[Solved] Need Advice on a GA X58A UD3R or p55a ud3 intel build

Hi there will be used for some gaming, video editing and 3d max renders etc

Thermaltake V4 Black Edition Mid Tower Chassis with 450W PSU - SECC - Transparent Window - 10x 5.25" & 3.5" Drive Bays - USB 2.0, Speaker & HD Audio

Intel Core i7 960, 3.20GHz, Quad Core, Socket LGA1366, 130W TDP, 4.8GT/s QPI, 4x256KB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, Boxed, Bloomfield
or
i5 k series

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R, LGA1366, Triple DDR3-2200, Intel X58+ICH10R, 6.4GT/s QPI, 10x SATA (2x 6Gb/s), 2x eSATA, 1x IDE, 1x FDD, CrossFireX, SLI, 4x PCIe x16 (x16+x16+x8+x8), 2x PCIe x1, 1x PCI, 12x USB (2x USB3), 3x FireWire, Gigabit LAN, 8ch ALC889, ATX
or
Gigabyte GA-p55-ud3

Corsair Vengeance - Triple-Channel PC3-12800/DDR3-1600 - 12GB (3x 4GB) Memory Kit - 3x 240-pin DIMMs - 9-9-9-24

XFX Radeon HD 5670 - PCI-E 2.1 - 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 - 775 / 4000MHz - Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, Display Port - Fan - Rev 2.0 (HD-567X-ZNF3)

(raid 0) 2 x - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200RPM - SATA III 6GB/s - 32MB 600 mb/s

LG BH10LS30 Internal SATA 10x Blu-Ray Rewriter - 10x BD-R Read/Write, 16x DVD+-R Read/Write, Silent Play, Compatible with Win 7 - Retail box (BH10LS30)

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What about an Asus P6X58D-E

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Hi there will be used for some gaming, video editing and 3d max renders etc

Thermaltake V4 Black Edition Mid Tower Chassis with 450W PSU - SECC - Transparent Window - 10x 5.25" & 3.5" Drive Bays - USB 2.0, Speaker & HD Audio

Intel Core i7 960, 3.20GHz, Quad Core, Socket LGA1366, 130W TDP, 4.8GT/s QPI, 4x256KB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, Boxed, Bloomfield
or
i5 k series

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R, LGA1366, Triple DDR3-2200, Intel X58+ICH10R, 6.4GT/s QPI, 10x SATA (2x 6Gb/s), 2x eSATA, 1x IDE, 1x FDD, CrossFireX, SLI, 4x PCIe x16 (x16+x16+x8+x8), 2x PCIe x1, 1x PCI, 12x USB (2x USB3), 3x FireWire, Gigabit LAN, 8ch ALC889, ATX
or
Gigabyte GA-p55-ud3

Corsair Vengeance - Triple-Channel PC3-12800/DDR3-1600 - 12GB (3x 4GB) Memory Kit - 3x 240-pin DIMMs - 9-9-9-24

XFX Radeon HD 5670 - PCI-E 2.1 - 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 - 775 / 4000MHz - Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, Display Port - Fan - Rev 2.0 (HD-567X-ZNF3)

(raid 0) 2 x - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200RPM - SATA III 6GB/s - 32MB 600 mb/s

LG BH10LS30 Internal SATA 10x Blu-Ray Rewriter - 10x BD-R Read/Write, 16x DVD+-R Read/Write, Silent Play, Compatible with Win 7 - Retail box (BH10LS30)

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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ild-advice <----help us please. a copy paste of that on here would be appreciated. Like budget, screen resolution, country, etc...

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Approximate Purchase Date: (this month)
Budget Range: ($1500 austraian)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: (rendering 3d, gaming, multimedia, internet, watching movies)
Parts Not Required: (monitor,)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, mwave, mln.com.au)
Country of Origin: (Australia)
Parts Preferences: by brand or type (I would like to use an INTEL CPU & ASUS OR GIGABYTE OR SIMILAR mobo with a tower case)

Overclocking: Maybe LATER
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: (1920x1080, 1920x1200)

Additional Comments: (e.g.: Need to have a window and lots of POWER, I would like a quiet PC)

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i7-960 or i5-K ???

The only i5-ks I see on Newegg are the 2500K (Sandy Bridge LGA 1155) and 655K (LGA 1156).

The only one that makes sense (compared to the i7-960) is the 2500K, which requires an H67 or P67 motherboard. Forget about the P55 motherboards.

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How are the h67 or p67 better?

DXRick wrote :

i7-960 or i5-K ???

The only i5-ks I see on Newegg are the 2500K (Sandy Bridge LGA 1155) and 655K (LGA 1156).

The only one that makes sense (compared to the i7-960) is the 2500K, which requires an H67 or P67 motherboard. Forget about the P55 motherboards.

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Hi and thanks a lot for the answer and good supplier

I will look a a less expansive video card Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD5770 Super Overclock Edition $179
I like the segate for its 600mb/s data rate and think to raid 0 two of these

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What about suggestions for a less expensive case / power supply option
I would like blue ray http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=16031

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please give comments and review, trying to get the most for my buck

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=11208 $79.00
CoolerMaster Gladiator 600

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/850W-AITO-U [...] 3307wt_910
850W AITO Ultima Game Power Supply ATX 15cm Cooling Fan $65
or not

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=16807 $189.00
ASUS P8P67-M PRO Motherboard B3

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=16416 $379.00
Intel Core i7 2600K

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=15089 $89
CoolIT ECO A.L.C. CPU Cooler

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=13931 $125.00
(2x) G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=16679 $75.00
Raid 0 (x2) Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST31000524AS

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=14510 $179
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD5770 Super Overclock Edition

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.ph [...] s_id=16031 $135.00
Lite-On iHBS212 12x Blu-Ray Disc Writer with LightScrib

Total $1444

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