How is my build?

mwahsun

mwahsun

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Trying to make a good or monster build:

CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Video Card: EVGA 02G-P4-2763-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

what do you guys think?
 
Oh whoops since it's already in his sig I thought he had already purchased it. :P

Yeah I would agree with Geoff about the SSD. Look at the Samsung ones, they're good. I wouldn't necessarily agree about the 4770K though - look at the i5 4670K instead. The AMD is fine but I personally prefer Intel, and the i5 is a little bit quicker: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837 look at that, and note that lower is better on a lot of those benchmarks, since they are recording time.

Of course you'll need a different motherboard if you go Intel. If you like Gigabyte get the Z87X-UD4H or similar (I think there are some cheaper similar Gigabyte Z87 boards too).

I would get a Corsair CX600M PSU to save money, then maybe put it towards your graphics card. The 760 is good but no 'monster gaming build' is going to have a mid-range card in it. Maybe look at the GTX 770 instead, or the Radeon R9 280. You could always get 8GB of RAM instead of 16 to help fund a better GPU, which is going to make more difference to performance.
 
spirit said:
I wouldn't necessarily agree about the 4770K though - look at the i5 4670K instead. The AMD is fine but I personally prefer Intel, and the i5 is a little bit quicker: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837

I would get a Corsair CX600M PSU to save money, then maybe put it towards your graphics card. The 760 is good but no 'monster gaming build' is going to have a mid-range card in it. Maybe look at the GTX 770 instead, or the Radeon R9 280. You could always get 8GB of RAM instead of 16 to help fund a better GPU, which is going to make more difference to performance.
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The i5 is a great CPU for the money, but because he said he wanted a monster build I recommended the 4770K :)

I also agree about the PSU. 850W is really overkill.
 
WRXGuy1 said:
The i5 is a great CPU for the money, but because he said he wanted a monster build I recommended the 4770K :)

I also agree about the PSU. 850W is really overkill.
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haha i got the 850W PSU from my previous computer build. i know it's an overkill but hey i don't have to buy a PSU this time around!
 
Thanks guys for your input. The CPU and the MOBO was already bought so I couldn't do a return on that but I did upgrade my HDD to SDD and also my GPU to GTX 780 SC which is making every game i throw at it nearly flawless..
 
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