New Gaming build need advice

[notyadaddy]

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


2x CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory Model CMD8GX3M2A2133C9


CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 (CMPSU-850AX) 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

COOLER MASTER Storm Stryker SGC-5000W-KWN1 Black and White Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

2x EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2682-KR GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card


Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


ASUS VE278Q Black 27" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers

LITE-ON Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04

Thermaltake CLW0217 Water 2.0 Extreme/All-In-One Liquid Cooling System

and I'm going to be switching over to these once I have the dollers

Kingston HyperX SH100S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (HyperX Upgrade Kit)

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ 1TB 10000 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Please any constructive thoughts or ideas this will be a gaming PC I also want to find those corsair cables for the PSU in white
this PC is gonna cost me 3119 Canadian so far

 

[yassarikhan786]

If you're adamant on getting two cards, get two 2GB 670's.

 

[jamesriley94]

Yeh, dont get the 680s, get 670s.

tbf though - on one screen, 1 670 will max out the FPS of pretty much every game out there, so you dont need SLI at all really.

As for the RAM, drop to 1600mhz, you dont need anymore than that as it doesnt make any difference whatsoever in Windows.

Also, if you're insisting on a DVD drive - why are you getting a ROM drive and not RW?

Monitors that size arent really the best. You'd be better dropping to 23 or 24 inch and getting a really nice IPS screen.

Get an H100 over the thermaltacky. /end

With those changes, you can easily drop to an AX650.

So in total, I've just saved you about $1000? Maybe a little more. And it wont decrease performance in any way whatsoever.

 

[seumasbeathan]

I would suggest dropping down to a WD Caviar Blue and then with the money you save get a 60/64gb ssd for your boot drive

Edit : I see there is already an ssd in the list, in that case there is no point in getting the black and a blue will be just fine

 

[yassarikhan786]

If you want a 27" monitor you may as well get one with a resolution of 2560 x 1440. 1920 x 1080 on a screen that size will not look good.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Just read over the specs again and noticed you are going to get a 1tb Velociraptor. I would really advise you otherwise, the velociraptor is a mechanical hard drive that trys to offer near ssd performance, if you already have an ssd for boot and a few games etc then you will need nothing more than WD Blue drives

 

[notyadaddy]

So made some changes how did I do

Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Asus VE248H Black 24" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9

COOLER MASTER Storm Stryker SGC-5000W-KWN1 Black and White Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 04G-P4-2673-KR GeForce GTX 670 Superclocked+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 (CMPSU-850AX) 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

Kingston HyperX SH100S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (HyperX Upgrade Kit)

LITE-ON Black Internal 12X Blu-ray Combo SATA Model ihes112-04 - OEM
Model #:ihes112-04

Subtotal: $2,174.89

 

[seumasbeathan]

Thats better, but if this is a gaming rig then you don't need anyting more than 8gb of ram and also there is still no need for a WD Caviar black, the blue is just fine

 

[jamesriley94]

Also - get an IPS monitor instead of LED.

And the 4gb version of the 670 has no benefit - drop it to the 2gb one, and get a better cooler on it

 

[notyadaddy]

Also - get an IPS monitor instead of LED.

And the 4gb version of the 670 has no benefit - drop it to the 2gb one, and get a better cooler on it

well I went with this
ASUS ProArt Series PA246Q Black 24.1" P-IPS Tilt&Swivel Adjustable LCD Monitor w/2 USB hub, Card Reader & Display portModel #:PA246Q for 500 and change and I decided to stick withe 4 gig gpu just because there is almost no financial difference

 

[jamesriley94]

The monitors pretty good - as for the gpu though...

Unless your planning on watercooling, the EVGA card uses a reference cooler, meaning it'll be louder and wont perform as well. Go for a quieter dual fan cooler as you'll be able to overclock a lot better, and it'll be far far quieter

 

[Master&Puppet]

The other thing to consider is the mobo - if you like the looks of the sabertooth then fine but be aware that performance wise the z77 range is really even and you can get the same performance for a lot less on something like a MSI z77a-g45 or gd55 amongst other manufacturers.

 

[notyadaddy]

The monitors pretty good - as for the gpu though...

Unless your planning on watercooling, the EVGA card uses a reference cooler, meaning it'll be louder and wont perform as well. Go for a quieter dual fan cooler as you'll be able to overclock a lot better, and it'll be far far quieter

wasn't thinking about overclocking the gpu because I read that the software wouldn't let you get any big gains and I'm firm on nvidea gpu's are there any with that in mind that you would recommend ?

 

[notyadaddy]

The other thing to consider is the mobo - if you like the looks of the sabertooth then fine but be aware that performance wise the z77 range is really even and you can get the same performance for a lot less on something like a MSI z77a-g45 or gd55 amongst other manufacturers.

I only went with this because I don't want Blue or red on my board

 

[jamesriley94]

Get the asus DCII 670 if you want minimal noise, low temps and not very much red or blue

 

[notyadaddy]

Get the asus DCII 670 if you want minimal noise, low temps and not very much red or blue

Very nice my new gpu thanks for the help now I just need to find a retailer for corsairs white wire set for the psu

 

[seumasbeathan]

Can I just ask wether you have decided to go with the WD Blue?

 

[notyadaddy]

ya I did

 

[seumasbeathan]

Good to hear, this is going to be a great build

 

[GigaChunk]

I don't know about 670's not overclocking that well, most Msi 670 power editions go up to at least 1300mhz on the core (provided you don't have a bad card)