My First Gaming Build. Opinions?

GunnerRecall

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Hello everyone, I put this build together off of a previous build on IBuyPower.com, just made a few upgrades. Let me know what you think? I'm into serious gaming, and I'm hoping I did okay with it. Thank you in advance!!

-Case (NZXT Phantom 630 Full Tower Gaming Case - White))

-Processor (Intel® Core™ i7 3820 Processor (4x 3.60GHz/10MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core i7 3820))

-Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 -- 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16))

-Memory (16 GB [4 GB X4] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand))

-Video Card (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 - 3GB - Single Card))

-Power Supply (750 Watt - Corsair CX750)

-Processor Cooling (Liquid CPU Cooling System [Intel] - Standard 120mm Fan
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-Primary Hard Drive (120 GB ADATA S510 SSD - Single Drive))

-Data Hard Drive (2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive))

-Optical Drive ([12X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black))
 

princejeet

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May 16, 2013
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Hey
In this build you are wasting a lot of money.
1. For gaming i5 is best you will not see any noticeable difference between i5 or i7 which u chose. So go with i5-4670k and Gigabyte z87x ud3h mobo.
2. Ram is also more than you need. 8gb ram is enough for gaming.
3. GPU- it is also waste of money get a gtx 770 from MSI , EVGA, Gigabyte or Asus brand. It is enough for 1080p for all games on high setting. It works also on duel monitor. But you can add one more if you need. It is much better than gtx 780.
4. PSU- for single gpu 600w is enough but for sli with gtx 770 you will need 750w PSU. But check it first for haswell certification.
5. SSD - go with better SSD like Samsung 840 pro series's 128gb for best performance, and long life too. It is better than any other SSD.
7. HDD - it is good choice 2tb but get from WD cavier black. It is much better than any other brand.
I hope it helps.
Thank you.