My Gaming Build

[vinmic47]

How does this build look? Also, if you could give me any tips on things I should upgrade or degrade, in terms of performance to price. I'm looking to get the most out of my money, my budget is about 1,200 - 1,400 dollars. Thanks in advance.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance [Free upgrade from 1600MHz Major Brand])

MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support) ASUS P9X79 LE Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/

Remote GO!, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

 

[djangoringo]

either go with i7-3930k (six core) or drop that cpu and buy the i7-3770k with a z77 board.

I'd go with a i7-3770+ z77 extreme 6 asrock+ better gpu 670 gtx or 7970 ghz edition.

 

[vinmic47]

either go with i7-3930k (six core) or drop that cpu and buy the i7-3770k with a z77 board.

I'd go with a i7-3770+ z77 extreme 6 asrock+ better gpu 670 gtx or 7970 ghz edition.

So like this build?

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory [+66] (Corsair Vengeance [Free upgrade from 1600MHz Major Brand])

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX/SLI] ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, XFast Technologies, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3x PCIe x16 (2 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2x PCIe x1 & 2 PCI (All
Venom OC Certified) [+67]

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+273] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

 

[vinmic47]

Also, on Cyberpowerpc it shows an FPS change of like 1 for an extra 100 to 300 dollars... Why is that worth it?

 

[ikaz]

Hey just a question why are you going with an i7 if your using this for gaming system mostly ? Really an i5 is the best bang for the buck. Also 16gig not needed for gaming 8gigs will work fine and did I miss your PSU I don't see it listed.

 

[vinmic47]

I went with an i-7 because the cpu of my current computer is what ALWAYS fails on the can you run it so I was just going to go with a top tier cpu and I want as much RAM as possible. The PSU is 800 watts.

 

[resin34]

the i5 3570k is the best for gaming
spend the monet saved on better video card
get at least a 670.

 

[djangoringo]

So like this build?

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory [+66] (Corsair Vengeance [Free upgrade from 1600MHz Major Brand])

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX/SLI] ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, XFast Technologies, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3x PCIe x16 (2 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2x PCIe x1 & 2 PCI (All
Venom OC Certified) [+67]

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+273] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

That build is great.
If he wants a i7 let him have it, who knows if he needs video editing, photoshop,etc.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Trying to save a little, get the 670, 3570k, and 8GB RAM.

Not trying so much, get the 7970, 3770k, and 16GB RAM.

You pleased either way, just pleased longer if you go bigger.