New PC final thoughts

[Sucoi]

Hi guys, im buying a new pc and now ( after research) ive come to a final build.Please if u think theres something to be changed for better, or to save me some money ill be glad to know.Other think im not a over clocker, but im going to do it in this new machine. Thx.And the 1050 w psu its because on the future I pretend to put another gpu in CFX. THX again.

intel core i7 3820 (already bought
corsair vengeance 16gb 1600mhz (already bought
mobo rampage 4 extreme
sapphire radeon 7970 oc eddition
HAFX (already bought
intel stock hydro coller
dvd burner and writer
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Wireless N Dual Band Adapter
ocz vertex 3 120gb
Samsung 7200rpm sata 3gb/s 500gb
SeaSonic X-SERIES X-1050 1050W
Windows 7 home premium
total: 2122 dolars aprox.

Other think, I cant go anything above that, this is my limit of money

 

[slh28]

- Get the GTX 670, it's a no brainer over the 7970, and this is coming from a 7970 owner. SLI support is generally better than CF as there are many complaints about microstuttering on CF setups.
- If you're not overclocking there's no point getting such an expensive motherboard. This one is half the price and you can save that towards another GTX 670
- Assuming you do get a 670, a 750-850W PSU will be more than enough for SLI. 1000W+ is only really needed for people with tri-SLI/CF and custom watercooling.
- Avoid the OCZ SSDs, they have a history of crappy firmware and while they may have been resolved now, I would play it safe and get the Crucial m4 instead for the same price.

 

[Sucoi]

About the Mobo, its not that I wont do the oc but ill not push so hard in it, I expect to do it in the future.And thx for pointing the gtx670, I check some benchmarks and its definetly worth it so I think I will go for her.The psu... well ive been checking the 850w psu that offers the same features that the one that I picked, they have same price (at least in new egg) so thats no point in buying one 850w when I can buy in 1050w with the same thing and for the same price.

 

[slh28]

You only need that Rampage IV Extreme if you were running Quad-SLI GTX 680's or LN2 cooling or need 64GB RAM. It's total overkill for your system, especially as you have an i7 3820 which is semi-locked for overclocking. Your money is much better spent elsewhere. The Gigabyte one I suggested will run SLI/CF at full PCIe 3.0 x16x16 speeds.

I didn't realise the price before, but that PSU is an absolute steal, go for it

 

[Sucoi]

But this mobo willl suport an oc ? Because I saw some people doing a good oc in the 3820 and I hope to do some too.

 

[slh28]

You'll have to do some more research/read mobo reviews for that... from what I know you can OC the 3820 by changing a combination of the multiplier (capped to a certain limit) and the FSB to 125 instead of 100. As I don't have any experience I can't say if a particular mobo will support the FSB clocking, but some reviews will tell you.

But you can definitely get a decent OC out of the 3820 for less than the Rampage IV. The difference between midrange and high end mobos is very minimal and not worth the premium IMO.

 

[Sucoi]

Thx for the help ill start looking for some mobos to oc. If u have any in mind ill be glad to know.