Critique My Build, Please.

[Strangelove]

Howdy,

Building a highish-priced gaming rig. I'd like to be sure the components I've selected play well together and that there's no item that will hold back the others.

Here's what I've chosen:

1.) Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case

2.) ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

3.) Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz

4.) CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 (CMPSU-750AX) 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

5.) CORSAIR DOMINATOR 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

6.) Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

7.) ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk

8.) COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus heatsink

9.) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

10.) EVGA 012-P3-2068-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 448 Cores Classified 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5


Total newegg price is $1680 which is right in the wheelhouse of my budget.


Thanks for any/all input.

[jdeb]

Looks good to me. You could save a few bucks by going with the i5 - 2500K as most games will not take advantage of hyper threading and the additional 2MB of cache.

[Strangelove]

Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping to take this rig 3 years into the future. I was thinking the processor might help with future gaming, but I'll definitely give it some thought.

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by Strangelove Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping to take this rig 3 years into the future. I was thinking the processor might help with future gaming, but I'll definitely give it some thought.

That is a nice build for sure. If you can afford it, then go for it.

[glc]

Here are some changes that will total out to just about the same price but will give you a much stronger gamer and will give you a nice upgrade path:

Newegg.com - ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9B

Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX SH100S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (HyperX Upgrade Kit)

Newegg.com - EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Don't forget a storage hard drive.

[Strangelove]

Thanks, GLC. Much food for thought.