Computer Upgrade, reusing a pair of GTX 560ti (SLI)

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Vaala

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Upgrading a dated Gaming PC. I play Starcraft and Neverwinter and watch video streams normally while playing. Two monitor setup.

I will be reusing:

2 Galaxy GTX560ti (SLI) 1GB
128 GB SSD
2TB storage drive
850 watt PSU


I have my heart set on an Intel i5 3570K processor. What would you guys recommend for a heatsink, motherboard and ram? $500-$650US is my budget.

thanks in advance.
 
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Vaala

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Thanks man :)

Upon some further research, I should be waiting a few more weeks to see what the haswell technology does to prices? Maybe even better to get one instead of the i5? assuming I can afford one.
 
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Like what we saw with Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge, we saw about a $5 to $10 increase of price and a $5 to $10 decrease in price for Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge respectively. Motherboard prices should see the same as well. The only thing Haswell has going for it would be the significantly better on board graphics which most gamers won't use. Another thing would be the new socket, 1150. Hopefully the sucessor(s) to Haswell will continue to use the same socket so that you can upgrade from Haswell.
 
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For the cooler, the cheapest and reasonable performing cooler is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 for about 25-30$... (you should be able to OC in the 4.4-4.5ghz range with that)

For the motherboard, all Z77 board are about the same, grab one with the stuff you want... they're all in the 100-150$ range for the majority (some are a little overpriced due to Thunderbolt or other things than the majority of us don't need anyway)
I can recommend the MSI Z77a-G45 for 110$ as i use it and i have no problem for about 6 months, all things work fine and it OC well (4.83ghz on my 3770k)

For ram, any 8gb kit (2X4gb) at 1600mhz and CL9 is fine as faster ram don't offer real world difference (only some pts in benchmark but for a lot of cash) Grab a kit that is compatible with the motherboard (each manufacturer have a QVL qualified vendor list with specified ram that work with this board...) Grab one from a good brand with lifetime warranty, Kingston, Corsair, G.Skill or any other brand that you've heard about and you know...

PS: if you do some video rendering or photoshop, 16gb would be a better option and the speed will offer more gain on this application (that's why i use 16gb 2133mhz ram) It also help if you run a game server...
 
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