Gaming Build

[MTT]

u r making a big mistake ,, the gtx 680 was made for pci express 3.0 and ur MB support PCI-e 2.0 (although it may work with pci-e 2.0) but u will not get the max performance ,so go with the MVF ,go with the new not the old !!!!

[Brian Rule]

u r making a big mistake ,, the gtx 680 was made for pci express 3.0 and ur MB support PCI-e 2.0 (although it may work with pci-e 2.0) but u will not get the max performance ,so go with the MVF ,go with the new not the old !!!!

i made some modifications with my build. feel free to comment on them and your suggestions.

Processors: Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5G) 8mb 22nm Ivy Bridge
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V GENE Z77 mATX DDR3 Intel LGA 1155
HDD: 180gb Intel 330 SSD or Intel 520 SSD which one is better?
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8gb 1600 (12800CL9D-SR2)2x4. should i add another 2 ram or is this enough?
VGA: Asus GTX680 DCII Top 2gb ddr5 256bit ( x2 )
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold 1200-Watt CMPSU-1200AX
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123L Blue ray combo
Cooling: CoolerMaster V8 i dont know if i should get a liquid cooling. my friend told me its risky it may leak he said and end up damaging the unit.
Case: Coolermaster Storm Trooper
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OEM

[Myk SilentShadow]

The Intel 520 is the better option as it works on the SandForce Chip (unless the 330 is the new one that's hitting the shelves?)
8GB of RAM is plenty, just bear in mind that if you want to upgrade your RAM further, you can only go as high as 16GB. Win 7 H/Premium supports up to 16GB....you are getting the 64 Bit edition yeah?
I have heard pretty good things about the C/M V8 Cooler...but you may want to ask the staff where you buy this rig from if it will sit over your RAM or will one of them get in the way (the RAM could be high profile i don't know...do check it out )
Liquid Cooling *can* be risky, but if you get say a Corsair H60, 80 or 100 they are closed systems and never need to be refilled.

[Zka17]

Now, Brian Rule, that system is a killer!

I agree with Myk SilentShadow about the Intel 520 SSSD...

If you want to go for sure with the CPU cooling, and you're afraid of the Corsair H100 (closed liquid cooling), you could go with the Noctua NH-D14 or Thermalright Silver Arrow, these all have very similar cooling capacities - and they're the best (excluding here the custom water cooling options).

[lenehan]

u r making a big mistake ,, the gtx 680 was made for pci express 3.0 and ur MB support PCI-e 2.0 (although it may work with pci-e 2.0) but u will not get the max performance ,so go with the MVF ,go with the new not the old !!!!

Honestly, did your currrent set up max up PCIe 2.0? If yes, how you detemine it? Sorry if I am the only one who cannot spot the differences.

[The Nemesis]

i made some modifications with my build. feel free to comment on them and your suggestions.

Processors: Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5G) 8mb 22nm Ivy Bridge
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V GENE Z77 mATX DDR3 Intel LGA 1155
HDD: 180gb Intel 330 SSD or Intel 520 SSD which one is better?
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8gb 1600 (12800CL9D-SR2)2x4. should i add another 2 ram or is this enough?
VGA: Asus GTX680 DCII Top 2gb ddr5 256bit ( x2 )
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold 1200-Watt CMPSU-1200AX
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123L Blue ray combo
Cooling: CoolerMaster V8 i dont know if i should get a liquid cooling. my friend told me its risky it may leak he said and end up damaging the unit.
Case: Coolermaster Storm Trooper
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OEM

You are gonna have to go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA or Extreme. I have the extreme and the Gene, the GPU you have chosen is a three slot card and you cannot run two of them on that board.

[MTT]

Honestly, did your currrent set up max up PCIe 2.0? If yes, how you detemine it? Sorry if I am the only one who cannot spot the differences.

u r right ,,i can't max the card in a pcie 2.0 lane unless the card is pcie 3.0
u know that pcie 3.0 has double the bandwidth of pcie 2.0 which is 8 gt per sec .

there will be no problem if u r running one pcie 3.0 card ( the high end like the gtx 680 ) in pcie 2.0 lane , but when it comes with two gtx 680 , u will lose the performance because they will be running by 4x

[Brian Rule]

You are gonna have to go with the ASUS Maximus V FORMULA or Extreme. I have the extreme and the Gene, the GPU you have chosen is a three slot card and you cannot run two of them on that board.

ok i think this will be my final build before ordering. and also i need your opinion on gpu. can i just use a single GPU for now im kinda short on the budget. will this be ok? and i have some questions about storage do i still need to put a internal HDD like the 1 TB seagate barracuda?

Processors: Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5G) 8mb 22nm Ivy Bridge1155

Motherboard: Maximus V Extreme

HDD: 180gb Intel 520 Series Solid State Drive (SSD)

RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8gb 1600 (12800CL9D-SR2)2x4

GPU: EVGA GTX680 2gb ddr5 SC x1

PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold 1200-Watt CMPSU-1200AX

Cooling: Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans CPU Cooler NH-D14

Case: Coolermaster Storm Trooper

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OEM 64bit

[MTT]

go with the formula if u r not going to use more than 2 cards and save some money for the 1tb HDD ...............

u will be fine with the evga gtx680 GPU

[xeromist]

go with the formula if u r not going to use more than 2 cards

+1
The Extreme is good for maximum overclocking potential and all the bells & whistles but it's not really going to improve gaming over the Formula.