How is my gaming rig ?

[Oleonius]

Hi, everyone !

I will buy a new gaming PC soon and I would like to have comments about it ! For now, I can still make modifications. Here is the beast:

Case: Coolermaster HAF 932
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T "Black Edition" (3.3 GHz)
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913

Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131735

GPU: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II O/C
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565

Power supply: Corsair AX750
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016

HDD: WD Digital Caviar Black 750 GB
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544

Memory: G SKILL Ripjaws 2x4 GB DDR3/1600 MHz
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

 

[genghiskron]

an i5-2500k is simply a better choice.

 

[sadams04]

That is one bad a$$ motherboard to only put one GPU in. May want to consider scaling down unless you plan on adding GPU muscle...

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754

Also, your PSU is oversized for a single GPU. 550w is plenty, or stick with the 750w if you plan on adding a second GTX 560 ti. Other than that you are in good shape.

 

[Oleonius]

I first choose this motherboard because I was thinking of upgrade in the years to come. And, obviously, it only takes AMD processor !

 

[sadams04]

What genghiskron was getting at was an Intel build may be a better build choice at your budget range. If you like AMD then you have a good start going..

 

[Oleonius]

Look, I will ask for a new build advice in an other category

Thanks !

 

[QwertyMusicMan]

Your case is a bit expensive.

You can downgrade the PSU to 600w or so.

As far as processors go in games, more than a four-core is practically useless, so you can downgrade to an AMD Phenom II 465.

You can probably find a less-expensive mobo.

Use the money subtracted by the above cuts to upgrade to a GTX 570. Then it should run great.

 

[Oleonius]

The Azza Solano 1000 is the less expensive full-tower ! I need a full tower because I want to do SLI in the future

 

[QwertyMusicMan]

Ok, well keep that, then. But swap the others and you should be fine.