2500K, a good build for the price?

[Turtle_Ace]

I've been interested in getting a new rig. I'm going to reuse my PSU, case, HDD, and disk drive. I'd like to keep it all under a $600 price point. I need help deciding what components I should change in my build if any is required.
I've chosen:
2500K
XFX 6850 1GB
ASUS P8P67 LE
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB 1600MHz

I'm a gamer.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[simon12]

For gaming there is alot of CPU power compared to GPU depending on your monitors resolution you are most likely better going with an i3 and a better GPU

 

[jj463rd]

Sure looks great to me.The i5-2500K is the best highly powerful bang per buck out there.The HD 6850 is pretty good as well
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2964-7.html

Here is a performance per dollar chart for CPU's
http://techreport.com/articles.x/20873

I do like systems with 8G of fast RAM too.I've noticed much better performance than systems with only 4GB of RAM in them.

 

[dragonic2020]

What's your PSU?

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

On the memory make sure that it is the G.Skill DDR3 1600 “1.5v” memory. If you pick up the 1.65v you can damage your processor and void your warranty. Also with the Intel® Core™ i5-2500K, it does come with a HSF (heatsink/fan) that works fine at stock speeds but if you are going to overclock I do advise that you pick up a good 3rd party HSF to replace it with. Otherwise your build looks good for what is listed.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[grody]

For a mobo at that price point you might as well get one that can do x8/x8 crossfire in case you ever want to consider that in the future. (The one you list can only do 4x/4x)

You should consider the MSI P67A-G43 or GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3.

 

[Why_Me]

For a mobo at that price point you might as well get one that can do x8/x8 crossfire in case you ever want to consider that in the future. (The one you list can only do 4x/4x)

You should consider the MSI P67A-G43 or GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3.

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