I5-1500k buying friday need input

daman

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Building a new computer for gaming and listening to music. Games being played will be wow, rift, guild wars2.
I just want to know if this build looks ok.

I have $1,000 to build this computer im not going to over clock other then setting my ram timings.

Well give me some input on this build if you think i need to change somthing.

Parts i have already are 500g F3 HD, also i have logitech z5500 surround sound.

Case - 922 Haf

Cpu an Motherboard - i5 2500k and GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575883

GPU - EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593

Ram - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427

PSU - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

CD DVD - ASUS Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
 
MoBo / CPU - I'd want a dual slot board so ya can upgrade to a 2nd GFX card some time in the future which will extend your system's life significantly .... a 570 might be enough for 90% of today's games but perhaps by this XMas, and certainly next, you'll be looking for a boost in frame rates and a 2nd GFX card will do that for ya .... much better option than having to build a new system just cause ya don't have that 2nd PCIE slot and 100 watts of PSU power.

The Asus did best in Tom's performance testing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575884

GFX Card - Consider the superclocked version for just $10 more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595

RAM - Save $10
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260

DVD - $4 extra gets ya LightScribe support
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135221

PSU - A 650 watter is more than enough for this system, but not enough to ass a 2nd GFX card. Now would I power twin GFX cards off a TX series. Moving up to the Corsair HX850 would add $50 to ya system cost but the XFGX Black Edition 850 is every bit as good a PSU as Corsair's HX850 (both get same performance rating at jonnyguru.com) but only costs $10 more. If ya sure you'll never improve ya system w/ a second GFX card, then ya don't need an HAF-922 nor a 750 watter. Ya could save $71 w/ an Antec Illusion and a EA-650

Twin GFX Card Case / PSU Plan ($200)

$110 PSU - XFX Black Edition w/ $90 HAF 922
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

$59 PSU - ANtec EA-650 w/ $70 Antec Illusion ($129)
Single GFX Card Case / PSU Plan ($200)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015
 
None of the RAM Mentioned so far is much good .
Look for lovo RAM with better [ lower ] timings . CAS 7 ideally, not 9 like the corsair and gskill above

I agree the psu is over kill. 650 watt will be plenty

And I agree with the OP . Crossfire/sli is not good value and an upgrade path is pointless since by the time you want to upgrade theres usually much better single cards available
 


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