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xDvox1

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Is the Intel Core i7-4820k Quad-Core 3.70 GHz a good processor?

Also, these specs

Gaming Chasis: CFI Boreallight w/ USB 3.0, EZ Swap HDD, 2x 120mm & 1x 140mm fans, Side Panel Window (Black Color)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Quad-Core 3.70 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)

CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: * Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler w/ PWM fan - Efficient Cooling Performance

Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant

Motherboard: * GIGABYTE X79-UP4 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 5, GblAN, 4 GEn3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI

RAM / System Memory: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)

Power Supply: 650 Watts - Thermaltake SMART Series SP-650PCBUS 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

Hard Drive Cooling Fan: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System (1 x System)

Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)

Sound: * ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCIe Sound Card
 
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Criticisms:

You're spending too much on the CPU + motherboard and sacrificing on the psu too much. Get a better PSU.

You don't really need a sound card, onboard sound is pretty good as is. If you do want it, with your budget, it never hurts to keep it.

CPU, you don't need an I7 for gaming, the performance from i5 to i7 is marginal at best.

With your budget, you should easily be able to fit in a SSD.

Suggestion:

Something like this to start would be better and more balanced. You have plenty of room on the budget still to add on to the build if you want.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler:...
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Swordkd

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Oh jeebus, how much is your budget and what is the purpose for this Pc? That's an x79 chipset setup, which means if it's for gaming it'll be way more expensive than than an equivalent z97/z87 chipset setup. The advantage of it is that you could opt for a Hexacore Cpu if you wanted, and in some games it would really benefit you, but that's generally about 500+ dollars.
 
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xDvox1

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The purpose is for gaming, and my budget is around 1500-1700 dollars. Thank you

 
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Criticisms:

You're spending too much on the CPU + motherboard and sacrificing on the psu too much. Get a better PSU.

You don't really need a sound card, onboard sound is pretty good as is. If you do want it, with your budget, it never hurts to keep it.

CPU, you don't need an I7 for gaming, the performance from i5 to i7 is marginal at best.

With your budget, you should easily be able to fit in a SSD.

Suggestion:

Something like this to start would be better and more balanced. You have plenty of room on the budget still to add on to the build if you want.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($130.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($138.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($379.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1325.84
 
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