New gaming setup, any suggestions welcome!

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HarryNZ

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Hey guys, just about to finalise my spec for this set up. Have a 1,300 pound budget would appreciate any input or advise! Have a look;

Case: InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Overclocked CPU: Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-4670k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.20GHz)

Motherboard :ASUS® MAXIMUS VI GENE: RoG, PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0, THX

Memory (RAM) : 8GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card :2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)

2nd Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACH

Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

Processor Cooling Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Price (excluding VAT) £1,090.83
Price £1,309.00
 
Rakk

Rakk

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HarryNZ said:
Overclocked CPU: Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-4670k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.20GHz)
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Are you going to be playing games that benefit from overclocking? Most games don't really benefit from it since most are GPU dependent
 
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HarryNZ

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I will be mainly playing games such as BF4, Elder Scrolls Online, Rome II, Assassins 4.

Rakk, just a few quick questions - Will I loose a lot of the CPU's life span if I overclock? Even with the processor coolant and the thermal paste? Or should I just leave it at factory settings and non-overclocked and possibly just overclock the GPU? I was under the impression that if I overclocked I wouldn't need to upgrade for the years to come...

Thanks for the feedback and the quick reply.

Harry
 
keynes

keynes

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Overclocking the CPU will not bring any noticeable improvements for the majority of games. Overclocking the gpu will void the warranty, there are a few things you could change like the motherboard and secondary drive. Are you planning to add a 2nd gpu in the future?
 
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HarryNZ

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Gotcha, not even for the games in the near future? What would you suggest for the mobo and the secondary drive? Yep I would like to add a second GPU when I need to upgrade. Is it better to go for the i7 4770 not overclocked in this situation?
 
keynes

keynes

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HarryNZ said:
Gotcha, not even for the games in the near future? What would you suggest for the mobo and the secondary drive? Yep I would like to add a second GPU when I need to upgrade. Is it better to go for the i7 4770 not overclocked in this situation?
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An i5-4670, z87-A motherboard and 750w PSU.
 
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