Guest Optiklown Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 After buttering up my wife with a 5 day paid trip to Vegas for her and her cousin, I have been given the green light to spend some of my hard earned money on myself.:D This is what im leaning towards. Intel i5-3570K : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130787 G.Skill Ripjaws X 4x4GB DDR3 1600 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231429 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 : After 1LT.Kaossilator mentioned this in his upgrade list I took a look. There seems to be a consesus on many forums that this board has tremendous performance for its relatively low cost. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016 Overall this will be a huge improvement from my current AMD setup. As far as I know there shouldnt be any conflicts, but if anyone notices something please let me know. Also is it a good Idea to hold on to old parts in case something breaks? Or should I just sell the stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MAJ.Kaossilator=US= Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We'll have to compare notes on sandy vs ivy bridge. I went sandy after reading/hearing that performance to cost benefit for ivy as opposed to sandy would make it worth it. Then again I also was squeezing some extra savings so I could bundle a few more things on the order. So definitely let me know how ivy works out. Sent from my Inspire HD using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snapptastic Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 After buttering up my wife with a 5 day paid trip to Vegas for her and her cousin, I have been given the green light to spend some of my hard earned money on myself.:D This is what im leaning towards. Intel i5-3570K : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130787 G.Skill Ripjaws X 4x4GB DDR3 1600 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231429 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 : After 1LT.Kaossilator mentioned this in his upgrade list I took a look. There seems to be a consesus on many forums that this board has tremendous performance for its relatively low cost. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293 CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016 Overall this will be a huge improvement from my current AMD setup. As far as I know there shouldnt be any conflicts, but if anyone notices something please let me know. Also is it a good Idea to hold on to old parts in case something breaks? Or should I just sell the stuff? Hey LCpl! I just bought and built my first computer a week ago. I used the 3570K (have it OC'ed beautifully), the ASRock Z77 Extreme MOBO is quality! I also am sporting the same RAM that you are... I went with the SAPPHIRE RADEON 7850 GPU and I freakin love it (got it for $230). I also have a Seasonic 520W PSU Bronze that I got for $60!! That is one of the most quality parts in my machine and I consider all of it to be pretty damn good (minus the HDD)! Let me know if u need any help, and good luck friend! EDIT: BTW! I can run BF3 on ULTRA settings (everything maxxed minus Motion Blur (which I HATE)) and get 57-60 FPS MINIMUM and usually running at 80-90 FPS! I love this machine (and I built it from scratch with everything minus the OS) for under $850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Optiklown Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We'll have to compare notes on sandy vs ivy bridge. I went sandy after reading/hearing that performance to cost benefit for ivy as opposed to sandy would make it worth it. Then again I also was squeezing some extra savings so I could bundle a few more things on the order. So definitely let me know how ivy works out. Sent from my Inspire HD using Tapatalk 2 I almost did the same thing after reading that sandy bridge usually runs cooler. I was actually looking at the 2500K but after reading some stuff on toms hardware I went with the 3570K. I think both are more than acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.LTJG.Yong=US= Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Go for a i7 CPU, you will need it if you plan on upgrading your GPU to SLI or something better. And also buy a good CPU heatsink because the stock heatsinks will overheat quickly, causing your computer to bottleneck and get lower FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snapptastic Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Go for a i7 CPU, you will need it if you plan on upgrading your GPU to SLI or something better. And also buy a good CPU heatsink because the stock heatsinks will overheat quickly, causing your computer to bottleneck and get lower FPS. With all due respect, an i5 3570 should be capable of handing a crossfire or SLI configuration at stock configurations, and definitely at an overclock of 4.4GHz. I'm only OC'ed at 4.0GHz and I am amazed at how powerful the Intel i5 truly is. And definitely about the heatsink, if you are going higher 4.0 or 4.2 GHz thats a must! But if you leave it clocked at 3.4GHz, your stock heatsink is sufficient! Although the SB are much better with heat than the IB chips. LCpl, may I recommend a program called "RealTemp" if you don't have it already? It will tell you the temperature of all of your cores in real-time and how far they are to maximum temps. Also, LCpl, I apologize for my earlier post. I wasn't thinking straight about forum rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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