Is this a good setup?

CuteTurtle

CuteTurtle

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Specification

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi-Tower - Black
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz Quad Core Processor
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB 1600MHz CAS9 Memory Kit
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5
Western Digital Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s HDD
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
OnBoard Sound Card
OCZ ZS Series 750W PSU
Fully Cable Managed
 
Looks ok. Personally, I'm not a fan of the nVidia cards at the minute - great performance but there's a 30-40% markup compared to ATi equivalents - but that's personal preference, I like my price : performance ^_^
Also, look at P8P67 Pro/Deluxe over the Z68 board ;)
 
OK, I would save some money and get an i5 2500K. In terms of gaming it will perform exactly the same as no games that I know of use hyperthreading, and in many benchmarks actually outperforms the i7 2600K.

As for the Z68 v P67 boards, unless you want/need Z68 features such as Intel® Smart Response Technology and Lucid® Virtu you could get a cheaper P67 board.

The Antec Kuhler 620, another closed loop cooler, generally out performs the Corsair H60 and is close to the H70.

I personally wouldn't go for a GTX580 due to poor value for money but get a GTX 570 or 2GB 6950/6970 and add in a second card at a later date no doubt the 580 is an amazingly fast card.
 
^^
The 6950 Toxic is one of the best value cards at the minute, seems to have the highest unlock rate at a simple flick of the switch.
And yeah, the 2500k will perform identically as far as gaming goes - for some reason I assumed you chose the 2600k because you'd be doing video encoding or something as it's about the only reason to drop the extra beans.
 
shadow_boxer said:
OK, I would save some money and get an i5 2500K. In terms of gaming it will perform exactly the same as no games that I know of use hyperthreading, and in many benchmarks actually outperforms the i7 2600K.

As for the Z68 v P67 boards, unless you want/need Z68 features such as Intel® Smart Response Technology and Lucid® Virtu you could get a cheaper P67 board.

The Antec Kuhler 620, another closed loop cooler, generally out performs the Corsair H60 and is close to the H70.

I personally wouldn't go for a GTX580 due to poor value for money but get a GTX 570 or 2GB 6950/6970 and add in a second card at a later date no doubt the 580 is an amazingly fast card.
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No choice for 570, 580 will be fine.

Also I can no longer choose the cooler I chose, these are the current choices:

Akasa Venom CPU Cooler- [subtract £10.84]
OcUK H2Flo Liquid CPU Cooler
OcUK H2Flo Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler- [add £10.00]
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - [add £25.00]

Also the difference between the motherboards is pretty much nothing


Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard- [add £1.68]
 
Looks great mate apart from the h60, i didnt like the h60 or h70 whatsoever, found them both too fiddly. The h80 doesnt budge. But theres other good ones like the kuhler.
 
So I should get i5 over i7? Isint 3.40Ghz a lot better than 3.30Ghz?

And I'm keeping the GTX 580, It seems to be one of the best choices for me.

Also what cooler should I get?

Updated Choices:

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi-Tower - Black
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Quad Core Processor
* Akasa Venom CPU Cooler (Ignore this)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB 1600MHz CAS9 Memory Kit
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5
Western Digital Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s HDD
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
OnBoard Sound Card
OCZ ZS Series 750W PSU
Fully Cable Managed
* Sharkoon 120mm 2000RPM Fan (Where is this coming from? o.O)

Would you say THAT ^ could run Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 on MAX Settings at like 40fps? Would it be viable for another 5~ years?

And could you recommend other parts I could change in this?
 
CuteTurtle said:
So I should get i5 over i7? Isint 3.40Ghz a lot better than 3.30Ghz?
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I doubt you would notice any real world difference at all with the extra 100MHz. If it did bother you, a quick overclock would solve your problem, there are quite a few guides floating about and folk on this forum are more than helpful :)
 
Final Choice

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi-Tower - Black
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Quad Core Processor
Help w/ This ---> OcUK H2Flo Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB 1600MHz CAS9 Memory Kit
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5
Western Digital Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s HDD
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
OnBoard Sound Card
OCZ ZS Series 750W PSU
Fully Cable Managed
Sharkoon 120mm 2000RPM Fan

Is this good guys? I only need help choosing a Cooler!
 
I'll go with that ^

Also is there a big difference between

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

and

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
 
Nope, I think the Z68 has something to do with using an SSD for OS? And something beginning with 'L' that uses the Intergrated for video editing, And the dedicated for gaming?
Anyway beastly pc, I think I've seen someone getting 25-50 FPS on BF3 demo on a 6870.
Btw how much is the total for this pc and from where?
 
CuteTurtle said:
I'll go with that ^

Also is there a big difference between

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

and

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
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The PRO has two more SATAIII ports controlled by a Marvell controller (these are crap anyways)

The Audio chip has a few extra features it seems such as DTS.

And two Firewire ports.
 
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ByMRK1 said:
Nope, I think the Z68 has something to do with using an SSD for OS? And something beginning with 'L' that uses the Intergrated for video editing, And the dedicated for gaming?
Anyway beastly pc, I think I've seen someone getting 25-50 FPS on BF3 demo on a 6870.
Btw how much is the total for this pc and from where?
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Here ? :P

And the total would be around £1100
 
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