a bit less on an 1150 platform
My one concern is the Thermaltake PSU which, although a well received PSU made by ChannelWell could (and should...
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There are a few advantages to the socket 2011 boards but only one which may make a difference (although not a large difference) in gaming. That is the ability to have two PCIe lanes at 16x but if not looking to SLI/X-Fire and run multiple monitors, it is wasted IMO (want to add another 690 later?). The other advantages would be more for production type work, a) support for 6 core or multiple CPU, b) support for 32+ GB of ram, c) quad channel ram function... there may be others but those are the main advantages.
Your build is solid but I think you could rock games nearly as effectively for quite a bit less on an 1150 platform
My one concern is the Thermaltake PSU which, although a well received PSU made by ChannelWell could (and should IMO) be improved upon for such a high end build - I'd personally like to see a PSU built by Enermax or SeaSonic in there
 
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