thetamsen 57 Posted July 31, 2012 Corsair H60 Hydro Series CPU coolerCooler Master HAF X Big Tower SortCorsair TX V2 750W PSUIntel® Core i7-3770K ProcessorASUS P8Z77-V LX, Socket-1155Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9Gainward GeForce GTX 680 2GB PhysX CUDASamsung SSD 830 Series 128GB 2.5" OEMLater on I'll probably switch out the H60 cooler with an Intel LC2011-1155/56 or Corsair H100.One larger SSD to be added next week, with storage HDD's as well.What is your opinion on this setup? Is it too unbalanced, am I overkilling here while under-doing it there, any suggestions for near-future upgrades? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcskill 117 Posted July 31, 2012 Only 8gb of ram? da fuk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itchy (DayZ) 59 Posted July 31, 2012 Only 8gb of ram? da fuk?Yer I would buy 16gb ram for future proof!! While its cheap!! ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thetamsen 57 Posted July 31, 2012 Only 8gb of ram? da fuk?Oh i thought I needed 32GB to run DayZ, excuse me sir ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordan2412 60 Posted July 31, 2012 I've never had an issue running on 8GB, so I think its fine. I would say the SSD is a bit small for the rest of what you have. You can always use a secondary, but it seems like you went all out. I would have gotten a bigger one, my 128GB gets full wayy to fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt.Asshat 607 Posted July 31, 2012 When are you going to use over 8gb of memory at one? Arma tops 1.3gb at max and bf3 never goes over 1.5gb... 8gb ram is plently Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordan2412 60 Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) When are you going to use over 8gb of memory at one? Arma tops 1.3gb at max and bf3 never goes over 1.5gb... 8gb ram is plentlyYou're not. The people who want 16GB are the same who would want two GTX 680's, even though 1 can walk all over every game available. Edited July 31, 2012 by jordan2412 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thetamsen 57 Posted July 31, 2012 I've never had an issue running on 8GB, so I think its fine. I would say the SSD is a bit small for the rest of what you have. You can always use a secondary, but it seems like you went all out. I would have gotten a bigger one, my 128GB gets full wayy to fast.Yes, my first aim for SSD was 256 or 512GB, but pay-out this month differed from expectations due to unexpected happenings (irrelevant, so we'll skip that part)I got this "brilliant" idea to put in 128GB SSD just for my system to start off with, perhaps some specific steam-games later on. And the rest of my steam library dumped on "main" SSD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fleshworm 0 Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) If you overclock the H60 might be a little lacking...Ive got my 2500k clocked at 4.5ghz with an h80 and with intel burn test and prime95 maxed out it sits at 55c which is great in my opinion. It might work out for you though, I just know that ivy bridge runs quite a bit hotter, correct me if Im wrong.Edit: Definitely don't need more than 8gb of ram imo. Edited July 31, 2012 by Fleshworm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sergeant Squatt 58 Posted July 31, 2012 I run mine with 4 GB :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thetamsen 57 Posted July 31, 2012 I run mine with 4 GB :)Same here, I do definitely feel the lack of power once you've got all Arma, Skype, Infinitely tab-filled mozilla firefox (I prefer it over chrome at my own PC, though I like chrome better for working), fraps etc.About time I abandoned that laptop ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
