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[oss43456]

i am making a new build in a couple of months. maybe around march or so when i have all the money. will this still be a good build by this time?

CPU: Intel i5-2400 3.1GHz Quad Core
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V Micro ATX LGA1155 Mobo
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card
Case: Antec One Illusion ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/ CD Writer

 

[malbluff]

You don't say where you are, or monitor resolution, so can only make general observations.
There is nothing, essentially wrong with build, however, if you were building it, today, I would suggest changing CPU to i5-3450, and mobo to a H77 version. That would gain, in overall performance and features for small additional cost, around 25$.
With regard to next March that is virtually impossible to say. By then, the launch of the new Haswell processors will not be far away. Whether it will then be worth waiting for them, or whether their imminent release will have changed the relative prices of other processors, I can only guess, without a crystal ball. We'd all like one of those.

 

[g-unit1111]

Yeah I agree with the above - if you're not going to build until March it makes no sense to begin planning now - because what's out now and what's out then will look completely different - new CPUs, new GPUs, and so on.

 

[obsama1]

Haswell comes out in Apr. Tech world will be different by then. Start planning in March or April.

 

[Why_Me]

i am making a new build in a couple of months. maybe around march or so when i have all the money. will this still be a good build by this time?

CPU: Intel i5-2400 3.1GHz Quad Core
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V Micro ATX LGA1155 Mobo
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card
Case: Antec One Illusion ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/ CD Writer

Replace the 2400 with either a 3450 or 3470 and your good to go. Sandy Bridge cpu's will work fine in a B75 board but they will not support 1600Hz RAM when used in those boards. It will be 1333 or nothing. With an IB cpu those boards will support 1600Hz RAM.

 

[oss43456]

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