Build advice for 2500K?

[arelaz01]

1. used for. - Mainly gaming / schoolwork / Photoshop

2. budget . - Around $900. Really don't want to enter $1000 territory

3. country . - USA, newegg

4. brand preference. - Intel / Nvidia
5. current parts - Using current PSU , DVD drives, HDDs

OC'ing later on for a performance boost, probably not when I first buy it..

8. What resolution - 1920x1200

9. WHEN - Soon, hopefully


Case ( $100 )
COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

CPU + Cooling combo ( $244 )
i5 2500K / Hyper 212
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.584425

Mobo ( $153 )
ASRock P67 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM ( $110 )
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

GPU ( $280 )
EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...

Total: $886

My current GPU (GTX 260 :S) just gave out so I need to buy a new one, and the rest of my computer is circa ~2005 so I figured it's time for a new rig. I've read about problems with the ASUS / Gigabyte P67 boards so I opted for the ASRock which seems fine, also it can SLI if I ever wanted to down the road. The i5 / 212 combo seems highly recommended so I also picked that one.

As for GPU, I'm seeing a lot of people saying a 460 doesn't have enough power for high quality+res gaming so I decided on the 560 Ti which fits into my price range. My budget is met just wondering if there are other parts I should pick instead.

I'm also hearing things about problems with SATA / Sandy Bridge processors so should I wait? I heard it won't be fully fixed until April and waiting that long would kinda suck. Should I just buy the GPU and wait on the rest?

Thanks!

 

[Anomaly1964]

Wait for April...grin.

 

[mfenn]

Looks good in concept, though I wouldn't pay that much for 8GB of RAM. Swap it out with these:
G.Skill DDR3 1333 8GB $80

Looks like your 560 has dropped $30 in price as well. I'm personally not too worried about the Sandy Bridge SATA issue. 5% chance that a few of your SATA ports will die in three years seems fine to me.

 

[endlessmike133]

Looks good in concept, though I wouldn't pay that much for 8GB of RAM. Swap it out with these:
G.Skill DDR3 1333 8GB $80

Looks like your 560 has dropped $30 in price as well. I'm personally not too worried about the Sandy Bridge SATA issue. 5% chance that a few of your SATA ports will die in three years seems fine to me.

lol he cant even buy a SB cpu or mobo; theyve been pulled from the market

 

[mfenn]

lol he cant even buy a SB cpu or mobo; theyve been pulled from the market

Read and comprehend before you post please.

Looks good in concept, though I wouldn't pay that much for 8GB of RAM. Swap it out with these:
G.Skill DDR3 1333 8GB $80

Looks like your 560 has dropped $30 in price as well. I'm personally not too worried about the Sandy Bridge SATA issue. 5% chance that a few of your SATA ports will die in three years seems fine to me.

 

[mnewsham]

lol he cant even buy a SB cpu or mobo; theyve been pulled from the market

That isn't permanent.

 

[DaveSimmons]

intel says 5-15% failure rate is possible. Also if the ports are failing you have to hope the read/write errors are all caught before your files are corrupted.

 

[mnewsham]

So a maximum of 15% chance ONE of 4 sata 3gb/s ports goes bad in 3 years.

 

[endlessmike133]

Read and comprehend before you post please.

read and comprehend before you post please: your personal opinions on the matter are irrelevant when he cant even get his hands on sandy bridge cpus/mobos..

That isn't permanent.

does he really wanna wait 3 months?

 

[mnewsham]

3 months....? What? They aren't doing a mass recall, this isn't a recall at all. The fixed chipset will be out in feb and most people won't be affected by the bug anyway.

 

[endlessmike133]

3 months....? What? They aren't doing a mass recall, this isn't a recall at all. The fixed chipset will be out in feb and most people won't be affected by the bug anyway.

lmao feb? most people are predicting april..

 

[mfenn]

read and comprehend before you post please: your personal opinions on the matter are irrelevant when he cant even get his hands on sandy bridge cpus/mobos..?

Troll harder. Do you understand the definition of the word "concept"?

 

[mnewsham]

Intel said february... And the current mother boards work fine, a 5-15% chance of one sata 3gb/s port failing in 3 years....

 

[endlessmike133]

Troll harder. Do you understand the definition of the word "concept"?

What the hell are you even talking about?

I was referring to your "personally i wouldnt worry about the sata issues", I agree that he or anybody else shouldn't worry about it; but the sata issues are entirely irrelevant to him as he cannot get his hands on the SB mobos/cpus.

jesus..

Intel said february... And the current mother boards work fine, a 5-15% chance of one sata 3gb/s port failing in 3 years....

Intel is doing damage control; and if it's February than it's gonna be late in the month...and what part of you can't get your hands on current mobos do you not understand my friend?

 

[mfenn]

What the hell are you even talking about?

I was referring to your "personally i wouldnt worry about the sata issues", I agree that he or anybody else shouldn't worry about it; but the sata issues are entirely irrelevant to him as he cannot get his hands on the SB mobos/cpus.

I guess you're not too good at reading and comprehending the relationship between two (short) paragraphs. Let me quote and bold again:

Looks good in concept, though I wouldn't pay that much for 8GB of RAM. Swap it out with these:
G.Skill DDR3 1333 8GB $80

Looks like your 560 has dropped $30 in price as well. I'm personally not too worried about the Sandy Bridge SATA issue. 5% chance that a few of your SATA ports will die in three years seems fine to me.