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One Last Check Before I Hit The Buy Button

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hey hey hey I am about to buy my build and would like you guys to check it out and make sure its all good and if you have any recommendations... Thanks :D 

Here Is The Build:


Processor: 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

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

Graphics Card: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1567-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer SGC-1000-KWN1 Black SECC / ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX PS2 / EPS 12V (optional ) Power Supply

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

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Overall the build looks good and I don’t see any problems. Maybe you could add a SSD so that you can set up the Intel® SRT (Smart Response Technology). Something like the Intel SSD 320 40GB with its 5 year warranty would be nice but it isn’t something that you must have.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Hi there,

The build looks very good! Two suggestions to check on and consider before committing yourself

With the high end Gigabyte MB, might consider a SATA 6Gb/s HDD rather than the SATA II. I like the WD 1 TB Black 6 Gb/s drive a lot.

Also the GTX 570 is a long Video card, as you can see from the image. Check on it's length at the EVGA web site to make sure it will fit in the Mid Tower case you are considering. The manufacturers don't make it easy to find the card length, but it is in the specs. With 2 PCI-e power plugs, make sure it will fit in the allotted space. If the dimension of the case space isn't specifically listed, you can eyeball the distance from the MB backplate 9.6" wide to the HDD enclosure.

Have fun with your new rig!
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Except that the Samsung is on sale right now for $49.99 with the code and is actually faster than the WD Sata III drive. Keep to the Samsung it rocks.
Sata III is great for the 3rd gen SSD's, but pretty useless for HDD's where Sata II is plenty.

don't buy a samsung drive. well, at least i wouldn't. Had a spinpoint F1 1TB disk for 2 months and bam, CRC errors. Sectors was already starting to die rapidly! buy quality harddrives, not speedy ones, and not when you buy a big one as you would probably want to use it as storage too. You could however buy a small fast drive for OS, and a quality big one for storage.

You are much better off with the f3. Mechanical 7200rpm drives can't even saturate a sata 3.0Gb/s connection, the sata III on those drives is just marketing crap it will make zero difference! The f3 typically performs as good or better than the WD blacks.

Buy the hyper 212+ from amazon it is $29.51 from them (you have to go to the list of sellers and choose amazon though). Newegg is just exploiting the 212+'s popularity since it used to be 29.99 from them as well.
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