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Critique my gaming build Hiya! Very new to these forums and thought I would post up my gaming build for all to critique! Case: Corsair 800D PSU: Silverstone 1kW Strider Gold (ST-1000G) CPU: INTEL Core i7 2600K Mobo: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe - ATX - Intel P67(B3) Express Chipset Memory: CORSAIR CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 - DDR3-1600 - 2 x 4GB - Vengeance - 8-8-8-24 GPU: 2 x EVGA GeForce GTX580 Superclocked 1.5Gb SLi SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120Gb HDD: WD Caviar Black 1tb Optical drive: Pioneer BDR-206 Blu-Ray Disc Writer OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit Cooling: Custom water cooling for cpu and gpu Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! Regards, |
Hi, Welcome aboard... Looks like a pretty solid build there...whats that cpu running at? stock? |
I wouldn't change a thing :thumb: You got the money to drop, so do it. ST |
Go Z68 + WD Black 2TB + a 60GB SSD instead of a 1TB HDD + 120GB SSD. I also have a natural aversion to water cooling. Actually, I hate it. Changing components becomes a pain, initial setup is long and rife with potential issues plus I can almost promise you that it will be louder than an air cooling setup and won't net any real overclocking difference. *waits for the hate to come rolling in* |
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You could save about 100$ if you change your i7 with an i5 2500k The i7 will not be faster in games so unless you're also using heavly threaded applications, you won't see the difference. The i7 might overclock better but even a stock i5 2500k is not fully used by games. You should use that 100$ to buy a board with a with the NF200 bridge instead that would give you better SLI performance |
I agree with SKY, go Z68, 60 GB SSD for caching, and 2TB Black. Perhaps a P8Z68-Pro or similar. Also NF200 does not improve SLI performance on Sandy Bridge, but it does improve tri-SLI. Only worth the extra $ if you intend to run 3 cards IMO. |
youre shelling out some dough, maybe wait for the next iteration of the 590 with a proper pcb? or go dual 3 gb cards? word on the 2500k. nice psu cool case hr-02 for cooler. |
Agree with Sky and Mr. Plow King. Z68 + SSD + 2500K |
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a serious note, a custom watercooling is unnecessary for a SB rig as you wouldn't need more than a Noctua NH-D14 for a 24/7 overclock. Going for the max 5.7GHz or possibly higher might just kill your CPU much faster than it should, especially with the much higher voltage needed to sustain that kind of speed. A 4.5GHz stable 24/7 OC shouldn't be a problem at all for a Noctua NH-D14. With an air cooler, your CPU would still be able to hold itself together in case a few fans dies but when a water pump dies, that would be disastrous. Unless you're willing to babysit your PC 24/7 and constantly monitor temps, an air cooler is a better option. |
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