Feedback on new gaming rig

[mookial]

About to purchase my new gaming system and was looking for some final thoughts/opinions. Anything I can swap out to lessen the price without sacrificing performance?, or is what I have now sufficient for a powerful gaming rig that I will also be using to stream game play.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.12 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ NCIX US)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($409.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($118.85 @ Mac Connection)
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($25.97 @ Newegg)
Other: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Total: $1144.88
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-06-08 20:45 EDT-0400)

 

[Niklas_13]

You Could save money on the case, look at a CM HAF 912 save 55 bucks

less HDD space 500 GB save 30 bucks

4 Gb ram save 20 bucks

^ all the above will save you 100 bucks + or - and not change your game play, its up to you

You also can save money buy buying some parts at a local PC shop to save shipping, some will price match.

Also look for combos http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.975453

It look like a very wellrounded build !

 

[blazorthon]

Going to 4GB of RAM would mean that you often can't have stuff such as a web browser open during gaming. Sure, you could go to 4GB, but it would reduce the system's capabilities, even though it technically wouldn't hurt performance. Besides, with a build that high end, there's little reason to have less than 8GB of RAM if you can afford it. Future-proofing can be important and 4GB of RAM can get dangerously close to not being enough already in many games and some games need more in some situations.

 

[mookial]

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping I could alter something like the PSU but I guess I'm satisfied with what I have. Having a stronger PSU then I need helps for future upgrade -- so I guess I can look at it that way ! Anyway, thanks a lot for the above posters insights

 

[Niklas_13]

You can buy a QL 550W PSU and be good, but your not going to add a 2nd GPU down the road!!! If you only want a single GPU setup, change the PSU to 550W and look for a cheeper mobo with only 1 PCI E 3.0