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

Thats pretty good.

little overboard on the HDD space don't cha think?

Originally Posted by Swiftdude

little overboard on the HDD space don't cha think?

Na

Sure is a good build, would recommend getting an SSD however.

Should I upgrade the memory to,
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
instead of 8GB (4 x 2GB)

and

2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s

instead of 1TB

Originally Posted by DawgiiStylz

Should I upgrade the memory to,
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
instead of 8GB (4 x 2GB)

and

2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s

instead of 1TB

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.

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 would consider a SSD instead of a HDD, but it don't really last that long :/ I love that its very fast, low power consumption and no noise but then again it do cost more :/
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.

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.

New Build..

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

Originally Posted by Bengali

My proposed build

i7 3770k
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
128GB Samsung 830 SSD
1TB WD Black
2x 7870
Corsair HX 750

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?

Originally Posted by DawgiiStylz

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?

Basically you would install your programs (aswell as Windows) on the SSD.
Your media/downloads etc can be stored on your (much larger) HDD.

Is this a good computer build?

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