Hey, I want a new computer and I was thinking of build one of my own. Here's what I've came up with:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Lkhz
Are there any changes I need have made or some things that are overkill? Thanks and have a great day.
And should I go with a GTX 680 4GB, instead the power hungry 7950's?
Might want to consider getting RAM with a lower cas latency of 8 @ 1600MHz. If your worried about power usage maybe a 7970? But I would definetly bump up the PSU, under 50 watts of headroom is cutting it really close and leaves almost no room for future expansions.
A single 7970 or 4GB 680 won't compare to dual 7950s performance-wise.
Why lower it?
Lower CAS latency means the memory can perform its functions with less delay.
I'd recommend you up the PSU to 850w, as only 650 will give you very little room (if any at all) when it comes to overclocking your CPU, as well as your 7950s. Something like this would do nicely:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850bnlg9
saying like that makes it seem so necessairy to have a low CAS. lol
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logan has even said, when building a comuter, and choosing ram, frequencys matter more for gaming and latencys matters more for rendering.
EX. we have 2 sets of ram, // 1: CAS 9 1600Mhz and // 2: Cas 11 2400mhz
if you are gaming the 2400mhz is obvisously the way to go, but if you're doing alot of rendering, you might want to look @ ram #1
This thing looks to be pretty awesome!
Maybe a different case, but that's just a preference. Maybe bump down to a cheaper fractal or corsair case.
Then get an 850Watt psu.
You don't need 850. 750 will be more than enough to drive dual 7950s and an i5. I wouldn't run with two cards unless you're driving more than one monitors for actual gaming.
7970ghz will be more than enough for single/dual monitor gaming. Plus an i5 will be a topend bottleneck for dual cards and the extreme4 is garbage. This is what i'd do.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LmOu
Leaves $200 for whatever case/fans/thermal paste you decide.
The vertex 4 is just as cheap as the vertex 3 and infinately better.
That psu is on sale and not listed on pcpartpicker.
You can grab some slower ram, or pickup a motherboard with a faster memory controller but i just picked something cheap and stable.
+1 to this..again. I was kinda skeptical on the dual gpu thing lol.
I like this build more. As far as gpu power, yes dual 7950s will have more power. But a higher end card is probably a way better alternative. + I feel like the 3770k is completely left out anymore, it's still a monster cpu!
Dosent that motherboard only go up to 1600 for RAM tho?
It looks very similar to the build I have been working on designing. It's more for music production as well as gaming hence the silent case and cas 8 RAM. But I think my CPU cooler is better.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/LmTB
I don't think he needs more than 1600mhz ram but he's free to buy a better motherboard, i just offered something better than the extreme4.
And i just default to the 812 or the havik depending on what's on sale.
No worries, just pointing out you suggested 2133 RAM on a 1600 mobo. Damn all these choices we have.