First time build for gaming plz help :)

[galbatorex]

Approximate Purchase Date: around summer


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, small video editing

Parts Required: Everything except Keyboard, mouse and monitor

Country of Origin: Denmark


I have found all of my components which is:

casing: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (already bought)

graphicscard: GTX 770 4GB

RAM: HyperX Beast (T3) - 16GB Kit* (2x8GB) - DDR3 2133MHz CL11 Intel XMP DIMM

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1. Sniper 5

PSU: Raidmax RX-850AE 850w 80+ gold (modular)

CPU: intel Core i7-4770K 3.5Ghz

CPU Cooler: ENERMAX ETS-T40-VD

SSD: 4x SANDISK SSD intern SDSSDP-128G-G25 for raid 10

HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB

Optical drive: ?

system: windows 7 pro

additional fans: 2x Antec TwoCool 120 - 120mm


Stuff i don't need: monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard

please write a message if i forgot something or if you have some recommendations, also i would like to know if some of it will provide a bottleneck.

I hope that you will take your time to help a newbie ^^

 

[JoeMomma]

Wow! That is a dream system.

If you are new, I suggest getting a single super-duty video card, sometimes dual cards can be tricky. You can add the second one later (if you need to).
Second, you need a good Intel CPU. An i5 or an i7, read the specs carefully regarding in-CPU Intel HD Graphics. You don't need it. Then you need a heat sink/fan for the CPU and Arctic-Silver paste. ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA all make great mb's. You don't need the sound card, most motherboards have decent sound quality. Wi-fi is crap on a gaming rig (get a 50 foot Cat5 cable and drill some holes), but you can add a card easily if needed.

What about your monitor? Keyboard? Mouse? Printer? Speakers?
#1 tip I got from a pro
You should get an un-interuptable power supply by APC or Tripp-Lite to protect your PSU from spikes.

MagicBox Workstation
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
​Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 - overclocked to 3.1 Ghz
ASUS Intel G41 motherboard
EVGA Geforce GTX660 video card
8 GB 1333 MHz Crucial Ballistix DDR3 RAM
OCZ 700 Watt power supply
​Acer 24” LCD monitor
​SYBA SATA III 6Gbps PCIe card
120 GB Patriot Pyro Solid State Drive
500 GB Western Digital Black games drive
2 TB Western Digital Green data drive
1TB Portable Western Digital hard drive
Thermaltake e-SATA backup dock - with 3 spare drives
HP Lightscribe DVD-RW drive
Sony DVD-ROM drive

​Custom painted Iridescent Black w/ White interior
Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 mid-tower case
​+ Blue interior LEDs and an air filtration system
Fans: 140mm side, 120mm rear, 92mm CPU

​HP 6988 Photo printer
Epson Perfection 2400 scanner
Microsoft Wireless keyboard 3000
MadCatz Cyborg R.A.T. mouse 3
WACOM Fun Bamboo graphics tablet and pen
​Logitech G5.1 speakers
​Logitech MOMO Driving Force steering wheel and pedals
APC Battery BackUPS-ES750 w/ 10 outlets​

 

[Brandon McGrath]

Your CPU wont bottleneck your GPU, the graphics card will still send all the data at the speed its designed at, the reason you might not see a 100% usage of your GPU is that depending on the game, your CPU won't bottleneck your GPU. Keep in mind that some games will use the CPU more than your graphics card and thats where you'll see performance differences.

 

[BlackFudge]

I'd go for a 780 over an 770

 

[fnatic]

For your cpu cooler i'd recommend... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&Tpk=Cooler%20master%20212%20evo&IsVirtualParent=1

A bit cheaper and runs like magic