I'm thinking about buying a gaming pc and I was looking on ibuypower.com and I saw this build and I was wondering what you guys thought. Is there anything you would recommend I would change? Processor: Intel Core i7 3280 processor (4x 3.60GHz/10mb L3 Cache) Memory: 16gb DDR3-1600 memory module Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670- 2gb- single card Motherboard: [3-Way SLI] Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 -- 4x PCI-E x16, 6x SATA 6Gb/s Power Supply: 800 watt- standard Primary Hard Drive: 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s Optical Drive: [12X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive Monitor: 22" LED 1920x1080 -- ASUS VS228H-P
price is probably absolute bollocks. cut the cpu down to a 3570k to save some moneh as there isnt any value in owning anything over that (in fact its a pretty poor case to own anything over the i5-2400S but i digress)
also cut the ram down to 8gb after 10gb ram your fps actually starts to go down in some games. its not very much, i think the most ive seen was a select case of a 3fps decline but yeah
price is probably absolute bollocks. cut the cpu down to a 3570k to save some moneh as there isnt any value in owning anything over that (in fact its a pretty poor case to own anything over the i5-2400S but i digress)
also cut the ram down to 8gb after 10gb ram your fps actually starts to go down in some games. its not very much, i think the most ive seen was a select case of a 3fps decline but yeah
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Ok thanks. I just changed the cpu to a i5-3570k and changed the ram to 8gb. Do you have any other suggestions? Oh and also do you think this is a good build that will be able to play most games on max settings?
You will need to change the motherboard I think if you have dropped down to an i5, get a decent Z77 board. With the money you have saved I would throw in an SSD for a faster OS and loading times, maybe a 120GB one.
You will need to change the motherboard I think if you have dropped down to an i5, get a decent Z77 board. With the money you have saved I would throw in an SSD for a faster OS and loading times, maybe a 120GB one.V4LENT1NE
What are some good motherboards? Would a ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 be good?
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