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#1 ·
So as Im picky in performance and wanting to Overclock and also have a nice looking PC as well I decided to hop on over to the Intel side instead of upgrading an outdated AMD PC.

Over the next few months I will be buying the parts for this PC

The Build Parts:
Case:COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1
PSU:
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX
Note: (Might sleeve it after I gut my current and try it before the corsair)
HDDs:2xWestern Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS in Raid / OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G (For OS)
Mobo:ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION
CPU:i5 2500k
Memory:G.SKILL Ripjaws X + Turbulence II Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Cooling:XSPC Rasa 750 RS360
Video: Depends whats out at the end lol

Suggestions are welcome and will take into high consideration (Just dont suggest crazy parts that I dont need lol)
 
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Originally Posted by Vipr3;13167190
Great build right there, I would go with the HAF 932 over a 600D. Good luck on that build, its going to be one hell of a rig!
Thanks and yeah Im hoping it will be
First things im getting though are the CPU and mobo so I can run it and make sure it runs fine and then sell my current mobo and cpu. My bother might be the one who buys them off me lol, he's been itching to get new PC parts to break him away from his dual cores
 
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Thanks and yeah Im hoping it will be
First things im getting though are the CPU and mobo so I can run it and make sure it runs fine and then sell my current mobo and cpu. My bother might be the one who buys them off me lol, he's been itching to get new PC parts to break him away from his dual cores
Oh god yea, I need to break away from my dual core too. My next build is a i5 2500k... whenever i get the money for that....
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Get the Rasa RX instead of the RS (thicker rad).
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Originally Posted by Vipr3;13167430
He won't need it, not unless he plans on water cooling his gpu.
Might down the road when I get more confident in overclocking my GPUs
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Originally Posted by CrazzyRussian;13167488
Unless you are planning on going SLI/Crossfire I recommend you get a cheaoer HX650w, great for a single card setup and its even capable of running 2 GTX 570's or 2 HD 6950's, although its obviously not recommended.
Crossfire or SLI is planned for this setup. Looking at the 560ti videocards with much interest. It also will allow some headroom for future upgrades.
 
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Might down the road when I get more confident in overclocking my GPUs

Crossfire or SLI is planned for this setup. Looking at the 560ti videocards with much interest. It also will allow some headroom for future upgrades.
Well either you can buy the RX240 now or just get the RS240 and sell it when the time comes to where you would need a RX240. Up to you....
 
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Originally Posted by MuzicFreq;13167523
Might down the road when I get more confident in overclocking my GPUs

Crossfire or SLI is planned for this setup. Looking at the 560ti videocards with much interest. It also will allow some headroom for future upgrades.
Kick ass choice with the 560 Ti there
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#14 ·
Even for sli with a decent psu you only need 650w 750w to give you the headroom for your oc.

suspect that mobo is overkill unless you seriously plan on going triple/quad sli especially as for all its bells and whistles it still only offers 1x16 or 2x8 making it for a duel card set-up the same as a p67 pro or deluxe cant remember which is the first with 8/8. They wont over-clock any different.

Ram is nice but again overkill outside of benchmarking software your unlikely to see any difference over 1600. Neither timings or speed are as important on SB as they used to be.

take the money you save and plough it back into some performance increases you will see
 
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Even for sli with a decent psu you only need 650w 750w to give you the headroom for your oc.

suspect that mobo is overkill unless you seriously plan on going triple/quad sli especially as for all its bells and whistles it still only offers 1x16 or 2x8 making it for a duel card set-up the same as a p67 pro or deluxe cant remember which is the first with 8/8. They wont over-clock any different.

Ram is nice but again overkill outside of benchmarking software your unlikely to see any difference over 1600. Neither timings or speed are as important on SB as they used to be.

take the money you save and plough it back into some performance increases you will see


Thanks, Wasnt so sure about the memory because I was hearing that the speed mattered on them. Also the PSU is for when I want to either upgrade parts or get another video card, Most likely going to buy another video card.
Also the mobo has 2x16 and 2x8
 
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Thanks, Wasnt so sure about the memory because I was hearing that the speed mattered on them. Also the PSU is for when I want to either upgrade parts or get another video card, Most likely going to buy another video card.
Also the mobo has 2x16 and 2x8


Memory speed used to be far more important but its barely significant at all for sandy,

yeah missread the spec sheet, it says 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x16 or x8) I read it as 2x16 1card at x16 or 2 cards at x8 which is common to see. Regardless check carefully that you are not paying above the odds for a whole load of features your never going to use.
 
#17 ·
Sadly I might have to forgo this build and put it off for sometime due to exspenses I forgot about in my rush for PC upgrades

Gonna need a bit of money for songs for djing and headphones and other tidbits here or there. Sometime maybe at the end of the year I can put together the build and who knows some better stuff might come out by then or this might be a bit cheaper.
 
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