Check my gaming spec

bakes0310 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:30

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit

My current parts that will go in the new rig:
XFX 5970 BE
128gb SSD
2x500gb harddrive
Samsung Blueray Drive
Zalman PSU 1000W

So what you think will they all work together and more importantly be awesome together?

bakes0310 · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:27

mp260767 said:
any particular reason for going for the corsair h100 over the h80 or antec kuhler ?

no real reason to go for the 15000 memory over the 12800, due to the way the 2500K overclocks.

£1 difference between the 8gb crucial memory so i thought i might aswell go for the better one.

H80 vs H100 is there a big difference or not?

bakes0310 · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:39

chigley said:
Nice rig Which SSD is it? Crucial M4, I hope!

Corsair Performance P128 128GB

bakes0310 · 16 Sep 2011 at 12:55

Gonna hit the order button (maybe) in a min on the following items:
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Corsair Hydro H80
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
2X Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin
Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable

Im gonna buy the rest of the parts in the OP either next week or the week after. As long as i order it and built before oct 7th when RAGE is released

Im just hovering over the order button, i need a push

bakes0310 · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:48

Well i just hit the order button

I have the following on its way:
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Corsair Hydro H80
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9
2X Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin
Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable

All i need to order now is the motherboard and cpu, which ill get next week or the week after.

bakes0310 · 17 Sep 2011 at 10:48

While im waiting for the gear i thought id ask about the overclocking. Im pretty new to it, ive only oc my current amd system and never tried it with intel. Ive done some research basically i do the following:
1. Press the autoclock button and bam instant overclock

or to do it yourself increase the multiplier and the vcore (never higher than 1.35-1.38) when you need to.
2.Check temps (coretemp program) run a stresstest program (intelburn or prime95)
3. keep going till stable and temps are ok

Is that right?

Also with running the stress test programs how long should i run them for. Ive read some members run prime95 for 4 hrs or 8.
And some members use intelburn and run it 5 times in a row.
What should i do?

bakes0310 · 19 Sep 2011 at 12:45

The following parts have arrived:
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Corsair Hydro H80
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9
2X Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin
Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable

All look pretty sweet, havent opened the box for the case yet but im sure it looks awesome. Now to wait a week or two to ordering the cpu and motherboard.