Thoughts on my potentially new build?

[AirborneEvo]

Hi,

I'm looking at putting together the following build and would like to know your thoughts. I already own the items in brackets. System will be used for gaming.

[Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz]
[Corsair H100i Cooler]
MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155
Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866
[Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" SSD]
[Western Digital 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM]
[Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB]
Corsair 600T ATX Mid Tower
Corsair 860W ATX12V / EPS12V
[Windows 7 Professional]

Thanks,


J

 

[drewhoo]

Hi,

I'm looking at putting together the following build and would like to know your thoughts. I already own the items in brackets. System will be used for gaming.

[Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz]
[Corsair H100i Cooler]
MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155
Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866
[Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" SSD]
[Western Digital 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM]
[Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB]
Corsair 600T ATX Mid Tower
Corsair 860W ATX12V / EPS12V
[Windows 7 Professional]

Thanks,


J

1866 Mhz is overkill, and you cannot take advantage of more than 8GB on a gaming rig. On an ATX motherboard, you have 4 DIMM slots so just get a 2x4GB kit of 1600Mhz and you're good to go.

PSU looks awesome and it's on the Tier 1 list http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

Have you considered doing a mATX or Mini ITX build? If you haven't bought the motherboard or case yet, you could still get a sweet Fractal Design Micro ATX Mini Tower to put it all in.