I am planning on constructing a custom desktop over the holidays, and will be ordering the parts on and around Black Friday. (for those of you who don't know, black Friday is an American "holiday" were stuff goes on crazy sales.) However, I was able to buy the power supply and motherboard off a friend for a crazy low price. That leaves me with a substantial gap in my budget, and I am trying to decide were the spare cash should go. So after considering my options, I decided I would at least take a look at OCing my pc. Here Is my build-
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3550 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B75 PRO3-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($195.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (32-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $745.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-14 22:01 EST-0500)
So, Should I put that spare cash into overclocking? I have NO experience, and have no idea how to do it, so if OCing is the right way to go It would be great if I could get a link to a tutorial. All help is appreciated, and all ideas are taken into consideration
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3550 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B75 PRO3-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($195.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (32-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $745.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-14 22:01 EST-0500)
So, Should I put that spare cash into overclocking? I have NO experience, and have no idea how to do it, so if OCing is the right way to go It would be great if I could get a link to a tutorial. All help is appreciated, and all ideas are taken into consideration
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