First gaming pc

[truckingmad]

So I've been looking at other peoples builds on this thread and I've come up with a combination of them all, can someone tell me if this is compatible and give me some advice on what I can do to make it better thanks!


Intel Core i7-3820 Quad-Core, Socket LGA2011, 3.6GHz 310$

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM 31$

Gigabyte (GV-N670OC-2GD) nVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Chipset 420$

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W 80PLUS Bronze Certified Power Supply 90$

Corsair CC-9011013-WW Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Gaming Case 130$

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz 55$

ASUS P8Z77-V Pro LGA1155 Z77 DDR3 SLI 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 DisplayPort USB3.0 Motherboard 222$

Western Digital Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) 1000GB (1TB) SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache 130$

Kingston SVP200S3/120G 120GB SSDNow V+200 SATA 3 2.5 Solid State Drive

Pioneer DVR-219LBK (Black) SATA 24x DVD-Writer OEM 26$

 

[TheBigTroll]

1: i7 3820 is a LGA 2011 cpu and will not fit in a LGA 1155 board that you have picked. i would recommend a i5 3570k and a gigabyte z77x-ud3h cpu and board. you do not need a i7 to game as i5 are the same in gaming situations.

2: why not get hx750 when its only like 30 bucks more and you get 80+ silver and modularity

3: i recommend getting a seagate barracuda 1tb drive with 64mb of cache because ts cheaper and faster

4: i recommend getting a crucial 128gb drive because its faster and more reliable

 

[ddan49]

What is your budget? Are you overclocking? If you could use the sticky, it would help us help you!

 

[truckingmad]

Sorry about that!

Approximate Purchase Date: within the next month
Budget Range: <2k
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing, downloading
Parts Not Required: speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: tigerdirect, directcanada, ncix
Country: (e.g.: India) we need to know where these parts are being assembled
Parts Preferences: I'd rather Intel than AMD, and I would really like to have the graphics card listed in the build
Overclocking: Yes, I wouldn't mind trying it
SLI or Crossfire: Not at the moment, but maybe later if a few months
Monitor Resolution: no preference, but I'd like to have dual monitors
Additional Comments: need all the parts to be compatible!

Based on TheBigTroll's comment, I changed a few things, let me know what you think!


Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) 240$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-Intel-_-19116504

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM 31$
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC0554&vpn=RR-212E-20PK-R2&manufacture=COOLERMASTER

Gigabyte (GV-N670OC-2GD) nVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Chipset 420$
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_559&item_id=048924

CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 147$
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

Corsair CC-9011013-WW Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Gaming Case 130$
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=862967&Sku=C13-6501

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 130$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 190$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545

Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive - 1TB, 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 100$
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=744346&CatId=2459

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 150$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Solid+State+Disk-_-Crucial-_-20148442

Pioneer DVR-219LBK (Black) SATA 24x DVD-Writer OEM 26$
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=3_61&item_id=036066

If someone can help me find dual monitors compatible with my graphics card too that would be great!
I also read somewhere it is good to have a water cooling system if I was going to overclock? can anyone comment on that please?

 

[ddan49]

I'm not good with monitors, but I'll subtract $500 so that we can account for them.

Going down the list:

CPU: I'd recommend SB (i5-2500k) because it overclocks better, doesn't have worse performance, and is cheaper.

GPU: I'd switch to MSI twin Frozr II OC if possible, or ASUS

PSU: I like the PC Power and Cooling 750W Silver rated PSU... it's like $80

RAM: 16GB is unnecessary. You'd be perfectly fine with 8GB (2x4GB).

Mobo: I'd suggest the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Everything else looks good!

 

[truckingmad]

I'm not good with monitors, but I'll subtract $500 so that we can account for them.

Going down the list:

CPU: I'd recommend SB (i5-2500k) because it overclocks better, doesn't have worse performance, and is cheaper.

GPU: I'd switch to MSI twin Frozr II OC if possible, or ASUS

PSU: I like the PC Power and Cooling 750W Silver rated PSU... it's like $80

RAM: 16GB is unnecessary. You'd be perfectly fine with 8GB (2x4GB).

Mobo: I'd suggest the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Everything else looks good!

ok thanks for the advice!
but if I weren't to overclock, can I leave my pc the way it is atm?

 

[ddan49]

Hoooold on. If you're not overclocking, then we can take some of the components down.

Anyway, your build is good. It would be a great build that you would enjoy. Most of the things I would change make very small improvements (though they may save you money). If you left it, you would be very happy with this PC. You'd probably be a bit happier with the changes I suggested, though

 

[TheBigTroll]

get ivy bridge. it performs better than sandy clock for clock

 

[ddan49]

Benchmarks or nothing

 

[truckingmad]

Thanks for the help guys!
just a few more questions and I think I'll be set
if I were to change my ram to vengence memory DDR3, would it still be compatible?
and can someone tell me what inputs my graphics card has so I can see what monitor I should get?

 

[TheBigTroll]

go ahead it will work fine.

 

[azeem40]

Benchmarks or nothing

Same with you. It does perform better clock for clock.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/ivy-bridge-vs-sandy-bridge--4.8ghz-quad-core-cpu-showdown/15637.html

 

[ddan49]

Ah. Okay. I'm appeased Problem is, the clock itself can't go very high

 

[azeem40]

It doesn't need to go high. 4.2 GHz IB is 4.5 GHz SB, which is the balancing point.

 

[ddan49]

I guess all I'm left with is that SB costs less

 

[azeem40]

A $20 difference for the ability for an OC to be 10-20% better than an equivalent SB OC is worth the price.

 

[jacknhut]

A $20 difference for the ability for an OC to be 10-20% better than an equivalent SB OC is worth the price.

Not to mention the ability to utilize PCI-E 3.0 which is nice to have.

 

[ddan49]

SB OC IS better. SB gets up to 5GHz fairly easily, while IB can barely get to 4.5 (with the same ease). I don't think it makes up for 500MHz that easily. IB doesn't OC better.

 

[truckingmad]

If I get the EVGA GTX 680 do I have to upgrade my PSU or will the 750w hx750 be enough?

 

[ddan49]

It'll be enough

 

[azeem40]

SB OC IS better. SB gets up to 5GHz fairly easily, while IB can barely get to 4.5 (with the same ease). I don't think it makes up for 500MHz that easily. IB doesn't OC better.

What use is there to go to 5 GHz? Max you should ever go to on SB is 4.5 GHz. Using a higher OC, even if it is impractical, to sway others away from IB, is not a good way to give advice.

 

[Why_Me]

What use is there to go to 5 GHz? Max you should ever go to on SB is 4.5 GHz. Using a higher OC, even if it is impractical, to sway others away from IB, is not a good way to give advice.

+1


Direct Canada and Best Direct Canada are affiliated (both ship out of the same warehouse in Richmond, BC) and both offer FREE SHIPPING. Any order over $50 @ Direct Canada is FREE SHIPPING and any order over $80 @ Best Direct Canada is FREE SHIPPING.

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http://www.bestdirect.ca/

This build allows you to add another one of those cards later on in SLI


http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC6193&vpn=CC-9011011-WW&manufacture=CORSAIR $86.52
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB 1394 No PS

or...

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC6196&vpn=CC-9011012-WW&manufacture=CORSAIR $113.56
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid-Tower Gaming Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB 1394 No PS Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC1911&vpn=P1750BNLG9&manufacture=XFX $120.44
XFX 750W PRO750W XXX Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 62A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Silver

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950BD6547&vpn=P8Z77-V%20LK&manufacture=Others $150.12 MIR. $130.12
ASUS P8Z77-V Lk ATX LGA1155 Z77 DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA3 DVI HDMI DP USB3.0 Motherboard

or...

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530BD6646&vpn=P8Z77-V&manufacture=ASUS $193.40
ASUS P8Z77-V ATX LGA1155 Z77 DDR3 SLI 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 DisplayPort USB3.0 Motherboard

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77V_LK/ <----- another look at that board

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12200BD0768&vpn=BX80637I53570K&manufacture=INTEL $244.40
Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC0554&vpn=RR-212E-20PK-R2&manufacture=COOLERMASTER $31.05
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15380BD5211&vpn=F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL&manufacture=G.SKILL $50.59
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530DR5213&vpn=DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk&manufacture=ASUS $17.79
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950AC0275&vpn=ST500DM002&manufacture=SEAGATE $74.20
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 3.5IN 16MB Cache SATA3 Internal Hard Disk Drive HDD

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950BD6407&vpn=GTX670-DC2T-2GD5&manufacture=ASUS $439.79
ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II 1137MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950DR5419&vpn=SVP200S3/120G&manufacture=KINGSTON $111.76
Kingston SVP200S3/120G 120GB SSDNow V+200 SATA 3 2.5 Solid State Drive

or...

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950DR7773&vpn=SVP200S3/240G&manufacture=KINGSTON $217.46
Kingston 240GB SSDNow V+200 SATA 3 2.5

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA_Series/GTX670DC2T2GD5/ <----- another look at that Asus card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530MN1490&vpn=VS228H-P&manufacture=ASUS $137.28
ASUS VS228H-P 21.5IN Widescreen LED LCD Monitor 1920X1080 5ms 50M:1 250CD/M2 HDMI VGA

 

[truckingmad]

+1


Direct Canada and Best Direct Canada are affiliated (both ship out of the same warehouse in Richmond, BC) and both offer FREE SHIPPING. Any order over $50 @ Direct Canada is FREE SHIPPING and any order over $80 @ Best Direct Canada is FREE SHIPPING.

http://www.directcanada.com/

http://www.bestdirect.ca/

This build allows you to add another one of those cards later on in SLI


http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC6193&vpn=CC-9011011-WW&manufacture=CORSAIR $86.52
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB 1394 No PS

or...

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC6196&vpn=CC-9011012-WW&manufacture=CORSAIR $113.56
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid-Tower Gaming Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB 1394 No PS Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC1911&vpn=P1750BNLG9&manufacture=XFX $120.44
XFX 750W PRO750W XXX Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 62A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Silver

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950BD6547&vpn=P8Z77-V%20LK&manufacture=Others $150.12 MIR. $130.12
ASUS P8Z77-V Lk ATX LGA1155 Z77 DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA3 DVI HDMI DP USB3.0 Motherboard

or...

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530BD6646&vpn=P8Z77-V&manufacture=ASUS $193.40
ASUS P8Z77-V ATX LGA1155 Z77 DDR3 SLI 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 DisplayPort USB3.0 Motherboard

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77V_LK/ <----- another look at that board

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12200BD0768&vpn=BX80637I53570K&manufacture=INTEL $244.40
Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC0554&vpn=RR-212E-20PK-R2&manufacture=COOLERMASTER $31.05
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15380BD5211&vpn=F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL&manufacture=G.SKILL $50.59
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530DR5213&vpn=DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk&manufacture=ASUS $17.79
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950AC0275&vpn=ST500DM002&manufacture=SEAGATE $74.20
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 3.5IN 16MB Cache SATA3 Internal Hard Disk Drive HDD

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950BD6407&vpn=GTX670-DC2T-2GD5&manufacture=ASUS $439.79
ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II 1137MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950DR5419&vpn=SVP200S3/120G&manufacture=KINGSTON $111.76
Kingston SVP200S3/120G 120GB SSDNow V+200 SATA 3 2.5 Solid State Drive

or...

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950DR7773&vpn=SVP200S3/240G&manufacture=KINGSTON $217.46
Kingston 240GB SSDNow V+200 SATA 3 2.5

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA_Series/GTX670DC2T2GD5/ <----- another look at that Asus card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530MN1490&vpn=VS228H-P&manufacture=ASUS $137.28
ASUS VS228H-P 21.5IN Widescreen LED LCD Monitor 1920X1080 5ms 50M:1 250CD/M2 HDMI VGA

1. Whats the difference between the ASUS GTX670 and the EVGA GTX670?
2. Will i be able to put two of those ASUS VS228H-P monitors in that graphics card?

 

[ddan49]

1. Just coolers and possibly clocks.
2. You should be fine

 

[azeem40]

The EVGA is a reference card, which means the exhaust is directed out of the case. With non-reference, the exhaust goes back into the case and is released through the exhaust fan.