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• Mikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196

  February 2013

  Looks good but you can probaly go cheaper on some stuff and still have a kick ass system.  Dont know alot about the SSD brands but I love my G. Skill Phoenix. Most say go with the I5 3570K though if you building a gaming rig. The motherboard seems a bit pricey also. Someone can probaly recommend you something cheaper like a MSI, Gigabyte or ASRock if you are not just dead set on the Sabertooth. As for video cards I know the 660 TI is also good and cheaper.

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• Klemped Member Posts: 3

  February 2013

  $1700 - 1800
• jdnewell Member UncommonPosts: 2,237

  February 2013

  I would personally drop down to an I5 unless you have special needs that require hyper threading, or you just want to say " I have an I 7".

  The motherboard is a good one, but more than most people need. Are you going for high Overclocks, SLI  system? Nothing wrong with it for sure, but for most needs a bit cheaper one will do.

  Do you need 3tb or storage space on an HDD>? If not then drop down to a 2tb and apply the money elsewhere.

  I would change those 3 things and get a bigger SSD. Something like a Samsung 840 250gb.

  The build you listed looks good overall, pricey, but good. Add an SSD and aftermarket cpu cooler and you should be golden.

   
• Klemped Member Posts: 3

  February 2013

  Im definitly going to overclock. I im also going to only get a 1tb hard drive now and spend the money on a good ssd. the budget is all depending on my tax return which i figure will get me at least $500,i also just sold my old computer for $1000.So the budget could be $2000+ but i don't think that will be necessary;). I plain on geting a water cooling system in the near future (month or two).Or is that not a good option.The build that i posted will come under $1500..

   

  Thanks for all the advice though I really appreciate it.

   

  Edit - I think Im going to change my motherboard from the sabertooth to the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 which will save me $100.

  Tell me if that is a good move or not,Thanks
• jdnewell Member UncommonPosts: 2,237

  February 2013

  Add a Samsung 840 SSD and if you want " water cooling " add a Corsair H60 / H80 while your building. Much easier that way instead of adding one later.

  The ASrock mobo you picked out should fit the bill nicely. Maybe not for extreme overclocking but an easy 4.5 or so should be no problem.

  Anything over $1500 or so your just spending money for incremental gains. You could always spend it on something like a bigger SSD, a blu Ray burner instead of a DvD/ CD burner, a 680 instead of a 670, ect. if you just wanted to spend it. IMO the I7 is a bit over kill for a gaming computer, I5 will do just as well in regards to gaming and be $100 cheaper or so.

  I personally use Blu Ray optical drives in boh of my PCs because I use them. Many people dont or wont have a use for blu ray on a PC. You do have some choices for upgrades if you want to spend the cash tho.

  I might go with what you have listed except

  - I7 to an I5

  same Mobo

  Corsair H80 cooling

  Blu Ray drive

  680? depending on budget

  Bigger SSD maybe?

   

  Just a few ideas