Gaming PC

[Guest]

I am planning to build/buy my first gaming computer with the following specs.
Any suggestions will be helpfull, especially for cooling and psu.

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two V3
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Formula
CPU: Intel Core i7 i7-950
Memory: Corsair 6GB (3 x 2048mb) DDR3 1600 CL8 Vengeance
HDD 1: OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (When it comes out)
HDD 2: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
PSU: Antec 750W High Current Gamer Power Supply
Graphics Card: ASUS ATI Radeon 6970 2GB
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123A 12x Blu-ray/DVD Combo Drive
Monitor: Samsung 24" BX2450 Widescreen LED Monitor
Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME Rev 2 CPU Cooler
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit (OEM)
Wifi: ASUS PCE-N13 Wireless Lan PCI Express Adapater

 

[ScrewySqrl]

repace the CPU/Mobo/RAM with this:

i5-2500K
AS Rock P67 Extreme 4 B3 stepping
8 GB DDR3-1333

 

[WR2]

Hello awirthy;

Here's why ScrewySqrl's advice works for me too. Core i7 950 - 3.06GHz vs Core i5 2500K - 3.3GHz


That Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME Rev 2 CPU Cooler didn't get especially good reviews when compared with some of the other options.

Where is your source of supply? We can look up some alternatives for you.