Building Gaming PC

[Habsfreak31]

Just wondering if there are any parts that would be better suited than these. This build will cost about $1500, hoping to keep the price around that.

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $319.99

Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $109.99

MSI Z77A-GD65 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard $170.71

Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $80.00

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.99

Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk $96.02

MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card $403.40

NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case $159.99

Corsair Professional 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply $89.25

Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $19.99

The only questions I have about the build are is the power supply enough and are there any better ones? The motherboard, should I stick with an MSI board with a MSI GPU? Best motherboard for overclocking CPU's for around the same price?

[Whaler_99]

That MSI board is rock solid. Corsair PSU are great, that 650W should be fine. Two points, go with a i5 3570k - hands down, best CPU for gaming and very overclockable. Also, if you can, go for the 840 Pro SSD.

[Guest]

As Whaler said - 3570K over the 3770K for gaming. You wont see any performance gain for gaming with the 3770K. With your disk drives, if you plan to do a lot of writing to your SSD, go with the 840 Pro as it has substancially higher write speeds. Otherwise if its just for a boot disk; the 840 is fine. I personally also hate WD Blue's. I find them slow and unreliable and am much happier with Seagate Barracuda's.

If you need to save money, you can drop to 8gb of memory and still be okay too.

[Spite]

Just like those two said, switch your CPU to a 3570K as you will not see any performance gain while gaming as games do not utilize the extra threads of the i7. All you will notice is a $100 less in your wallet.

I recommend a Noctua NH-D14 or Phanteks PH-TC14PE for $80 as it can perform on par, if not better than the H100. Though if you are not overclocking too much you could opt out for a Enermax ETS-T40-TB for $35, out performs the Hyper 212 EVO for the same price. It's a great cooler for the amount you pay.

There is no need for 16GB of RAM for gaming, 8GB will be more than enough. I would recommend some SAMSUNG MV-3V4G3D/US - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096 or Crucial Ballistix Sport - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148662

You could also switch out the GPU for a 7970, has a better price : performance ratio, wider memory bus which will help with AA and/or higher resolutions and also an extra 1GB of VRAM which will also help with higher resolutions.

[Helltech]

Drop down to a 3570K, and I wouldn't pay that much for a 2GB 670, but that is just me.

[Habsfreak31]

Here are the parts that are replacing the old ones.

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor $224.99

Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler $84.99

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $47.78

Any thoughts on the motherboard, is this a pretty decent motherboard? How's the BIOS? I'm looking to OC the CPU a little bit. I'm new to OC'ing but would like to try it out.

EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card $399.99

[Guest]

Here are the parts that are replacing the old ones. Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor $224.99 Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler $84.99 Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $47.78 Any thoughts on the motherboard' date=' is this a pretty decent motherboard? How's the BIOS? I'm looking to OC the CPU a little bit. I'm new to OC'ing but would like to try it out.[/url'] EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card $399.99

You'll be fine :)