New Build After 7 Years 2011 or 1155

[Fosters]

Approximate Purchase Date: within two Weeks

Budget Range:$1500 to $2500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Over Locking

Are you buying a monitor: No I use Dell Ultra Sharp U2711, 27' & Asus VE248H

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg

Parts Preferences: CPU Intel, Graphics Cards EVGA

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes SLI

Your Monitor Resolution: 2560 X 1440 Dell, 1920 X 1080 Asus

Additional Comments: Has to look Sexy

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Feels like the MB/CPU is bottlenecking my Game play



Here is what i have so Far

Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Military Green Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case:
$139.00

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard:
$239.00

High Current Pro HCP-750 750W TX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply:
$174.00

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K:
$229.00

OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-256G 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD):
$199.00 X 2 $399.98

CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMD8GX3M2A1600C8:
$82.99 X 2 $165.98

CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler:
$114.99

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
$19.99

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOTAL: $1,485.90

Parts I would like to use from my Old Build:

VelociRaptor WD2500HHTZ 250GB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive:
Storage

Saitek Eclipse I:
Best Keyboard i have Ever used

RAZER DeathAdder Precision Optical Gaming Mouse - 3.5G Infrared Sensor:
Replacing This Mouse Soon

EVGA 015-P3-1480-KR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP:
Should i keep This Card and maybe SLI it or Sell it and buy a GTX 680


Notes:

Corsair Dominator 4 Sticks for The Bing-Bing, Sabertooth MB For the Bing Also with that Case, I Hope it's Going to Look Sweet, SSDs x 2 For The Space on the Boot Drive .


Questions:

Should i Upgrade to LGA 2011 Intel X79:
would i get Better Game Performance / or not have to upgrade in a few years i mean the CPU,Ram,MB upgrade Combo


Is This the Right Power Supply for my Needs:
I have Had Two Power Supplies, Burn or Die on my existing Build, So a Good Power Supply is important to This Build .


I Would appreciate any Help or Input you guys have on this Build And thank you

 

[idroid]

buddy, you're on the right track... you only need a lil push. take a look at the first thread on my signature.

 

[Fosters]

buddy, you're on the right track... you only need a lil push. take a look at the first thread on my signature.

Those are some Great Builds, so what do you think about SLIing the 480 Card i have now or should,
I just wait a little bit longer and upgrade to the new Cards when they come out .

 

[smorizio]

http://www.techpowerup.com/172096/Intel-Core-i7-4900-Series-Arrives-in-Q3-2013-i7-3970X-Around-the-Corner-Report.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/172097/AMD-Prepares-Yet-Another-Round-of-Radeon-HD-7000-Series-Price-Cuts.html
right now your in the middle of intel switch over in the standard gamer cpu from ib to haswel. the problem is hw chips dont use the same mb pins as the sb and ib chips. on the 2011 mb there will be ib cpu out. the ib has a trade off with sb. the ib have a newer memory contoller the nsb so that you can run higher then 1600 speed ram. there also a little bit faster then the sb chips. they also run cooler at stock speeds. the down side is ib dont over clock well. if your going ot over clock then a sb and 2011 mb would be a better. also the 670 it only about 10 percent slower then the 680 but has a better price point. your better off not raiding an ssd right now intill there software and firmware changes you lose trim function on raided ssd. your better off using a larger slower hd or a ssd/hard drive combo drive. if your going to build real hard core gaming system then drop in a good sound card. the onboard are fine but a sb or asus sound card and a good set of speakers or head phones are great.

 

[Fosters]

http://www.techpowerup.com/172096/Intel-Core-i7-4900-Series-Arrives-in-Q3-2013-i7-3970X-Around-the-Corner-Report.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/172097/AMD-Prepares-Yet-Another-Round-of-Radeon-HD-7000-Series-Price-Cuts.html
right now your in the middle of intel switch over in the standard gamer cpu from ib to haswel. the problem is hw chips dont use the same mb pins as the sb and ib chips. on the 2011 mb there will be ib cpu out. the ib has a trade off with sb. the ib have a newer memory contoller the nsb so that you can run higher then 1600 speed ram. there also a little bit faster then the sb chips. they also run cooler at stock speeds. the down side is ib dont over clock well. if your going ot over clock then a sb and 2011 mb would be a better. also the 670 it only about 10 percent slower then the 680 but has a better price point. your better off not raiding an ssd right now intill there software and firmware changes you lose trim function on raided ssd. your better off using a larger slower hd or a ssd/hard drive combo drive. if your going to build real hard core gaming system then drop in a good sound card. the onboard are fine but a sb or asus sound card and a good set of speakers or head phones are great.

So the SB CPU with 2011 MB is better for high End Gaming, I Did not know that about Raiding SSDs, on another note how should i set up my Hard Drives . I could do one SSD/HD Comboe and then another SSD/HD combo what do you think of that setup .

looking to have 400-500 GB on the Main Boot Gaming Drive.

 

[smorizio]

i have my set up as boot drive 128g intel 520 and a 500g data drive. (i got the ssd when is was $$$). with an ssd you want to put your main games and os on it. any of your downloads..music...thing that do lots of writes...go on the data drive. ssd have a limit of writes. but not reads. the 2011 chipset with a flash update can run ib when they come out next year. the highest end system right now use e-atx mb and 8-10 core server chips. evga high end mb.

 

[idroid]

Those are some Great Builds, so what do you think about SLIing the 480 Card i have now or should,
I just wait a little bit longer and upgrade to the new Cards when they come out .

SLIng two gtx480s?? you know those cards are extremely loud, hot and consume a LOT of power and they don't perform very good, a 7870CF would beat a GTX480sli and use about 5/8 the power and run a lot cooler.