Advice on upgrade

[xaigeta]

i mostly use my computer for gaming right now my q8300 quad and 780i board isnt just enough anymore my limit is around 500$ and plan on gettin it at the end of January if not sooner the only thing i need is a processor, motherboard, and ram i already have everythin else

Approximate Purchase Date: 2 Weeks

Budget Range: 500$ before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, all adobe products (photoshop, dreamweaver, after effects, surfing the internet, watching movies

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, corsair 650tx, 2x ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU 768mb

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg but doesnt really matter

Country of Origin: US

Parts Preferences: prefere intel

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Monitor Resolution:1920x1080


These are the parts im currently looking at to purchase

Processor - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

Motherboard - ASUS P8P67 PRO LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


Ram - G.SKILL PI 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL6D-4GBPI

total is 496.89$ after shipping

edit: Another option for ram was G.SKILL Trident 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-4GBTD

 

[MadAdmiral]

Don't bother with the unlocked version. The unlocked multiplier only really works with the H67 chipset, which restricts you on the other aspects of overclocking. Just get the regular version.

I'd drop the board down to the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4. It's cheaper, and you don't lose anything useful.

I do hope you've considered that if you have an OEM copy of an OS, you'll need a new copy with the new board. That'll add $100 to the cost. If you do need the OS, my changes have already saved $75, and if you drop the RAM to G.Skill's Ripjaws (the CAS Latency 7 version), you'll save another $15, keeping everything you need in budget, or at least close enough.

 

[xaigeta]

Don't bother with the unlocked version. The unlocked multiplier only really works with the H67 chipset, which restricts you on the other aspects of overclocking. Just get the regular version.

I'd drop the board down to the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4. It's cheaper, and you don't lose anything useful.

I do hope you've considered that if you have an OEM copy of an OS, you'll need a new copy with the new board. That'll add $100 to the cost. If you do need the OS, my changes have already saved $75, and if you drop the RAM to G.Skill's Ripjaws (the CAS Latency 7 version), you'll save another $15, keeping everything you need in budget, or at least close enough.

yea i have a legit copy of win 7 ultimate x86 and a copy of of the 64 bit also and my key works for either one since i have a technet account i get 10 keys anyways and the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 is the same price as the ASUS P8P67 PRO on newegg well it has a 5$ instant savings on it as for the ram ill look into that also

 

[MadAdmiral]

My bad. I thought that was the $240 version. Turns out, that's the "Deluxe"... Guess I should've actualy followed the link...

 

[xaigeta]

meh no worries