Does my build work together ok?

[ShadowKingpin]

I already have some of the parts bought (PSU, HDD, RAM), but I am about to purchase the rest tomorrow and want to make sure the motherboard, CPU & GPU will work perfectly together without any issues. These are the parts that I want, so any suggestions of AMD CPU's or NVIDIA GPU's are not needed

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IHFG

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Bump! Sorry for an early one, but I need to know really soon since I am getting the parts tomorrow.

 

[johnvonmacz]

Bump! Sorry for an early one, but I need to know really soon since I am getting the parts tomorrow.

For the budget, you could've build a better one. For example the PSU's price, you can get a good quality 750 watts.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Bump! Sorry for an early one, but I need to know really soon since I am getting the parts tomorrow.

For the budget, you could've build a better one. For example the PSU's price, you can get a good quality 750 watts.

Which one specifically?

 

[Outlander_04]

You definitely DO NOT need a 750 watt power supply . Even the 650 watt unit you have is overkill . That PC would run on a quality 500 watt psu

If you are building for gaming then 2 x4 gig of RAM is more than you need .

And windows 8 is a better option . It takes about 10 minutes to clean it all up and make it look and run like 7 . But you have better improved features and you have a better licence that lets you transfer it to a new computer [ which you cant do with oem 7 ]

 

[johnvonmacz]

Bump! Sorry for an early one, but I need to know really soon since I am getting the parts tomorrow.

For the budget, you could've build a better one. For example the PSU's price, you can get a good quality 750 watts.

Which one specifically?

If you could add your budget around extra hundred bucks, you get this bang for the buck build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JA2w
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JA2w/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JA2w/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.49 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($297.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1028.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-14 00:21 EDT-0400)

Extreme 4 is an excellent board and also a good overclocker. The XFX PSU is a seasonic build just rebranded as XFX. It's up to you if you want Windows 8. They're same price as Win 7. But I prefer Win 7. That's just me. A 750 watt psu gives you more headroom for overclocking and especially if you plan to run in crossfire in the near future so you don't need to upgrade the PSU.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

You definitely DO NOT need a 750 watt power supply . Even the 650 watt unit you have is overkill . That PC would run on a quality 500 watt psu

If you are building for gaming then 2 x4 gig of RAM is more than you need .

And windows 8 is a better option . It takes about 10 minutes to clean it all up and make it look and run like 7 . But you have better improved features and you have a better licence that lets you transfer it to a new computer [ which you cant do with oem 7 ]

I am going to use it for gaming and to learn how to use 3DS Max. Down the road, I might get a second 7950 to help, but it all depends.

 

[ARKSoft]

The video card alone calls for a 500watt psu 850 for cossfire. You are fine were your at since you already own the PSU, HDD, and RAM. If you do decide to add an extra video card down the road then id consider upgrading the PSU as well. I guess the main question you need to ask is do you really need a 3gb video card? There is a topic somewhere about how useful a video cards ram is over 2gb and I believe the results were that it wasn't very useful.

 

[johnvonmacz]

The video card alone calls for a 500watt psu 850 for cossfire. You are fine were your at since you already own the PSU, HDD, and RAM. If you do decide to add an extra video card down the road then id consider upgrading the PSU as well. I guess the main question you need to ask is do you really need a 3gb video card? There is a topic somewhere about how useful a video cards ram is over 2gb and I believe the results were that it wasn't very useful.

I'm pretty sure 750 watts is enough or more than enough for a 7950 Crossfire. My friend has a pair of 7950's and can even run his system on a Seasonic M12II 650watts 80+ Bronze. As most of the games are getting more demanding and intensive even on 1080p (Crysis 3 Ahem.. Far Cry 3 Ahem.. and soon to come ahem..) a 3GB of Vram is pretty good especially if you want to turn on eye candies on game settings, 3GB vram does help.

 

[Outlander_04]

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

the entire computer is good to go with a 500 watt psu , crossfire with 7950's needs 700 watts
but in almost all cases by the time you want a second graphics card there will be a newer more powerful and more power efficient generation of cards available and you wont want to buy another old 7950