My First Build (For Gaming) Please rate.

[Guest]

Mobo - EVGA P67 FTW 160-SB-E679-K2 LGA 1155
Case - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower
GPU - EVGA 03G-P3-1584-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3GB
PSU - PC Power and Cooling Silencer 910W
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost)
SSD - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III
Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM
Disc Drive - ASUS 24X DVD Burner
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Fan - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO

Thoughts?

 

[gary1]

You do not need a 260$ mobo..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790

Also, you chose a 490$ GPU. Get a GTX 680 instead.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130768

Are you going to SLI? If not. Get this PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088&Tpk=x650

Everything else looks good.

 

[Guest]

I'm thinking about SLI-ing the future, probably when the standards for games start shooting up again. Is the GTX 590 > GTX 680? I looked at the benchmarks done on TH and they look about even.

 

[gary1]

No. 590 get hot, uses LOTS of power, and 680 SLI will destroy it. Get a 680, and SLI it down the road.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022&Tpk=tx850

 

[cdiscoll2012]

yeah i would advise getting a different psu try corsair antec or seasonic

 

[Guest]

^^^What's wrong with the one I have? What wattage would I need for SLI-ing the 680 down the road?

 

[cdiscoll2012]

it's not the wattage its the reliability of the power supply that is the problem if your psu goes it could and very likely fry your whole build leaving you in a deep hole

 

[gary1]

The one I linked will be plenty. Corsair and Seasonic are just more reliable PSU's.

 

[cdiscoll2012]

yes very true

 

[ebola28]

PCPC is a great PSU company, on the lines of seasonic, corsair, antec, and xfx.... and go with the 680...

Gary is right about the mobo as well

 

[Guest]

is 650W really enough if I plan on using SLI for the GTX 680?

 

[gary1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022&Tpk=tx850&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=fc8f8epnriv7

 

[ebola28]

jonnyguru score for the 600 w version

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=263

 

[ebola28]

no, 650W is not enough for SLI 680's. Go with 850W or more