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CosmicNoodle
February 25th, 2014, 07:26 PM
As you can guess^
I am building a new gaming RIG for 2014 to replace my old outdated one.
These are the specs of my new baby:

CPU: i5 or i7 4770K overclocked to 4.2GHz (Or around there)
Motherborad: MSI B85 G-43 Gaming series
RAM: G. Skill 8GB 1600MHz 2x4B
Case: Vantage Diablo Gamers Case
PSU: Corsair 600W Modular 80+ bronze edition
SSD/HDD: 128GB Kingston SSD and a 1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H55
GPU: Radion HD7790 2GB Overclocked
WiFi Card: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 N900 Wireless Dual Band

Do you see any parts I should change around? Or do you think that alright?
Rdsxbaseballfan
February 26th, 2014, 10:53 AM
what kind of games are you looking to play? Im guessing your not going to try and play battlefield 4 because if so you will need a new GPU
phuckphace
February 26th, 2014, 11:04 AM
As you can guess^
I am building a new gaming RIG for 2014 to replace my old outdated one.
These are the specs of my new baby:

CPU: i5 or i7 4770K overclocked to 4.2GHz (Or around there)
Motherborad: MSI B85 G-43 Gaming series
RAM: G. Skill 8GB 1600MHz 2x4B
Case: Vantage Diablo Gamers Case
PSU: Corsair 600W Modular 80+ bronze edition
SSD/HDD: 128GB Kingston SSD and a 1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H55
GPU: Radion HD7790 2GB Overclocked
WiFi Card: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 N900 Wireless Dual Band

Do you see any parts I should change around? Or do you think that alright?

You don't need an i7 for gaming, get the quad-core i5 instead.
An ASUS or Gigabyte motherboard would be more reliable imo. MSI is sketchy.
As far as cases go, I'd rather have a HAF 932.
Kingston SSDs are shit. Go with a Samsung or Intel.
Instead of the H55 get a high-end air cooler like the Noctua NH-D14.
A single 7790 is a bit weak for an otherwise high end gaming build. How about something like a pair of 7870s in CrossFire? Also, don't buy factory-overclocked video cards, it's pointless because you can overclock the card yourself for free. An ASUS card with the DirectU cooler on it is great for overclocking and very reliable.