My Overkill Build

[A Random Dude]

So, I finally got tired of barely being able to play the game on my ancient core 2 duo, and decided to grab myself a new rig. Also, my HDD died (25,000 hours FTW) and I didn't really have a replacement or an OS anywhere around, so that definitely played a part in it.

I'm making this thread mainly to ask for advice on overclocking and case airflow setup, also to show off.

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CPU: Intel Haswell i7 4770K [chip will do 4.4GHz at 1.248 [1.25] core voltage, pretty much fully stable stresstesting with Cinebench and x264; 4.5 is unstable, 4.6 won't boot]

Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA1150 Z87X-UD5H

RAM: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (4x4) 2400MHz Cas 10 (Latency Timings: 10-12-12-31) @ 1.65V [haven't overclocked this yet, want to get a nice, 100% stable CPU overclock that I'm happy with first]

GPU: Gigabyte Windforce OC GeForce GTX 780 (3GB GDDR5) [so far I've only done basic things such as increasing power and temperature limits to max, haven't really gotten into it yet]

PSU: Corsair RM Series V2 Fully Modular 80 PLUS Gold 750W [a bit of a weird choice, I know]

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i [stock at 3.9GHz Turbo on the CPU barely makes the temps go up to 58-59C at 100%, a 4.4GHz Overclock gives average temps of about 70C or lower, with Core 1 going up to 74C absolute max; all that with stock fans, at 100% CPU usage, [not at max RPM, either] which are getting replaced]

Case: Corsair 500R Carbide Black

Primary Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB SSD

Secondary Storage: Western Digital Black 2TB HDD

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit

Optical Drive: some decent LG 24x DVD Reader/Burner

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Custom Case Cooling: BitFenix Spectre PRO 230mm, 2x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm, 2x BitFenix Spectre PRO 140mm

Custom Radiator Fans: 2x Corsair Air Series SP 120mm Performance Edition

[I have ordered and received both of the above but will not be installing them before I order my fan controller, I'm thinking about "NZXT Sentry Mesh with 5 Channel 30W Fan Controller" -link-, don't really need temperature probes since I'll only be using it for case fans, advice very much appreciated here since I don't really know much about it]

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Planned Case Airflow Setup: 2x Front 120mm Intake, 1x Bottom 140mm Intake, 1x Side 230mm Intake, 1x Rear 140mm Exhaust, 2x Top 120mm Exhaust (Radiator) [yes, I know having radiator exhaust isn't the optimal thing to do, but no other airflow setup makes aerodynamic sense]

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So, I've had this rig for about a week and a half now, and so far it's been a blast, it will run PS2 at 140 FPS in Warpgates and such, around 120 FPS in aircraft flight, around 85 FPS in small and medium fights, and around 60 FPS in larger fights; the lowest it has ever dipped was about 45 FPS in some of the super-massive clusterfuc*s I've been involved in [all stock] [everything completely maxed].

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As mentioned before, I'm looking for advice primarily on overclocking (GPU specifically, since I don't have any experience or actual practical knowledge to speak of here, but also CPU and RAM)


Thank you all in advance!


P.S. I've been looking into Indigo Extreme TIM, do any of you have any experience with it, is it worth the effort?