Hows this for a High Spec gaming PC?

[Grandsatsuma]

Hi, I have been looking through parts and I have a list. Could anyone tell me if they are compatible? and does anyone have any of their own suggestions?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bazi

 

[spirit]

All good stuff but you'd need Windows 7 Pro to use 16GB of RAM + the RAM on the GPU (Premium is limited to 16GB). An 850W PSU is overkill for a 7870, go for a 650 or a 700 and then the money you save on the PSU spend on a larger SSD (go for 128GB).

Don't go for an mATX board either. For this build, I'd say a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H would be a good board to go for.

 

[Grandsatsuma]

thanks, I did not know that prem was limited to 16gb :] Ill take your word for it with regards to the motherboard as I am not too sure on those, Do you have any Ideas on how it might perform?

Updated: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/baAV

 

[spirit]

That's a good build now. It should perform well in games if that's what you're asking me. You should also be able to overclock the 3570K to around 4.4-4.6GHz with that cooler too, and that should boost performance quite a bit.

 

[Grandsatsuma]

Thanks a bunch! ;] I might look into overclocking it but knowing me Ill blow something up.

 

[spirit]

With that cooler, board and processor, overclocking would be good. It's pretty hard to blow stuff up. Everything turns itself off if it gets too hot... usually.