New Years Build

[Irishtrekkie]

Hmm, i am doing a build upgrading from an old gtx8800 and duo core.
I was thinking of waiting for ivy bridge , but just dont have the patience.

Will be doing some gaming on it , as well as some 3d rendering/photoshop and game compiling/level editing (was thinking of a 2011 board and processor but the cost is pretty high
and i think putting more money into a better GPU will be more worth while ).

Processor
Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM [CM8062301124100]

Motherboard
Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [Z68 EXTREME7 GEN3/A/ASR]

Memory
G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit

GPU
hmm will wait for the 7000 launch, if anything they might bring down the price nvidia cards.


Already have ( Already had a case and decent psu , got a h100 and ssd as xmas presents as people new i was planning a new build )
Case (CM Cosmos)
PSU (Coolermaster 850 silent pro)
CPU Cooler (Corsair Hydro H100 )
Soild State Drive (Corsair Force Series 3)


So any ideas and or advice ?

 

[Stinger53]

sounds gd

 

[Mawat]

No watercooling on this??

 

[Irishtrekkie]

No watercooling on this??

never really did full out water cooler, always had big
cases with lots of fans, but the
Corsair Hydro H100 is a close circuit cpu watercooler.
maybe it will lead me down line to proper water-cooling.

but till then i have not budgeted for it, so stuff like tubes
and reservoir would have to be 6 months to a year down the line.

 

[Stoner81]

Nice build

Stoner81.

 

[fowler002]

would say go with a cheaper otherboard

 

[Skepticx]

16gb of pure Overkill

Looks nice, i would definitely wait for the 7000 launch

 

[fowler002]

16gb of pure Overkill

for gaming maybe but did you miss the part about photoshop etc? while you're at it why not say that i2700k is overkill i2500k is all you need

 

[jamesfreddie]

The only thing i would say is not enough ram go with 4x8GB Total 32GB's of ram.