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Rath on 29 June 2012

Hi guys,

I'm putting together a computer and for the most part have no clue what I'm doing, so I thought I'd get you dear fellows to have a butchers at it.

The build I'm currently thinking of is as follows

 

GPU: Radeon 7870

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz

RAM: 2xCorsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL8 DDR3

Motherboard: Intel DX79TO

SSD: A-Data 500 S510 120GB

Hard-drive: Seagate SV35.5 ST2000VX000 64MB 2TB

Wireless Adaptor: TP-Link TL-WN881ND

PSU: Corsair CMPSU-650HX 650W

(I haven't listed the case, monitor, dvd drive or mouse/keyboard)

 

Is there any fundamental flaw in this build or any significant component that I'm missing? Is the power supply adequate for what I want?



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zarx on 30 June 2012

quite the beast you are building, looks good tho personally if not planning on overclocking I would go for the i5 3570 over the 2500k, it's a few dollars more but uses less power and is slightly faster.



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Kantor on 30 June 2012

Your computer is looking great, but I think that processor might be holding you back. I think you should spring for an i7.



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zarx on 30 June 2012
Kantor said:
Your computer is looking great, but I think that processor might be holding you back. I think you should spring for an i7.


an i7 isn't really worth the money for gaming, a 2500k or 3570 is more than enough for any game out today. A 2600 is actually slower in a few games and even in highly multithreaded games like BF3 it doesn't make a big difference but it's a lot more expensive. The  3770 is significantly better but costs a lot more than the 2500k. 

The 2500k is fine 



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Zuhyc on 30 June 2012

Don't forget to do distributed computing!



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Slimebeast on 30 June 2012

A well balanced system. Rath, for how long do you plan to keep it? Any plans to upgrade the GPU down the line?



AndrewWK on 30 June 2012

If you buy an AMD GPU then the better solution is an AMD CPU



Rath on 30 June 2012
Slimebeast said:
A well balanced system. Rath, for how long do you plan to keep it? Any plans to upgrade the GPU down the line?


Hoping to keep it for ~3 years before doing much in the way of upgrading. 

@Andrew - does it make much of a difference?

@Zarx. How much difference is there between the 2500k and the 3570?



Slimebeast on 30 June 2012
Rath said:
Slimebeast said:
A well balanced system. Rath, for how long do you plan to keep it? Any plans to upgrade the GPU down the line?


Hoping to keep it for ~3 years before doing much in the way of upgrading. 

@Andrew - does it make much of a difference?

@Zarx. How much difference is there between the 2500k and the 3570?

In gaming no difference since both CPUs are relatively far more powerful than a Radeon 7870. But even equipped with the most powerful GPU of today you wouldn't see more than a marginal difference between those two CPUs in gaming.

At best you could stumble upon a late game phase in a really CPU intensive game like Shogun 2 and see a 10% difference in framerate.

For desktop use and other tasks there is a bigger difference and depends on what you want to do with your comp.



Soleron on 30 June 2012
AndrewWK said:
If you buy an AMD GPU then the better solution is an AMD CPU

No, there is no benefit.