New build 2011

bamdaman14 · Sep 17, 2011

Hey guys I finally decided to go with this build because im tired of waiting for bulldozer. I'm going to be using this mostly for gaming, browsing and occasional video editing. I also plan on overclocking the cpu and gpu. Let me know what you think if you have any suggestions.

This is what im planning on buying:

TRWOV · Sep 17, 2011

Looks good. The PSU is a little overkill unless you're planning to SLI later on.

entropy13 · Sep 17, 2011

You forgot a CPU cooler. A Cooler Master Hyper 212+ @$30 would do.

Corsair Obsidian 650D---->Corsair Carbide 400R ($190-$100=$90)
Asus P8Z68V-PRO---->Biostar TZ68A+ ($200-$110=$90)
G.Skill RipjawsX 2x4GB DDR3-1600 Low Voltage---->G.Skill Sniper 2x4GB DDR3-1600 ($60-$50=$10)

Save $190 for no performance decrease at all. Then buy a Crucial M4 128GB SATAIII SSD.

bamdaman14 · Sep 17, 2011

I had a CPU cooler in there I think it got cut off I'm thinking about going with an H60

rfowler30 · Sep 17, 2011

id go with an sata III harddrive, i noticed a differnece between sata II and sata III hdd with 7200rpm. i have that dvd drive and its good, asus always makes good products. except for the gtx 580 matrix, stupid 3 slot design not made for sli. save that money, and get an ssd like someone said on here. ssds make all the differnce in booting up your system and how your os operates as well.

mastrdrver · Sep 19, 2011

TRWOV said:
Looks good. The PSU is a little overkill unless you're planning to SLI later on.

I agree and it looks like Newegg has a couple Seasonic units on sale. If not going SLI later, then I'd recommend the SeaSonic S12II 620. For ~80 after shipping and with no rebate, it is a far better unit then the OCZ selected.

Doomedspeed · Sep 19, 2011

rfowler30 said:
id go with an sata III harddrive, i noticed a differnece between sata II and sata III hdd with 7200rpm.

I had heard that the SATAIII Support for Hard drives has not really improved anything as of yet. If that statemetn is true it may be a waste.

Though, if rfowler is right, itd be a good way of gaining some extra speed.

entropy13 · Sep 19, 2011

Doomedspeed said:
I had heard that the SATAIII Support for Hard drives has not really improved anything as of yet. If that statemetn is true it may be a waste.

Though, if rfowler is right, itd be a good way of gaining some extra speed.

AFAIK the meaningful difference is only on burst speed, and that's with a best-case scenario.

rfowler30 · Sep 19, 2011

im pretty sure theres not much of a difference in price with sata II vs sataIII, if you dont get an ssd get an sata III harddrive as i noticed better booting times compared to sata II(this was prior towards me getting my current HDD, and SSDS). sata III hardrives arnt that more expensive than compared to an sata II hdd, i looked it up on newegg.com. interesting youtube.com video showing the benefits of sata III, although the hdds are somewhat similar in size(500gb sata II 32mb cache vs 640gb sata III 64mb cache, same WD black edition) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk9oGRAxo6U

bamdaman14 · Sep 19, 2011

TRWOV said:
Looks good. The PSU is a little overkill unless you're planning to SLI later on.

I plan on running sli later on so that's why i chose this power supply. Also what SATA III hard drive would you recommend because I don't plan on getting an SSD.

rfowler30 · Sep 19, 2011

i currently have an 600 gb velociraptor but something cheaper would probally this one Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 R... ; it performs about the same as mine but far cheaper. heres the benchmarks for it http://www.google.com/imgres?q=West...0&ndsp=45&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&biw=1842&bih=931

mastrdrver · Sep 21, 2011

bamdaman14 said:
I plan on running sli later on so that's why i chose this power supply. Also what SATA III hard drive would you recommend because I don't plan on getting an SSD.

Since that's the case, you can pick up an Enermax unit for the same price that would be a lot better unit. I do not have anything against OCZ, its just that at that price point there are better options.

bamdaman14 · Sep 21, 2011

Only other psu I would go with is corsair dont really trust anything else.

mastrdrver · Sep 22, 2011

Enermax, FPS and Seasonic (for examples) are OEMs

OCZ is just rebranding OEM products. Neither them nor Corsair make PSU.

Though if you still only decide between OCZ and Corsair, Corsair is a better option even at the same price.

System Name	My PC
Processor	Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS
Cooling	Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	Patriot Viper 3 16GB
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 980ti 6 GB
Storage	1 TB Samsung
Display(s)	2x Asus VG248QE 24-inch Full HD
Case	Corsair 400R
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DG
Power Supply	Corsair 750 Watt PSU
Mouse	Mionix NAOS 5000
Keyboard	Mionix Zibal 60 Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 10

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Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Memory	Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5600 16GBx2
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB
Storage	TEAMGROUP T-Force Z440 2TB, SPower A60 2TB, SPower A55 2TB, Seagate 4TBx2, Samsung 870 2TB
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 + Xitrix WFP-2415
Case	Montech Air X
Audio Device(s)	Realtek onboard
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 750W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G304
Keyboard	Redragon K557 KAIA RGB Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 10

System Name	My PC
Processor	Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS
Cooling	Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	Patriot Viper 3 16GB
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 980ti 6 GB
Storage	1 TB Samsung
Display(s)	2x Asus VG248QE 24-inch Full HD
Case	Corsair 400R
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DG
Power Supply	Corsair 750 Watt PSU
Mouse	Mionix NAOS 5000
Keyboard	Mionix Zibal 60 Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 10

System Name	rfowler30
Processor	Core i7 2600k 4.5ghz
Motherboard	Asus Sabertooth p67
Cooling	Crosair H100(love this thing)
Memory	Crosair Vegence 8gb 1866mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus Matrix gtx 580, EVGA gtx 580 both SLI
Storage	600gb HDD velociraptor; 120gb vertex 3 ssd, 80gb vertex 2 ssd
Display(s)	40 inch Samsung 3D TV
Case	Cooler Master Haf X
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Crosair AX 1200 watt power supply
Software	Windows 7 64 bit

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Processor	Core i7 970
Motherboard	Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
Cooling	Noctua UH-D14
Memory	2133Mhz 12GB (3x4GB) Mushkin 998991
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X
Storage	Samsung 1TB 850 Evo
Display(s)	3x Acer KG240A 144hz
Case	CM HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	ADI (onboard)
Power Supply	Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050w
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
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Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-M
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Memory	8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 MHz
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Storage	1TB Samsung F3
Display(s)	20" Samsing 2033
Case	Lian Li PC V351B
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Thermaltake EVO Blue 750W Modular
Software	Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit