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Please advise on new build

Kelloggs

Junior Member
Hi guys,
I'm going to buy this system below (someone suggested these):
$226 - Intel Core i5 760 CPU
$179 - Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 ATX Motherboard
$100 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$249 - Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$59 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$95 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
$160 - Corsair Graphite Series 600T ATX Case
Cooling system:
$30 - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus HSF for LGA 1366 and LGA 1156

Will this system be future proof and able to play latest fast twitch FPS games smoothly?
If not please suggest parts that can be changed.
 
Where are you buying parts from? Those prices don't look right if you're buying from newegg.com

What resolution is your monitor?
 
It's a well balanced machine on paper. But only going by what you said about FPS gaming, I would likely allocate some of the money from the case to a better video card. I'm sure you can easily find a $100 case just as adequate while boosting your video card to at least a GTX 470 or ATI 5850/5870.

However, if your eyes already set on the case, then whatever you have listed will do you justice for now. I suppose you can always upgrade to a better video card when you need it. You should be fine gaming at 1920x1080 for the most part.

If I were you I would probably opt for a black PSU (maybe from Corsair) just to match the case. For the sake of colors. But that's just me.
 
It's a well balanced machine on paper. But only going by what you said about FPS gaming, I would likely allocate some of the money from the case to a better video card. I'm sure you can easily find a $100 case just as adequate while boosting your video card to at least a GTX 470 or ATI 5850/5870.

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Where are you buying parts from? Those prices don't look right if you're buying from newegg.com

And this :thumbsup:
 
I'm planning to spend a bit more and came up with these, please give me your thoughts:
- 470 gtx (What's the difference between oc and non-oc edition?)
- Noctua NH-U12P-SE2 (Planning to oc around 4-4.5Ghz and get lower temp)
- Will the PSU still be sufficient if I decided to change the above?

I'm open for comments, discussions and suggestions
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I'm planning to spend a bit more and came up with these, please give me your thoughts:
- 470 gtx (What's the difference between oc and non-oc edition?)
- Noctua NH-U12P-SE2 (Planning to oc around 4-4.5Ghz and get lower temp)
- Will the PSU still be sufficient if I decided to change the above?

I'm open for comments, discussions and suggestions
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The only difference between the OC and non-OC editions of reference cards like that Gigabyte are the clock speeds. Just get the cheapest one and OC it yourself.

That Noctua cooler is very good, but 4.5GHz on a Lynnfield is a bit optimistic.
 
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