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jcapo23

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Me and my friend have spent the past year talking computers and I finally think I got my shopping list set.

I don't really plan on OCing and if I was it would only be .2-.5 more.
I'm using this rig mainly for gaming and internet.

Case: Cooler Master HAF XM Mid
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119257

CPU: i7 3770K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
w/ HYPER 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth Z77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821

THIS POWER SUPPLY:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087

MEMORY: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226184

HDD: Seagate Barracuda
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834

BLU RAY DRIVE BURNER:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136250

Also buying 2 extra 200mm fans for the case.

Disregard GFX card

Going to use Windows Professional
 
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For gaming an i7 is unnecessary. With Haswell out, it makes more sense to pick up a Haswell CPU anyways.

You can still get a 750 or 850 watt PSU, it's just you're paying a lot for the PSU compared to the rest of your build.
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jcapo23

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I'm sticking with the 3770K
Also forgot to mention that >.< I'm going to use a EVGA GTX 670 FTW edition
and I want the extra wattage just in case i SLI in the future
 
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For gaming I would drop the CPU down to a i5 3570K. Unless you really want to worry about games stuttering and having to shut off Hyperthreading in the BIOS turning that i7 into a i5 anyway. Some games do not perform correctly with HT because they do not work correctly with the 4 fake cores of the i7. For other task the i7 is great but for gaming not so much. But hey it is your money so go for what you want.
 
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For gaming an i7 is unnecessary. With Haswell out, it makes more sense to pick up a Haswell CPU anyways.

You can still get a 750 or 850 watt PSU, it's just you're paying a lot for the PSU compared to the rest of your build.
 
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