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December 6, 2013 2:38:23 AM

i have this build and was looking for any advise on how you would change any thing on this build to might make it better , with out going to much over the limit that is set http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fSJf

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December 6, 2013 3:00:22 AM

First off. What will this build be used for?

For now :
You are overspending on the motherboard, PSU, and RAM.
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December 6, 2013 3:39:47 AM

Looks good except for the Corsair memory, I'd go with G.Skill myself.

Corsair memory used to rule, but since they've spread themselves out into so many different areas, their modules constantly seem to fall behind G.Skills performance and reliability.
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December 6, 2013 3:50:22 AM

4Ryan6 said:
Looks good except for the Corsair memory, I'd go with G.Skill myself.

Corsair memory used to rule, but since they've spread themselves out into so many different areas, their modules constantly seem to fall behind G.Skills performance and reliability.


Gotta love the pitfall they fell into.
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December 6, 2013 4:05:51 AM

Novuake said:
4Ryan6 said:
Looks good except for the Corsair memory, I'd go with G.Skill myself.

Corsair memory used to rule, but since they've spread themselves out into so many different areas, their modules constantly seem to fall behind G.Skills performance and reliability.


Gotta love the pitfall they fell into.


I just hope G.Skill does not eventually go the same route and continues to concentrate on their memory module performance, Corsair the company, is obviously doing better at surviving than OCZ, but OCZ was also some great memory back in the day.

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December 6, 2013 4:26:16 AM

4Ryan6 said:


I just hope G.Skill does not eventually go the same route and continues to concentrate on their memory module performance, Corsair the company, is obviously doing better at surviving than OCZ, but OCZ was also some great memory back in the day.



And now OCZs memory is dead and their SSDs and PSUs flailing.

At least Corsair has some good products otherwise.

I do not think there are many companies that can survive of just memory profits, the margins are just to low and the demand is just getting smaller and smaller.
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December 6, 2013 4:28:36 AM

I would drop the 1k watt PSU, and get something in the 750 watt range. That would give you room to add a second 760 in the future, and leave you a bit of head room for overclocking as well. I would also add a 1tb or bigger data drive, the 120 will fill up really quickly. I also agree with Ryan, Dont spend the extra money on an i7, get an i5
This build would cut out the extra, and get you a better video card for gaming, and add a 1tb HDD, for less money, check it out:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fTTQ
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December 6, 2013 6:31:12 AM

I have 2 old hdd 3.5", one is 300gb , 2nd is 500gb , also have two hdd 2.5" , both are 160gb. I just opened my mail today and got 300$ :)  so i think i going to return my 760 for A 780 :) 

only the video card and the ssd came from new egg . every thing else i had to get from wal-mart }P (ewwwww) my grandma paid for half and i paid for half ( she got 25% off on dec. 4th , cuz she worked there on black friday)

Just throwing my build out there to see what I could of done differently. (agreeing with you guys about the video card)

we also got best buy to price match micro center for 199$ for 4770k (since micro center was in store pick up only and the closest one was 3 hours away)

with the ram i wanted to get the g.skill(I hear good things about them)
but like i said wal-mart doesn't carry g.skill

I wouldn't of bought any thing at wal-mart but like I said , Gram put up half , and got the 25% so.. w/e

*quick story , sister use to work at sony , she said they rate the tv,cd player, etc.. quality(or w/e ) 1-10 ( or w/e)
and she said all the 1-3(or w/e) went to wal-mart (cuz they buy in such bulk and want it so cheep from the manufacture)
and they send all the 7-10 to best buy / new egg ..w/e (the good company that want the quality products)



*She said that about best buy , but I think there stuff sucks.
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