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06-25-13, 11:40 PM #1
Best equipment for gaming?
I believe this is where it goes since I am asking around five questions. Sorry if it's not the place.
Ok so some of you know I am normally on and off the server (old name TheBenDude37) and now that I have time I am playing more. With a bad-ass paycheck I can finally afford to go out and do tournaments and also have a great computer/gear. Before I go slam $5,000 on the computer and equipment I wanted to know what y'all think about my computer set up. Most importantly I want to know if the set up can even work at high performance. Below is a list of items that will be put into the computer.
· Cooler Master - HAF X Ultimate Full-Tower Chassis
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· Corsair - Hydro Series High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
· Asus - Workstation Motherboard - Intel C602 Chipset - Socket R LGA-2011
· Cooler Master - 1200W Silent Pro Gold 1200W ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply
· Asus - GeForce GTX 680 Graphic Card - 1 GPUs - 1019 MHz Core - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI-Express 3.0 x16
· Corsair - XMS3 8-Pack 8GB CL9 DDR3 DIMM Desktop Memory Kit
· Axiom - 300 GB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
· LG - 48x Write/24x Rewrite/48x Read CD - 16x Write DVD Internal Blu-ray Writer Drive
· Intel - Core™ i7-3770K Processor
Am I missing anything? I believe I will run it under windows 7.. Also my headset will be Astro A40 simply because they take a 7.1 and is wired... I am looking to use this computer and gear for home and when I travel to do tournaments. Also anybody can help with finding tournaments? I know Atlanta has a "LANFest" but I think it is mainly for fun(which I don't have a problem for starting out in tournaments)Last edited by TrueKings3; 06-25-13 at 11:43 PM.
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06-26-13, 03:06 AM #4Re: Best equipment for gaming?
Socket 2011 motherboard will not work with the 3770k. You need to look for a socket 1155, preferably something with an Intel Z77 chipset for that motherboard.
OR... you could look into getting a socket 2011 CPU, such as the i7-3930k, it is almost twice the price of the 3770k.
If you are running only a single GTX 680, then there is no need for a 1200w PSU. Trust me... I am running two GTX Titans on 1000w, and it runs just fine. I will likely be upgrading to a 1200w Corsair this year, but just to replace my aging PSU... not because I require MORE power.
You may also want to consider the GTX 770 or 780 instead of the 680 unless the 680 is at a remarkable price. With the release of the 770, there isn't much reason to buy a 680 anymore.
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06-26-13, 11:20 AM #6
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Agree with Heavy here. 770 is the sweet spot, I'm upgrading my 680 to 780 via EVGA's step up program. If the 770 was available at the time I would have got that instead of the 680. Also the 1155 mobo's are the way to go at the moment.
If you have the money to burn on a 1200w psu, why not? It will future proof if you ever plan on going with a multi graphics card config. Otherwise he's right, an 700-850W psu is all you need (even that is overkill). Just make sure the PSU is a good quality reputable brand.
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06-26-13, 11:27 AM #8Re: Best equipment for gaming?
The power consumption of graphics cards is going down rather than up. 700-850W should be able to run almost any current gen graphics card in 2-way SLl, no problem. If you want to go SLI, I'd wager dual 760's would perform well at the $500 price point.
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06-26-13, 11:34 AM #9Re: Best equipment for gaming?
I can't recommend the i7-3930k. Overpriced for what you get in performance. You'd be better off going i7-3730k (Ivy Bridge) or a new i7-4770k (Haswell) processor with a Z77 (Ivy Bridge) or Z87 (Haswell) based motherboard. Although at this point... all the current platforms (Socket 1155, 1150 & 2011) are almost at a dead end. Ivy Bridge E will be on Socket 2011, but Haswell E is going to be a new platform due to them going from DDR3 to DDR4 memory. Haswell will be the only chip to use Socket 1050 because the next gen Intel chip Broadwell will be a BGA (soldered on to the board) part only.
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