What do you think ?

Just wondering what y'all think about my new home built PC, let me know pros,cons, etc. Any advide is welcomed !


i7 2600k 2nd generation
2x4GB kingston DDR3 RAM @ 1600 mhz
OCZ agility 3 120GB SSD
ati hd radeon 5770 1GB DDR5
Cooler master power supply 650W
fractal design core3000 case



Thanks for any comments !

ummm MoBo?

Without it, you just have a pile of parts.

Win7... 32/64 bit... ????

Win 7 ultimate 64 bits, 5770 is the next part to chance (wich is still a decent card from last year), could not afford all those parts at once. What's wrong with that ?

BTW forgot the MB lol : Asus p8z68-v gen 3

Well it would be helpful if we knew what you planned to do with the computer. Such as gaming or video work or a mix and it would also be helpful if you listed those priorities from most to least important. If you could also list a budget although I can somewhat gauge how much you're probably wanting to spend based on the parts you have already picked out. It would also help if you let us know what online store you prefer to purchase things from. I'd personally recommend newegg but other stores are good too.

So far the parts you have picked are looking good, your GPU is underpowered when you compare it to the rest of your parts. But I noticed you have said you plan to upgrade that in the future when you have more money. Which I personally think nothing is wrong with that, because I myself have bought the stuff I could afford and then updated the parts later down the road.

The only real change I'd recommend is that instead of the OCZ Agility you go with the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD instead. Simply because the Agility uses Asynchronous NAND which doesn't perform quite as quickly in real world based benchmarks. The performance difference is anywhere to 10-30 percent in some cases. Here is a link to the benchmarks I'm referring to.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4421 [...] -roundup/3

However when you look at synthetic benchmarks you'll notice the gap isn't always big but sometimes is. If it where up to me I'd just spend the extra $13.00 (right now on newegg with their 10 dollar off promo it's only 13 less). But that's just my personal opinion.

The only other change I'd recommend to you is that you may want to think about just going with a i5 2500k and then spend the extra cash on a better GPU. But since you said you plan to buy a GPU down the road I guess you probably won't want to do that. Honestly though my work system is a i5 2500k and my home PC is a i7 2600k and unless I'm doing something that actually uses the hyper-threading I can't tell any notable differences. So if I honestly had to do it over again I probably would have bought myself a i5 2500k and use the extra $85-$95 on a higher end GPU.

So if I was you I'd probably get the i5 2500k then spend that extra on either a AMD 6870 or AMD 6950. But that's just me personally.