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Getting a Gaming PC with taxes, how is my setup?
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I think I may have found a "sweet spot" with my spec where you can juice a few extra fps out of your budget, where as a very slight change would drop the fps drastically, according to the site, this setup will get 83 fps on Starcraft 2 on ultra settings.... what do you think, any changes? And being an intel setup, the 30gb is smart response, the 64gb is data, and the 500gb is the hdd. I await some input and thanks in advance.
CD:24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
CPU:Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD:500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-16] (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2:64GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 240 MB/s Write [+60] (Single Drive)
MB_SRT:30 GB Corsair Nova 2 SATA II 3.0Gb/s SSD - 270MB/s Read & 220MB/s Write [+57] (Single Drive)
MEMORY:4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory [-22] (Corsair or Major Brand)
MONITOR:19" Widescreen 1366x768 Sceptre X195W-NAGA 5ms TFT Active Matrix LCD Display LCD (Black Color) [+125]
MOTHERBOARD:[CrossFireX] MSI Z77A-G41 Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Winki 3, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2x PCIe X16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [-12]
NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OVERCLOCK:Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49]
POWERSUPPLY:600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+20]
SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS:600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers [+15]
VIDEO:AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+59] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)
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CD:24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
CPU:Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD:500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-16] (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2:64GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 240 MB/s Write [+60] (Single Drive)
MB_SRT:30 GB Corsair Nova 2 SATA II 3.0Gb/s SSD - 270MB/s Read & 220MB/s Write [+57] (Single Drive)
MEMORY:4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory [-22] (Corsair or Major Brand)
MONITOR:19" Widescreen 1366x768 Sceptre X195W-NAGA 5ms TFT Active Matrix LCD Display LCD (Black Color) [+125]
MOTHERBOARD:[CrossFireX] MSI Z77A-G41 Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Winki 3, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2x PCIe X16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [-12]
NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OVERCLOCK:Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49]
POWERSUPPLY:600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+20]
SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS:600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers [+15]
VIDEO:AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+59] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)
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Looks Good man. But you may want to increase the number of RAM. Maybe to around 6-8. Just in case you want to play bigger games.
Just a suggestion.
~Voglia
Just a suggestion.
~Voglia
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yeah I'd love 8gb of ram, but it started coming down to, where can I shave off a few bucks here and there. Didn't want to mess with the main parts much once I found this combination. Any other small change in the important parts suddenly dropped 30fps without hesitation lol.
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tortisvamp wrote yeah I'd love 8gb of ram, but it started coming down to, where can I shave off a few bucks here and there. Didn't want to mess with the main parts much once I found this combination. Any other small change in the important parts suddenly dropped 30fps without hesitation lol.
I don't know man, I think you will NEED the extra ram, looking into your setup the only thing extra ram will hurt is the wallet (not by much). If you want to play pretty much any game you'll need a couple of gigs at least, so you'll be pushing it to start with. Once you have some auto programs you'll be using a gig or two. If you ever want to use skype and a game at the same time you'll run out of ram. So every way I look at it, the extra $50 just can't hurt the setup. And to tell you the truth 8 would be the about the minimum for a gaming computer.
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Build your own and you can get a lot more for the price.
I see no aftermarket CPU cooler and an aggressive overclock without one is not a good idea.
The PSU is not named, which is a huge red flag.
It's better to go with one high-capacity SSD (and not a SATA II one) than use SRT.
For $125, you can get a 1080p monitor, not some junk 1366x760 one.
I see no aftermarket CPU cooler and an aggressive overclock without one is not a good idea.
The PSU is not named, which is a huge red flag.
It's better to go with one high-capacity SSD (and not a SATA II one) than use SRT.
For $125, you can get a 1080p monitor, not some junk 1366x760 one.
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