Motherboard for i5 2500k

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ASUS P8Z68-V PRO vs ASROCK z68 EXTREME 4 .........for.............

Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155

Hitachi DESKSTAR 7K1000.C 1TB, 32MB, SATA II, 8,9cm (3,5")

Cougar Evolution schwarz, 700W

8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9

Prolimatech Armageddon CPU-Cooler

ASUS ENGTX590/3DIS/3GD5, 3072MB,PCI-Express








 

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i am allredy little out of main budget:D......about 1500....now i im thinking:

GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 vs ASUS P8Z68-V PRO

this comp. i im going to use for overclocking und gaming mit dual grafik card.....and i dont know .....Cougar Evolution black, 700W ....ist this power suply gut for this all.
this case ist together with power sluply....
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a was thinking to spend 1900 $ for this comp.

and ist this board from gigabyte supports SLI/CrossFire...?

sory for my bad englisch...i hope you understand....
 
Are you kidding??!! i am allredy little out of main budget AND "i im thinkig allso to put inside i7 2600 k with gtx 580 or ist better i5 2500k with gtx 590"

1. (3-WAY) GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 or GA-P67A-UD7-B3 ; USB Turbo -> Disabled
2. (3-WAY) ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION
Distant 3rd:
3. (2-WAY) GA-Z68XP-UD5 ; USB Turbo

IMO flip a coin between any of the 4 MOBO I just listed...Either UD7 or P8P67 WS.

edit: IF you can afford a GTX 590!!! ...then it's crazy to get a mid-grade MOBO to 'Compliment it' and sure the i7-2600K + GTX 590/580's makes sense. The advantage to the ASUS P8P67 WS is it's perfect PCIe spacing - perfect for 3-WAY + PhysX.
 

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i im going to put 2 gtx 580 or 1 gtx 590....i have no money for 2 gtx 590....:D

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO ....way this one ist not good??

than i im thinking to buy tihs ....GA-P67A-UD5-B3 ....310$....ist this one good for overclocking and gaming in to way sli....
???
and what ist better to go with better board or grafik card??
 

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First you've got to pick a chipset. Recently it's between P67 and the newer Z68. There are some subtle differences but the biggest one is that the Z68 has onboard video. If you're running a high-end graphics card you might not care, but it is really nice to have onboard video as a backup.

I recently built a computer based on the i5-2500K and after a lot of shopping I settled on the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro which has three PCIe 2.0 x16 slots. If you're using two video cards you can only do so in x8/x8 mode, but it doesn't make much of a difference at reasonable resolutions and you still have a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (in x4 mode).

In my opinion the i7-2600K isn't worth it unless you really need hyperthreading. The difference in clock speed is only .1GHz and it's $100 difference in price. Hyperthreading is nice, but if you don't need it, stick with the i5.

You didn't ask about it, but if you're thinking about dual video cards, think about your heat management. The I-series generates a lot of heat to begin with and two cards will generate a lot more heat. Air cooling in a mid-tower case might cause you problems.
 
You need to KNOW where you're heading. Further, you 'need' to think about 'SLI' and PhysX.

IMO the following are the only viable choices with either the GTX 590 {internal NF200 SLI} or GTX 580; I like PhysX:

3-WAY SLI + PhysX -> ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION ; perfect PCIe spacing

3-WAY SLI - PhysX -> GA-P67A-UD7-B3

2-WAY SLI + PhsxX -> GA-Z68XP-UD5
 

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i am not computer guy and i really dont understand all this.... about physx and internal NF200 SLI :)...so if i bay now (1) 580 gtx and latter maybe other one ,witsch board is good for me....excsept ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION....in this store were i buy comp there ist no:( !!!
I wanth that all perfectly works....i am tkining obout crosair H100 as a proc. cooler
 

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and what ist diference between 3-WAY SLI + PhysX ,3-WAY SLI - PhysX and 2-WAY SLI + PhsxX .....ist 3-way much better?
i5 2500k overclocked ....gtx 580 a latter other one....and witsch board that all works great i games.....


 

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i have new option :) what do you think...

Intel Core i7-2600K Box, LGA1155
Corsair Hydro Series H100
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5, Intel Z68, ATX
WD AV-GP 1TB, 64MB Cache, SATA II
EVGA GeForce GTX 580
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9
Cougar Evolution schwarz, 700W.....this case ist together with power sluply





 
Every SLI I build also has a (lesser) GPU to calculate the PhysX and rather than me explaining it's best to read and see -> http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_new.html

IMO - GTX 580/590 GPU for the 'Game' and GTX 460 for the PhysX - maybe {GeForce GT 440 or GTX 260}. In my case I prefer to keep EVERYTHING DirectX 11 compatible so the GTX 460 is a good choice. There's a lot of debate on minimum PhysX to SLI GPU(s) and I probably overkill slightly but I'm also running 3X HD Monitors ;) However, using a GTX 580 for a PhysX is clearly crazy.
 

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slow down...
first, what's your overall budget.?

I am going to buy at this store.....http://www4.atelco.de/home.jsp......price ist all in euro and my budget ist around 1300 euro....maximum 1400
can you help me to chose?

 
Shopping outside of USD is a struggle for time and finding the components is hard.

PSU: #1 NEVER get a cheap PSU!!!! A bad/failed PSU can ruin your entire system in a matter of a few seconds. IF OC only the CPU and not the GPU then 700W is fine, but if you plan to OC BOTH the CPU + GPU then IMO 850W. IF you plan on OC: CPU + 2-WAY SLI + PhysX then 1000W~1200W PSU. I like Corsair, ENERMAX and a few others; I prefer single rail, Japanese capacitors, and voltage protection -- I hate OCZ and Antec.

HDD: There's no advantages to a SATA3 HDD vs SATA2 HDD; zip. So I'd look at a 120GB SSD + SATA2 1TB HDD. To check 'speed' see -> http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html or search the model.

RAM: Assuming F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL they're okay for 2x4GB @ 1600 MHz, but in 4x4GB they often run @ 1333 MHz. So IMO F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM 2x4GB CAS 8 are a better choice and as 4x4GB easily run @ 1600 MHz

CASE: The Cougar Evolution black 'looks' fine but I've never used one.

From your post:
Intel Core i7-2600K Box, LGA1155
Corsair Hydro Series H100
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5, Intel Z68, ATX
WD AV-GP 1TB, 64MB Cache, SATA II
EVGA GeForce GTX 580
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9
Cougar Evolution schwarz, 700W.....this case ist together with power sluply
 

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what ist better :
Corsair Professional Series HX1050 Modular 1050 Watt
vs
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850, 850 Watt

and may board ist good now?
 

1. PSU it depends on your GPU plans:
A> IF OC only the CPU and not the GPU then 700W is fine, but if you plan to OC BOTH the CPU + GPU then IMO 850W.
B> IF you plan on OC: CPU + 2-WAY SLI + PhysX then 1000W~1200W PSU.


2. MOBO it depends on your GPU plans:
[strike]A> 3-WAY SLI + PhysX -> ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION ; perfect PCIe spacing[/strike]
B> 3-WAY SLI - PhysX -> GA-P67A-UD7-B3
C> 2-WAY SLI + PhsxX -> GA-Z68XP-UD5


D> 2-WAY SLI + PhsxX -> ASUS P8Z68-V PRO ; will do the job, it's not what 'I' would choose and I like ASUS.
 
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