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Ph4nToM_sK

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Sep 12, 2013
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ok this is my first time putting together a computer so I did some research before buying parts and this is what i came up with

Windows 7 Ulimate
i5 3570k 3.4 (want to overclock to 4.0 maybe 4.2)
AS Rock LGA 1155 z77 Extreme 4
Kingston Hyper X 16gb
EVGA GeForce GTX 650ti
128gb SanDisk SSD
2 TB WD Green Hard Drive
Asus DVD drive
Asus BluRay drive ( friend had a spare DVD drive so I decided to add this )
NZXT Full Phantom Case ( case holds up to 7 fans )
3x 120mm fan
1x 140mm fan
2x 200mm fan
Cool Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU fan
CX Corsair 750 PSU


I was wondering is the power supply enough for the OC and if I decide to upgrade to a GTX 760 later is the power supply enough. This is going to be a gaming rig with a good amount of video steaming too. Any constructive criticism is welcome also, this is my first build so be gentle :)
 
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16GB of RAM is WAY too much RAM for anything. I had 16GB in my old comptuer, and had trouble using over 40%. I do lots of gaming, video and photo editing, and CAD.

I'd recommend unless you have 2TB of data, that you get a 1TB Caviar Blue. It would make a difference.
The PSU will be just fine. I'd drop down to 8GB of ram and put the money somewhere you'll get real benefit, like a better video card now, or a bigger SSD, unless you also do massive digital editing or virtualization, you'll never even get close to using 8GB. Besides that, it looks good to me :)
 
16GB of RAM is WAY too much RAM for anything. I had 16GB in my old comptuer, and had trouble using over 40%. I do lots of gaming, video and photo editing, and CAD.

I'd recommend unless you have 2TB of data, that you get a 1TB Caviar Blue. It would make a difference.
 
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No I don't do any editing....I thought 16gb might be too much but I wasn't too sure and I decided on 2 TB because it was like an extra 23 bucks or something like that more then the 1 TB so I said why not lol
 


It's cheap for the storage, but also a slow drive...kind of maddening if you're doing large file transfers.