Any weakness in this system

[kolpo]

Hello this is the system I come up with together with my pc shop, do you see any weakness in it? The absence of a normal harddrive is intentional, I don't store that much data and I hate traditional hard drives who slow everything.

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  ASUS Z87-EXPERT
  INTEL Core i7 4770K Boxed met cooler
  LITEON 24x DVD-Rewriter IHAS124-04 SATA
  SAMSUNG 1000GB 840 EVO
  CORSAIR 16GB (2x8GB) Vengeance Pro 1866Mhz Blue
  MSI Geforce GTX780,3GB PCI-e
  CORSAIR Carbide Series 400R Black
  CORSAIR AX860i 860W
  Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium OEM 64-bit NL

 

[jtenorj]

looks pretty good to me...

 

[markwp]

Primary use? Budget?

Edit: Will you overclock?

 

[jtenorj]

Just noticed you have a 4770k but didn't list a separate cooler, which leads me to believe one of 4 things:

1.You already have a good cpu cooler
2.You meant to list one but forgot
3.you forgot to get a decent cooler
4. you intend to use the stock intel cooler(why?)

Of course you can do lots with a build like this. You can get work done either with the i7 or the gtx780 using cuda(or both). You should be able to play any game quite well at 1080p without overclocking anything. If you do overclock, things only get better(just keep an eye on the 4770k temps...).

 

[kolpo]

Primary use? Budget?

Edit: Will you overclock?

Gaming and general computer use. Budget around 2500€.

 

[kolpo]

Just noticed you have a 4770k but didn't list a separate cooler, which leads me to believe one of 4 things:

1.You already have a good cpu cooler
2.You meant to list one but forgot
3.you forgot to get a decent cooler
4. you intend to use the stock intel cooler(why?)

Of course you can do lots with a build like this. You can get work done either with the i7 or the gtx780 using cuda(or both). You should be able to play any game quite well at 1080p without overclocking anything. If you do overclock, things only get better(just keep an eye on the 4770k temps...).

I read that this CPU automaticly overclocks itself when needed(turbo function or something), what CPU cooler would you suggest?

 

[markwp]

The I7 is overkill for gaming - the I5-4670k will give you all you need.
16gb of memory is also overkill for gaming - 8gb is plenty.

Yes, the I5 or I7 both have a "turbo" feature which acts as an overclock without the need of any manual "tuning" on your part. However, both cpu's are capable of substantially higher performance (true overclocking). If you are satisfied with the turbo feature, the stock cooler will be sufficient. If, however, you plan to kick up the performance by manually overclocking past the turbo settings, you will need an aftermarket cooler like the Hyper 212 EVO or Xigmatek GAIA. If you do want to go with manual overclock, do NOT purchase ram with heat spreaders - they serve no useful purpose (other than bling) and they tend to interfere with aftermarket air coolers.

I know you don't particularly care for traditional HDD's, but a terrabyte ssd is really silly in my opinion. You will not see any substantive increases in gaming performance once the game is running. IMO, a small ssd (128gb) combined with a 1tb hdd is really the best way to go. Install the os and the main game files on the ssd, but put all data and game related stuff on the hard drive.

Mark

 

[kolpo]

The I7 is overkill for gaming - the I5-4670k will give you all you need.
16gb of memory is also overkill for gaming - 8gb is plenty.

Yes, the I5 or I7 both have a "turbo" feature which acts as an overclock without the need of any manual "tuning" on your part. However, both cpu's are capable of substantially higher performance (true overclocking). If you are satisfied with the turbo feature, the stock cooler will be sufficient. If, however, you plan to kick up the performance by manually overclocking past the turbo settings, you will need an aftermarket cooler like the Hyper 212 EVO or Xigmatek GAIA. If you do want to go with manual overclock, do NOT purchase ram with heat spreaders - they serve no useful purpose (other than bling) and they tend to interfere with aftermarket air coolers.

I know you don't particularly care for traditional HDD's, but a terrabyte ssd is really silly in my opinion. You will not see any substantive increases in gaming performance once the game is running. IMO, a small ssd (128gb) combined with a 1tb hdd is really the best way to go. Install the os and the main game files on the ssd, but put all data and game related stuff on the hard drive.

Mark

I play both FPS and turn based games a lot, for the later seems CPU to be important in order to keep turn wait times reasonable. If I bought one of those CPU coolers then how much GHz could I get out of those CPU's without endagering stability at all? Does that overclocking involve simply using the ASUS Z87-EXPERT software or is it more complex?

 

[markwp]

Both cpu's have four cores - the I7 has hyperthreading which is useful in multitasking, but does not affect gaming. The 2mb difference is cache will also be negligible for gaming.

Using an air cooler should allow you to get to 4.2-4.4 fairly easily. What you want to be careful of is how much voltage you have to push in order to get bigger o/c's. The easiest way to watch for problems is to make sure your cpu temps don't exceed 70C max when under load.

You can certainly use the Expert software to o/c - it works pretty well and will err on the side of caution.

Mark