Rate my finalized gaming rig out of 10!

[RoboThompson]

I plan on overclocking everything to a certain extent, I'm not going for records or anything as my build can show. But I'm wondering how good of a job I did... I have probably put in 30 ish hours just in planing the build out and reading up on stuff sense I was a noob-lord at this before I started haha. I also am aware of the Haswell release, but I'm not sure if I want that CPU in a desktop, they seem more laptop oriented.

CPU Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core $311.55
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-C12P SE14 65.0 CFM $74.99
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g $16.98
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX LGA1155 $154.98
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 $174.99
Storage Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" SSD $129.99
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM $65.99
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 680 2GB $429.99
Case NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower $89.99
Power Supply Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V $134.99
Optical Drive LG UH12NS29 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer $39.99
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)

 

[RFM1997]

Hmm, I would rate this rig on 8/10.

A few suggestions:
-Get the GTX670 instead, it's 100$ cheaper and with some OC it can be as fast as a GTX680.

-If that rig is just for gaming, get 8 GB RAM DDR3-1600, the 2133 ram isnt that much faster and it's much more costly, you wouldn't notice the difference, plus, 8 gb ram is all you need for gaming.

-Use the extra money on a better SSD, maybe a samsung one?

-Swap the Noctua Cooler for a Hyper Evo cooler, it's cheaper and works just fine for good OC's (up to 5ghz and a bit more)

-Unless you're thinking on putting in another GPU for SLI/Crossfire, get a 500Watt PSU, 750W is overkill, 500-600W is fine.

-An I7 core isn't any better than an I5 core for gaming, a big majority of games doesn't use more than two, three cores, and won't for a long time yet. Hyperthreading (technology that creates "fake" cores, totalizing 6 cores or more, not sure) won't make a diference on FPS. Get the I5 3750K, it's cheaper, oc's nicely and will max out every game for some good years.

These tips are for a budget oriented build, if you got money to waste, go ahead

Have fun!

 

[ihog]

7/10. A 10/10 being a dual Xeon set up with 4 Titans, custom water cooling, a couple SSDs, and a ridiculous amount of RAM.

Also, the chances of a Hyper 212 Evo bringing you to 5 GHz, let alone the processor being able to, are slim to none.

 

[Buzz247]

$250ish overpriced. Cpu, psu, mobo, ram - all on sale recently far cheaper. I got a samsung pro 840 ssd for same price as your corsair, which have a higher fail rate, and lower read/write. For the vid card - that price you are better off evga ftw or sc+ 670 with 4gb if planning multiple monitor. If single monitor, evga ftw or sc+670 2gb will save 100. A moderate 670 OC performance is within 3-5% of a 680

6/10

 

[RoboThompson]

I actaully am going to get the asus gtx 770 :] haha, saved a hundred bucks on that one and i dont get why everyone always says oc the 670 to be as good as the 680, when i plan on ocing the 680... well now 770 but still... it just seems silly.

 

[RFM1997]

I actaully am going to get the asus gtx 770 :] haha, saved a hundred bucks on that one and i dont get why everyone always says oc the 670 to be as good as the 680, when i plan on ocing the 680... well now 770 but still... it just seems silly.

The GTX770 is a good buy

About the 670-680 OC thing, well, the 680 isn't worth more 100$ over the 670 with almost to no perfomance difference, plus, even if you OC the 680, it won't go that far, its just that the GTX 680 isn't worth the money, you can buy a GTX 670 for 100$ less and have the same perfomance... Do you get my drift?

 

[RoboThompson]

I seeeeeeeee

 

[RFM1997]

Good