What do you think about this setup?
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1N9wC (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1N9wC)
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1N9wC/by_merchant/ (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1N9wC/by_merchant/)
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1N9wC/benchmarks/ (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1N9wC/benchmarks/)
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($232.97 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($334.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $1219.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-11 06:45 EDT-0400)
The i5-3570 is last generation technology (ivy bridge) If you are buying new might as well go with haswell.What if uhh... I were to use a special kind of OS? How would that affect me?
That Mobo uses a Z77 northbridge which is the old generation of motherboard compared to the Z87 in the gigabyte Mobo I recommend sticking with the cpu/mobo combination I recommended, it should be better performance for the same price. And will put you on the current cpu socket standard.
Rams good
That HDD will work
The 670 is slower than the R9 780x in every benchmark I have seen, is nearly two generations old, and is $35 more expensive. If your going to spend $300 on a card go with the 780x
Case is a personal choice thing for the most part.
As for the PSU the 530W one I specced or the 750W one you specced will both work fine for either case. You wont really see much benefit from the extra wattage unless you are going to run several graphics cards in SLI. Which I personally wouldn't run SLI since the drivers tend to be rather spotty.
CD drive is fine, they are all pretty much the same.
You forgot to add the OS, which will be another $130.
I would highly reccomend the SSD for your system, as you will likely see the greatest speed gain from having one. Just install the OS and your most used applications on the SSD, and put your movies and music on the HDD.
Here is the computer on that part picker website:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1NqmJ (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1NqmJ)
Granted I put the 7970 in there simply because they don't have the 780x's listed yet. But that 7970 should perform similarly to the 780x in any case.
And you can pick whatever cpu cooler, I have an arctic cooling and like it, but the one you had chosen should work as well.
What if uhh... I were to use a special kind of OS? How would that affect me?
Bump and sorry for double post. How much would it affect me to go to 12GB/8GB RAM? And what if I took out the SSD?
I now plan to use THIS baby of a case:n1d maor ALEENWERE L3DS.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233)