Hi everyone !
To make the story short : for many reasons I had to use laptops since quite a couple of years, so I had lost grip on the new stuff going on in PC hardware. Not I'm stable and I want to build myself a desktop machine !
So yeah, I just looked at benchmarks, reviews and all those stuff until my nose starter bleeding, and finally built myself something.
Like the title says, I'm a bit flexible, but only in the way of noticeable improvements. I've never been up to fall in the game of manufacturers and buy something because on the papers it says Super GT SwagClocked 2GB coolness/s.
So that's why I'm coming towards you guys, to get some final feedbacks about some stuff that could be tweaked, not to absolutely save money, but rather not wasting it.
Small precisions :
- My build is for gaming but I also do a lot of 3D mod, rendering, and everything that goes with the Adobe suite. That's why I go for a 4770K.
- I was thinking about taking the Asus Z87-Pro, to have an integrated wi-fi, since I'm subject to pair some stuff with it, like I did on my laptopt (Printer & other devices). But finally I came back to the Asus Z87-A (C2) because it saves some money for now and I could put it somewhere else in the build. I don't have my stuff I want to pair for now (moved abroad to work) so I'll just buy a cheap wi-fi card later.
- 4770L and 770 GTX, in anticipation of some overclocking and/or SLI later, if the hardware gets a bit old, if it's profitable nevertheless.
- I don't need a soundcard for now, since I'm only using a USB 5.1 headset -> no speakers.
- I'll go for the fans coming with the case for now. I read that they could start beeing squeeky after a period, but if that happen I would change them at that time.
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The Build as it is now :
- CPU : i7 4770K
- MB : Asus Z87-A (C2)
- GPU : Asus GTX 770 DC2 OC II
- RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3-2133 - 2x4GB
- HDD : WesternDigital Blue - 1TB
- SSD : Kingston HyperX 3K - 120GB
- Power supply : Corsair 600CX
- Cpu-fan : Noctua NH-D14
- Case : Corsair Graphite 600T
- Monitor : Asus VG248QE
( I work in Germany currently, so the prices are quite cool, and that build is currently worth 1615€ )
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Couple questions (I researched this informations and didn't find them. I don't say these questions were not answered somewhere, I just couldn't find them) :
- First, is it worth for my configuration to get DDR3-2133, or 1600 wouldn't make a difference ? If yes, should I rather invest a bit more to get 4x4GB at 1600 MHz ? Or either that option wouldn't make a difference ? (When I say "difference", I mean a noticeable one
)
- For the GPU, with the games of nowadays and the ones upcoming, that GTX 770 will be enough ? I don't plan - at all - having multiple screen for games. Maybe just for desktop and game + Steaming.
- As I said, I consider the overclocking possibility, but only very very later, if my build starts running slow, and if I can't at that moment upgrade heavily. So that not really a matter for now, SO, is my power supply too big for the configuration I have now ? (I always had trouble caculating that ^^
Also, a power supply is not really ewpensive, so I would change it later if needed for the OC/SLI option.
- I also take any other suggestion/feedback, as long as you tell me why
I may order this WE if everything is ok !
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Thanks a lot in advance for your answers o/
To make the story short : for many reasons I had to use laptops since quite a couple of years, so I had lost grip on the new stuff going on in PC hardware. Not I'm stable and I want to build myself a desktop machine !
So yeah, I just looked at benchmarks, reviews and all those stuff until my nose starter bleeding, and finally built myself something.
Like the title says, I'm a bit flexible, but only in the way of noticeable improvements. I've never been up to fall in the game of manufacturers and buy something because on the papers it says Super GT SwagClocked 2GB coolness/s.
So that's why I'm coming towards you guys, to get some final feedbacks about some stuff that could be tweaked, not to absolutely save money, but rather not wasting it.
Small precisions :
- My build is for gaming but I also do a lot of 3D mod, rendering, and everything that goes with the Adobe suite. That's why I go for a 4770K.
- I was thinking about taking the Asus Z87-Pro, to have an integrated wi-fi, since I'm subject to pair some stuff with it, like I did on my laptopt (Printer & other devices). But finally I came back to the Asus Z87-A (C2) because it saves some money for now and I could put it somewhere else in the build. I don't have my stuff I want to pair for now (moved abroad to work) so I'll just buy a cheap wi-fi card later.
- 4770L and 770 GTX, in anticipation of some overclocking and/or SLI later, if the hardware gets a bit old, if it's profitable nevertheless.
- I don't need a soundcard for now, since I'm only using a USB 5.1 headset -> no speakers.
- I'll go for the fans coming with the case for now. I read that they could start beeing squeeky after a period, but if that happen I would change them at that time.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The Build as it is now :
- CPU : i7 4770K
- MB : Asus Z87-A (C2)
- GPU : Asus GTX 770 DC2 OC II
- RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3-2133 - 2x4GB
- HDD : WesternDigital Blue - 1TB
- SSD : Kingston HyperX 3K - 120GB
- Power supply : Corsair 600CX
- Cpu-fan : Noctua NH-D14
- Case : Corsair Graphite 600T
- Monitor : Asus VG248QE
( I work in Germany currently, so the prices are quite cool, and that build is currently worth 1615€ )
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Couple questions (I researched this informations and didn't find them. I don't say these questions were not answered somewhere, I just couldn't find them) :
- First, is it worth for my configuration to get DDR3-2133, or 1600 wouldn't make a difference ? If yes, should I rather invest a bit more to get 4x4GB at 1600 MHz ? Or either that option wouldn't make a difference ? (When I say "difference", I mean a noticeable one
)- For the GPU, with the games of nowadays and the ones upcoming, that GTX 770 will be enough ? I don't plan - at all - having multiple screen for games. Maybe just for desktop and game + Steaming.
- As I said, I consider the overclocking possibility, but only very very later, if my build starts running slow, and if I can't at that moment upgrade heavily. So that not really a matter for now, SO, is my power supply too big for the configuration I have now ? (I always had trouble caculating that ^^
Also, a power supply is not really ewpensive, so I would change it later if needed for the OC/SLI option.
- I also take any other suggestion/feedback, as long as you tell me why
I may order this WE if everything is ok !
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Thanks a lot in advance for your answers o/
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