Upgrade time - good specs?

fungus · 12 Dec 2011 at 12:05

I'm about to upgrade my old system (Q9550/P45/DDR2), and wondered if the list below is OK, or if you can suggest anything better.

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68
Intel Core i5-2500K retail
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

System used mainly for gaming and internet, unsure of 16gb is overkill?

Figured low profile memory was a good bet as I've not decided on a cooler yet, and know some of the larger coolers out there block off some slots if the RAM has large coolers on.

fungus · 12 Dec 2011 at 17:17

..also am I corret in thinking the Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 mothrboard will support Ivy-Bridge CPU's for future upgrade options?

[WU-TANG]GZA · 12 Dec 2011 at 17:32

16GB is overkill for gaming yes. 8GB is plenty and can be had for 36 quid !

To my knowledge Gen3 boards will support IB yes. Happy to be corrected on that though....

jonnylaris · 12 Dec 2011 at 18:02

I have the exact same spec almost (in my sig) and I have just bought the following

- Intel Core i7 2700K
- Corsair H100 Hydro Series
- ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3, Intel Z68
- 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance
- Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Case
- 850W Corsair HX Modular PSU
- 750GB Western Digital WD7500AARX HDD
- 120GB Corsair Force Series 3 SSD

got the lot for 1k, will report back on performance on wed