Is this good for a 1500$ computer

[ToKiiNz]

COOLER MASTER HAF X 190$
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz 320$
ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 200$
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 53$
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 25$
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750M 7502 EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) in SLI 145$ each
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W 150$
crappy asus dvd burner
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 160$
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive 115$
win7 home premium
This is what i hope to use i built a computer about 3yrs ago it was a Pentium SB with a 250gb HD and 4gb ram and a 6670 gfx card so i want to crawl into high end stuff i <3 Sandy Bridge
This is the graphics i plan on using can i SLI it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

 

[gmcizzle]

If you already have a 250gb HD then I would just use that until HDD prices drop, unless you really need the extra storage. I would avoid 550 Ti in SLI, as many sites advise against SLIing anything less than a 560 Ti, and instead favor a single card setup.

If this is a purely gaming PC go with a i5-2500k and save $100, and if you don't need the HDD that's another $160 saved. Then, upgrade your 550 Ti SLI setup to a 560 Ti SLI setup. Keep the PSU, 850w is plenty for a 560 TI setup with headroom to OC.

I would go with a Z68 mobo with PCIe 3.0 for new builds: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131792

Also, if you have some cash to spare after I would upgrade your 64gb SSD to a 128gb one, which is the sweet spot in terms of price and storage atm.

 

[sceen311]

what gmcizzle said.

 

[ToKiiNz]

I wont be doing much gaming and i will get a bigger ingle gfx card and im leaving my old one for my parents as i am moving out soon i just got a job as a technology teacher

 

[gmcizzle]

Ok if it's going to be more for work then stick with the i7-2600k. Then instead of 560 Ti in SLI go with a single 570.

 

[ToKiiNz]

What does fermi mean? im getting a GTX 570 w a HD portand it is 1.25gb and i think as a middle school tech teacher we wont be building PCs lol

 

[inzone]

The new game out BF3 does not need a super high end over clocked cpu as the game is very gpu intensive and relies heavily on the gpu for the graphics and you can actually play the game on ultra settings with a regular quad core and a GTX 580 and get 40 to 60 fps which is very smooth game play. Because of that and the possability of other games following suit you don't need a 2600k , you can save $100 and get a 2500k and put the monet towards a 560Ti , which if you SLI two 560Ti's you will get 25 to 30% more performance. Also this motherboard will save you $85 and be just as good as the sabertooth;

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $124.99 and a $10 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271

Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-900 900W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
$139.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371050

Better psu and more watts.

Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD $194.99 and a $30 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233191

More space and a faster SSD for not much more.

 

[ToKiiNz]

ok im getting a i7 for work bf3 sucks in my opinion i like minecraft and that kind of stuff and i will be doing video editing and my ssd if for my OS and some other stuff and the sabertooth has a 5yr warrenty and asus quality support i know this because i have experiences with them

 

[gmcizzle]

Fermi is the name of the GTX 500 series architecture for Nvidia. They all use CUDA cores, which will greatly benefit you in many graphics applications.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/adobe-cs5-cuda-64-bit,2770-8.html

 

[ToKiiNz]

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[calguyhunk]

I hate to post in a thread that's already been marked as solved, but there's so much wrong with your build that it ain't even funny. You can get a gaming computer for $1500 that's much, much more powerful. Heck, you can get a $1000 dollar PC that's gonna be a whole lot better.

For simple everyday use/non-gaming purposes/Youtube, Netflix, Facebook you can save $1000 and not even notice any performance difference.