Solved Are these components good for a gaming pc

[vstrimaitis]

Hi. I will probably be building a pc. I'll use it mostly for gaming. These are the components:

Processor: Intel Core i7 3700K,
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX,
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3,
Graphics card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB,
HDD: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s 64MB cache SATAIII,
SSD: Intel Series 330 120GB SATAIII,
Case: Cooler Master Elite K(night) 350, Midl tower,
PSU: CORSAIR 850W 80PLUS Bronze.

Will these make a good PC?
BTW, this is my first build and I'm kind of a newbie, so if I chose something wrong don't start shouting 'you're an idiot or something' .

Thanks for the help

 

[bassfisher6522]

I should say so...especially the cpu and gpu...wow. The only thing I would consider is bumping up is the mobo.

 

[vstrimaitis]

I should say so...especially the cpu and gpu...wow. The only thing I would consider is bumping up is the mobo.

Any suggestions on how to bump it up?

Thx

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I'd move to a higher priced Asus ONLY if this one does not have the features, ports, or internal connections that were needed.

You have to decide if you need those extra capabilities.

I certainly wouldn't upgrade for its own sake.

The only other reason to upgrade would be to get a higher build quality. If you can't find any sort of evidence online that this motherboard is lacking in some way or has design issues, you may as well go with it---if it has the desired features.

Which particular Corsair 850 watt PSU are you considering?

 

[vstrimaitis]

I'd move to a higher priced Asus ONLY if this one does not have the features, ports, or internal connections that were needed.

You have to decide if you need those extra capabilities.

I certainly wouldn't upgrade for its own sake.

The only other reason to upgrade would be to get a higher build quality. If you can't find any sort of evidence online that this motherboard is lacking in some way or has design issues, you may as well go with it---if it has the desired features.

Which particular Corsair 850 watt PSU are you considering?

I think an Enthusiast Series™ TX850 V2 — 80 PLUS® Bronze Certified 850 Watt High Performance Power Supply. If you think I should change this or something, please tell me. It will be much appreciated.

 

[gambe1984]

Yeah seems like a solid build to me, however an i7 wouldn't necessarily give you any massive improvements over an i5 of the same caliber for your additional money, games don't use hyper threading to the extent software does.

The i5 3570k is a better bang for your buck chip for gaming alone.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I think an Enthusiast Series™ TX850 V2 — 80 PLUS® Bronze Certified 850 Watt High Performance Power Supply. If you think I should change this or something, please tell me. It will be much appreciated.

That's a high quality PSU, but you don't need 850 watts if you aren't using 2 video cards.

If you are using a single video card, I'd step down to a Corsair TX650 V2, a Corsair HX 620, or any Seasonic PSU in the 550 to 650 watt range.

Use the saved money on some other portion of the upgrade or on a steak dinner or whatever.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Way overkill if you ask me in the CPU and GPU department more than anything (+1 on going i5 instead of i7)... remember that most games today are merely console ports to PC (at least most shooters are) so you will barely get 70% out of them.

Also, modern gpu card do not need all that much juice from a Power Supply and Corsair is not really know for good PSU.

Best bang for buck is to tell us what your budget is and when do you want to buy this thing and I am sure we can get you a very good rig for less than what you were going to spend with those components. I love looking at computer components on a daily basis so, this gives me a better excuse.. after all, we love to spend other people's money

 

[vstrimaitis]

I think an Enthusiast Series™ TX850 V2 — 80 PLUS® Bronze Certified 850 Watt High Performance Power Supply. If you think I should change this or something, please tell me. It will be much appreciated.

That's a high quality PSU, but you don't need 850 watts if you aren't using 2 video cards.

If you are using a single video card, I'd step down to a Corsair TX650 V2, a Corsair HX 620, or any Seasonic PSU in the 550 to 650 watt range.

Use the saved money on some other portion of the upgrade or on a steak dinner or whatever.

Thanks for the tip. I'll do what you recommend.

Yeah seems like a solid build to me, however an i7 wouldn't necessarily give you any massive improvements over an i5 of the same caliber for your additional money, games don't use hyper threading to the extent software does.

I will be using some other software, not only gaming. And I'm hoping I can still use this PC in a few years. That's why I chose the i7. But still thanks for the tip

 

[AstaLaVista]

Look at that Samsung SSD here... extremely cool pricing if you ask me

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And buying an i7 vs an i5 looking at the future is not a very good investment if you are paying a premium for something you won't use now or after.

 

[vstrimaitis]

Look at that Samsung SSD here... extremely cool pricing if you ask me

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And buying an i7 vs an i5 looking at the future is not a very good investment if you are paying a premium for something you won't use now or after.

Don't you think in the future you'll need a bit more powerful CPUs than today? At least I think so . Sorry if I'm not getting it right. Maybe I'll consider an i5.

 

[gambe1984]

Look at that Samsung SSD here... extremely cool pricing if you ask me

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And buying an i7 vs an i5 looking at the future is not a very good investment if you are paying a premium for something you won't use now or after.

Don't you think in the future you'll need a bit more powerful CPUs than today? At least I think so . Sorry if I'm not getting it right. Maybe I'll consider an i5.

The 3570k is probably the best gaming chip out there atm in terms of bang for your buck, and its easily overclockable to some pretty high speeds

 

[vstrimaitis]

Oh, I might as well ask, what are the i7's advantages? It's always better to know more

 

[gambe1984]

Oh, I might as well ask, what are the i7's advantages? It's always better to know more

Hyper Threading, that's pretty much it - essentially in applications that use it, it creates visualization with makes it emulate to an 8 core processor (if i understand it correctly), however no games utilize it so the advantages only really like in video and audio rendering, and benchmarking.

 

[gambe1984]

Also if your thinking of the Video and Audio rendering side of things, check out my youtube channel, the i5 is more than capable of rending in HD quality, its just marginally slower, but if youve got a Nvidia graphics card, most audio and video editing software now use Cuda GPU rendering anyway.

 

[vstrimaitis]

Oh, I might as well ask, what are the i7's advantages? It's always better to know more

Hyper Threading, that's pretty much it - essentially in applications that use it, it creates visualization with makes it emulate to an 8 core processor (if i understand it correctly), however no games utilize it so the advantages only really like in video and audio rendering, and benchmarking.

Maybe you know what kind of programs use it? I do photoshop from time to time and sometimes - video editing. Does it improve performance of those kind of programs? Or is the i5 enough?

BTW thx for the quick replies

 

[gambe1984]

To be fair, i do some photoshopping and i render my gameplay videos in sony vegas 12, just rendered a 63 minute Medal of Honor gameplay video at 720p 30 fps in about 90 minutes whilst playing world of warcraft as well and thats on my system specs as detailed below

 

[vstrimaitis]

To be fair, i do some photoshopping and i render my gameplay videos in sony vegas 12, just rendered a 63 minute Medal of Honor gameplay video at 720p 30 fps in about 90 minutes whilst playing world of warcraft as well and thats on my system specs as detailed below

OK. Thanks for the info.

 

[gambe1984]

No Worries

 

[AstaLaVista]

Look at that Samsung SSD here... extremely cool pricing if you ask me

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And buying an i7 vs an i5 looking at the future is not a very good investment if you are paying a premium for something you won't use now or after.

Don't you think in the future you'll need a bit more powerful CPUs than today? At least I think so . Sorry if I'm not getting it right. Maybe I'll consider an i5.

My point was this... Apples to Apples Comparison (even though you may not need the GPU on any of these CPUs)

Intel i7-3770K @ $ 329.00

Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K

Vs

i5 3570K @ $ 214.00

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-3570 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i53570

You will pay about +100 dollars more right now for the i7 and you don't really need it, correct? Ok, so say in about 2 to 3 years you want to upgrade to a more powerful CPU, whatever that may be then and if games continue the way they are now, you may not even need to upgrade, but for arguments sake we will say you do .

I would then do the following... sell my i5 for whatever I can and with the 100 dollars I save opt for the i5 of the future... rinse and repeat.

Remember, unless you have money to burn or unless your photoshop uses are stopping you from making that project, buying the latest and the greates may just be a waste of money... this holds true for a very good percentage of us here!