I just want to know if this MOBO and RAM are up to par.

[Ruse]

Thanks for taking the time to click on this thread. I don't know how a motherboard effects performance of a system and how different types of the same amount of RAM changes anything. Anyway, I just want to know if the motherboard and RAM I have picked out go well with the rest of my system. My build is as follows:

XFX Double D FX-797A-TDBC Radeon HD 7970
Intel Core i7-3770K
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)
Phantom 410

I want this as an all-in-one for gaming and my job as a graphics designer. I don't plan on overclocking right away, maybe once this system is a year or so old. So if you think this looks good please say so, if not, I would ask for any recommendations you might have. Thank you for your time, and I will read ALL of the comments left.

 

[Blue_Toaster]

Hi, the board does not effect the actual performance, "better" boards are usually better for overclocking. 8 gigs of ram is ok for gaming, but for graphic design i suggest a bit more. My father works as a graphic designer and uses 24 gigs but i think 16 is ok. And also, what is the speed of the ram? I suggest 1600mhz +

 

[C12Friedman]

What I see looks good - wondering about speed and timings you'll choose for the memory. Also wondering about what PSU you intend to use. With the IB platform, I will recommend (as does Intel) to look at 1.5v (or lower) ram.

 

[Ruse]

What I see looks good - wondering about speed and timings you'll choose for the memory. Also wondering about what PSU you intend to use. With the IB platform, I will recommend (as does Intel) to look at 1.5v (or lower) ram.

CX Series™ Modular CX750M is the power supply, 1600MHz is the speed of the RAM at 1.5v, and the timing (no idea what that means) is 9-9-9-24 according to newegg.

 

[Ruse]

Hi, the board does not effect the actual performance, "better" boards are usually better for overclocking. 8 gigs of ram is ok for gaming, but for graphic design i suggest a bit more. My father works as a graphic designer and uses 24 gigs but i think 16 is ok. And also, what is the speed of the ram? I suggest 1600mhz +

Yeah, your right, I probably should upgrade the RAM, I will go for 1600mgz.

 

[C12Friedman]

yep, with 16 GB of 1600MHz ram, it looks pretty solid to me.

 

[Ruse]

yep, with 16 GB of 1600MHz ram, it looks pretty solid to me.

I decided to go from the 7970 to a EVGA GTX 670 because I can overclock it a bit better. I assume this is still a good build, right? BTW thanks for your replies thus far.

 

[Ruse]

Best answer selected by Ruse.

 

[smeezekitty]

I decided to go from the 7970 to a EVGA GTX 670 because I can overclock it a bit better. I assume this is still a good build, right? BTW thanks for your replies thus far.

There is not much difference even when overclocked IMO