Help with new rig (just to check if anything is bottlenecking)

[badhomaks]

Approximate Purchase Date: At the end of July

Budget Range: $1000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, photoshop

Parts Not Required: monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any Canadian website (tigerdirect.ca., newegg.ca)

Country: Canada

Parts Preferences: for sure 100% GTX 670. 90% intel core i5-2500k

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Additional Comments: don't give a crap about noise or the looks of the gaming rig. just performance. (no fugly cases though, just average good looking ones)



Here's the link to an approximation of what the computer will look like. Looking mostly for feedback if anything is severely bottlenecking my gtx 670. Thanks.

edit: I also have a question: hwo do you get more usb slots? I need at least 3 ports.

 

[akamrcrack]

You can also try NCIX.com (usually much better prices than newegg.ca)

What monitor are you currently using?

 

[badhomaks]

You can also try NCIX.com (usually much better prices than newegg.ca)

What monitor are you currently using?

All I know about it is that it has a resolution of 1080p

 

[TheBigTroll]

this isnt happening. the cpu, the mobo, the gpu will already cost 800 dollars. here is the build that i put together with your preferences. (z68 boards cost more than z77 boards)

http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/9BOD

it is 1200 dollars. to get the 1000 mark, downgrade the gpu to a 7850 and a 550w power suply

 

[guerrero]

Your 'maybe" going to overclock that UNLOCKED cpu

 

[badhomaks]

this isnt happening. the cpu, the mobo, the gpu will already cost 800 dollars. here is the build that i put together with your preferences. (z68 boards cost more than z77 boards)

http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/9BOD

it is 1200 dollars. to get the 1000 mark, downgrade the gpu to a 7850 and a 550w power suply

Well without windows I shave off another 100 but do I really need to have that case? The Cooler Master Elite 310 ATX Mid Tower Case is $30 cheaper. Also what was inadequate with the Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard? It doesn't fit the gtx?

 

[akamrcrack]

derp forgot case >_<

fixing my build I made

 

[TheBigTroll]

if you dont overclock, i can make into the budget

 

[TheBigTroll]

Well without windows I shave off another 100 but do I really need to have that case? The Cooler Master Elite 310 ATX Mid Tower Case is $30 cheaper. Also what was inadequate with the Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard? It doesn't fit the gtx?

1: will the 10.5 inch gtx 670 fit? if it does, go ahead if not, dont
2: the h61 will not do. you are running ivy bridge and the board is a crippled sandy bridge chipset. you basically lose the point of having ivy bridge. also not to mention it work overclock. h77 is the way to go for non-overclocking and z77 for overclocking. i can already imagine how stupid it would look if you put a 80 dollar board with a 400 dollar graphics card

 

[badhomaks]

if you dont overclock, i can make into the budget

Honestly, I don't care about overclocking since it may damage my parts but I just want the downright best performance for $1,000. (I also somewhat lean towards nvidia since it supports PhysX and I like its catalyst ability to insert random graphic setting pretty useful. Not to mention the txaa that's coming out)

 

[badhomaks]

1: will the 10.5 inch gtx 670 fit? if it does, go ahead if not, dont
2: the h61 will not do. you are running ivy bridge and the board is a crippled sandy bridge chipset. you basically lose the point of having ivy bridge. also not to mention it work overclock. h77 is the way to go for non-overclocking and z77 for overclocking. i can already imagine how stupid it would look if you put a 80 dollar board with a 400 dollar graphics card

Hmm.. interesting points. Will a MSI Z77A-G43 do? it's $30 cheaper. Oh and as I stated, I'll buy this at the end of july so perhaps it can be more than $1000 considering it'll realisticly go down to $1000 by august.

 

[TheBigTroll]

g43 doesnt have SLI support

 

[badhomaks]

derp forgot case >_<

fixing my build I made

Will you finish soon? Cause otherwise I'll just pick the great troll for best answer but I want to see your rig to be fair.

 

[Why_Me]

This is without the vid card. Maybe you can find a cheaper board at NCIX.

http://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-600/geforce-gtx-660 $300 (due out July/August)
GTX 660

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10370AC7501&vpn=THREE%20HUNDRED%20TWO&manufacture=ANTEC $64.72
Antec Three Hundred Two Mid Tower Gaming Case 302 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT No PS Front USB3.0 & Audio

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950AC5426&vpn=OCZ-ZS550W&manufacture=OCZ $68.32 MIR $43.32
OCZ ZS Series 550W ATX12V V2.2 24PIN ATX SLI Ready 80PLUS Bronze Performance Power Supply 135mm Fan

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950BD1852&vpn=Z77%20Pro%203&manufacture=ASROCK $127.44
ASRock Z77 Pro 3 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 CrossFireX 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 HDMI USB3.0 Motherboard

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/242391/BX80637I53570K/Intel/ $234.00
Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/237385/RR-212E-20PK-R2/COOLERMASTER/ $29.15
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/240822/BLS2KIT4G3D1609DS1S00/CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY/ $45.43
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB 2X4GB PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 1.5V CL9 Dual Channel Memory Kit

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=14120DR5445&vpn=ST1000DM003&manufacture=SEAGATE $87.79
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530DR5213&vpn=DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk&manufacture=ASUS $19.24
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12850SW2113&vpn=GFC-02050&manufacture=MICROSOFT $95.33
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT SP1 DVD OEM

Total: $746.42