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sando99

sando99

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Hi folks! :) In the beginning of August I'm planning to order my new gaming PC. I have chosen the componens already, but I have few a questions. I will use the PC mainly for new games, Internet, films and stuff like that, but my priority is the gaming. I want to run everything on max settings (maybe with lowered filtrations). I won't overclock because I think that overclocking shortens CPU life and GPU life. Here's the list of the components I have chosen:

MB: ASROCK Z77 PRO4 /Z77/LGA1155

CPU: I5-3570 /3.4G/6MB/BOX/LGA1155

RAM: CORSAIR 2x4GB Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz 1.5V

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 760 (GB GTX760 GV-N760OC-2GD) (Just a bang for the buck - not an offer to miss!)

PSU: SEASONIC SS-620GB BRONZE

CASE: FD CORE 3000 USB3 ATX BLACK

SSD: A-DATA SSD SX900 64GB SATA3 (This is enough for me since it's only for Windows and main programs)

HDD, which I will use from my old computer (I checked the HDD and there aren't bad sectors): WDC Black 750 GB 7200 RPM, SATAII, 32 MB

My monitor is BenQ FP737s 1280x1024, BUT I'm planning to change it with Full HD in the near future, so keep that in mind.

As I said in the beginning I have few questions:

1. Will the CPU bottleneck the Videocard?
2. Will I have bottleneck if in future I put better videocard.
And the main question that I keep asking myself - Is this configuration good for gaming?

Hope I will get answers and sorry if there are spelling mistakes. English isn't my native language. Greetings :)

 
This build would get you very good gaming performance, the i5-3570k is arguably the best gaming processor without spending an excess amount of money. Gaming usually tends to rely mainly on the gpu, so I doubt you would see any bottlenecks caused by the processor. The 760 is mighty powerful in my opinion, and I have yet to see anyone bottleneck a i5-3570k (its the same as the i5-3570 without overclocking, what you are looking for).

All in all, this is a good choice of hardware for a gaming build
 
Thanks for the response, mate! I was quite sure that it wouldn't bottleneck, but I wasn't 100% sure, so I decided to ask :)

Any other opinions about the configuration?
 
The rest of your build looks pretty rock solid, although im not a big fan of Asrock, i like to stick to Asus if i can, but thats just a fanboy's opinion.

 
Well, actually I'm Nvidia & Intel fanboy, BUT I've heard a lot of good opinions about AsRock PRO series MB, so I decided to go with it.
 
Haha, I'm usually on a budget and go for an amd build. Don't get me wrong, ASrock makes solid boards, but the Asus usually have better features and feed power better (only really matters with OCing). But, if you are already spending money on an intel build with a high end gpu, it wouldn't hurt to spend 30-40 more dollars on an Asus board.

All in all, the build is fine as it is and you'll get great performance out of it
 
I completely understand you. But look, I live in Bulgaria and all the hardware parts here are much more expensive than the same parts in the USA. This is because our country is shit*y. But anyway...The price of the parts listed in my first post is the total line for my budget. I will be glad to hear more opinions :)
 
Oh, i understand. Personally, i can't anything else to say about this build, this is something i would build if i had the cash. Although I don't see why you won't overclock, i have a core 2 quad that I've overclocked and its still going after 5+ of heavy use, I've just recently replaced it.

I wouldn't change anything on this build, you did an excellent choice of picking parts, I say your ready to build! Consider this problem solved!
 
Oh well, you only get a 10% increase of performance and a 40% of setting fire to your computer anyways. People usually do it just for fun anyways.

Well, im off to a different thread, i hope I've been of help, feel free to ask any other questions.
 
So I understood - with the Gigabyte GTX 760 there won't be any bettlenck, but what about a better videocard in future? WIll I have bottleneck when I put a better videocard?
 
Haha, I seriously doubt you will get any bottlenecks with the i5-3570k, even with future cards, heck, the i5-3570k won't even bottleneck the Nvidia Titan. When it comes to gaming, the gpu usually takes the load, so you have to have a weak processor (ex. low-med end i3) to bottleneck.
 
I've had good experience with the WD black drives, though im more of an sdd person, but some people need more storage than i do.

However, this drive is SATA II, which if im not mistaken, has half the max speed of SATA III. If this is a drive you already have bought, its fine, but if you haven't already bought it, there are better at the same price.
 
Well, actually this is the HDD from my old PC, as I mentoined above. Just Googled SATAIIvs SATAIII and the speed between II and II is not noticable. SATAIII has some new feautures, which I doubt I will ever use. Recently I checked the HDD for bad sector and I was amazed - there weren't any!
 

You welcome im pleased to help, also,with Sata II to Sata III, you can only experience a difference only if you use sdd's
 
Well, the gap between a hard drive and sdd is huge already, i was saying if you compared two sdd's, one using Sata II and the other Sata III. Thats the only way you would see a big difference in the interfaces.
 
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