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Building a new gaming PC

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Posted April 29, 2012 at 7:37PM

I just wanna know if all the parts that I'm getting are gonna be compatiable with eachother.

PSU: CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Graphics card: EVGA 015-P3-1480-KR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Mobo: 7673-021R MSI P67A-C43 (B3) - Motherboard - ATX - LGA11

Thanks for any information you're able to provide :)

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KRONOS the First

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Posted April 30, 2012 at 11:56AM

Always helps if you mention your budget. You don't mention the type of games you play as this will have a bearing on the GPU.

If you dropped your CPU from a i7 2600K to a i5 2500k then you could use the saving to upgrade your graphics card which is a little dated now.

Als0 I would go with a Z68 motherboard as opposed to a P67 its a little more future friendly.

What RAM have you included?

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Posted April 30, 2012 at 2:11PM

The budget isn't really an issue. I'm upgrading so that I'm able to stream games like League of Legends, Guild wars 2 and Diablo 3.

Also, I was thinking about getting the GTX 580, would you suggest that? If so, is http://www.ebuyer.com/286943-evga-gtx-580-superclocked-1536mb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-015-p3-1582-kr what I would want? people have said that the PNY customer service isn't to be trusted.

And is http://www.ebuyer.com/291654-asus-p8z68-v-pro-gen3-socket-1155-dvi-vga-hdmi-8-channel-audio-atx-p8z68-v-pro-gen3 the mobo you were talking about? I'm probably gonna get the i7 with that aswell.

Also, the ram I have is PC3-10600 (8GB) which fits the 1333 slot, right?

Would the 800W PSU be enough?

Thanks for the reply btw, apreciated.

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KRONOS the First

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Posted April 30, 2012 at 2:42PM

The mobo you have chosen I have myself and have found it a great board.As for your CPU unless you are going to do massive amounts of video editing then the i7 2600 is OTT and I recommend getting the i5 2500k.

PSU fine,the graphics card great.I myself am looking to get the Evga GTX 680 but the 580 is a great GPU Evga have a very good name in customer service. PSU is more than enough.RAM also fine.

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Posted April 30, 2012 at 8:56PM

I'm so glad you agree, cos I just ordered all of it, haha :D Thanks a lot for your help, greatly apreciated! :)

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Posted May 2, 2012 at 3:26PM

Your welcome.

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