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 Post subject: New Gaming PC, opinions please!
PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:53 pm 
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Ok, after quite a bit of going back and forth I believe I've nailed down the components for my new system. Tell me what you think please!

CPU - Core i7-3770K
MB - Asus Z77 Pro
RAM - Corsair Vengance 8Gb PC3 1600
VC - GTX670 (Probably one of the EVGA Overclocked ones)
SSD 1 - Samsung 830 64Gb (For OS)
SSD 2 - Samsung 830 128Gb (For Games)
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 3TB
Case - Corsair CC600T SE
Cooling - Corsair H100
PS - Antec HCG 900
Some Random Optical drive for $20

I think that covers just about everything, did I miss anything besides misc cables?


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 Post subject: Re: New Gaming PC, opinions please!
PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:21 pm 
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If the PSU is 900W, you don't need it, even if you're running SLI. A single high-end video card setup typically needs about 250W tops, so a 500W-600W PSU is fine. Add about 150W per high-end video card you add.

I'm tempted to say, you don't need the secondary SSD either. Load times across mediums are hit and miss with games. And it depends on how much you care about load times anyway. You might also get a slight performance boost on games that stream data, but I think the last time someone tried to pass this off as a "reason to buy SSDs", there was an FPS difference of single digits at best.


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 Post subject: Re: New Gaming PC, opinions please!
PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:20 pm 
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I'm certainly not commited to the idea of a second SSD i just wanted a speedier HD to play the games from. The 900w power supply is overkill, but it's on a killer deal right now at Amazon.

I guess I should say I'm looking at a long term commitment from this PC, it needs to last me 4+ years of gaming. I don't necessarily have to have everything on ultra, but I would like to be able to turn the majority of features on in games 4 years from now.


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 Post subject: Re: New Gaming PC, opinions please!
PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:58 pm 
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Which in this case, all you'll need in say two-three years is a GPU upgrade.


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