First time builder, gaming computer

[Bou]

Hey, I am planning on building a new computer this summer, and was thinking I'll ask for some help from you guys

What is your budget? 1300 €

Does this include a copy of Windows? Yes, I am buying one

Does this include peripheals (a keyboard, monitor, mouse, speakers, etc.)? No, everything else i got, also planing on using my old 1tb HDD.

Are you from the United States or a different country? Are you ordering from your own country or from across borders? I live in Finland and can order across borders.

Wherever you may be from, does the store that you are planning to order from have a website? It's okay if it isn't in English, we can manage. www.silentrig.com / www.jimms.fi/ both finish open to good eu sites tho!

Do you have any specific requests with the build? No

Do you plan on overclocking? If yes, do you have a specific goal in mind? Lite, 4,1 GHz

Would you prefer the build to be particularly small? No

Would you prefer the build to be particularly quiet? Preferably yes.

In general, do you prefer this to be a computer that you can spend money on now and let it rest, or a box built for continuous upgrading? Spend now.

Do you ever plan on utilizing NVIDIA's SLI or AMD's CrossfireX technologies? These features, with a compatible motherboard, allow a user to link multiple identical graphic cards together for added performance. In real world terms, this lets you buy a second identical graphics card down the line as a relatively cheap and easy way to gain a fairly large boost in performance. However, this requires buying a SLI/CFX compatible motherboard and PSU now, which may result in slightly higher initial cost. Not in the near future.


So these are the parts I'v chosen so far:

asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP
Intel Ivy Bridge i5-3570K,
AsRock Z77 Extreme4
G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB) Dual Kit Ripjaws DDR3-2133
Noctua NH-U9B SE2
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB, 2,5"
Fractal Design Define XL
Super Flower Golden King 500W
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1 FI OEM

Do you see anything wrong with the build ? Can I get better stuff for the same money ? Do i need the extra fan if I'm only planning on doing lite oc?
And the budjet is around 1300 €.

Thanks for your help in advance .

 

[Knufire]

Hey, welcome to OCF!

When trying to recommend a build to you, there's some information that's extremely helpful for us to know. If you could answer these few short questions, we'd be happy to help!

• What are you planning to do with this compuer? Please be as specfic as possible.

• What is your budget?
  
  1. Does this include a copy of Windows?
  2. Does this include peripheals (a keyboard, monitor, mouse, speakers, etc.)?
• Are you from the United States or a different country? Are you ordering from your own country or from across borders?
  
  1. Wherever you may be from, does the store that you are planning to order from have a website? It's okay if it isn't in English, we can manage.
  2. If you are from the United States, do you live nearby a Microcenter?

• Do you have any specific requests with the build?
  
  1. Do you plan on overclocking? If yes, do you have a specific goal in mind?
  2. Would you prefer the build to be particularly small?
  3. Would you prefer the build to be particularly quiet?
  4. In general, do you prefer this to be a computer that you can spend money on now and let it rest, or a box built for continuous upgrading?
  5. Do you ever plan on utilizing NVIDIA's SLI or AMD's CrossfireX technologies? These features, with a compatible motherboard, allow a user to link multiple identical graphic cards together for added performance. In real world terms, this lets you buy a second identical graphics card down the line as a relatively cheap and easy way to gain a fairly large boost in performance. However, this requires buying a SLI/CFX compatible motherboard and PSU now, which may result in slightly higher initial cost.

Once again, thank you in advance for taking the time to answer these, and I hope you enjoy your stay at OCF!

 

[Bou]

Answered the questions ^^

 

[Knufire]

Given your answers, what you chose is a very good build . You don't need that expensive of a cooler for a light OC. The TRUE Spirit 120 (http://www.silentrig.com/product/505/thermalright-true-spirit-120) and TRUE Spirit 140 (http://www.silentrig.com/product/1892/thermalright-true-spirit-140) are both very good coolers, could probably take you to 4.4-4.5GHz if you wanted.

High speed RAM doesn't make a huge difference in gaming. The difference between 1333MHz and 2133MHz in most games is 1-2FPS at most. I'd go with a cheap DDR3-1600 kit, you don't really need more.

That's a really expensive and big case...but it's very high quality and quiet. There are cheaper options if you want to save money, but its perfectly fine if you want to stick with it. If you're looking for something that looks similar, I'd look as some Lian Li cases.

 

[Bou]

Ahh, thanks for the quick answer!

A follow up question,
is there a real difference between the palit Jetstream (http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/NE5X670H1042J-MURO) and the asus CU II (http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/GTX670-DC2-2GD5) and asus CUT II (http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/GTX670-DC2T-2GD5), since i could get the palit for 369 and the asus cost 428 and 449 is there any point for me to pay the extra hundred for the asus ?

 

[Knufire]

Between the two ASUS cards, not much of a difference.

Between the ASUS and the Palit, the ASUS uses their DirectCuII cooler, which is one of the best on the market. You can OC the card pretty far, and it'll stay very quiet. Also, the ASUS card actually uses the GTX680 PCB with the GTX670 chip, so it can OC even further.