gaming rig spec

[David2655]

MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £254.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail - £161.99

LG W2363D 23" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black - £155.99

Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** - £144.98

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) - £128.98

Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - £89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) - £79.99

Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) - £79.98

Logitech G700 Wireless Gaming Mouse (910-001759) - £62.99

Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System (970223-0120) - £54.98

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) - £49.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) - £41.99

Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - £25.99

Razer Goliathus Standard Fragged Speed Gaming Mouse Pad - £16.99

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £14.99

TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) - £9.49

Total : £1,398.42

only thing not included here is an NZXT Tempest EVO for ~£81 from ******
and my current logitech wave keyboard.

havent ordered yet, but probably will soon, so what do you think??

 

[stulid]

I think you should get a Z68 board,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-458-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Or a more feature rich Asrock,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-051-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

 

[David2655]

im not sure about p67 vs z68, the way i see it, im not really mad on any of the features z68 has, not bothered about ssd caching and im always going to be using a ded. graphics card, so why bother?

 

[stulid]

Because the ASUS board for example is cheaper, they arent missing out on anything the P67 board has (they in fact improve on the features) and if anything happens to your graphics card (faulty/sell it) you can still use the PC until a replacement arrives.

 

[David2655]

is there any difference between the p8z68/p8z68 pro apart from an onboard reset switch and a couple more 6gb/s sata ports?

 

[olivier renault]

The pros usually have better voltage regulation for overclocks, by the P8Z68 will have no problem with usable overclocks (4.4-4.6GHz).

http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/motherboards/10786

Not sure 'exactly' but worth a read through.