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CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF X

PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850

MOBO: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68

CPU; Intel Core i7-2600K

MEM: CORSAIR CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000

GPU: EVGA 03G-P3-1584-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

STORAGE: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II + Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA

I'm also looking for a great new set of (gaming?) speakers, I've had the Logitech Z-2300 (2.1) forever and I love them, but I figure since I'm dropping all this and it's a total upgrade, etc. For my input I'm going with the Logitech G9x mouse and G510 keyboard.

Corsair H70 for cpu cooling.

Also, the chosen monitor so far:

SAMSUNG S24A350H ToC Rose Black 24" Full HD HDMI LED

Please let me know what you think / any suggestions! This would only be my second build ever.

Words cant describe what just went through my mind. That build is beast to the max.

But there isn't a difference between the i5 2500K and i7 2600K for gaming, so you might want to consider that.

Thanks! Yeah I read the 2500 is just as good OC'd, which shouldn't be an issue with the H70. This is definitely the 'dream' setup, I might have to get a bit more budget-conscious when I actually hammer it dowm and count my dough! I'll keep that in mind. Everything else checks out though? PSU and all?

I'm somewhat hooked on the mobo for futureproofing reasons. plus it's just too sexy. go big or go home.

I'm somewhat hooked on the mobo for futureproofing reasons. plus it's just too sexy. go big or go home.

Dune571

take it from experience computer builders, the motherboard is usually the very first part to get outdated and fast.

I think I just wet myself a little :P

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I'm somewhat hooked on the mobo for futureproofing reasons. plus it's just too sexy. go big or go home.

blaznwiipspman1

take it from experience computer builders, the motherboard is usually the very first part to get outdated and fast.

Yeah I'm a little leery about all this usb 3.0 drama, i feel like these latest RoG crop should have been the ones to finally be native, but oh well. And I know Sandy Bridge2k11 is right around the bend, but based off what i've read it's not going to be a big performance increaser, let alone for gaming. You know what they say about waiting in the pc market.

What do you guys think?

CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF X

PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850

MOBO: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68

CPU; Intel Core i7-2600K

MEM: CORSAIR CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000

GPU: EVGA 03G-P3-1584-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

STORAGE: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II + Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA

I'm also looking for a great new set of (gaming?) speakers, I've had the Logitech Z-2300 (2.1) forever and I love them, but I figure since I'm dropping all this and it's a total upgrade, etc. For my input I'm going with the Logitech G9x mouse and G510 keyboard.

Corsair H70 for cpu cooling.

Also, the chosen monitor so far:

SAMSUNG S24A350H ToC Rose Black 24" Full HD HDMI LED

Please let me know what you think / any suggestions! This would only be my second build ever.

Dune571

if you want to run sli down the road id say opt for the z68-ud7 from GA being you're going to be spending the same amount of money on the mobo.

Wow, I didn't even look at Gigabyte stuff...reliable? And what about the PSU? Is it enough power? Is there a way to calculate it? I see guys with similar systems with 1000+ PSUs, is that overkill?

Wow, I didn't even look at Gigabyte stuff...reliable? And what about the PSU? Is it enough power? Is there a way to calculate it? I see guys with similar systems with 1000+ PSUs, is that overkill?

Dune571

As for the PSU you should be going for something like Corsair, you just can't go wrong with them.

An 1000W PSU shouldn't be overkill for such a build. If you want to go SLI later on and add another GTX 580 it makes it so much more easier, and you won't have to worry about upgrading the PSU anytime soon.

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Wow, I didn't even look at Gigabyte stuff...reliable? And what about the PSU? Is it enough power? Is there a way to calculate it? I see guys with similar systems with 1000+ PSUs, is that overkill?

BattleSpectre

As for the PSU you should be going for something like Corsair, you just can't go wrong with them.

An 1000W PSU shouldn't be overkill for such a build. If you want to go SLI later on and add another GTX 580 it makes it so much more easier, and you won't have to worry about upgrading the PSU anytime soon.

I'm going to agree with this guy. You can't go wrong with Gigabyte's products.

Well wow, sweet guys. I'm going to go check out all their similar mobos now! I like doing my research.