Opinions on my new build please?

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kwprice1987

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Hey guys/girls im building a new gaming computer, its been a very long time since ive build a computer ground up. Im getting back into pc gaming so any help would be appreciated on hardware. Games i plan on playing in the future are battlefield 4, and elder scrolls online.

This is what ive already purchased:

Cooler Master HAF 932
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Corsair hx850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

Asus dvd burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Cooler master Hyper 212 Plus ( cpu heatsink and fan)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

CORSAIR XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 ( i plan on buying another set later)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145357

Samsung 840 128gb ssd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192


****************So the only things left to buy are the motherboard cpu and gpu., here is what i was thinking, but i do want suggestions?*********************

Motherboard: asus p8z77-v pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131819

CPU: i7-3770k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

GPU: This is my toughest decision, i wanna play games on high settings money isnt too big of a deal but i wanna stay around 300$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127696
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127699
 
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that's too bad that you ordered the 3770k, if all your doing is gaming. you could have gotton the 3570k and put the money saved into a much better video card and have a better gaming experience. but, for the cards you listed and for what you already have, id say go with the ti version. if you stay at 1080p, then it should do fine. but games like crisis 3 you will be limitied by it. resolutions higher than 1080p will also cripple it.
 
kdfresh09 said:
that's too bad that you ordered the 3770k, if all your doing is gaming. you could have gotton the 3570k and put the money saved into a much better video card and have a better gaming experience. but, for the cards you listed and for what you already have, id say go with the ti version. if you stay at 1080p, then it should do fine. but games like crisis 3 you will be limitied by it. resolutions higher than 1080p will also cripple it.
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no i havent bought the cpu yet, the only things left to purchase is the cpu gpu and mobo. :-)

Also i only wanna play at 1080, i dont have a computer monitor either, only thing i have is my 48inch led tv. which might cause problems right?
 
ok...I seen that. my bad. hold on and ill give you some links to consider. are you just doing gaming on this machine, along with basic stuff?
 
kdfresh09 said:
ok...I seen that. my bad. hold on and ill give you some links to consider. are you just doing gaming on this machine, along with basic stuff?
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Mostly gaming, some video, picture, and web editing. Nothing too crazy. I plan on going back to school for software engineering tho.
 
and no, your led should look great with windows and playing games. I use my 40" lcd and its good to go. just use hdmi from your video card and plug it in your tv. if there is a black border around the screen, then you just need to go into the scaling options in the control panel of the video card once installed and you can adjust it there, but I have only had this problem with amd cards. NVidia hasn't seem to encounter this. so, with that being said, this is what id recommend, assuming your only using this pc for gaming/movies/internet, and other common things. if your doing any in depth or legthy editing jobs with photos or videos, then an i7 would be something to consider. if not then this is what you should get:

saves you $110, and will give the exact performance in games as the i7:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

this saves you another $30, and again offers great stability and options as the asus:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545

so now that you have saved yourself $140 without sacrificing any gaming performance, you can now add that with the $300 budget you had for a total of $440 budget on your card, adding more gaming performance, for the same money. id suggest something along the lines of this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125439

this configuration of links I have given you will give you much better gaming experience for the same money. I prefer NVidia over amd, as I believe after working with both brands on many different series of cards, that NVidia has better drivers, supports PhysX/cuda, and overall to me, gives a better smoother gaming feel. although benchmarks will show that the 7970 is more powerful than the gtx 670. but with it you get 4 gigs vram vs 3 on the 7970. still I think that the 670, considering drivers, would be my suggestion. I have one and it plays everything beautifly ,
 
just caught your post about light editing and engineering school. if this pc will be used for your engineering programs aon school work, then best to get an i7, and an NVidia card, since the i7 will breeze through the work faster than an i5, and the NVidia card will support cuda so it will also help in the rendering and work on the projects that your going to be doing, also increasing the performance in those applications.

if this is the route you choose to take, then keep the board I suggested you, add that to the $300 budget you have for the card, making it $330, and shoot for this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127708

paired with the i7, this configuration will make you pretty happy in all areas, gaming, editing, and engineerin-3d applications ect....
 
kdfresh09 said:
just caught your post about light editing and engineering school. if this pc will be used for your engineering programs aon school work, then best to get an i7, and an NVidia card, since the i7 will breeze through the work faster than an i5, and the NVidia card will support cuda so it will also help in the rendering and work on the projects that your going to be doing, also increasing the performance in those applications.

if this is the route you choose to take, then keep the board I suggested you, add that to the $300 budget you have for the card, making it $330, and shoot for this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127708

paired with the i7, this configuration will make you pretty happy in all areas, gaming, editing, and engineerin-3d applications ect....
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the only problem with the board is no built in wireless card, so that is just one more thing ill have to purchase.
 
out of everything i had linked is it all compatible? also i wanna run sli down the road so is 850 watts enough lets say for 2 660's sli?
 
yes, a 750 - 850 watt will be enough to run sli 660's. just as log as its from a good company and is quality. and yes all your parts are compatible
 
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