I've been trying to build a custom PC for a while now, any help?

[Executable Beep]

SO yeah, i'm kinda new here and i've been trying to come up with some parts for a new pc I want to make, here are the specs:


Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s
ASUS P8Z77-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z77
Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155
MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition
Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze
Corsair Vengeance Series Military Green C70
Crucial m4 64GB 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (For Boot and games like battlefield, crysis, etc.)
Creative Labs SB0570L4 Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card

Any suggestions/recomendations? Any opinion is welcome

Also, I really dont know about the PSU, is it enough? or is it way more than i need for those components?

 

[TwoCables]

The PSU is major overkill. This system could be easily powered by a quality-made 400W power supply, and that's not the minimum either!

I'm curious: I see that you want the 3770K. Will you be overclocking?

Finally, I recommend avoiding the Audigy SE for a modern build like yours. It won't really be much better than the onboard audio.

 

[AddRAM]

I just got the black C70, I`m happy with it. Also installed the HX650.

 

[BEEFSTIX]

Looks like a really good rig.

Also I don't think the PSU is too overkill, it's nice to have room to expand. I just had to buy a 600W because I tried to go small the first time.
Though Sound Cards on the other hand, they're kinda unecessary unless you're a true audiophile

 

[TwoCables]

Looks like a really good rig.

Also I don't think the PSU is too overkill, it's nice to have room to expand. I just had to buy a 600W because I tried to go small the first time.
Though Sound Cards on the other hand, they're kinda unecessary unless you're a true audiophile

I can't find a review of the GTX 660 Ti that I like, however the GTX 670 has a very similar power draw. So, here's a review of the GTX 670:

GeForce GTX 670 2 and 3-way SLI review - Power Consumption

With one GTX 670 under full load in their system, their PSU pulled 279W from the wall outlet. Their CPU was idling during this test, so I have to add 77W for the 3770K under full load (at stock). That makes the PSU pulling 356W from the wall outlet. So if the PSU is 85% efficient while pulling 356W from the wall outlet, then that means the system is only pulling 303W from the PSU. However, this is an unrealistically high power draw because I'm saying that both the 670 and the 3770K are under full load at the same time in Guru3D's power-hungry system. The actual gaming power draw will be closer to about 250 to 275W at the most. Not only that, but I'm talking about the GTX 670 here when he's looking at the GTX 660 Ti.

So yeah, this means that even a quality-made 350W power supply is enough because the maximum power draw will only be reached when playing the most intense and demanding video games. This will result in the maximum efficiency for the PSU because again, the maximum power draw will only ever get up to 250-275W.

For future upgrades, well each new generation of GPUs and CPUs requires less power than the previous, so it's not really enough of a concern which is why I can say that a quality-made 400W PSU would be plenty for any system like his that has one video card in it. If he were to overclock his 3770K and also upgrade to a single HD 7970, then I would recommend a quality-made 450W power supply, but that's still not the minimum. The idea is to stay in the sweet spot for the sake of efficiency.

 

[Executable Beep]

The PSU is major overkill. This system could be easily powered by a quality-made 400W power supply, and that's not the minimum either!

I'm curious: I see that you want the 3770K. Will you be overclocking?

Finally, I recommend avoiding the Audigy SE for a modern build like yours. It won't really be much better than the onboard audio.

Okay, so I'll discard the sound card, but then again, what PSU would you recommend? (Specifically n-n)

 

[TwoCables]

The PSU is major overkill. This system could be easily powered by a quality-made 400W power supply, and that's not the minimum either!

I'm curious: I see that you want the 3770K. Will you be overclocking?

Finally, I recommend avoiding the Audigy SE for a modern build like yours. It won't really be much better than the onboard audio.

Okay, so I'll discard the sound card, but then again, what PSU would you recommend? (Specifically n-n)

That depends: will you ever have more than one video card? Are you open to having a better video card such as the HD 7970? I mean, it depends on what your final build will come out to be and what your future plans are - especially if they are definite plans.

 

[Executable Beep]

The PSU is major overkill. This system could be easily powered by a quality-made 400W power supply, and that's not the minimum either!

I'm curious: I see that you want the 3770K. Will you be overclocking?

Finally, I recommend avoiding the Audigy SE for a modern build like yours. It won't really be much better than the onboard audio.

Okay, so I'll discard the sound card, but then again, what PSU would you recommend? (Specifically n-n)

That depends: will you ever have more than one video card? Are you open to having a better video card such as the HD 7970? I mean, it depends on what your final build will come out to be and what your future plans are - especially if they are definite plans.

Nah, this would be pretty much the 'definite' build, id rather do a completely new one than add stuff to it, and no, i wont overclock it in any matter because I really dont know howxD

For now, I want to have 'just enough' to power the PC, maybe a little bit more but thats it, because I have 1500 USD to spend on it and im almost reaching my limits cx

 

[BEEFSTIX]

Looks like a really good rig.

Also I don't think the PSU is too overkill, it's nice to have room to expand. I just had to buy a 600W because I tried to go small the first time.
Though Sound Cards on the other hand, they're kinda unecessary unless you're a true audiophile

I can't find a review of the GTX 660 Ti that I like, however the GTX 670 has a very similar power draw. So, here's a review of the GTX 670:

GeForce GTX 670 2 and 3-way SLI review - Power Consumption

With one GTX 670 under full load in their system, their PSU pulled 279W from the wall outlet. Their CPU was idling during this test, so I have to add 77W for the 3770K under full load (at stock). That makes the PSU pulling 356W from the wall outlet. So if the PSU is 85% efficient while pulling 356W from the wall outlet, then that means the system is only pulling 303W from the PSU. However, this is an unrealistically high power draw because I'm saying that both the 670 and the 3770K are under full load at the same time in Guru3D's power-hungry system. The actual gaming power draw will be closer to about 250 to 275W at the most. Not only that, but I'm talking about the GTX 670 here when he's looking at the GTX 660 Ti.

So yeah, this means that even a quality-made 350W power supply is enough because the maximum power draw will only be reached when playing the most intense and demanding video games. This will result in the maximum efficiency for the PSU because again, the maximum power draw will only ever get up to 250-275W.

For future upgrades, well each new generation of GPUs and CPUs requires less power than the previous, so it's not really enough of a concern which is why I can say that a quality-made 400W PSU would be plenty for any system like his that has one video card in it. If he were to overclock his 3770K and also upgrade to a single HD 7970, then I would recommend a quality-made 450W power supply, but that's still not the minimum. The idea is to stay in the sweet spot for the sake of efficiency.

Ok that makes sense I guess. I just lean towards the cautious side with PSUs.
When I was doing my calculations for my PSU I did it under the assumption that the CPU/GPU would max out their possible power consumption and that I might add an additional fan and It brought me to around the same estimate (450W would be in the Safe/recommended zone)

 

[TwoCables]

Okay, so I'll discard the sound card, but then again, what PSU would you recommend? (Specifically n-n)

That depends: will you ever have more than one video card? Are you open to having a better video card such as the HD 7970? I mean, it depends on what your final build will come out to be and what your future plans are - especially if they are definite plans.

Nah, this would be pretty much the 'definite' build, id rather do a completely new one than add stuff to it, and no, i wont overclock it in any matter because I really dont know howxD

For now, I want to have 'just enough' to power the PC, maybe a little bit more but thats it, because I have 1500 USD to spend on it and im almost reaching my limits cx

Since you're not going to overclock, you can spend less money by getting the 3770 (the one without the 'K'). Also, you don't need to go with a Z77 platform because Z77 is geared more towards overclocking and they generally just cost more money. An example chipset that you could go with is H77.

Actually, regarding the CPU, you could be fine with the 3570 (the one without the 'K') unless you know you will need the HyperThreading that the 3770 offers.

I see that you're in Mexico. Are there any online stores that you'll be ordering from? If so, then can you link me to them? I want to try picking out some PSUs and maybe a motherboard (I'm not really confident on which motherboards can be recommended and which ones shouldn't be, but I understand the chipsets).

 

[Executable Beep]

That depends: will you ever have more than one video card? Are you open to having a better video card such as the HD 7970? I mean, it depends on what your final build will come out to be and what your future plans are - especially if they are definite plans.

Nah, this would be pretty much the 'definite' build, id rather do a completely new one than add stuff to it, and no, i wont overclock it in any matter because I really dont know howxD

For now, I want to have 'just enough' to power the PC, maybe a little bit more but thats it, because I have 1500 USD to spend on it and im almost reaching my limits cx

Since you're not going to overclock, you can spend less money by getting the 3770 (the one without the 'K'). Also, you don't need to go with a Z77 platform because Z77 is geared more towards overclocking and they generally just cost more money. An example chipset that you could go with is H77.

Actually, regarding the CPU, you could be fine with the 3570 (the one without the 'K') unless you know you will need the HyperThreading that the 3770 offers.

I see that you're in Mexico. Are there any online stores that you'll be ordering from? If so, then can you link me to them? I want to try picking out some PSUs and maybe a motherboard (I'm not really confident on which motherboards can be recommended and which ones shouldn't be, but I understand the chipsets).

I was actually saying that I didn't want to overclock because I'm kinda afraid of messing something upxD but i'd really love to do it, thats what K processors are for after all, right? It would be a shame to spend over 1k dollars for a non overclocked PC, im just kinda affraid of messing the processor up or whatever...

I actually live in tijuana, like 25 minutes from the US/Mexico Border, and i use normal amazon.com, i just ship them to an uncle's house and pick them up some other day... so US online stores arent a problem n-n

 

[TwoCables]

Nah, this would be pretty much the 'definite' build, id rather do a completely new one than add stuff to it, and no, i wont overclock it in any matter because I really dont know howxD

For now, I want to have 'just enough' to power the PC, maybe a little bit more but thats it, because I have 1500 USD to spend on it and im almost reaching my limits cx

Since you're not going to overclock, you can spend less money by getting the 3770 (the one without the 'K'). Also, you don't need to go with a Z77 platform because Z77 is geared more towards overclocking and they generally just cost more money. An example chipset that you could go with is H77.

Actually, regarding the CPU, you could be fine with the 3570 (the one without the 'K') unless you know you will need the HyperThreading that the 3770 offers.

I see that you're in Mexico. Are there any online stores that you'll be ordering from? If so, then can you link me to them? I want to try picking out some PSUs and maybe a motherboard (I'm not really confident on which motherboards can be recommended and which ones shouldn't be, but I understand the chipsets).

I was actually saying that I didn't want to overclock because I'm kinda afraid of messing something upxD but i'd really love to do it, thats what K processors are for after all, right? It would be a shame to spend over 1k dollars for a non overclocked PC, im just kinda affraid of messing the processor up or whatever...

Oh, then you'll want a decent CPU cooler too! Or do you want to wait until you're sure about overclocking? I practically live on a site called Overclock.net, and I would wholeheartedly and sincerely recommend that you check them out when you're ready. They will get you safely overclocked quite easily! After all, that's the main focus over there.

I actually live in tijuana, like 25 minutes from the US/Mexico Border, and i use normal amazon.com, i just ship them to an uncle's house and pick them up some other day... so US online stores arent a problem n-n

Wait, so can you use Newegg?

 

[Executable Beep]

Since you're not going to overclock, you can spend less money by getting the 3770 (the one without the 'K'). Also, you don't need to go with a Z77 platform because Z77 is geared more towards overclocking and they generally just cost more money. An example chipset that you could go with is H77.

Actually, regarding the CPU, you could be fine with the 3570 (the one without the 'K') unless you know you will need the HyperThreading that the 3770 offers.

I see that you're in Mexico. Are there any online stores that you'll be ordering from? If so, then can you link me to them? I want to try picking out some PSUs and maybe a motherboard (I'm not really confident on which motherboards can be recommended and which ones shouldn't be, but I understand the chipsets).

I was actually saying that I didn't want to overclock because I'm kinda afraid of messing something upxD but i'd really love to do it, thats what K processors are for after all, right? It would be a shame to spend over 1k dollars for a non overclocked PC, im just kinda affraid of messing the processor up or whatever...

Oh, then you'll want a decent CPU cooler too! Or do you want to wait until you're sure about overclocking? I practically live on a site called Overclock.net, and I would wholeheartedly and sincerely recommend that you check them out when you're ready. They will get you safely overclocked quite easily! After all, that's the main focus over there.

I actually live in tijuana, like 25 minutes from the US/Mexico Border, and i use normal amazon.com, i just ship them to an uncle's house and pick them up some other day... so US online stores arent a problem n-n

Wait, so can you use Newegg?

I am absolutely sure that im going to overclock, i just dont know when, and im willing to pay for the 3770k and the z77 motherboard n-n and i was planning to use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO or Plus-- but who knows n-n I still have a lot to study, and yes, im going to check that website you told me thanks a lot

 

[Executable Beep]

Since you're not going to overclock, you can spend less money by getting the 3770 (the one without the 'K'). Also, you don't need to go with a Z77 platform because Z77 is geared more towards overclocking and they generally just cost more money. An example chipset that you could go with is H77.

Actually, regarding the CPU, you could be fine with the 3570 (the one without the 'K') unless you know you will need the HyperThreading that the 3770 offers.

I see that you're in Mexico. Are there any online stores that you'll be ordering from? If so, then can you link me to them? I want to try picking out some PSUs and maybe a motherboard (I'm not really confident on which motherboards can be recommended and which ones shouldn't be, but I understand the chipsets).

I was actually saying that I didn't want to overclock because I'm kinda afraid of messing something upxD but i'd really love to do it, thats what K processors are for after all, right? It would be a shame to spend over 1k dollars for a non overclocked PC, im just kinda affraid of messing the processor up or whatever...

Oh, then you'll want a decent CPU cooler too! Or do you want to wait until you're sure about overclocking? I practically live on a site called Overclock.net, and I would wholeheartedly and sincerely recommend that you check them out when you're ready. They will get you safely overclocked quite easily! After all, that's the main focus over there.

I actually live in tijuana, like 25 minutes from the US/Mexico Border, and i use normal amazon.com, i just ship them to an uncle's house and pick them up some other day... so US online stores arent a problem n-n

Wait, so can you use Newegg?

I am absolutely sure that im going to overclock, i just dont know when, and im willing to pay for the 3770k and the z77 motherboard n-n and i was planning to use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO or Plus-- but who knows n-n I still have a lot to study, and yes, im going to check that website you told me thanks a lot, and yes, i can use newegg

 

[TwoCables]

I was actually saying that I didn't want to overclock because I'm kinda afraid of messing something upxD but i'd really love to do it, thats what K processors are for after all, right? It would be a shame to spend over 1k dollars for a non overclocked PC, im just kinda affraid of messing the processor up or whatever...

Oh, then you'll want a decent CPU cooler too! Or do you want to wait until you're sure about overclocking? I practically live on a site called Overclock.net, and I would wholeheartedly and sincerely recommend that you check them out when you're ready. They will get you safely overclocked quite easily! After all, that's the main focus over there.

I actually live in tijuana, like 25 minutes from the US/Mexico Border, and i use normal amazon.com, i just ship them to an uncle's house and pick them up some other day... so US online stores arent a problem n-n

Wait, so can you use Newegg?

I am absolutely sure that im going to overclock, i just dont know when, and im willing to pay for the 3770k and the z77 motherboard n-n and i was planning to use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO or Plus-- but who knows n-n I still have a lot to study, and yes, im going to check that website you told me thanks a lot

Ok cool. Remember one thing: you may want to disable HyperThreading until the day comes in the future when you need it. Having it enabled has caused some people to report that they have "jittery" gaming performance until they disable it. Plus, having it enabled makes overclocking just a little harder because you have to use a higher core voltage, you get higher core temperatures, and the maximum overclock potential is lower than what it would otherwise be with HyperThreading disabled.

 

[TwoCables]

and yes, i can use newegg

I just noticed this addition but I forgot to ask: can you afford $89.99 shipped for a PSU? If not, then can you afford $63.98 after shipping?

 

[Executable Beep]

and yes, i can use newegg

I just noticed this addition but I forgot to ask: can you afford $89.99 shipped for a PSU? If not, then can you afford $63.98 after shipping?

Yeah, i can afford 90 dollars for a psu, that would be fine n-n

I just want 'enough' power to be able to overclock it

 

[JackALope52x]

Hey Executable Beep,

I would have to agree with almost everything TwoCables is saying. Your chosen PSU is more than what you need but whenever I build a PC I always leave room for expansion. You may not want to have two GPUs right now but in a year or so you might change your mind have to end up buying a new PSU with that second card (or whatever it is you plan on expanding). So I would honestly say stay with the bigger power supply.

The one thing I would highly recommend changing is the size of your SSD. I started with a 60GB for my newest build and sold it 3 days later. The smallest I would recommend is a 120GB. I have a 240GB because you will be surprised how fast it will fill up with your OS and games. When it comes to SSDs remember that you need 1/4 - 1/3 of it to remain empty in order for it to use TRIM and other processes properly. If you fill your SSD up all the way it will slow down drastically.

I like your choice of CPU and motherboard. Honestly overclocking shouldn't be too hard with them. Just do some research online and you should be able to get enough information in order to do what you want with it.

Hopefully I was able to help. Let us know if you need any more information. Good luck!

-JackALope

 

[kbrady1979]

I may have missed it, but what specifically is this build going to be used for? The more specific you are about what you are going to use it for, the better we can assist you

 

[GeneO]

I don't think the PSU is major overlkill, but you could do with less. I think it is fine, especialy if you might plan to SLI and OC in the near future.

What resolution of monitor are you planning on using? The 600 Ti is good for games up to 1920 x 1080 - beyond that you may want to consider the 670, which has a wider memory bus width.