My build to skip next gen consoles

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Hey

I've just ordered this beast, do you think it will last a few years? The intention was to be able to skip the next gen consoles as I couldn't afford a top spec PC the last gen (Seriously I've been playing Stalker, portal 2 etc etc quite well at 720p and high settings with a madly overclocked 8500GT from 433mhz to 720mhz and shader from 720 to 1440 for the past 4 years, such an epic, under rated card for OC)

So do you think it will last about 3-4 years without any significant upgrade? When I say last, I'm quite happy to play games on medium settings in the latter stage.

See Below (Don't need HD, Monitor or disk drive)

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Asus GeForce GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Krypton Z68 620i Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40Ghz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle
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Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
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Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard


Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GLC-01844)

Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Black

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK)
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Impossible to know for sure, but I think it should quite happily. That's all pretty much high end and the GPU, which is probably the most important, is one of the fastest available. Enjoy the machine!
 
Thats good.

I was a bit hesitant with the 2600k vs the 2500k as I know Hyper Threading is not worth an extra £70 but I honestly figured if I am going to be building a time testing rig I better go with the best that's available and I quite preempt Hyper Threading being used more effectively in gaming within the next year or two as a means of managing complex sub processes within next gen engines. Besides the cache is twice the size and other various improvements.
 
As you said you're not mad on graphics I can tell you that that setup will easily last 3 years at least.

I like decent frames, but I don't usually play the most demanding games (although I play Crysis 1 + 2 from time to time, and I always play native res (1080p) with lower settings if I need to (rather than lower res/higher settings), and I'd still be happy gaming on an 8800GT that I bought in 2008 (now in the family pc).

I upgraded to the 5770 (wanted something smaller, lower heat, lower power consumption) and I'm happy with the frame rates I get, and I think I will be for a few years yet.

The GTX580 is more than double the performance of the 5770, and the 5770 is more than double the performance of the 8500GT.. so you do the math! :p

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Also, regarding CPU, if you don't do any heavy media editing/encoding, etc, then you'll benefit marginally from the i7 2600k over the 2500k, so if it's mainly for gaming, I'd stick with the 2500k and use the money elsewhere.

And no need to get the Ultimate version of Windows. Just get the Home edition; I highly doubt you'll use any of the features in Professional/Ultimate.
 
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Razor-BladE said:
Also, regarding CPU, if you don't do any heavy media editing/encoding, etc, then you'll benefit marginally from the i7 2600k over the 2500k, so if it's mainly for gaming, I'd stick with the 2500k and use the money elsewhere.

And no need to get the Ultimate version of Windows. Just get the Home edition; I highly doubt you'll use any of the features in Professional/Ultimate.
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Heh :P Already made the order.

I really don't mind. I was aware of the minor discrepancy's between 2.5 and 2.6k but as I said I think the 2.6k represents a ninja investment with regard to upcoming game engines - any engine that doesn't capitalise on the full capability of HT will be selling short. When it comes to the version of windows It really doesn't matter, i will enjoy the flexibility and enhancements of Ultimate even though I will likely be using a Linux Slackware partition too. Money is an object but I /nocliped on this one :P
 
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Haha fair enough.
Well, you're going to be extremely happy with that setup. Prepare to see the mahoosive difference from (what cpu did you have before?) and 8500GT, to an i7 2600k and GTX580! If only I had the money!

Do you have a decent cooler to OC that beastly cpu to the max?
 
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Haha fair enough.
Well, you're going to be extremely happy with that setup. Prepare to see the mahoosive difference from (what cpu did you have before?) and 8500GT, to an i7 2600k and GTX580! If only I had the money!

Do you have a decent cooler to OC that beastly cpu to the max?
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Current setup is an:
AMD Athalon 64bit Dual core 5000+
6GB DDR2 800mhz RAM
Nvidia GF8 8500GT (OC'd to Max 735mhz core, 1480 shader, 433 memory from original 459 core 918 shader and 333 memory )
etc

So yeah, big difference. Have to hand it to my current system though, I was about 15-16 when I built it and It's lasted this long playing games like HL2 perfect (Gmod, CS) and more straining games like Stalker and Metro 2033 on lesser settings but very playable. Plays CoH on Medium 768p 40fps. I used EVGA precision to OC

Cooler is stock in the bundle with OCUK, so I assume it will work well.
 
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Yeah, source games run brilliantly on even low powered cards.

Ah right, didn't see that it was a pre-overclocked bundle. Should have bought separately and overclocked yourself. These cpus are really simple to overclock.
 
Yeah I know :P but it's done and covered - once Its out of warranty I'll be able to increase the OC. It's an extra £80 for effectively 3 year's insurance. The Asus GTX580 comes with 10 years guarantee too.

If I flashed the BIOS I'd be putting a significant financial risk over the relative pennies I pay for OC to OC it.

I'm just fed up of ****ing around, I seem to spend more time tweaking .ini files than playing games the last year or two. I'd quite like to be one of those bellends who can shrug off any new release for just a little while.
 
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