New PC Spec build.. :-)

[Kerplunk]

Hi guys, looking at doing a PC upgrade and i've chosen this, advice / ideas?

Will be used for Gaming, Internet, Videos, etc. Budget is £1500....


Asus P67 Sabertooth Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-449-AS

Intel Core i7-2600 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail [BX80623I72600]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-359-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1859

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMX6GX3M3B2000C9) [CMX6GX3M3B2000C9]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-297-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-274-SP

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) [ST2000DL003]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-244-SE

BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P9 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply [BN175]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-BQ

Samsung S27A350H 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black [LS27A350HS/EN]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-162-SA&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

What heatsink would be suitable for the CPU?

Is it worth going for an SSD?

Also, which case do you recommend?

Again, advice and ideas is welcome!

Thanks

 

[Reaper 392]

how much video editing will you be doing? enough to spend extra on an i7 2600k, because the i5 2500k performs exactly the same as the i7 2600k for gaming (dont forget to get the K version, because that is the only version that allows overclocking)

also, you need dual channel RAM for sandybridge motherboards

personally i'd go for this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2795VH 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £229.99
2 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £215.99 (£431.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £145.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £104.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1489.85 (includes shipping: FREE).

the cooler is out of stock, so i'll have a look at what the best replacement would be

 

[Kerplunk]

Thanks. just wondering why have you done an SSD and Sata hd?

 

[Howling]

Because SSDs have bugger all storage capacity.

 

[Kerplunk]

So why have an SSD?

Sorry dont know much about them!

 

[AndrewNR]

SSD's are quicker than conventional HD's at loading data.

 

[Kerplunk]

Aaah ok thanks!

So the spec that Reaper kindly put together is would you say top end ?

 

[Hyburnate]

Indeeeeed.

 

[Tibbz2]

Yeah I think SSDs are only worth it if you have enough to get a small one for booting and essential apps.