First Gaming Pc

ein97y51xk9

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Hey Guys I Wanted To Know 2 Things What To Choose Between Haf 912 or Thermaltake Mk 1 and if my build is good or not and also what to choose between 8gb rip jaws X or corsair vangeance?
Specs:
I7 3770k
Gtx 670 FTW
ASUS P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77
Extreme OC 20% or more
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator Push Pull
500 Watts - Corsair CX500 V2 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

Its The First Gaming Pc I Make :)
 

JMer806

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There's no difference between the two RAM brands. They're both reliable and have identical products. I personally like Corsair, but G.Skill is just fine.

I have a HAF 912 case and love it. It's a really good quality for the price, has great air flow, and excellent cable management. It's also roomy and very modular - you can pretty much remove all the cages if you want.

As far as the rest of your build goes, I'd add more power. A Corsair TX-650W will be a better choice. Also, the CX series is lower-quality than TX, HX, or AX - if you can spare the money, definitely move up to a higher series.

Oh and ditch the 670 for a 7970 - around the same price and the 7970 outperforms.
 

JMer806

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Out of the box they trade blows, and the 670 may be a bit better. But you can overclock the 7970 easily to the point that it will be the clearly better card.

The benchmarks here show that they compare pretty well: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=598

But like I said, the 7970 has much more overclock potential. Or you could just buy the Ghz edition of the 7970, which is factory overclocked and wins handily. Here's the review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-benchmark,3232.html

Edit: Was writing when you wrote the second post. You can buy a regular 7970 and OC it yourself for similar performance. If you prefer stock cards, then the 670 might be a better bet. I just assumed you were comfortable with OCing since you said you want to do extreme OC with your CPU.
 

burntpizza

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No, with the new drivers. HD 7970(non-ghz) competes with GTX 680.

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The rest: http://www.techspot.com/review/603-best-graphics-cards/
 

JMer806

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Yes, but as said you don't really need this high-end of a card to do that.