Advice on my build

Hi all,

I'm in the market to purchase a new PC within the next month or so and had a few questions. Currently, I'm working with something that's about 3 1/2 years old that I built myself.

Budget:
I'd like to keep it within the $2300 range, but am fine going a couple hundred over if it means better performance and stability in the long run

Expectations:
I don't play the most graphic intensive games currently, but definitely want something that's going to be able to handle what I throw at it. Right now it's League of Legends, but in a few months I'll mostly be playing Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2. I'm not a huge FPS gamer, but do play my fair share.

I typically use dual monitors, gaming on one and running a stream or Netflix on the other. My main monitor is a 25" (1920x1080) and my secondary is a 19" that's probably about 7 years old or so, but gets the job done for what I use it for.

Usage:
Pretty heavy usage - I'd say 3-4 hours a day, easy. More on the weekends and when I have some extra down time.

Here are the specs of what I put together. Is anything overbuilt or unnecessary? Should I be looking into a different power supply or will the default model work well? I also put together the same config on the hailstorm and the price came to $2,560.00. Would there be a big benefit to jump to the Hailstorm for the extra $160?

Ticket Number: 662187
Total Price with Instant Savings: $2,398.00

Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core) <b></b>
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) <b></b>
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) <b></b>
Power Supply: 800W Corsair GS (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series) <b></b>
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (750GB Seagate Barracuda (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (Model: HD-ST3750528AS) <b></b>
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB (Includes PhysX) (Overclocked EVGA 015-P3-1582-BR) <b></b>
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H80 Liquid CPU Cooler (High-Performance Edition) <b></b>
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard) <b></b>
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: FREE: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system <b></b>
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Thanks for the responses and I appreciate the time!



Edited by Tonybag0dohnutz - 04 Mar 2012 at 3:37am

Finally got  a decent connection

If you ever thought of sli in the future change psu to 1050HX.

The changes I explained above.

 

Edited by bprat22 - 04 Mar 2012 at 6:54am

Edited by bprat22 - 04 Mar 2012 at 10:40am

Hi Martys....thanks for your input.     Actually the D14 does overlap the first memory slot on the p67, 1155 mobo, but on most gaming rigs that can only use 8gb ram, or 2x4gb, for dual channel memory, the fins aren't t a problem.   That slot 4 isn't t filled.     If someone does want to fill all 4 slots, there is room under the fins, if low profile ram sticks are used.   Ram with tall heat spreaders would be a problem in that case.       The only concern would be to require a case wide enough to allow the cooler fans to be offset away from the mobo to clear the ram sticks with heat spreaders and still close the side panel.    If not then again, low height ram sticks will work. The x79, 2011 mobo I think also applies, but we are increasingly recommending the H100 with sli, because DS says it is needed to handle the heat of sli and the new x79 cpu's.   All that being said, the H coolers are little by little taking over for a number of reasons, like looks, easy access, easy shipping, etc..        Bottom line after all this rambling, is that 8gb ram with p67 for example is not a problem, except popping the fan.   On the x79 because of quad channel, 4x ram sticks I'm not sure.    

Edited by bprat22 - 04 Mar 2012 at 6:33pm

Yeah, I'm not sure with 2011 either.    For 4 slot filled on 1055 you are right and it's good to let others read it here. In this particular case with 8gb ram it isn't a problem.    If he wanted 16 Gb in all 4 slots, then it would mean taking the cooler off.            Side note.....the reason I went on about mounting low profile memory under the cooling fins is so that others reading this don't t think the cooling fins overlapping the ram slots make them unusable.    All good info. Thanks.

Edited by bprat22 - 04 Mar 2012 at 7:14pm