SNB build list help

[RobDickinson]

1st I'm in NZ so my dollas arnt the same as yours, probably..

I've an old good akasa midi tower (p2160,2gb, 8600gts, 22" viewsonic) and good PSU etc alread but I'm thinking total new build and sell the old one , a 1T hdd (full) will be moving.

Box will be mainly a photoshop & video processor but will double for some games (mainly RPG and stratergy)

Price website and list:
http://pricespy.co.nz/product_list.php?do=lista&k=27894

Antec Neo Eco 520C 520W Power supply
ASRock P67 PRO3 Motherboards
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Crucial m4 2.5" 64GB
Dell UltraSharp U2711
Fractal Design Define R3 (Black) Midi tower chassis
G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 2x4GB
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 Box
M-Audio Studiophile AV 40
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Eng (64-bit OEM)
Sapphire Radeon HD5770 HDMI DisplayPort Dual-DVI 1GB Graphics cards
Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 64MB 2TB 3.5 inch S-ATA hard disk drives

I know Z68 is out but its another $100 and all I realy get is SSD cacheing, I think I prefer using one as a boot. SSD is causing me most issues I think as 60ish is small and sataIII's are a bit rare on the ground in NZ.

27" is a total luxury... But its my photography thats paying for this upgrade...

 

[dma0991]

You don't have to get the Z68 board if you don't think it is worth it because SSD caching is only for those who does not have much money for a SSD. Then again if a user can afford an Intel build with a Z68 board but they can't afford at least a 60GB dedicated SSD? :hmm:

Since you already have a HD5770 in the list there is no need for the IGP that is only enabled on H61/H67/Z68 boards. From what I have read Virtu is still a little bit immature so you don't really need the GPU switching.

Your build is good and no changes are necessary IMHO. :thumbsup: