10-25-2011, 04:56 PM
Be wary there are circle jerks in the girl's bathroom over evga cards, I can't imagine them being worth the 10-20% markup for a limited lifetime warranty.
As for what you already have picked out, you're on the right track but get an unlocked i5 and a good aftermarket cooler and you've got an easy 20-30% increase in performance from a really simple overclock.
That motherboard is not worth the cost and is extended ATX. It is also only a P67 motherboard, and Intel's newer chip-set the Z68 has a better overclocking and feature set. The run of the mill ATX ASUS P8Z68 will suit your build just fine and is half the cost.
I don't know how much of a difference 3.0 Gb/s to 6.0 Gb/s makes on a non-SSD hard drive but it is the same price and your motherboard supports 6.0 Gb/s so might as well get the 6.0 Gb/s version.
RAM is fine, and DDR3 1333, 1600, and 1833 should all work at their speeds out of the box with a Sandy Bridge, so you could go a little faster but don't sacrifice latency.
Fuck the 460! A 6950 or a 560 Ti are both only $200. Look at benchmarks and read reviews for video cards because this is the component that people are most biased about.
Assuming you already have a mouse and keyboard and a monitor hopefully at least 1680x1050. This is what I recommend for under $1000. Too lazy to link to newegg sorry.
Antec Nine Hundred or Cooler Master HAF, cases are all preference but I'd go with either of these
Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD 6950 or Nvidia 560 Ti, I think the 6950 is faster but it's a toss up
Z68 ATX motherboard, I'd recommend ASUS
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Corsair TX650 v2 (if you intend to ever Crossfire or SLI go with the 750 or 850)
2x4 GB DDR3 1600 or 1833 RAM
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 or Western Digital Caviar Black hard drive, I prefer Western Digital and am using a few Caviar Blacks currently
As for what you already have picked out, you're on the right track but get an unlocked i5 and a good aftermarket cooler and you've got an easy 20-30% increase in performance from a really simple overclock.
That motherboard is not worth the cost and is extended ATX. It is also only a P67 motherboard, and Intel's newer chip-set the Z68 has a better overclocking and feature set. The run of the mill ATX ASUS P8Z68 will suit your build just fine and is half the cost.
I don't know how much of a difference 3.0 Gb/s to 6.0 Gb/s makes on a non-SSD hard drive but it is the same price and your motherboard supports 6.0 Gb/s so might as well get the 6.0 Gb/s version.
RAM is fine, and DDR3 1333, 1600, and 1833 should all work at their speeds out of the box with a Sandy Bridge, so you could go a little faster but don't sacrifice latency.
Fuck the 460! A 6950 or a 560 Ti are both only $200. Look at benchmarks and read reviews for video cards because this is the component that people are most biased about.
Assuming you already have a mouse and keyboard and a monitor hopefully at least 1680x1050. This is what I recommend for under $1000. Too lazy to link to newegg sorry.
Antec Nine Hundred or Cooler Master HAF, cases are all preference but I'd go with either of these
Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD 6950 or Nvidia 560 Ti, I think the 6950 is faster but it's a toss up
Z68 ATX motherboard, I'd recommend ASUS
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Corsair TX650 v2 (if you intend to ever Crossfire or SLI go with the 750 or 850)
2x4 GB DDR3 1600 or 1833 RAM
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 or Western Digital Caviar Black hard drive, I prefer Western Digital and am using a few Caviar Blacks currently