hopefully my new rig. critique please :)

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christoph

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Alright so im plannin on building this rig after sellin my macbook pro hopefully sometime soon. I will mainly be using it for gaming/audio/video purposes. So it would be much appreciated if you guys with alot of knowledge (which is everyone here right? :rolleyes: ) will help me out and let me know if all of this stuff will be compatible with minimal issues. Also if you feel there is something you prefer over what i post due to your own personal experiences or just plain blindness from me please feel free to comment! But anyways here it is.

-COOLER MASTER HAF X

-CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

-ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

-Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge - yes i will be overclocking (if it is ever in stock again)

-EVGA GeForce GTX 680 (Also if it ever comes back in stock)

-G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB

-Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive

-COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus

-LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 14X Internal Blu-Ray Burner

-HT | OMEGA Claro Halo 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

-Thermaltake WATER2.0 Pro Closed-Loop All In One Liquid CPU Cooler

Once again i really appreciate all you guys that read through and critique. All comments are go.


Chris
 
You'll never use 32GB of RAM for the life of this computer, unless you're doing a RAM disk. Stick with 16GB.

What will the computer be used for? Ever consider a SSD?
 
yea i was originally going for 16, then after reading all the reviews everyone recommended 32 even though they said they loved their 16. I will switch back to 16. As for SSD i was actually just looking at it. because i dont really use up a ton of storage so i wouldnt need a ginormous SSD hopefully. not sure what size would be adequate. and as for what i want it to be.....basically a gaming/audio/video powerhouse. plan on getting a 5.1 Klipsche system soon after so hopefully the sound card keeps its reputation. and same for the BR/DVD drive
 
If you have the money, the CPU is nice, but the only difference between it at the 3570k is hyperthreading, which is useful in video rendering.

I'd go for a 60GB SSD or larger. Just for windows and programs you use often.
 
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