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I'm building myself a gaming PC and would like some tips or help from knowledgeable people. I'd rather not spend the money on this and later on realize I made one small mistake that could make a huge difference in my PCs performance.
So I already have the case, CPU, monitor, keyboard and mouse, and I will just burn another copy of Windows 7 since I already have it. I will also pick up a 500GB 7200RPM 3GB/s HDD from Best Buy because of the floods in Thailand.
My CPU is the Intel Core i5 2500k. I would give a link to it but Newegg is sold out. I'm assuming most of you are familiar with it anyways. I will want to overclock it at least a little bit so I will be buying this aftermarket CPU Fan. I've heard this is a great one.
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This is the case. I think it is pretty decent and I don't really want to send it back to Newegg, but if someone thinks I should please let me know.
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Other then that, I have picked out these parts so far. The things I'm not so sure about are the motherboard and GPU.
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I picked the 6970 over the GTX 570 because it was cheaper with the rebate and I didn't notice too much of a difference between them, even in benchmarks. If anything, the 6970 performs better and has 2GB VRAM instead of the 1280MB VRAM on the GTX 570. Please let me know if I am wrong.
I picked that motherboard because it was one of the top sellers and is the recommended buy from Toms Hardware. I don't really know the difference between P67 and Z68. Is one better then the other? I think I saw that in order to overclock the i5 2500k I will need a P67 motherboard. If that's true I will want a P67 motherboard instead. I heard the ASRock P67 3.0 is good but occasionally has problems. If anyone think I should get a different motherboard please let me know.
And that's pretty much all. I know this was long but I really want to make sure I don't make any mistakes. I cannot spend too much more then this because including these items, I will have spent $1100 already. Thanks for reading all of this and please make suggestions if you feel something needs to be changed.
EDIT: I decided on going with the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 motherboard instead. Big thanks to -Wast3d-. I also found a 750GB HDD on newegg.com that was actually on sale even with all the floods. I'm also going with a different case that I haven't decided on yet because I have to send my current case back to newegg.
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So I already have the case, CPU, monitor, keyboard and mouse, and I will just burn another copy of Windows 7 since I already have it. I will also pick up a 500GB 7200RPM 3GB/s HDD from Best Buy because of the floods in Thailand.
My CPU is the Intel Core i5 2500k. I would give a link to it but Newegg is sold out. I'm assuming most of you are familiar with it anyways. I will want to overclock it at least a little bit so I will be buying this aftermarket CPU Fan. I've heard this is a great one.
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This is the case. I think it is pretty decent and I don't really want to send it back to Newegg, but if someone thinks I should please let me know.
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Other then that, I have picked out these parts so far. The things I'm not so sure about are the motherboard and GPU.
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I picked the 6970 over the GTX 570 because it was cheaper with the rebate and I didn't notice too much of a difference between them, even in benchmarks. If anything, the 6970 performs better and has 2GB VRAM instead of the 1280MB VRAM on the GTX 570. Please let me know if I am wrong.
I picked that motherboard because it was one of the top sellers and is the recommended buy from Toms Hardware. I don't really know the difference between P67 and Z68. Is one better then the other? I think I saw that in order to overclock the i5 2500k I will need a P67 motherboard. If that's true I will want a P67 motherboard instead. I heard the ASRock P67 3.0 is good but occasionally has problems. If anyone think I should get a different motherboard please let me know.
And that's pretty much all. I know this was long but I really want to make sure I don't make any mistakes. I cannot spend too much more then this because including these items, I will have spent $1100 already. Thanks for reading all of this and please make suggestions if you feel something needs to be changed.
EDIT: I decided on going with the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 motherboard instead. Big thanks to -Wast3d-. I also found a 750GB HDD on newegg.com that was actually on sale even with all the floods. I'm also going with a different case that I haven't decided on yet because I have to send my current case back to newegg.
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It looks like a really good build. I would go with the ASrock Z68 motherboard instead of the GIGABYTE Z68. Only because I am positive that you can overclock the 2500K with the ASrock one and you are not sure if you can with that one. The only reason I am positive is because some wrote a review of the motherboard saying that it was very easy to overclock their 2500K with that board. Here is a link to the board: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . I hope that I helped you.
Other than that I would say everything else is just peachy.
Other than that I would say everything else is just peachy.
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-WaSt3d- wrote It looks like a really good build. I would go with the ASrock Z68 motherboard instead of the GIGABYTE Z68. Only because I am positive that you can overclock the 2500K with the ASrock one and you are not sure if you can with that one. The only reason I am positive is because some wrote a review of the motherboard saying that it was very easy to overclock their 2500K with that board. Here is a link to the board: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . I hope that I helped you.
Other than that I would say everything else is just peachy.
Thanks for the feedback. I decided to go with the ASUS P8P67 PRO instead though because I am finding lots of tutorials where people use that motherboard and go up to 4.5GHz which is more then what I thought I could get. But I'll look into that motherboard too because it's cheaper
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great computer. duh ur spending over 1k so it gotta be tight
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Sorry for the double post on your thread, but I would really recommend the board in my above post. It will work out great for the future, so you won't have to waste your money on another one. The board that I am recommending is Ivy Bridge compatible. So when Ivy Bridge comes out you wont have to get a new board. Trust me, it will pay off in the long run.
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-WaSt3d- wrote Sorry for the double post on your thread, but I would really recommend the board in my above post. It will work out great for the future, so you won't have to waste your money on another one. The board that I am recommending is Ivy Bridge compatible. So when Ivy Bridge comes out you wont have to get a new board. Trust me, it will pay off in the long run.
Oh, I didn't even know Intel was coming out with a new line of CPUs. I did some research and found that the board you suggested is also easy to overclock on. I'll probably go with that one and switch back to 8GB of RAM. Thanks a lot for showing it to me (:
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Cawnah wrote-WaSt3d- wrote Sorry for the double post on your thread, but I would really recommend the board in my above post. It will work out great for the future, so you won't have to waste your money on another one. The board that I am recommending is Ivy Bridge compatible. So when Ivy Bridge comes out you wont have to get a new board. Trust me, it will pay off in the long run.
Oh, I didn't even know Intel was coming out with a new line of CPUs. I did some research and found that the board you suggested is also easy to overclock on. I'll probably go with that one and switch back to 8GB of RAM. Thanks a lot for showing it to me (:
No problem. Also, this is just my opinion, I would go with the Hyper 212 EVO instead of the +. It performs better, and is made better. It is only about $10 more than the +. But that is your decision.
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