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Old 07-21-2012, 08:19 PM   #1
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Help Building my first PC :)

can I get some suggestions and advice on my first build.I plan to play games, primarily Battlefield 3 ultra high 1080p settings @60+ FPS.
Here's what I got so far:

CPU- Intel Core i5 3570k (Ivy Bridge)

GPU- GTX 670 (Asus)

PSU- 650W Corsair TX 650W ATX12V

MotherBoard- ASUS Sabertooth Z77 LGA 1155

RAM- Corsair Vengeance 16gb @1600 MHz (4x4GB)

HeatSink- Corsair H80 Liquid cooling

SSD- Intel 120Gb SSD Maple-Crest

HDD- 500GB HDD 7200 RPM 6Gb/s Toshiba

CASE- Corsair Obsidian 650D Case

DVD- Asus DVD burner 24x

This will be my first build ever.I hope there's no bottleneck issue and hope to run BF3 ULTRA @60FPS and more.I also plan to add another GTX670 SLI in the future and OC the CPU.my budget is $1,500.
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Old 07-21-2012, 10:10 PM   #2
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Welcome to pcmech forums. Everything you picked looks great other than Toshiba Hard Drive.

Do yourself a favor and get Western Digital Black!
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Old 07-22-2012, 01:11 AM   #3
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I thought Toshiba only made laptop drives?

Concur - WD Black.

Make sure that Vengeance ram is the low profile version, not the standard with the tall heatsinks.
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Old 07-22-2012, 10:06 AM   #4
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Newegg.com - TOSHIBA DT01ACA050 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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Old 07-22-2012, 10:37 AM   #5
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Research reveals:

WD has bought out Hitachi's 2.5" drive and SSD business. Toshiba has bought out Hitachi's 3.5" drive business. So - that Toshiba drive is probably a Hitachi. Acceptable, but the real WD Black is a better drive.

AnandTech - Western Digital To Sell Hitachi's 3.5

The article also indicates that this drive may actually be being built by WD under contract to Toshiba, using Hitachi technology.
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Old 07-22-2012, 11:36 AM   #6
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thank you for the welcome!
I will try to replace the Toshiba to a WD HDD.
This the Vegence ram: Newegg.ca - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B

My questions are : will I be able to take full advantage of the GTX 670 with 3570k? and if the vengence ram is not compatible should I get this Newegg.com - CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMD8GX3M2A1866C9 instead if the 16gb?
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Yes you will be able to take full advantage of the GTX670
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