GPU - EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB Case - COOLER MASTER HAF XM RC-922XM Mobo - ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS PSU - CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply CPU - Intel Core i5-3570K SSD - SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Storage Drive - Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Optical - ASUS 24X DVD Burner OS - Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 64-bit (Full Version) - OEM Cooling - CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) Water Cooler Thoughts?
The H60 isnt really very good. If you are going to go with low end AIO water cooling then I would recommend simply saving some money by getting a Hyper 212 EVO which is similar in cooling performance anyway for much cheaper price. Or spend a bit more and get something at least of the H80 size or other brand name equivalent size. Good choices on most of the other stuff, but for the past 6 months or so I have been recommending away from Corsair power supplies. Here are a couple of better options IMO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182071 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088
For cooling, something like the Corsair H80i? I do like to OC and currently doing it on a Q6600 on air alone just fune, but I'm thinking water cooling will be needed on this build if I still want to OC.
If you dont want to OC then the 212 EVO will be perfect. If you do want to overclock you can still get to the mid 4 GHz range with that $30 air cooler. Its the best cheap air cooling you can get
Oneth, Have a look at my thread (http://www.xoohq.com/threads/35566.Considering-a-PC-upgrade-(tax-return-dependent-)-)) very similar build using Air coiling and pushing ~4500
Sweet, I use a xigmatek air cooler now and OC my 2.4 quad to 3.6 with no temp issues so if it works on the i5 3570k that would be ideal for me. Hearing bad thing about that Asus board though, pins bent often or something. Might need to get it from someone besides newegg in case I need to return/exchange it
Had no issues with any parts I have bought in the last order or any other order over the past ~5+ years from newegg have the utmost confidence in newegg for all my hardware needs.
Cheaper ASUS boards are known to be of cheaper quality than the more expensive ASUS boards. Imagine that.
Get evga gtx 670 ftw 4gb if you can, not 2. Games starting to use more then 2gb vram more often nowadays.
looks to be about the same. Im going to go with the 4gb 670 and switch to the ASUS extreme board (better feedback over the V deluxe).
Extreme board Meaning Rampage Extreme? Or the ASRock brand Z77 Extreme #? Cause if you are looking at the top end ASUS board then you should probably step down a little bit. Unless you are a hardcore overclocker you wont need the ASUS republic of gamers boards. Look at the Sabertooth instead if you are going to spend that much. The saber tooth is designed to be a great all around board with plenty of options and lots of features, with a 5 years warranty and designed more around being highly stable than anything else. Bios updates are a bit slower usually on Sabertooth but that is because of the additional testing it goes through
I'd stick with the -v LK unless you need the features or don't ever upgrade your computer and the warranty is helpful. Otherwise it's money for nothing of value. Bent pins can happen to anyone.
The Z77 extreme, basically the same as the V LK but better reviews and more HDD connectors which I like.
I think that's a pretty reasonable board. I guess the other thing I'd say is that you don't really need nearly that much wattage in your powersupply (probably don't hit 400, let alone 750). You can easily get away with 550w or even 450. I'm a big fan of SeaSonic. You could upgrade to a higher efficiency at the same price or save money. But the Rosewill Fortress series seems to get pretty good reviews, if you wanted to get a Platinum-ranked PSU.
I'm looking at the 750 PSU because atm I'm planning to upgrade to a high res monitor next year and still run my current one on the side so I would run SLI and need the extra power.
550 would be enough to run dual 670s (~170x2 for the GPUs, 75 for the CPU, less than 10 per hard drive you've got slop left over). Erring on the side of caution 650 would have over 150w of buffer.
If overclocking the CPU then its draw will be more than 75 watts though. I just overclocked an Intel processor over the weekend on a new workstation and its power draw went up 70 watts just from 1GHz overclock. Seeing as all new Intel processors overclock about 1GHz or more, it would be much safer to assume 150w draw on the CPU. Intel also does not include its chipset draw in advertised TDP, so you have to add 20 or so watts for the motherboard. All that comes out to about 550 watts if you don't overclock the graphics cards at all, and then you have 20% reduction in total power available after a couple years from the PSU to calculate in too. A 750w power supply would be right about perfect for this system when it goes up to dual GTX670's.
I bought one of those 750w fortress platinums, works fine, but the one i got is not modular, cable management out the window
Seeing as how that has some similar parts as mine you can expect around 350-400 W with a good OC on the CPU/GPU (read: max OC on the GPU and 4.5+ GHz on the CPU). I have an 860 W PSU for it. Supposedly PSU's are most efficient at ~50% draw.