- Jul 1, 2014
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Currently gaming on a macbook pro. 
And finding the specs not as useful for gaming, now that it's gotten a bit older (and that most games aren't made with mac compatibility). So I decided to build my first gaming/general-use rig that was also future proof. Here's what I have so far. Please let me know if there are any issues with the setup, i.e. bottlenecking, or incompatibility. Also, I'm going for a black/blue color scheme.
CPU: i5 3570k (I do a bit of multi-tasking: playing youtube videos, iTunes while i'm gaming or browsing the internet. Not sure if i need to upgrade to multi-threading for that.)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 760
MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (Love the color scheme, and I think the specs are supposed to be good as well).
Memory: Corsair Vengence 16G @ 1600Mhz (Not sure if the memory is too much, but i like this ram because it comes in blue, and unsure if this amount of memory won't become useful in the future.)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO SSD @ 250 GB (like the technology behind this one) and Western Digital DW Blue 1T Hard Drive (I also already have an external 1T hard drive for backup)
PSU: Dell H750E-01 (recycling from a friend's broken computer)
Case: CoolMaster Cosmos SE (Again, I like the look of this one. Has a window, black/blue lighting, and so far the reviews I've seen have been good)
I haven't decided whether or not to over clock, but I tried to make sure everything would support it. Please let me know if you think I should over clock and what type of cooling system I should get, and if there's anything else I'm missing in my setup. Right now for the prices i've found, this setup is around $1200. My budget is around that.
Thanks for any help.
And finding the specs not as useful for gaming, now that it's gotten a bit older (and that most games aren't made with mac compatibility). So I decided to build my first gaming/general-use rig that was also future proof. Here's what I have so far. Please let me know if there are any issues with the setup, i.e. bottlenecking, or incompatibility. Also, I'm going for a black/blue color scheme.CPU: i5 3570k (I do a bit of multi-tasking: playing youtube videos, iTunes while i'm gaming or browsing the internet. Not sure if i need to upgrade to multi-threading for that.)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 760
MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (Love the color scheme, and I think the specs are supposed to be good as well).
Memory: Corsair Vengence 16G @ 1600Mhz (Not sure if the memory is too much, but i like this ram because it comes in blue, and unsure if this amount of memory won't become useful in the future.)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO SSD @ 250 GB (like the technology behind this one) and Western Digital DW Blue 1T Hard Drive (I also already have an external 1T hard drive for backup)
PSU: Dell H750E-01 (recycling from a friend's broken computer)
Case: CoolMaster Cosmos SE (Again, I like the look of this one. Has a window, black/blue lighting, and so far the reviews I've seen have been good)
I haven't decided whether or not to over clock, but I tried to make sure everything would support it. Please let me know if you think I should over clock and what type of cooling system I should get, and if there's anything else I'm missing in my setup. Right now for the prices i've found, this setup is around $1200. My budget is around that.
Thanks for any help.
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