New Computer

[Confessor Kahlan]

Building a new computer sometime in the nearish future. Just wanted to post the specs and have everyones opinion/suggestions, as this will be my first fully custom pc.

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower
Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost)
GPU: MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified

Plan on eventually getting an ssd, but for now this fits fairly well into my budget. Just curious if I've overlooked any sort of mismatches or anything. Also open to relatively equal priced alternatives for most parts. Decided to use the i5, as well as drop the watercooling for now.

[Deleted]

Swap over the 2600k to a 2500k. The difference is much to weak to make it worth the added cost for standard use.

[Chickensoup23]

Building a new computer sometime in the nearish future. Just wanted to post the specs and have everyones opinion/suggestions, as this will be my first fully custom pc.

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower
Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155
Aftermarket CPU cooler: CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler
GPU: MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified

Plan on eventually getting an ssd, but for now this fits fairly well into my budget. Just curious if I've overlooked any sort of mismatches or anything. Also open to relatively equal priced alternatives for most parts.

He did not specify what he wanted to do with the computer. If it's for exclusively gaming, then Kahlan is right and you should "downgrade" to a 2500k. If you want to make full use of the mutli-threading the 2600k offers (such as video editing, running multiple applications at the same time, list goes on), then the 2600k might be worth it.

If it's for gaming, I swear it's pretty much a waste of money. They both offer pretty much the same exact performance in that department.

[Confessor Kahlan]

Will definitely think about that, I dont currently edit any videos, but after I have a system more capable, I may end up using it for that exactly. But I may stick with the 2500k for the time being.

[llDemonll]

if you don't currently do it, getting a new computer won't prompt you to do it enough to warrant spending an extra $100 on a processor

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
MB: MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (Mail In Rebate $2
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5' Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5' 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold ((SS-650KM Active PFC F3)) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active
CPUHS: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 'Heatpipe Direct Contact' Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior
Total Price: $1460 (+30% ~ 1037€)
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GPU isn't the same, but price should be. I don't have the Twin Frozr in my configurator thing

[Xuvial]

Kickass build bro everything should go together smoothly.
Do what Dark said, but only if you're not regularly using programs that extensively use hyperthreading....if you do a lot of video editing/processing and work with CPU-intensive applications (like converters) then go with the i7 2600k for sure.
If it's just for gaming purposes...i5 2500k all the way.

Are you sure you wanna go with watercooling for the CPU? Air does fine for fairly nice overclocks, but if you like seeing temps below 50-60c at all times then I suppose it's worth it...

Change your original post as you evaluate your build so you don't get multiple posts telling you to change the same thing :P

[Kasadya]

IMO should wait like 2 weeks for the release of bulldozer and see how it performance against SB. The i5/i7 K series will most likely drop in price to combat AMD's fresh launch.

[vesseblah]

The i5/i7 K series will most likely drop in price to combat AMD's fresh launch.

Unless the new AMD is so bad that there's no competition. Bulldozers have many cores, and many cores are a fail for gamers.