Picking the parts of a computer for a friend, final stages.

[djbros2]

This computer is for a friend, he is pretty much ready to buy the computer, I'm just wondering if everything will work together and if the computer will be good for gaming/some graphics programs. He will probably overclock.

Case: CoolerMaster Storm Scout Gaming Black Case With Red Led(NoPSU)

Power supply: OCZ ZT650W Modular 80+ Bronze PSU

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K/3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/LGA1155 Ivy Bridge

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO w Transparent 12cm

HDD: Seagate SATA3 1TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache

DVD Drive: LiteON SATA DVD-RW 24X Black

RAM: Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) CML8GX3M2A1600C9 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Low Profile Vengeance module

Monitor: Acer S240HLBD 24"LED,5ms,1920x1080,100M:1,200nits,VGA/DVI/BLK

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H MB, Intel Z77 Chipset, Socket 1155, 4x DDR, SATA3, USB3.0, GbELAN, 7.1 CH

Network adapter: TP-Link TL-WN822N 300M High Gain Wireless USB Adapter

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64bit OEM(Microsoft OEM Terms&condition apply)

Graphics card: Gigabyte GV-R797TO-3GD ATI HD 7970 GHz Edition PCI-E 3.0, 3GB 384-bit GDDR5, Base:1050 Boost: 1100/6

 

[Nw333]

Are those graphics stuff for his hobbies? If not, get 16Gbs of RAM and stay with Win7 Pro.

If just a hobby, just get Windows 7 Home Premium instead. Not much of a difference, just the RAM limits. Also you can drop the i7 3770K for the i5 3570K, which I would really do as the i7 is still a quad core, just with Hyperthreading.

Id get a Western Digital Caviar Blue or Black (Black costs more but has 5 years of warranty, Blue has 2 if I remember correctly.) Seagate has gotten alot of hate recently.

Eh. Never really trusted OCZ PSUs. One of those hit and miss types. The ZT is quite a good PSU, from what Ive heard but if you want to replace it get one from Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, Silverstone, XFX or PC Power and Cooling.

 

[djbros2]

Are those graphics stuff for his hobbies? If not, get 16Gbs of RAM and stay with Win7 Pro.

If just a hobby, just get Windows 7 Home Premium instead. Not much of a difference, just the RAM limits. Also you can drop the i7 3770K for the i5 3570K, which I would really do as the i7 is still a quad core, just with Hyperthreading.

Id get a Western Digital Caviar Blue or Black (Black costs more but has 5 years of warranty, Blue has 2 if I remember correctly.) Seagate has gotten alot of hate recently.

Eh. Never really trusted OCZ PSUs. One of those hit and miss types. The ZT is quite a good PSU, from what Ive heard but if you want to replace it get one from Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, Silverstone, XFX or PC Power and Cooling.

Thank you for the brilliant response, I will talk to him about changing some parts(although he seems intent on an i7). I was thinking of getting an antec earthwatts 750w for the same price as the ocz, but I have no idea if that will meet the power requirements and how efficient it is. Is this a good alternative? It is the only psu I can switch to without having to spending more money.

 

[Nw333]

It is a nice PSU. Quality made, if you ask me. It should power your build no prob.

 

[djbros2]

It is a nice PSU. Quality made, if you ask me. It should power your build no prob.

Sorry, are you talking about the antec or OCZ?

 

[Nw333]

The Antec one

 

[wr6133]

The OCZ is not bad at all

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=295

There's an actual review on it, it seems to have become fashionable lately here to say "OMG OCZ SUCK" that has no basis their current PSU's are all well recieved and offer good value for money. They had some bad older models a while ago but if we say a PSU brand sucks from their model history then you can only ever buy from seasonic.

 

[djbros2]

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