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]

Bump

 

[Hyburnate]

Bumping isn't going to get you anywhere, the second option is the one for you, yes that graphics card will work, but you may want to get perhaps an 850W for future upgrades, and there are more affordable ones other than the corsair

 

[Lemin]

For gaming id get the Intel Core i5 2500K bundle.

PSU good for one gfx card, not sure about the 6970, that 1 is close to gtx 580 prices.