Building a Gaming PC, is this good?

kbrady1979 said:

If you decide against one of the new 700 series Nvidia cards, I would replace the 660Ti with the GTX 670 for about $20 more. Also, like others said, Haswell is out and might be the best option.

Ah, so it was a right choice to announce my newly revamped PC build before purchasing next month. These Haswell processors, can you recommend me one that's nearly the same price or even cheaper as the i5-3570k if possible? Thanks.

linnemeyerhere said:

Like mentioned above you should have a good look at Haswell and Z87 mobo's.

Are these Z87 motherboards going to be more expensive than the P8Z77-V and compatible with all the components I listed in my original post?

CommandoBob said:

TwoCables said:

CommandoBob said:

Yes, I'm planning to overclock the i5-3570k up to around 4.3GHz or something like that. I've never overclocked before though, so I better be prepared.



Guess I'll wait for them to announce the price of GTX 760 Ti, hopefully within this month, if not I'll go with the GTX 660 Ti or if it's too expensive. Thanks!

You should be able to get 4.5 GHz with this build.

Really? That's great to hear! I hope I won't fry my CPU while trying to overclock, though. :)

As long as you ask for assistance along the way and don't do anything that you're not told to do, it'll be a piece of cake. Lots of people consider 4.5 GHz to be a bit more of an average overclock with this CPU on a motherboard like yours.

I recommend going to Overclock.net for the best overclocking help because you'll have many more people at your disposal to help you than on here. After all, that's their specialty while the focus of SevenForums is help and support as it relates to Windows 7.

This is the direct replacement for the i5-3570K: Intel Core i5-4670K

kbrady1979 said:

This is the direct replacement for the i5-3570K: Intel Core i5-4670K

Replaced the i5-3570k in my "wishlist" with the i5-4670k. Thanks a lot!

4.5GHz on a 3570K is a healthy overclock. Anymore and you will start to need a much better cooling solution......in my opinion.

Dude said:

And going with the Intel Core i5-4670K will require a different motherboard too.

Yes, the i5-3570K is Socket 1155, and the i5-4670K is Socket 1150. Two different platforms.

Alright I would like to give a big thanks to you all! If I wouldn't have asked for help on SevenForums I would probably had wasted my money on old components. Now I'm sure I got the best of the best I can get with my money! Here's my revamped build:



Any more advice? There's still one month until ordering! I plan on getting the GTX 760 Ti but my "shopping system" hasn't found an entry for it. Also the Asus Z87-PLUS doesn't have prices listed yet.