Just look at the basic stuff on the MB, wathever is + they charge it extra, and there is no diference in performance. Go for 3.0PCI MB, after IB comes out you can upgrade since IB will use socket 1155 and 2011, and PCI 3.0 support. And you can buy PCI 3 GPU after that and youll get 50% boost performace!
7970 PCI 3.0, ivy bridge will be with socket 1155 and 2011 with PCI 3.0 support, that is 30% > performance increese. Money well spended. I dont need Nvidia with its physx system and low performance!
Well the point is that you can put DDR3 at 2000Mhz, but if your CPU supports only 1333 or 1600, the Ram memmory will proccess the date whit 2000MHz and will transfere it to the CPU with 2000Mhz, but the CPU itslef will work it out on 1333 Mhz, so no point of wasting money. If your CPU supports up to 1333Mhz then buy 1333Mhz, if it supports 1600Mhz buy 1600Mhz. Above that is just pure marketing so companys can make more money.
If you aren't doing any video editing, audio processing, or 3d rendering, you are probably wasting your money on a 2600k compared to a 2500k.
I have the same motherboard and cooler. Im pretty happy with both and relatively quiet. The motherboard supports much higher RAM speeds, so you can easily get away with 1866 or even 2133 ram speeds (2000 mhz is not an option).
Other than that, it looks good.
XaosII
Be mind of the CPU Ram frequenzy, 2600k works on 1333, 3630k and the 60x works on 1600, above that its waste of money. Marketing. Believe me.
If you want to save on money, buy 1333Mhz DDR3 instead of 1600Mhz, since if you buy 1600MHz it will work on 1333 by default set by the CPU. However if the diference between the price is very very low, just ignore me :D.
Is this rig good enough to run most modern games at a high fps? thanks.
> Intel Core i7 2700k Quad Core 8M Cache 3.50 GHz, > 16GB DDR3 Corsair 1600 single module x4, > 1155 ASROCK H61M-VS - - H61Mchipset - 2 x DDR3 1333 - 10/100 Lan - SATA 2 - USB2, > 2000Gb SATA Hard Drive SATA 3, > DVD+/- RW - 22X Samsung SATA, > 52 In 1 Internal Card Reader, > ATI HD 6870 1024MB PCI Express DDR DVI, > Powercool Terminator Midi Gaming Chassis with Card Reader > CiT 700W Black Edition PSU, > Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler, > Windows 7 Home premium 64 bit, > TP-link Wireless PCI N adapter TL-WN851N,
SublimedLeek0
Cut on the Ram, buy 8GB 1333MHz, since SB can only procces it on 1333. Buy SSD for the OS, and youll be able to run every game on ultra settings. And if posible buy 7950 or the lower versions.
I wont go for Asus, since the last card i had burned and it was at stock clock. Now i am using the Sapphire 7970 and i think its great. You can OC it without a problem.
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