08-31-2011, 06:44 PM
Some unnecessary and overpriced features and components, swap those components for better value and equally performing components, then spend more on the video cards instead since they are the most important performance influencing component(s) for a gaming system.
Cases are mostly personal preference, I have read a lot of good stuff about the Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case is $130.
GOLD rated PSU isn't necessary, a BRONZE rated PSU from a reliable manufacturer is more than fine especially if recently updated. CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W is $125.
Fuck that flashy CPU cooler, the Hyper 212+ is still the way to go and they are cheap. COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU is $28.
That motherboard looks amazing as do all TUF boards with their thermal armor but you aren't SnowZz and you will want the newer Z68 chip-set over the P67 since you are using an SSD. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS is $195.
2500K + Hyper Threading = 2600K, you really need eight threads? Because no games do now or in the foreseeable future. Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K is $220.
I found the same brand, capacity, latency, speed, timings, voltage, etc. as your RAM kit without the fancy RAM fan for cheaper. CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B is $80.
SSD RAID is overkill just use a single 120GB one instead. OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) is $230.
Other than that, the GPUs were the only parts you didn't seem to go overboard on, so take the money you'd save and change the two 460s into a single 580 or two 6950s. An EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card is $480. And the AMD alternative would be two of SAPPHIRE 100312-1GDP Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity are $225 each and include Deus Ex.
Here is Tom's Hardware Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart
Cases are mostly personal preference, I have read a lot of good stuff about the Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case is $130.
GOLD rated PSU isn't necessary, a BRONZE rated PSU from a reliable manufacturer is more than fine especially if recently updated. CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W is $125.
Fuck that flashy CPU cooler, the Hyper 212+ is still the way to go and they are cheap. COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU is $28.
That motherboard looks amazing as do all TUF boards with their thermal armor but you aren't SnowZz and you will want the newer Z68 chip-set over the P67 since you are using an SSD. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS is $195.
2500K + Hyper Threading = 2600K, you really need eight threads? Because no games do now or in the foreseeable future. Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K is $220.
I found the same brand, capacity, latency, speed, timings, voltage, etc. as your RAM kit without the fancy RAM fan for cheaper. CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B is $80.
SSD RAID is overkill just use a single 120GB one instead. OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) is $230.
Other than that, the GPUs were the only parts you didn't seem to go overboard on, so take the money you'd save and change the two 460s into a single 580 or two 6950s. An EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card is $480. And the AMD alternative would be two of SAPPHIRE 100312-1GDP Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity are $225 each and include Deus Ex.
Here is Tom's Hardware Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart