Thoughts on my 1300$ build?

[Varked]

What do you guys think , i want honest opinions , this is for gaming and i plan on overclocking quite a lot. I wanna play Star Citizen , Wildstar and BF4 and other games hopefully all on ultra with more than 30 fps (Probaly wont be able to run Star Citizen on ultra , i know.)

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1T8A4) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1T8A4/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1T8A4/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637i53570k) | $219.97 @ SuperBiiz
**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14) | $77.99 @ Newegg
**Thermal Compound** | [Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-silver-thermal-paste-as535g) | $8.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z77extreme4) | $124.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31866c9d8gab) | $80.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sh103s3120g) | $89.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $69.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280xdc2t3gd5) | $309.99 @ Amazon
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn722n) | $14.99 @ B&H
**Case** | [Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4blw) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic M12II 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss850am) | $99.99 @ Newegg
**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24b1stblkbas) | $16.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | $84.99 @ NCIX US
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1279.85
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-03 19:38 EST-0500 |

 

[resurrection64]

Looks good to me! No Windows 8?

 

[Varked]

Looks good to me! No Windows 8?

I don't know if i should go with it , people keep saying that it's a touch OS, but if there's any performance gain, i would go with it.

 

[Tradesman1]

Win 8 does run a bit faster, and it's easy to config to run pretty much like Win 7

 

[Varked]

Win 8 does run a bit faster, and it's easy to config to run pretty much like Win 7

I'm just hesitant to get windows 8 because people say it's such a piece of crap. Anything else you guys see that could be better?

 

[resurrection64]

Well, it does perform better and applications are going to be optimized for Windows 8. Boot times and times of opening apps are faster. Also, Windows 8.1 supports DirectX 11.2 which will increase BF4 and etc performance.

Personally, i don't mind the UI, but it's personal preference!

 

[Varked]

Well, it does perform better and applications are going to be optimized for Windows 8. Boot times and times of opening apps are faster. Also, Windows 8.1 supports DirectX 11.2 which will increase BF4 and etc performance.

Personally, i don't mind the UI, but it's personal preference!

Yeah i think i'm gonna give it a try.

 

[Tradesman1]

Let us know what you think 😉