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Good midrange P67 motherboard

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September 7, 2011 12:08:48 PM

Hi all. Im looking to upgrade my computer some and im looking for help picking my motherboard. I want to use the i5-2500k cpu and a p67 motherboard. I will be doing some OCing and only using one video card. I am a gamer but dont want to spend TOO much $.

By reading the articles here, it seems like the z68 boards mostly help if you want to use the cpu's video or a SSD, and with my build, i dont think i want to use either. If im wrong please enlighten me.

I already bought a sapphire 6950 2gb toxic card and 8gb of ripjaws ram.

Oh also, I was hoping someone could give a few tips on how big of a psu i will need for the cpu and video card i picked. some specifics would be nice too. Thanks for the help!

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September 7, 2011 4:37:51 PM

The P67 vs Z68 debate is '6 of 1 half a dozen to the other'; the ASUS Pro or above or Gigabyte $259 GA-Z68XP-UD5 are your best bets for OC due to their number of Phases to reduce the vCore.

I like SSD + RAID 1 HDD, but the second drive is optional. The specs are in the links.

Type Price Description Link
CPU 219 Intel Core i5-2500K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
MOBO 210 ASUS P8Z68-V PRO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
RAM 0
SSD 200 OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 120GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
HDD 60 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
HDD 60 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
PSU 90 CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
CASE 88 CM RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Advanced http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
OS 100 Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
ODD 22 ASUS 24X DVDR - Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
GPU 0
HSF 58 Thermaltake Frio http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Total 1049
Options:
MOBO 160 ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
HSF 126 CORSAIR H100 Liquid CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
CPU 315 Intel Core i7-2600K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
OS 140 Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

IF you CF the HD 6950 then you'll need a 1000W PSU.
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