Building a Intel Gaming PC

[fullmetal1288]

After reading the benchmarks for the new 8150 fx and seeing the sandy bridge i7 2600k kick its butt in almost every single one I decided to go Intel instead of AMD. I dont mind spending a little extra for the processor and motherboard. If I go Intel should I use nvidia instead of ATI. I was planning to use HD 6970 crossifre in my AMD build. If I go nvidia should I use 570's SLI or pay the extra $140 a card for the 580's? Also should I use a 2600k SB i7 or 960 BF?

 

[ares1214]

After reading the benchmarks for the new 8150 fx and seeing the sandy bridge i7 2600k kick its butt in almost every single one I decided to go Intel instead of AMD. I dont mind spending a little extra for the processor and motherboard. If I go Intel should I use nvidia instead of ATI. I was planning to use HD 6970 crossifre in my AMD build. If I go nvidia should I use 570's SLI or pay the extra $140 a card for the 580's? Also should I use a 2600k SB i7 or 960 BF?

Personally, Id probably get a i7 2500K for sure, and the card is where things depend. Whats your resolution and what games do you play? For myself, I'd probably buy a GTX 560, OC it, have great performance at a low-ish price, and then upgrade when the next gen GPU's come out. No game on the market is too much for the GTX 560 really, even BF3 lists the 560 as the card for max settings.

 

[fullmetal1288]

why 2500k over 2600k? And will I have problems with cooling if I overclock the cards? Will I need extra cooling?

 

[ares1214]

why 2500k over 2600k? And will I have problems with cooling if I overclock the cards? Will I need extra cooling?

The 2500K is $100 cheaper and the 2600K is not faster in the vast majority of applications, the main and only real difference is Hyper-Threading, and you seem to be gaming orientated, so its very unimportant. And no definitely not, if you get the right card, personally I'd recommend this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565

It is insanely cool running. The GTX 560 is one of the coolest cards on the market, and this runs about 7-10 C cooler than all the others.

Thats 54 C at LOAD, most cards can barely do that at idles...

 

[fullmetal1288]

O thanks by 2500k you meant the SB i5 right?

 

[ares1214]

O thanks by 2500k you meant the SB i5 right?

Yeh sure, I dont really know of any other 2500K :lol: