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Is this a good computer build?
Is this a good computer build?
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820 (10M Cache, Overclocked up to 4.1 GHz)
8GB (4 X 2GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 2133MHz
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7870
2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium
Win7 Home Premium OS
8GB (4 X 2GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 2133MHz
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7870
2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium
Win7 Home Premium OS
Thats pretty good.
little overboard on the HDD space don't cha think?
Sure is a good build, would recommend getting an SSD however.
Originally Posted by Swiftdude
little overboard on the HDD space don't cha think?
Should I upgrade the memory to,
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
instead of 8GB (4 x 2GB)
and
instead of 1TB
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
instead of 8GB (4 x 2GB)
and
| 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s |
Originally Posted by Koompa
Should I upgrade the memory to,
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
instead of 8GB (4 x 2GB)
and
instead of 1TB
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
instead of 8GB (4 x 2GB)
and
| 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s |
4GB - 6GB should be enough for gaming, might consider 8GB+ when you want to render videos etc
As for the storage, that really depends on how much you'll be needing.
So instead of spending money on extra RAM/HDD I would just invest in an SSD.
Originally Posted by Ravallo
Depends on what you're going to use your PC for most.
4GB - 6GB should be enough for gaming, might consider 8GB+ when you want to render videos etc
As for the storage, that really depends on how much you'll be needing.
So instead of spending money on extra RAM/HDD I would just invest in an SSD.
I'll have to see when I have more money to spend.
Why go with the LGA 2011 platform? You could get the same performance with a LGA 1155 platform.
Add a SSD.
Add a SSD.
Originally Posted by Bengali
Why go with the LGA 2011 platform? You could get the same performance with a LGA 1155 platform.
Add a SSD.
Add a SSD.
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820 (10M Cache, Overclocked up to 4.1 GHz) [Should I invest in a better one? Is it really needed?]
8GB (4 X 2GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Options..
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 787
500GB SS Hybrid MAIN + 1TB 7200RPM Storage
or
1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s
Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7870
My proposed build
i7 3770k
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
128GB Samsung 830 SSD
1TB WD Black
2x 7870
Corsair HX 750
i7 3770k
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
128GB Samsung 830 SSD
1TB WD Black
2x 7870
Corsair HX 750
Originally Posted by Bengali
My proposed build
i7 3770k
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
128GB Samsung 830 SSD
1TB WD Black
2x 7870
Corsair HX 750
i7 3770k
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
128GB Samsung 830 SSD
1TB WD Black
2x 7870
Corsair HX 750
Would it be better to store what kind of applications on which hard drive?
Originally Posted by Koompa
Would it be better to have a SSD as a main and a HDD as a backup?
Would it be better to store what kind of applications on which hard drive?
Your media/downloads etc can be stored on your (much larger) HDD.
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