I5 2500k first build advise

Hi guys,
I have a budget of about $1350. I want I PC that I can game on and overclock.
So far I have decided on these parts. If you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them below.

CPU: i5 2500k
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 EVO
GPU: MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC
RAM: [ Ripjaws-X ] F3-12800CL8D-4GBXM
Storage: 1* Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb (Sata 3)
PSU: Silverstone SST-ST75F-P Strider Plus - 750 Watt
Case: Cooler Master 690 II LITE Midi-Tower - Window Edition
Case Fans: 1* Xigmatek XLF-F1454 Blueline LED Fan 140mm (For roof) 1* Prolimatech BLUE VORTEX 140MM (for window)
CD Drive: I have one lying around at home...
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

The reason why I have selected such a large PSU is because I might put another GTX 560 in SLI later on down the line.
I am open to any suggestions so please feel free. Thanks

Reply to luke778899

I call this build "Blue". Blue LED case, blue RAM, blue LED psu, blue cpu h/s... This build includes Windows 7 and it is set up to add another one of those factory o/c gtx 560's for SLI if you so choose.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129097 <--- more info on that case

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B [...] PDKIKX0DER $109.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Antec Mid-Tower Gaming Case Nine Hundred Two V3

http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Truepo [...] 469&sr=1-1 $89.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Antec Truepower 23754 TP-750 BLUE LED 750-Watt PSU NVIDIA SLI Certified 80 Plus Bronze Advanced Hybrid Cable Management Power Supply

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview. [...] 20Extreme4 $152.99 @ newegg
ASRock P67 Extreme4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115072 $229.99 FREE SHIPPING
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835118074 $64.99 - $54.99 after mail-in rebate FREE SHIPPING
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231416 $99.99 FREE SHIPPING
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125363 $244.99
GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.591429 Combo Price: $159.98 FREE SHIPPING
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Total: $1,152.91 *not inlcuding shipping, rebates, etc..

http://www.asrock.com/news/events/ [...] ranty.html <----- Look for the B3 Stepping Chipset Logo/Sticker on the new boards

http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ [...] z1EqpvWFEN <---Review on that Asrock motherboard after the latest bios

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revi [...] reme4.html <---Review on that Asrock motherboard after the latest bios

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080 [...] 7-extreme4 <--- Review before the latest bios...and it still stomped the Asus and Gigabyte boards

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Message edited by Why_Me on 02-26-2011 at 09:14:06 PM

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Reply to Why_Me

A few thoughts:

With the current price or RAM it is best to get a 2X4GB kit. Even if that means CL9, that's OK. Don't try to populate all 4 memory slots if you can avoid it, because that is usually difficult.

The PSU choice is fine but not a normal one, as there are usually better PSUs at the same price.

Silverstone
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817256059

Antec TP-750
Built by Seasonic, partly modular, $20 cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371025

Corsair 750TX V2
Not a lot of info on these yet but they should be good Seasonic units
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139021

XFX Black edition
Probably the best deal of all if you can get past the looks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817207003

Edit: I see Why_Me beat me to it, and clearly followed your theme more closely. I will add that my favorite blue fans are also quite cheap, Yate Loon:

http://www.jab-tech.com/YATE-LOON- [...] -3823.html
They come in 3 speeds and all three are quiet.

They also have a 140mm version:
http://www.jab-tech.com/Yate-Loon- [...] -4333.html

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Message edited by Proximon on 02-26-2011 at 09:19:42 PM

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Why_Me wrote :

I call this build "Blue". Blue LED case, blue RAM, blue LED psu, blue cpu h/s... This build includes Windows 7 and it is set up to add another one of those factory o/c gtx 560's for SLI if you so choose.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129097 <--- more info on that case

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B [...] PDKIKX0DER $109.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Antec Mid-Tower Gaming Case Nine Hundred Two V3

http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Truepo [...] 469&sr=1-1 $89.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Antec Truepower 23754 TP-750 BLUE LED 750-Watt PSU NVIDIA SLI Certified 80 Plus Bronze Advanced Hybrid Cable Management Power Supply

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview. [...] 20Extreme4 $152.99 @ newegg
ASRock P67 Extreme4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115072 $229.99 FREE SHIPPING
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835118074 $64.99 - $54.99 after mail-in rebate FREE SHIPPING
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231416 $99.99 FREE SHIPPING
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125363 $244.99
GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.591429 Combo Price: $159.98 FREE SHIPPING
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Total: $1,152.91 *not inlcuding shipping, rebates, etc..

http://www.asrock.com/news/events/ [...] ranty.html <----- Look for the B3 Stepping Chipset Logo/Sticker on the new boards

http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ [...] z1EqpvWFEN <---Review on that Asrock motherboard after the latest bios

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revi [...] reme4.html <---Review on that Asrock motherboard after the latest bios

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080 [...] 7-extreme4 <--- Review before the latest bios...and it still stomped the Asus and Gigabyte boards

Thanks for the advise, I will look into the Antec case and power supply. Only problem is that I live in Switzerland so, the prices you have given are irrelevant but thanks anyway.

Reply to luke778899

Proximon wrote :

A few thoughts:

With the current price or RAM it is best to get a 2X4GB kit. Even if that means CL9, that's OK. Don't try to populate all 4 memory slots if you can avoid it, because that is usually difficult.

The PSU choice is fine but not a normal one, as there are usually better PSUs at the same price.

Silverstone
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817256059

Antec TP-750
Built by Seasonic, partly modular, $20 cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371025

Corsair 750TX V2
Not a lot of info on these yet but they should be good Seasonic units
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139021

XFX Black edition
Probably the best deal of all if you can get past the looks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817207003

Edit: I see Why_Me beat me to it, and clearly followed your theme more closely. I will add that my favorite blue fans are also quite cheap, Yate Loon:

http://www.jab-tech.com/YATE-LOON- [...] -3823.html
They come in 3 speeds and all three are quiet.

They also have a 140mm version:
http://www.jab-tech.com/Yate-Loon- [...] -4333.html

Thanks for the suggestions, the fans look great! The power supply was the cheapest 8' plus silver i could find in switzerland so I think I'm going to stick with it. Do you think I really need 8gb for gaming and such?

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Reply to luke778899

Does anyone know whether the Arctic cooling freezer 13 is better than the 212 plus? and also does the G.Skill ram clear the CPU cooler?

Reply to luke778899

You could try out my build in my Siggy. But it's basically Why_me's build...

Reply to aznshinobi

luke778899 wrote :

Thanks for the suggestions, the fans look great! The power supply was the cheapest 8' plus silver i could find in switzerland so I think I'm going to stick with it. Do you think I really need 8gb for gaming and such?

There have been a few articles on this subject lately, although I only found one on a quick look.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2778.html

Quote :

Based on our measurements and impressions (and taking falling prices into account), we thoroughly recommend a minimum RAM size of 8 GB. Using 12 or 16 GB only makes sense if you're planning on using 4 GB of more of this higher amount as a RAM disk, helping accelerate the reading and writing of temporary files. This applies equally to file compression, video encoding, and heavy image editing.

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Reply to Proximon

Would it be OK to get 8gb of 1333mhz RAM or should it be 1600? I have found some good deals on kingston and Corsair RAM but none of it is on the QVL for the Asus mobos.

Reply to luke778899

1333 to 1600 is no difference. Obviously in benches it'll be superior (1600) but who cares about memory benchmarks. If your just a day to day user then the 8gb DDR3 1333 kit would be fine.

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