LMagus1

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Nov 27, 2012
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10,510
Hi i was wondering what you guys thought of this build. This machine will be used mainly for gaming. I know it might be a little overkill but thats how i like it. I also would like to do a little overclocking but i am a little afraid of watercooling since i have never done it b4. And thats y i chose the v10 aircooler. I know it needs the bracket to fit the lga2011 socket. I also was wondering if i would have any height clearance issues with the ram i have chosen. Any advice would be appreciated. Well here is the list

COOLER MASTER Intel Core i7 compatible V10 Hybrid TEC RR-B2P-UV10-GP 120mm CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16835103056&Tpk=cooler master v10

Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) Black Steel SECC /Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case with Four Fans-1x 200mm Colorshift side fan, 1x 200mm Colorshift top fan, 1x 200mm Colorshift front fan and 1x 140mm rear fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16811133188

Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-1200M 1200W ATX 12V v2.3 & SSI EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Active PFC Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16817153145

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16813131802

Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73820 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16819115229

CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16820233287

Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16820239045

Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16822136792

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100351-6GVXSR Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16814202005&Tpk=7970 6gb

LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blu-Ray Burner with SW, 3D Play Back - BH14NS40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16827136249
 

LMagus1

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Nov 27, 2012
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10,510
well i was doing the 6gb card cause i plan on doing 3 monitors and last i read this was a good card to get and as for the psu i was over doing it cause of the issue i had with my current set up which made me go through 3 psu's before i got a 650 watt corsair psu. and for the cpu cooler would there be ram clearance issues with the Noctua NH-D14. i have read the v10 has some issues with certain ram sticks. and to answer budget issue its a little over $2300
 
It's way more than overkill, mate. For close to $1000, you're getting about 10% better performance in games than if you spend $350 for an i5 and a motherboard. Since basically no games are CPU bottlenecked with an i5, this is a complete waste of money that you could use on a second graphics card that WOULD actually give you better performance.

Or.... build a computer that'll max out any current game and play most future ones on high, and save your money to do it again a while later. Instead of a very very expensive, obsolete computer nobody wants in five years, you're always keeping up with the tech.