Opinion on this build

pimpy_c

Hi Guys. Just wondering if what I've put together is a good system for the price I'm paying. I don't know the first thing about building a PC myself and frankly, I don't have the patience for it so I've decided to just buy a custom built unit pre-assembled. I'm looking to run all current games at top settings and I'm also hoping that the build will be easy to upgrade in the future. Oh and I live in America so price quoted is in USD.


CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX/SLI] GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, Ultra Durable4 Classic, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3x Gen3 PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x1 & 1 PCI

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory

VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card

CASE: Cooler Master Storm Scout II Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Carrying Handles (Black Color)

POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready

HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P LCD


Total Price: $1,378.45


Your thoughts please and don't forget I'm a total noob!

Serephucus

Where are you buying from? The price you've listed is in Dollars, and Newegg don't ship to Ireland. One of the best shops that will ship here is Hardwareversand.de.

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€202.82
Corsair Hydro Series H60|€64.79
Club 3D Radeon HD 7870 royalKing, 2GB GDDR5|€218.67
Cooler Master Storm Scout II Midi-Tower - Gunmetal|€83.19
Super-Flower SF450P14XE Golden Green Pro 80plus gold|€67.99
Crucial M4 256GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€174.66
Seagate Barracuda 7200 2000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€85.04
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB-Version Englisch|€84.78
Dell UltraSharp U2312HM|€199.00
8GB G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL10|€43.30
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€82.94
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1326.17

Much better PSU, same graphics card (but a much better one for overclocking) more reliable motherboard, solid state drive, far superior monitor, and I dropped the RAM to 8GB as 16GB won't be used for gaming. I kept the AIO liquid cooler though.

Add an extra €20 if you want them to build it for you.

BloodBath

Not bad but I'd expect a top end graphics card for that kind of money.

I'd drop the ssd size down and get a 7950 instead.

Do you intend to overclock?

The Z77 board, 3570k and water cooling are wasted if you aren't.

The corsair psu he listed is far better, if not overkill, than that superflower one.

16gb of ram is overkill atm, 8gb is enough for now. You can always add more later.

pimpy_c

Serephucus wrote: »

Where are you buying from? The price you've listed is in Dollars, and Newegg don't ship to Ireland. One of the best shops that will ship here is Hardwareversand.de.

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€202.82
Corsair Hydro Series H60|€64.79
Club 3D Radeon HD 7870 royalKing, 2GB GDDR5|€218.67
Cooler Master Storm Scout II Midi-Tower - Gunmetal|€83.19
Super-Flower SF450P14XE Golden Green Pro 80plus gold|€67.99
Crucial M4 256GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€174.66
Seagate Barracuda 7200 2000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€85.04
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB-Version Englisch|€84.78
Dell UltraSharp U2312HM|€199.00
8GB G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL10|€43.30
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€82.94
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1326.17

Much better PSU, same graphics card (but a much better one for overclocking) more reliable motherboard, solid state drive, far superior monitor, and I dropped the RAM to 8GB as 16GB won't be used for gaming. I kept the AIO liquid cooler though.

Add an extra €20 if you want them to build it for you.

Thanks for the speedy reply. I actually live in America so that's why the price is quoted in dollars. Also, I can't find your suggested improvements on the website I'm looking at (www.cyberpowerpc.com).