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NewAndreas
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This build is inspired by my build, i am building it for a friend and i just want some feedback if there is something i am missing...

It is going to be used for gaming and web browsing...

Will the psu handle haswell? not so sure on this subject.

 

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K

MOBO: ASUS z87-PRO S-1150 ATX (Golden board)

PSU: OCZ ZT series 550W (modular)

CASE: Fractal Design R4 Black + window

GPU: Gigabyte HD7970 Ghz edition

RAM: Corsair 2x8GB DDR3 Vengenance PRO gold

SSD: Samsung 840 Series 250GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM

 

Extra:

Deltaco extention 8-pin (because i know the cpu cable on this psu is too short.)

NZXT sleeved LED cable kit 1M White

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get a 840 evo. Cheaper and faster. Everything else looks good ;)

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I would go with an extra 50w, making it a total of 600w psu, just so you can have room for the 7970 and overclocking it
if you plan on really overclocking the i5, you really want a 750w because it takes a ton to overclock some of the chips on haswell

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Looks good! Why 16gb or ram though?

Desk: monitors 3x Asus VE248h(eyefinity), Keyboard Cm Strom Trigger(mx red), Mouse Corsair m65, Headset Audio Technica ATH-M50

Black Friday 2013 Build: i7 4770k, Gigabyte Z87X UD5H, 16gb Corsair, Msi R9 290, Corsair Axi 760, Corsair 750D, 2x intel 530 240gb ssd, 2x Seagate 400gb

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It isn't out yet...

 

3 days

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248

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get a 840 evo. Cheaper and faster. Everything else looks good ;)

It's not cheaper than the regular 840..

16GB ram is overkill for his needs. 8GB will be plenty.

Make the jump to a 600w psu for more overclocking headroom. As for Haswell-ready psus, all psus work fine. Haswell ready. just indicates that you can use the power saving feature in the bios.

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It's not cheaper than the regular 840..

 

not in americano land, yes

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I wouldn't go for that OCZ power supply, take something like a XFX Core Pro 550.

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Intel Skulltrail: 2x Core 2 Quad QX9775 - Intel D5400XS - 16GB FB DDR2-800 CL5 Quad Channel

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in norway it will take ages to get it and it will probably cost more.

 

okay yes, I was wrong, but it has a better price/performace ratio

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for the FUUUUUUTUUUURE my friend, and its not that expenstive

Fair enough, seeing as I also have 16gb. I do use it for vm's and game servers.

Desk: monitors 3x Asus VE248h(eyefinity), Keyboard Cm Strom Trigger(mx red), Mouse Corsair m65, Headset Audio Technica ATH-M50

Black Friday 2013 Build: i7 4770k, Gigabyte Z87X UD5H, 16gb Corsair, Msi R9 290, Corsair Axi 760, Corsair 750D, 2x intel 530 240gb ssd, 2x Seagate 400gb

Older Machine amd x640, msi 760g mobo, 8gb gskillz, Sapphire 6870, Corsair hx650, Cooler master haf 922, ocz agility 3 120gb ssd || HTPC: i7 3770k, shuttle xpc z77, 16gb gskillz, Asus GTX 650 ti, intel 120gb msata ssd

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