New Sandy Bridge Build

[DangerousPasta]

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

I will be using it mostly for gaming and video encoding/editing

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

1500 ish

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

USA

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.

no brand pref

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

monitor, case (HAF X), heatsink (H70), optical drives, hard drives

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

Yes

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

CPU at least

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.

1920x1200

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?

within the next couple months

10. Don't ask for a build configuration critique or rating if you are thin skinned.

Looking for relatively future proof pc for some HD video encoding and gaming. Wondering how overkill I went with ram and if the power supply is sufficient for SLI and some mild OCing. Not sure on any new tech/deals coming, so thought I would try to build it sooner rather than later.

what I have so far:

2x MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

[mfenn]

"Future-proof" isn't going to happen. Building with the top-end components is just going to cost you a lot of money now. You're better off spending ~$800-$1000 now and saving the rest for an upgrade.

A few suggestions:
- CPU/mobo: Depending on how much "some" video encoding is, you might want to grab this i5 2500K + GA-P67A-UD3 combo instead.
- RAM: You almost certainly don't need that much memory, or memory that is that expensive. Grab 8GB of DDR3 1333 instead and add more memory if you need it (you probably won't).
- GPU: SLI-ing two midrange GPUs isn't worth the hassle IMHO. I'd just grab a single 6950 2GB or GTX 570 and be done with it.
- PSU: If you don't get an SLI setup, you can save a bundle on the PSU as well. This XFX 550W is plenty for a single-GPU setup.

 

[{uZa}DOA]

"Future-proof" isn't going to happen. Building with the top-end components is just going to cost you a lot of money now. You're better off spending ~$800-$1000 now and saving the rest for an upgrade.

A few suggestions:
- CPU/mobo: Depending on how much "some" video encoding is, you might want to grab this i5 2500K + GA-P67A-UD3 combo instead.
- RAM: You almost certainly don't need that much memory, or memory that is that expensive. Grab 8GB of DDR3 1333 instead and add more memory if you need it (you probably won't).
- GPU: SLI-ing two midrange GPUs isn't worth the hassle IMHO. I'd just grab a single 6950 2GB or GTX 570 and be done with it.
- PSU: If you don't get an SLI setup, you can save a bundle on the PSU as well. This XFX 550W is plenty for a single-GPU setup.

I agree with everything but, the 2500k.. For just a little more you might as well get the 2600k... That's my opinion mind you..

 

[mfenn]

I agree with everything but, the 2500k.. For just a little more you might as well get the 2600k... That's my opinion mind you..

33% isn't a "little bit" in my book.

 

[{uZa}DOA]

33% isn't a "little bit" in my book.

Well i just got an e-mail from Newegg they have them on sale for $289.00 atm.. The 2500k is like $215.00 IMHO it's worth $74 more...

 

[fffblackmage]

i5-2500k versus i7-2600k - Anandtech bench

The i7-2600k isn't that much faster outside of encoding and rendering, but if you do enough of that, maybe it is worth it.

 

[{uZa}DOA]

i5-2500k versus i7-2600k - Anandtech bench

The i7-2600k isn't that much faster outside of encoding and rendering, but if you do enough of that, maybe it is worth it.

In the OP he said he will be Encoding and such that is why I said go for the 2600K...

 

[so2]

2600k has hyper threading, thats the big difference.. If you dont use HT ready apps then dont get it

 

[muskie32]

Yeah, I would go for the 2600K. I have one, It is a great CPU. I have yet to try out a 2500K though... Also the H70 is not the greatest cooler (I have had one myself). If you are going to spend that much on a cooler go with a notica. Also, you may want to consider going full water

 

[mfenn]

Yeah, I would go for the 2600K. I have one, It is a great CPU. I have yet to try out a 2500K though... Also the H70 is not the greatest cooler (I have had one myself). If you are going to spend that much on a cooler go with a notica. Also, you may want to consider going full water

Caution: Read muskie's sig before taking his advice on bang for buck. :awe: