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need some help with my first build (trying to go a little cheap)

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June 18, 2014 5:56:37 PM

im not sure what power supply i need for my build and if it can play games on high settings stuff like League of legends,minecraft, skyrim, blah blah blah and evolve when in come out next year game looks sick. ive bought some parts from sales. any tips and suggestions are welcome. I plan on overclocking also
Case: phantom 410 (bought)
CPU cooler:corsair H100i (bought)
CPU: intel i5 3570k
Mother board: ASRock Z77 extreme 4
GPU: EVGA Superclocked geforce GTX760
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8GB 1866 (2x4GB)
Harddrive: 1TB (not sure what kind it is just taking one out of an old comp i bought plan on upgrading to SSD later)
Disk Drive: Generic LG disk drive
PSU: I have no clue what i need. i might SLI 2 760's in the future but for now i'll just be running the one

Thanks for any and all help everybody

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June 18, 2014 6:28:29 PM

Looks good. I believe you will have to SLI your 760 to get to high on newer games, but you should be fine with playing on medium high settings.

For your PSU go with a 750W just in case you do plan on getting a second card on SLI. I like to recommend the EVGA supernova's as they have the best service and warranty.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K85X23O/ref=as_li_t...
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June 18, 2014 6:40:09 PM

jtledoux said:
Looks good. I believe you will have to SLI your 760 to get to high on newer games, but you should be fine with playing on medium high settings.

For your PSU go with a 750W just in case you do plan on getting a second card on SLI. I like to recommend the EVGA supernova's as they have the best service and warranty.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K85X23O/ref=as_li_t...




what if i dont sli how big of a power supply will i need. and thanks for the help
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June 18, 2014 8:18:11 PM

LunarOwl said:
jtledoux said:
Looks good. I believe you will have to SLI your 760 to get to high on newer games, but you should be fine with playing on medium high settings.

For your PSU go with a 750W just in case you do plan on getting a second card on SLI. I like to recommend the EVGA supernova's as they have the best service and warranty.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K85X23O/ref=as_li_t...




what if i dont sli how big of a power supply will i need. and thanks for the help


You could probably get away with a 550W, but I would just go with a 600W incase you start to add some more devices to your PC.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0092ML0OC/ref=as_li_t...

But just a suggestion, if you do plan on going SLI in the future, it will me much easier to install the new card with the 750 installed, then having to pull out the old and installing the new. And it usually is only about a $15 difference from the 600w
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June 18, 2014 8:52:25 PM

Honestly I wouldn't SLI 760s. A better single card solution is still better than two lower end cards in SLI. It's not worth the money you pay for the small performance boost.

I would get an i5-4690K and a Z97 board if possible. It's best to be on the latest CPU generation as compared to 2 behind. Although if you get a really good deal on the i5-3570K and a Z77 board then I suppose it is worth it.

Here's a nice 650W PSU built by Seasonic using high quality parts.

PCPartPicker part list

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $59.99

I would recommend a GTX 770 over SLI 760s. Similar performance, lower cost and lower power consumption.

Also, a GTX 770 is the maximum you'll need for a 1080p display. Even my R9 270 runs everything I throw it at on High/Ultra with framerates fluctuating between 45 and 60.
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June 18, 2014 9:06:44 PM

Mephikun said:
Honestly I wouldn't SLI 760s. A better single card solution is still better than two lower end cards in SLI. It's not worth the money you pay for the small performance boost.

I would get an i5-4690K and a Z97 board if possible. It's best to be on the latest CPU generation as compared to 2 behind. Although if you get a really good deal on the i5-3570K and a Z77 board then I suppose it is worth it.

Here's a nice 650W PSU built by Seasonic using high quality parts.

PCPartPicker part list

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $59.99

I would recommend a GTX 770 over SLI 760s. Similar performance, lower cost and lower power consumption.

Also, a GTX 770 is the maximum you'll need for a 1080p display. Even my R9 270 runs everything I throw it at on High/Ultra with framerates fluctuating between 45 and 60.


thanks for the tips. the only reason i was thinking of SLI was to save some money now and in the future SLI to help boost the system. and i looked up that cpu its on preorder should i maybe just got for a haswell i5 k series cpu
and again thanks for the help
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June 18, 2014 9:14:48 PM

The i5-4690K comes out in 6 days, I'd say it's worth the wait :) 
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June 19, 2014 6:53:52 PM

That looks like a pretty good motherboard.
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