My build - A few questions

[ScouserSte]

Hey all,

I'm gonna be building a new gaming rig. I won't need a HD, Monitor, Disk Drive as I already have pretty new ones. Anyway, this is what I had in mind.


First, what bundle? I've asked this question elsewhere and the reason I cant decide is some people have suggested getting an i5 processor over an i7, and that the P67 is the better mobo, but I really don't know. The i5 does have a significantly faster clock speed here though and is much cheaper

- CPU: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel
- Cooler: Corsair A50 CPU Cooler

OR

- CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz Sandybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (default choice)
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
- Cooler: Corsair A50 CPU Cooler
- Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

OR

- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz @ 4.60GHz Sandybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel Z68 (default choice)
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
- Cooler: Corsair A50 CPU Cooler
- Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

Also gonna be buying an ATI HD6970, is this card compatible with these (above) intel motherboards?

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

PSU compatible/sufficent for the graphics card?

Corshair 650W PSU

Thanks much.

 

[ScouserSte]

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