I have a new build and I'm a bit torn into what CPU i should get. I currently have the QX6850 and from my eyes it seems i need a fresh set of wheels. The reason this is a bit tough is that i could get a 3960X intels top of the line cpu for around $300 USD, would take a few hurdles for me to possibly get it but i could get it at that price brand new. That and of course there's the new IB intel recently released which i could get on my own which currently I'm looking at the 3770K or the 3570K. Or i could just go with the old 2500K which is of course older but Tom's always has it as a great processor. I'm torn between which one to get, i have a few ASUS motherboards lined up and thats because i want the SSD caching. Besides the CPU's i was torn if putting two 3TB harddrives in a raid array was a good or bad idea with 1 SSD working as the cache?
Graphic wise i will have 1 580 possibly getting another soon to SLI if not later down the road will wait for the 700 series and SLI those, i will once this build is done with move from a 22inch screen to 27inch so i really want my games to scream Maxed out.
I really want more then 16GB's of memory, although as many will say its pointless but memory is soo cheap these days i don't see why not to get 32GB's yet if i don't build with any of the SB-E processors most of the MB's are limited to a 32GB cap which i've heard is bad to fill the slots of all the memory slots especially if your overclocking and i do plan on overclocking the machine once i get it up and running and it doesn't matter if its SB or SB-E or IB i will OC it. I just wanted some opinions on what route i should take. So far the purchases I've made that i can't return which i have in my posses is as follows.
Antec DF-85 Case
Cooler master 1200 Watt Gold PSU
64GB Samsung 830 Series SSD
Seagate 3TB HDD - Looking to buy 1 more for Raid possibly.
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional
Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate
Keyboard and mouse.
Any advice opinions i would greatly appreciate, Thanks
Graphic wise i will have 1 580 possibly getting another soon to SLI if not later down the road will wait for the 700 series and SLI those, i will once this build is done with move from a 22inch screen to 27inch so i really want my games to scream Maxed out.
I really want more then 16GB's of memory, although as many will say its pointless but memory is soo cheap these days i don't see why not to get 32GB's yet if i don't build with any of the SB-E processors most of the MB's are limited to a 32GB cap which i've heard is bad to fill the slots of all the memory slots especially if your overclocking and i do plan on overclocking the machine once i get it up and running and it doesn't matter if its SB or SB-E or IB i will OC it. I just wanted some opinions on what route i should take. So far the purchases I've made that i can't return which i have in my posses is as follows.
Antec DF-85 Case
Cooler master 1200 Watt Gold PSU
64GB Samsung 830 Series SSD
Seagate 3TB HDD - Looking to buy 1 more for Raid possibly.
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional
Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate
Keyboard and mouse.
Any advice opinions i would greatly appreciate, Thanks