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LiveWireAddict

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I recently have decided to build my own computer rather than buying prebuilt for cost reasons. Im not looking for a real budget pc and I think I found all the parts that I would need and all of them seem compatible. I was just wondering if this is all I need or am I forgetting something.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1lEcE
 
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It looks like the only thing you're missing is an aftermarket CPU cooler which is needed for overclocking.

Just so you know, the LGA1155 socket is a dead socket, which means Intel has abandoned the socket for their chips. The most recent Intel release, the Haswell 4xxx series, uses the newer LGA1150 socket and the next CPU series will also use 1150. If you plan on upgrading when Intel releases their new line, it would be in your best interest to get an LGA1150 Motherboard with an i5-4670k (the new 3570k).

The GTX670 is a great card, but you may be inclined to purchase the GTX760 instead. It is *slightly* slower but is substantially cheaper.

While the 830 is a great drive, I would recommend going with Samsung's newer 840. It should...

Eyedeology

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It looks like the only thing you're missing is an aftermarket CPU cooler which is needed for overclocking.

Just so you know, the LGA1155 socket is a dead socket, which means Intel has abandoned the socket for their chips. The most recent Intel release, the Haswell 4xxx series, uses the newer LGA1150 socket and the next CPU series will also use 1150. If you plan on upgrading when Intel releases their new line, it would be in your best interest to get an LGA1150 Motherboard with an i5-4670k (the new 3570k).

The GTX670 is a great card, but you may be inclined to purchase the GTX760 instead. It is *slightly* slower but is substantially cheaper.

While the 830 is a great drive, I would recommend going with Samsung's newer 840. It should be slightly cheaper too.

I think you could find slightly faster RAM for cheaper. While the increase from 1333 to 1600 is insignificant in gaming, you could save money AND get the faster speed. Try Kingston Hyperx, Corsair Vengeance, G.Skill Ripjaws, or even Patriot Viper.

While Caviar Black drives are excellent and have a great (five year) warranty, you could save money and go with a Seagate Barracuda (slightly slower I think, but doubt it would be noticable) or a Western Digital Caviar Blue. If money isn't an issue, I'd stick with the Caviar Black.

The last thing I would say is that for your price range, you could probably find a nicer/more appealing case. Cases are really up to personal preference, so if that's the one you really like, keep it! Just letting you know that you can take any case you'd like and it would be fine.
 
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LiveWireAddict

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After reading your post and others I upgraded to 1600 ram but did not increase the amount of ram, will more ram make a big difference or not?

I also switched to the 760 which was one of my options when I started.

I choose an aftermarket cooler that was suggested before. Will this work or is it incompatible or underrated for my pc.

It is not in my plans to upgrade the motherboard later on and I have heard really good reviews on the caviar black drives so I would like to stay with them. Cases I could really care less the HAF X looks fine to me. Also is there any hidden Items I should be getting like paste or other "cords" and such?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1lGiN
P.S. Thanks
 

adimeister

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Nah, 8gb is more than enough bro if you only stress on gaming. Increasing it if you only game, won't do much. yes 1666 will increase performance better. Why don't you like the 760? :( The hyper 212 evo is a good aftermarket cooler. :) Your case is also good, the haf x has received so much praises already. If you buy an aftermarket cooler, it comes with a thermal paste already, don't bother buying extra.
 

LiveWireAddict

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I like the 670 when first building I just picked the 760 because it is cheaper and not that much slower. I probably would only game or type papers on it. Yeah after looking I saw it came with paste but does the power unit come with all the cords and everything too just dont want to get everything and end up needing a cord.
Thanks