Cnadaian $1000 Gaming Rig *advice*

Go w/ sandybridge. Ivy bridge is pretty much just a better gpu which you don't need. And the hyper 212+ is actually better than the evo I think.


btw, directcanada.com is your friend cheaper than newegg  . Go w/ a 2500k, a decent mobo if you want to oc, (you can get away with a cheap one but I wouldn't go below $100 because you have a expensive cpu   ).

Otherwise, you're good. If you are gonna air-cool, I would return the corsair case and get this,

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950AC0512&v...

You can easily go w/ an amd triple core, and a cheaper mobo and get a better gpu but idk how long you intend for this build to last and if you really meant to spend as much as you say you do (you can easily get away with half and have something pretty nice).

Pci-e 3 can't be used by SB, but at this point only ssds use that much bandwidth. At the rate tech is advancing (like g92 for 4 generations) you'll replace cpu's before pci-e 2 bottlenecks. Also, unless you do video encoding go with a p67(I'm personally using a gigabyte p67a-ud4-b3) because they're cheaper and known to be a bit faster.

The main "features" of z68 are pointless and one of them, touchbios I can get on this anyway (don't know about mobos). Touchbios seems dumb anyway.


Here's what I suggest (it's late so link hunting n/a).

2500k
ssd+ hd(s) of your choice (2x 320 or 500 for raid 0 maybe good) I have 2x 320gb raid, a 1tb backup for extra files, and downloads. and a 100gb ssd. one 320 is from an old dell warranty replacement they never asked for back so you may not want to spend that much on storage. Even a cheap ssd will be a huge improvement over most any hd actual throughput in mb/s not withstanding.

p67 mobo (I heartily rec. gigabyte; I hate asus now, and I can't stand uefi anyway, good old bios for me.
raven 3 case (worth a return of 500-r)
try upping ram to 16gb (price dif. usually minimal)
video card, your choice depends on budget under 300 7850 is good.

Lots of fans. Maybe with blue, red, green, orange, w.e leds.  

Directcanada, seems to be better for everything than video cards vs newegg though. And you get free shipping over 50 which here, is a given. Depending on stock, and location you'll get things the next day or two with the free shipping even. I got everything except a few things that had to come from BC, and I'm in Toronto. They warehouse is in sauga.

edit- o yea, and IB runs hotter under load anyway; I saw the math somewhere, it was something about even though it has reduced power draw, the smaller die size means that you get about 20 Celsius warmer according to the math which is in fact what people have seen happen when they oc.