Would this make a good gaming setup?

[keiranleigh]

Motherboard Asus Z87-K
CPU Type Intel I5 4th Generation Haswell
CPU Model Intel Core I5 4670K 3.4ghz 8mb Cache 4th Gen Haswell
CPU Socket Intel 1150
CPU Clock Speed 3.4 Ghz
CPU Max Turbo Clock Speed 3.8 Ghz
Memory 8gb Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866Mhz Performance Ram
Hard Drive Size 120gb Kingston V300 Solid State Drive
Optical Drive Samsung 24x SH-224DB/BEBE Sata DVD Writer
Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 3gb GDDR5 with HDMI
PSU Size Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze 600w Power Supply

I will only be gaming on this. (no editing or videos.) Any questions please ask.

 

[beers]

Seems decent enough, you probably want another hard drive or larger SSD unless you have another means of storing games. 120 GB runs out FAST.

 

[Calin]

It's a monster I wish I had that card.
But like beers said you might need more storage for gamez.

 

[spirit]

Yeah looks good.

 

[Geoff]

I agree with Beers. You need more than 120GB, that will barely fit the OS and a couple games.

 

[keiranleigh]

Thanks for all the replies, about the storage im going to get a 2tb external from Argos; but will it slow the computer down?

 

[spirit]

No not if the OS is installed on an SSD.

Didn't realise Argos sold HDDs! Been a while since I last shopped there, haha. :good:

 

[Geoff]

Just make sure you backup your data, external drives are more prone to failure.

 

[beers]

Also it might be worth getting a different SSD drive model. Kingston started placing asynchronous NAND into the V300 which slows them way down.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1457629/psa-about-the-kingston-v300-ssd-probable-foul-play-by-kingston

 

[Geoff]

Get the Samsung 840 EVO.

 

[keiranleigh]

Thanks for the advice on the ssd I will get a diffrent one, also I will get another 2x4gb of RAM. I think the motherboad can hold 2 more corsair vengance pro.

 

[Geoff]

Thanks for the advice on the ssd I will get a diffrent one, also I will get another 2x4gb of RAM. I think the motherboad can hold 2 more corsair vengance pro.

You should keep the memory the same, so if you have a single 8GB module, get another identical 8GB module. Don't have 1x 8GB and 2x 4GB. Unless you were already getting 2x 4GB, then yes do that.

 

[keiranleigh]

You should keep the memory the same, so if you have a single 8GB module, get another identical 8GB module. Don't have 1x 8GB and 2x 4GB. Unless you were already getting 2x 4GB, then yes do that.

Thanks for the advice it has 2x4gb but at the top part of the ram it has the plastic so it sticks out (basic terminology) so I do not know if they would all fit.
I can not wait intill I get it.

 

[keiranleigh]

WRXGuy1 please may you help me with some of the problems i have with my laptop and internet please.

 

[Geoff]

WRXGuy1 please may you help me with some of the problems i have with my laptop and internet please.

Post a thread with your issues and I'll see what I can do.