You shouldn't need to replace the thermal paste on that card, the vapor-x is a great cooler. Also, 270X's are great overclockers, so try getting MSI afterburner once you get that and try bumping up the core clock and the max power consumption.
Incorrect.
The 260x is a 7790 with 2gb of vram and a 100mhz increase in clock.
The 260 non x is a cut down 260x with 1gb vram, slightly less shader units, and slightly decreased clocks.
As for the rebranded 7770, that'd be the 250x, the non x 250 is lesser than the 7750, the 7750 has 512 shaders, the 250 has 384.
Not true. the 270 only has 1 6pin power connector so the overclocking headroom is greatly reduced. The 7870 and 270x both have 2 6pin's and are very overclockable. So if overclocking is what you want/need, get a 7870 or the x version.
I checked the ASROCK website for cpu compatibility on this motherboard and apparently this motherboard supports the i3 3220 without needing a bios update, so this build will work.
I had a look at the apu's but even in dual graphics with a 6670 they were at best half as good as the 7770, and that was the highest model apu. I chose the 1600x900 monitor because it was cheaper and I could play on slightly higher settings at that resoloution than at 1080p.
might want to consider the 8350 though, motherboards with more features for it are cheaper. It's also just as good if not slightly better than a 3570k. It overclocks better too. The only drawback is the power consumption and heat, but with the 212 evo you shouldn't have any problems, and power here in the US is cheap.
Looks good although you might want to spend slightly less on CPU and
A bit more on the graphics card next time. Something like a fx 6300 or 8320 and a 7870xt 2gb.
i'd recommend an arctic cooling alpine 64 plus cpu cooler, it's only 13.95, but it should keep the cpu a lot quieter and somewhat cooler than the stock heatsink.
try this build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/SGoa
the differences from yours are as follows:
1. Better CPU. This CPU is much more efficient and has slightly better performance.
2. Graphics Card. This GPU is factory overclocked to reach the same speed as the 7770 ghz edition.
3. Power supply. The power supply you chose was from a company that doesn't make very reliable power supplies, this one from corsair should suit you just fine.
4. Case. I used a small case in this list as the cpu stays pretty cool and a mid tower or larger is not needed to keep these parts cooled.
This build is cheaper and has about the same, if not slightly better performance and definitely better efficiency.
This is probably the best build you can get for your budget. Also, it easily outperforms the a10 5800k apu crossfired with the 6670. The cpu is slightly more powerful than the a10 as well. enjoy!
Go with a pentium g2120 for the cpu, its around 10$ cheaper and has slightly better performance. As for graphics, the HIS radeon HD 7770 is on sale with a promo code for 89$ right now through tomorrow, I highly recommend you get it. For the hard drive, a seagate barracuda 1tb 7200rpm is 1$ less than the 500gb you chose. Also, what resoloution are you going to be playing at?
i'd reccommend going for the club radeon hd 7870 xt jokercard. its performance is nearly equal to a 7950 but it is still about the same price as the card in your list.
the cpu is good. try to find a radeon hd 6670 or 7750 with 2 gb of ddr3 ram. since you aren't doing any gaming, the fact that its using ddr3 instead of ddr5 shouldn't make much of a difference, if any at all.
