What is this system capable of doing?

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e-coli

e-coli

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Gigabyte, B75M-D3H
ASUS, NV, GTX660 DirectCU II, 2GB GDDR5
Corsair Graphite 230T-Orange ATX Case
WD,3.5,1TB,10EZEX,SATA3,64,7200,
Cooler Master Elite V2 Power 500-Watt Power Supply ATX ,
8GB DDR3 1600MHZ ram
i7 3770 3.4 Ghz.
Are there changes I should make?
What could I do with this system?
 
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mouse24
Its capable of doing whatever, with reasonable expectations.

You never said what the point of this machine is. If its a workstation, add 8gb of ram possibly. If its a gaming machine, drop the i7 down to an i5 and pick up a 760, possibly a 770 if you can.

Just make sure that proc isn't a K model since you can't OC on a B75 mobo anyhow.
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mouse24

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Its capable of doing whatever, with reasonable expectations.

You never said what the point of this machine is. If its a workstation, add 8gb of ram possibly. If its a gaming machine, drop the i7 down to an i5 and pick up a 760, possibly a 770 if you can.

Just make sure that proc isn't a K model since you can't OC on a B75 mobo anyhow.
 
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menetlaus

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That is a nice gaming system - the GPU is a little weaker than I'd suggest with an i7-3770 (if system is mainly used for gaming)

If buying now I'd also consider the i7-3770K version as it is not much more expensive and allows overclocking. You might also want to consider a 64/128/256GB SSD for a boot drive.

Question really is what do you want to do with the PC?
 
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Onus

Onus

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Replace the PSU with a quality model. Other than their new "V" series (made by Seasonic), most of their PSUs are near-junk with problems ranging from the minor (e.g. poor efficiency) to serious (over-rating, claimed protection circuits missing). A GTX660 is not an extremely demanding card, but it isn't a chance I'd take with my own system(s), so not one I'd recommend others take. To allow for future expansion and/or overclocking, a quality 500W unit would be good. Note that this excludes the Corsair "CX" line, which was built with some inferior capacitors that don't like heat and age poorly.
 
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