New gaming rig: complete

So the final specs of my new Windows 7 (64-bit enterprise) gaming rig were as follows:

- CPU: i5 750 (not yet OCd)
- Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E (for USB- and SATA-3 support)
- Memory: 2x2GBs of Kingston 1600MHz Hyper-X memory
- Graphics: HIS Radeon HD5770
- Disk: Samsung F3 1TB harddisk (with Samsung 320GB drive for automated backups, etc)
- Cooling & case: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler (120mm fan, with possibility to add another later)
Zegamax Luna case w/3 120mm fans
Silver Power 600W 80+ power supply (Cheap, but good reviews and up to 87% efficiency)

The only hiccup: the 120mm fan on the side is exactly where the Hyper 212's top is, so I had to remove it since even rotating the plex-window didn't allow the side cover to fit... ;)

CPU temps are below 30 degrees C in normal desktop / surfing use, so I should be set for a nice overclock later when I get everything running (just did the cabling yesterday, the case is now really roomy with good airflow).

Power consumption is around 85-95W at surfing use and around 170-190W when playing newest DX11 games. The 5770 is still at normal clocks. The HIS card should have Hynix memory capable of 1500MHz memory clocks, so there should be plenty of OCing room for that too.


All in all, pretty good price / performance ratio at little over 800 euros. A i7 860 CPU would've cost another 100 euros and a 80GB SSD drive another 200 euros - but I'm happy with the F3 for now, at least, and in gaming use the lack of HyperThreading shouldn't be a major performance factor (another thing in synthetic benchmarks or stuff like MPEG compression).