Is this a good gaming system?

[Matt Muller]

Hey guys i am building my first gaming PC and i was wondering if these are good parts for gaming at max graphics?

Case: Thermaltake chaser mk-i

MOBO: MSI Z77A-G45

CPU: Intel I7-3770

PSU: thermaltake blackwidow 850W

RAM: 8gb(2x4gb) corsair vengeance

GPU: EVGA GTX GeForce 770 SC

HDD: 2TB seagate

Optical drive: ASUS Dvd burner

OS: windows 7 home premium 64-bit

 

[tiny voices]

You want to get an i5 not an i7. They are the same in gaming and the i7 is just a waste of money.

Get a PSu from Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic. Thermaltake isn't the best quality.

Everything else looks good to go.

 

[Matt Muller]

You want to get an i5 not an i7. They are the same in gaming and the i7 is just a waste of money.

Get a PSu from Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic. Thermaltake isn't the best quality.

Everything else looks good to go.

ok, and what is quality when it comes to power supplys?

 

[tiny voices]

Reliability to not take all of your parts out if it were to fail.

 

[jimthenagual]

Here's a good list of which PSUs to avoid/look for:
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

What model is your hard drive there?

 

[Matt Muller]

Here's a good list of which PSUs to avoid/look for:
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

What model is your hard drive there?

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-