I need a review for my incoming build

[noob987]

CPU: Core i7-3770K Unlocked Edition 3.5Ghz 3rd Gen at P15,490

MOBO: SABERTOOTH Z77 at P12,490.00

GPU: Asus ENGTX660Ti DirectCUII 2GB GDDR5 192Bit at P13,350.00

HDD: WD Green 1TB 64MB at P4,490

PSU: Corsair TX750M 80+ 750W Modular at P4,690.00

CASE: NZXT Lexa S Black Steel at P2950

SSD: Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SATA III 6GB/s 2.5" SSD at 10,890

RAM:G.Skill RipjawsX Red DDR3 8GB(2x4GB) DDR3 1866 CL9 at 3,490

COOLER: Corsair H100i at 5290

I'M FROM PHILIPPINES AND ALL CURRENCY ARE IN PESOS/PHP

I WON'T UPGRADE THIS UNIT AFTER 5YRS/7YRS BECAUSE OF COLLEGE

Budget: IN PHP(Philippine currency) AROUND 75,000 TO 80,000
Resolution: 1920x1080/1920x1200
Games / Settings Desired: Ultra settings in 2013 games
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc): maybe in college
Country: Philippines
Parts that can be reused:None
Do you need an OS?: No
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? Nope

[Deleted]

Can you fill in this list, please?

From a glance, it looks like you might be wasting cash on the CPU, Mobo and PSU. And you might be skimping on the storage drive. If you fill out the list above, we'll know what goals you have with the machine and what the best purchase would entail.

[vesseblah]

Are you 100% sure you want to spend extra money on i7-3770k (no direct gaming benefit) and Sabertooth which costs twice as much as basic boards?

Also you don't need 750W PSU to run single graphics card which is one potential place to save money.

[Guruftw]

Agreed with Red, save some cash from CPU, Mobo and PSU and put it on a better GPU.

[noob987]

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[Deleted]

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You left out quite a few important questions. Can you please fill in the entire list?

[chazus]

CPU: Core i7-3770K Unlocked Edition 3.5Ghz 3rd Gen at P15,490
MOBO: SABERTOOTH Z77 at P12,490.00
PSU: Corsair TX750M 80+ 750W Modular at P4,690.00
RAM:G.Skill RipjawsX Red DDR3 8GB(2x4GB) DDR3 1866 CL9 at 3,490

You probably don't need an i7. Save some money, get 3570K. It has no gaming performance benefit.
You don't need a sabertooth. Again, save some money, and get something.. well... $200 cheaper.
You don't need 750w PSU. Your system probably won't even break 450. You obviously have money to spend, so get a nice Modular Seasonic 520.
You don't need 1866 ram, it provides no benefit. Stick with 1600.

The 660ti is nice, however if you can get ahold of a 7870 XT, its much cheaper, and better. Since money is being moved around, it might even be worth moving to a 670, or 7970.

I understand that you won't be getting another computer for a while, but the stuff listed above won't 'futureproof' or 'make it last longer'.

[Deleted]

You obviously have money to spend

I'd like to play it for years cause this be the last time my parents are buying me a gaming rig....

His parents have money to spend, aye. - Still no reason to go all out on the most expensive pieces of hardware out there. Unless you dislike your parents very much, I guess.

[noob987]

I picked that stuffs because it was futureproof but chazus said it isnt so any build i go with?

[Deleted]

Intended as a baseline. For anyone else reading this, the budget of 75K Philipine Pesos translates to about 1800 dollars. I saw no need to spend that. This can still be tweaked.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.23 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT LEXA S (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $968.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-09 07:22 EDT-0400)

Ofcourse, prices are off, seeing as I'm using pcpartpicker and most of the above retailers are not available in the Philipines. It's only to give a rough estimate of what I think you would need.

All I can really think of to make this build "better", i.e. cost more money, would be upping the graphics card to a 7970. 7950 probably not worth it considering how close the 7870 XT comes behind it. Lastly, you can go for a bigger SSD if you feel it's worth it.

[Lathais]

Intended as a baseline. For anyone else reading this, the budget of 75K Philipine Pesos translates to about 1800 dollars. I saw no need to spend that. This can still be tweaked.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.23 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT LEXA S (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $968.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-09 07:22 EDT-0400)

Ofcourse, prices are off, seeing as I'm using pcpartpicker and most of the above retailers are not available in the Philipines. It's only to give a rough estimate of what I think you would need.

All I can really think of to make this build "better", i.e. cost more money, would be upping the graphics card to a 7970. 7950 probably not worth it considering how close the 7870 XT comes behind it. Lastly, you can go for a bigger SSD if you feel it's worth it.

Seeing as he has money to burn I would up the SSD to a 256GB and go with a GTX670. The GTX670 is kinda personal preference I guess, I prefer nVidia(even though I have an AMD in my current rig). Though which he would choose really depends on the types of games he plays most often. This being a WoW site primarily I would venture to guess he plays a lot of WoW which will run a little better on an nVidia.

Only other change, and again, purely preference, is possibly go with a Noctua NH-D14. I think it performs a little better than the Hyper 212 EVO, though not totally sure it is worth the large price difference. It would possibly allow him to OC it more though later on down the road if it starts struggling, extending the life of the CPU.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Only other change, and again, purely preference, is possibly go with a Noctua NH-D14. I think it performs a little better than the Hyper 212 EVO, though not totally sure it is worth the large price difference. It would possibly allow him to OC it more though later on down the road if it starts struggling, extending the life of the CPU.

About 10-15% better, and much quieter.

Also: sound card.

[Deleted]

Seeing as he has money to burn I would up the SSD to a 256GB and go with a GTX670. The GTX670 is kinda personal preference I guess, I prefer nVidia(even though I have an AMD in my current rig). Though which he would choose really depends on the types of games he plays most often. This being a WoW site primarily I would venture to guess he plays a lot of WoW which will run a little better on an nVidia.

Well, with a 3570K and either a GTX670 or 7870 XT, it's often going to be the difference between 100 and 105 fps I would think. Probably on a 60hz screen. On the budget we're talking, I personally don't think either camp has a major advantage. That's just speculation however, and I'm well aware that in lower price range cards, nvidia beats amd in wow. If I get corrected on this then... well.. I was wrong.

CPU cooler you're probably right that the Noctua might perform a wee bit better, but that'll only be interesting for -really- high OC's. I don't think that anything around 4.5GHz is a problem for either of the two.

I also had the tendency to throw more expensive parts in there I just don't feel most of them are worth it. Except the SSD, probably.

[Deleted]

Why not get normal ram instead of the ricer stuff with go faster stripes and spinners that make no difference except increase price?

[Deleted]

Why not get normal ram instead of the ricer stuff with go faster stripes and spinners that make no difference except increase price?

Because it's low profile 1600 ram? By all means, if you can find solid cheaper low profile ram at the same speed, feel free to make an actual suggestion rather than simply shouting it out.

Enlighten us, what RAM would you have picked?

[chazus]

The Pareema is like... $6 cheaper but.. yeah. At that point it's nitpicking. It's silly to worry about 10-20 bucks on cheaper parts when the important part was to shave off $400 of unnecessary stuff.

Also, WTF RAM PRICES. I thought $64 was a bit pricey too, but the cheapest ram is like 53 now.

[Deleted]

Also, WTF RAM PRICES. I thought $64 was a bit pricey too, but the cheapest ram is like 53 now.

After plummeting for so long, for some reason, prices are now slowly climbing. No idea why. o.O

[Deleted]

Well, with a 3570K and either a GTX670 or 7870 XT, it's often going to be the difference between 100 and 105 fps I would think. Probably on a 60hz screen. On the budget we're talking, I personally don't think either camp has a major advantage. That's just speculation however, and I'm well aware that in lower price range cards, nvidia beats amd in wow. If I get corrected on this then... well.. I was wrong.

When you got that much room in the budget left, might aswell go for a 670/7970. The difference between a 670/7970 and a 7870XT should be noticable.

[Lathais]

Well, with a 3570K and either a GTX670 or 7870 XT, it's often going to be the difference between 100 and 105 fps I would think. Probably on a 60hz screen. On the budget we're talking, I personally don't think either camp has a major advantage. That's just speculation however, and I'm well aware that in lower price range cards, nvidia beats amd in wow. If I get corrected on this then... well.. I was wrong.

Yeah, it won;t be much of a difference, if any on a single monitor 1080p, that's why I did mention it is kinda personal preference.

[Deleted]

Unless prices are radically different in the Philippines, then I'd suggest going all-out on parts (except the GPU), like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($106.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($214.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($389.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT LEXA S (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($83.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1405.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-09 11:34 EDT-0400)

(Prices are approx. given unknown pricings of other parts.)