Gaming PC thoughts?

[soulshot96]

So im putting together a gaming PC with these parts, with a undisclosed 600 series Nvidia GPU to be added later. I'm wondering what you all thing about my part choices, thanks!

 

[RideZeLitenin]

Looks beastly enough to me

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[soulshot96]

Haha thanks. Pain in the ass to find the exact parts I want, hell I'm still not sure! Lol.

 

[lloydstrans]

On your 600 series GPU finding drivers for the 680 is hard, I went with the 660 will upgrade to 680's sooner or later.

 

[soulshot96]

Yeah, I figured that, been hearing about driver issues for months, but I think I'm gonna take the plunge on the 680. , but I did take a look at the 660. Nice card, but not what I'm looking for.

 

[lloydstrans]

If you're wanting 3d your on the right path, in retrospect I should of have pulled the trigger on 680s, but if AW works it out (even if the don't) I'll have mine upgraded before the warranty is up.

 

[soulshot96]

Yeah idk about 3D, I wouldn't mind but after this it def. Isn't in the budget, lol. And I really just don't wanna worry about upgrading to many things for a little while at least. But I still want the highest quality or close to it. In other words I got sick of my PS3 and needed a new PC anyway.

 

[soulshot96]

Its interesting b/c with the 680's, it seems from what I've read at least, that when they are overclocked some cards get very unstable and the drivers crash, but I'm not that worried b/c I don't plan on overclocking anything other than my CPU. They definitely don't seem to have much headroom for people that want to overclock though.

 

[lloydstrans]

The 600 series is 3d compatible, the only problem is if the 600 series has different plugs than the 500 series. It only takes a screen to update a 600 series to 3d. I have one eye so that doesn't matter.

 

[lloydstrans]

And I noticed you had 2 different ram cards on the invoice.

 

[soulshot96]

Yeah, one set is free with the mobo, but with my luck when I go to purchase this stuff they'll all be gone. And even if they aren't I really don't know if I can use them together, they are the same voltages, same clocks, and same timings but not the same manufacturer. So I have no idea lol. Plus I don't know if the free ones will fit under the aftermarket CPU cooler like the low profile ones I plan on getting. To many questions, lol

 

[lloydstrans]

Its interesting b/c with the 680's, it seems from what I've read at least, that when they are overclocked some cards get very unstable and the drivers crash, but I'm not that worried b/c I don't plan on overclocking anything other than my CPU. They definitely don't seem to have much headroom for people that want to overclock though.

Ivy bridge chips don't like to be over clocked, in the AWO forums they say 5% is about the stable limit. IDK about the GPU's.

 

[soulshot96]

Yeah, heat issues and that. I don't plan on much and that's what the hyper 212 is for.

 

[lloydstrans]

Yeah, one set is free with the mobo, but with my luck when I go to purchase this stuff they'll all be gone. And even if they aren't I really don't know if I can use them together, they are the same voltages, same clocks, and same timings but not the same manufacturer. So I have no idea lol. Plus I don't know if the free ones will fit under the aftermarket CPU cooler like the low profile ones I plan on getting. To many questions, lol

IDK if you were trying to get massive RAM or what? You need windows 7 ultimate to go over 16 gigs (waste).

 

[soulshot96]

Huh I've never heard that? I have heard the 32bit version limits ram to 4 gigs, but nothing about any other version. Hmm, I would take the corsair stuff off, but I'm not sure if I'll even get the free sticks or if it will fit under the cooler. So I'm just gonna go with it.