First PC Build - Advice on parts and such.

[xkill88]

I am looking to build a pc mainly for gaming and I have the aim to run almost every game max everything for at least the next 3 years or so.

I have looked at some parts and costs and have come up with the following:

ASUS P8Z77-V-LE-PLUS Motherboard In stock $159.00
G.Skill Ripjaws Z F3-2400C10D-8GZH 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 $92.00
Intel Core i7 3770 $309.00
Corsair AX860 Platinum Power Supply $259.00
Corsair Obsidian 550D Case $169.00
Xbox 360 Black Wireless Controller for Windows $49.00
Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers $99.00
Corsair Force Series GS 240GB SSD $235.00
2x Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 2GB $479.00 In SLI
LG CH12LS28 12X BD-R Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive $55.00

I aim to game at 1920x1080p only 1 monitor but I want it to run 60 fps constant with max settings on everything.

Is this enough? is it overkill? are there problems with the build, does it need water cooling? I do not aim to overclock either.

 

[TheBigTroll]

ill be frank with this. id say you are doing it wrong in every aspect

-you can get a much better board for 5 bucks more
-fast ram is utterly useless
-you dont need that efficency and the fact that i can get my psu for half the price and be just as good makes the ax860 useless
-you dont need 800w
-i7s are not for games
-the R4 is a better case than the 550D
-if you are gaming with a xbox controller on a pc, something is wrong. at that rate, id rather get a console. but then its your choice
-id game with a good headset instead
-just as good SSD for a lot cheaper
-you dont need 2 video cards to start off with. you can always add another when you need performance
-670s perform the same as the 680s
-i hope you actually watch blu-rays

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LPIe


if you are not overclocking, you are doing something seriously wrong at this budget range. nowadays there are so many guides to overclock and so easy to overclock its literally no excuse that you cant overclock. nevertheless, if you dont want to overclock, get this
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LPJA

-got a locked CPU instead
-reduced motherboard since you cant make use of the vrm avaliable on the ud4h anyways with a locked chip

 

[Marcopolo123]

3770k is good for gamiing and everything. Sure it have HT and it is more future proof because that, In couple years more and more games will benefit HT.

If you live near mcrocenter get this cheap 3770k 239,99$ http://www.microcenter.com/product/388575/Core_i7_3770K_35GHz_LGA_1155_Processor

For PSU take seasonic x. 650-750w is good.
650w http://www.microcenter.com/product/388575/Core_i7_3770K_35GHz_LGA_1155_Processor
750w http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087

You can get cheaper MoBo. gigabyte x-d3h /ud3h is good choice.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz77xd3h
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz77xud3h

Take SSD OCZ vector or Samsung 840 PRO 256GB
I think best GPU for gaming is 7970. Gigabyte or Asus.
Gigabyte: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125439&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Asus: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560R

If you are not overclocking then maybe best to take intel xeon 1230V2
Then you can go for a even more cheap MoBo. B-75 or H-7 is fine if you do not overclock.

xeon is same CPU as the 3770 just 100MHz slower and you do not ever notice that difrence using your PC.
xeon dont have video on CPU but you do not need it? Right.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1230+V2+%40+3.30GHz

I agree !

 

[teemogeek]

i agree with TheBigTroll.

This is an Overkill build. $1900 for a gamin Rig is OP.

Here are my suggestions:

CPU: Intel i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ( $209.99 Newegg )
- i5 3570k is the best choice. you can do overclock in the future if you need to. this will give you atleast 3-4years for your gaming PC.
- get the i5 3470 if you dont plan to OC

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99)
- 8Gb of RAM is more than enough for a gaming RIG, however, you can choose save up some $$ in buying RAM

PSU: SeaSonic M12II 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ($100.17 Newegg )
- 800W is overkill for a PSU, a 650W is more than enough for your build

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($172.99)
- if you can afford a 256Gb SSD is good, but look for cheaper alternatives, i recommend the Samsung 830/840 series
- incase that you'll do other stuff with this PC, I suggest you get atleast 500Gb of HDD for saving some files that you might need


for the rest of the parts i leave it to you, it depends on your personal preference. Hope this helps

i see that you really want to game on this machine that's why you have extra peripherals like the xbox 360 controller. I have one too, I use it to play NBA2k13 and GTA4. I'm just not sure about a blue-ray player, will you be using that to play some console games on the PC? (for some games that are PC compatible?)

 

[TheBigTroll]

@noob12

-no point of a hyper 212 if you are slapping it ontop of a xeon. they run at like 60c at full load even with that junk heatsink included
-he can definitely afford a better h77 board
-ram is overkill
-hard drive is definitely overkill. i dont see how anyone uses 3tb unless they are doing a server build or rendering a ton of videos
-vector is overpriced
-regular 7970 is 50 bucks cheaper and performs the same. i dont see how anyone would recommend one
-850w isnt ever needed. you got a b75 board that doesnt even do SLI or crossfire
-why the heck would you recommend that enermax case when he has a matx board and only one GPU that needs to be cooled? dont pull that watercooling thing out again. it makes no sense to WC a non-overclocked CPU and a single GPU

oh and, you got 2 optical drives in there.

 

[Marcopolo123]

Get seasonic 650w 80+gold for 1gpu, 750w for 2gpu

 

[TheBigTroll]

Get seasonic 650w 80+gold for 1gpu, 750w for 2gpu

you dont need that much wattage for a single GPU unless you are running a gtx titan

 

[Marcopolo123]

Ya just get a 80+gold from seasonic

 

[TheBigTroll]

Ya just get a 80+gold from seasonic

you dont need gold efficiency. nor does it have to be branded as a seasonic unit

 

[Marcopolo123]

In this build a good quality psu is a must, so atleast gold and a good brand

 

[TheBigTroll]

the xfx 550w is perfectly fine for single GPU operations. basically a clone of a seasonic s12ii but for half the price.

demanding gold efficency is useless. its like 5% more efficient than a bronze unit, and at that rate, all you save is pennies a year

 

[Marcopolo123]

Oh alright

 

[TheBigTroll]

what a joke. they are the same units inside and out. all that is different is the chassis and the included fan. a different fan is not worth 40 dollars. and for the lower wattage units, they both use a ADDA fan

thats stupid. they perform the same in games. the only difference the i7 makes is in multi-threaded workloads. true though is buying a k chip means you have to overclock

seasonic you can consider them as the best but then superflower is just as good. just that its not widely known by most people. corsair doesnt make their own psus. they get them from seasonic, flextronics, and ChannelWell.

also, recommending 1000w for a 2 video card setup is plain stupid

 

[Marcopolo123]

Ye i got a super flower psu. Price/performance is good

 

[TheBigTroll]

in your logical sense, therefore the smartest thing to do is to get a 1250w seasonic for my little brothers rig with a pentium e2220 running off of intergrated graphics just because it uses very little power and will make my psu last longer? if your theory was true, i wouldnt see a single 1250w unit on the shelf of ncix when i visit the store. tell me, do you have a 1000+w psu in your rig?

 

[Marcopolo123]

Headroom

 

[TheBigTroll]

Headroom

a 1250w psu can power 6x my brothers computer. thats not called headroom anymore

 

[Marcopolo123]

Headroom

a 1250w psu can power 6x my brothers computer. thats not called headroom anymore

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