Upgrade spec Check

[MrRoper]

Hi Guys,

So I wil lbe upgrading my machine soon and have choosen the parts I need, Does anyone see any problems?

BTW, I have choosen that particular board as I need to be able to support 2xGTX570`s and an ATI card in the same machine.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £241.99
(£201.66) £241.99
(£201.66)
Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £229.99
(£191.66) £229.99
(£191.66)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)

 

[MrRoper]

Hi Mate,

Drivers work fine side by side in Windows 7, I just disable the ATI card unless I want to use it. ( I have an 3 screen simrig I use it for)

Thanks for memory advice, im so used to having to have high spec`d mem for an overclock but of course we dont change the FSB with the SB chips! Doh!

Im only gaming, but I want the highest OC I can get and thought that the 2600k was a better overclocker? is this the case?

 

[MrRoper]

mobo wise should be able to do that with the extreme 4 gen 3 unless i've missed something obvious.

as king mentioned have a look at the likes of the grey memory or the corsair 1600mhz stuff on special offer at the mo.

2500K will be fine for games and should clock well, only real requirement for the 2600K is video editing etc.

have a look at the Antec Kúhler H2O 620 cpu cooler.

My main concern with the Extreme 4 is what mode the ATI cards PCI slot would run in, as it suggests that it would run at x4? the two SLI slots would run at 8x & 8x?
Can anyone shed any light on this?