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Gaming PC Build Advice

Am I heading in the right direction?

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EtherealMystic

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Hi guys I'm trying to custom build a gaming computer and would like some advice on adjustments (if any) that should be made. I know for sure I am going use a Radeon 7970 as the GPU and an i5 2500K, but for everything else I'm not sure if I am making the right decisions. FYI I don't need keyboards/mouses, cd/dvd drives, etc. already have those, just need the main components of a desktop. Anyway here is what I am planning on putting together:

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1

HDD: Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F60GB3A-BK 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler

Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Video Card: XFX FX-797A-TNFC Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

I only have one HDD listed because I'm going to use my 1.5TB from my other desktop for this one. I would post links to the components but I don't have 25 posts yet... sadly. All of them can be found at newegg. Am I heading in the right direction?
 
Depends on your budget. Personally I'd step up to an i7. And, more importantly, the 60GB SSD is gonna fill up real quick. I'd really suggest springing for a 120 or more. Your games will load/transition SO much faster if you can store them on the SSD.
 
Check out NZXT for cases. I've built a lot of systems, and my current one is by far my favorite.

For video cards, EVGA has incredible after market support.

Consider liquid cooling for your CPU. I went with the Corsair H80 and I'm relatively happy with it. I started with some cheap thing from CoolIT, but I replaced it.

I also switched to Gigabyte MBs from Asus a few years back. I never had a problem with Asus, but a very smart friend had a horror story about their tech support once when he needed them.

Pretty good stuff, and if you've already got a HD, you're in good shape there. I used to use Seagate exclusively, but have had nothing but crap from them since they got bought by Maxtor. I used to support thousands of PCs, and we had about 80% failure rate with Maxtor drives. Now I only use Western Digital.

I've never really used Cooler Master products, so I can't say much about them...I think I was originally scared off by some negative reviews.

I think you'll be happy with what you have picked out. You're ordering from Newegg, so even if you get a lemon, their return policy is top notch. I had a monitor with one bad pixel, and they replaced it no questions asked.

Edit: oh, and what the first two posters said - bump your SSD to 120GB.
 
andysayshi said:
Depends on your budget. Personally I'd step up to an i7. And, more importantly, the 60GB SSD is gonna fill up real quick. I'd really suggest springing for a 120 or more. Your games will load/transition SO much faster if you can store them on the SSD.
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My budget is between $1000-$1500. I had decided on the i7 at first, but a friend said that it is mostly for "workstations or enthusiasts and benchmarking." I plan on overclocking also, so I think the i5 should be good enough since you can OC the i5 2500K to 4.2-4.8 GHz without too much of a problem if you know what you're doing. You do bring up a good point about the SSD, just wish it wasn't so expensive...
 
Jaydub said:
Check out NZXT for cases. I've built a lot of systems, and my current one is by far my favorite.

For video cards, EVGA has incredible after market support.

Consider liquid cooling for your CPU. I went with the Corsair H80 and I'm relatively happy with it. I started with some cheap thing from CoolIT, but I replaced it.

I also switched to Gigabyte MBs from Asus a few years back. I never had a problem with Asus, but a very smart friend had a horror story about their tech support once when he needed them.

Edit: oh, and what the first two posters said - bump your SSD to 120GB.
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I mainly chose the Cool Master case cause the reviews says it has really good airflow, lots of room, and it comes with 4 fans.

I would go for the EVGA but I don't see them making the Radeon 7970 which is the card I'm going for. The 7970 is also really popular so it's out of stock like everywhere... But luckily I just ordered it from a different place that had it before it goes out of stock again.

I considered liquid cooling but was afraid it might be too difficult to set up and it's also not in my budget range right now.

For the motherboard, I've been hearing some bad reviews about Gigabyte with their bios when I was reading around about building this PC and with the Asus it has PCI 3.0 so it will be future-proof for when the time comes to use it.

Edit: I mostly decided on the components I have listed based on the customer reviews and feedback from other people. I also asked about liquid cooling on another forum and they said it wasn't worth it, so I really don't know what to do right now. I may decide to do it in the future.
 
GiancarloC said:
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I am kind of confused as to how that would "combine the best of SSD and HD."

Aren't 3.5" HD drives faster than the laptop drives? And SSD's are 2.5" so I would have to get a 3.5 drive mount anyways, right...? Am I missing something? :confused:
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Hybrid drives are conventional disk-based drives with additional Solid State RAM attached. In the case of the Momentus XTs, they have 4GB of Solid State RAM onboard. Software built into the drive tries to determine files you use most often and files it expects you to use, and pre-loads the files into the 4GB of FlashRAM. The result is a drive which performs considerably faster than conventional 2.5" drives, but at a much lower cost than a true SSD.

In real world performance, the drives aren't really too comparable to SSDs. They certainly speed up boot times and other tasks which are easily predictive. I use them in all my video-editing laptops these days (Mac Book Pros) because they're an economical way to increase drive performance a bit without the cost or size limitation of SSDs. But they have nowhere near the impact on performance that SSDs do.

And yeah, the same drive mounting kit is required for 2.5" SSDs.
 
andysayshi said:
Hybrid drives are conventional disk-based drives with additional Solid State RAM attached. In the case of the Momentus XTs, they have 4GB of Solid State RAM onboard. Software built into the drive tries to determine files you use most often and files it expects you to use, and pre-loads the files into the 4GB of FlashRAM. The result is a drive which performs considerably faster than conventional 2.5" drives, but at a much lower cost than a true SSD.

In real world performance, the drives aren't really too comparable to SSDs. They certainly speed up boot times and other tasks which are easily predictive. I use them in all my video-editing laptops these days (Mac Book Pros) because they're an economical way to increase drive performance a bit without the cost or size limitation of SSDs. But they have nowhere near the impact on performance that SSDs do.

And yeah, the same drive mounting kit is required for 2.5" SSDs.
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I see, thank you for that information. I am going to stick to SSD's and get the 60gb, because as MyAnathema said I would like to have lots of games on a separate HDD and have the 60gb SSD as my primary.
 
The case is beyond fugly. But then, you're going for a gamer-PC so the piss-poor Korean design fits :mrgreen:
 
@Paws - I don't care how the case looks, as long as there's good airflow and stuff. Not like I'm going to show it in a beauty pageant :P

@djunkie - I may have to now since the i5 is already sold out on newegg as of yesterday...
 
That case does look quiet spacious and it looks very well organized. When I have more money to throw around I may upgrade to water cooling, but for now I'll just stick to fans. I don't mind the extra noise. Just hate how newegg has it that the shipping address has to match with the billing address, so waiting for that to get figured out and then I can finally order my parts.
 
I'd swap from the COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case to a full Steel ATX case and save yourself some money. (Only thing I disliked about these were the screws were more of a pain to get in/out compared to my first coolmaster case, but it's nice they ever sprayed the inside of the case.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

PSU: Why don't you go corsair? It's cheaper, and they are known for PSU's unlike coolmaster. Free shipping + 10promo code + MIR :: The 800watt one's were sold out, so I jumped up, but it should be comparable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022

RAM: you should be able to find anything from 25-45$ for 8GB's of DDR3 1600

60GB SSD, I'd reconsider getting a bigger drive at least 120-160GB I forget what SSD's are running now. You want your main drive to fit your OS, and any games you want performance from.

Are you plan to overclock this? You might be able to cut back on your motherboard, and put that money into a bigger SSD drive.
 
DeadRussianSpaceMonkey said:
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60GB SSD, I'd reconsider getting a bigger drive at least 120-160GB I forget what SSD's are running now. You want your main drive to fit your OS, and any games you want performance from.

Are you plan to overclock this? You might be able to cut back on your motherboard, and put that money into a bigger SSD drive.
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I would love to get a bigger SSD drive but it's just so expensive. I am just going to go with the 60GB to run my OS and have separate drives to put many of my games on.

Yes I do plan on overclocking which is why I chose the Asus motherboard.
 
After looking at my budget and everything, I decided on going with just the HAF instead of the HAF X, 120GB SSD, the Corsair Vengeance, and a Corsair PSU. Thanks guys for the helpful suggestions.
 
MyAnathema said:
If you're doing OC, go for the water block set up, you'll be wanting that extra cooling.

I have an Asus board, the 1 click easy OC is awesome, but of course I've changed the the numbers slightly. :D
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I honestly would love to try out water cooling but it is just not in my budget at the moment.
 
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