New Computer parts

So I am getting a new computer finally mid April, while this machine should have no trouble running Ultra-mode Ciy at full power [i hope] any obvious errors or other diffcutties that could crop up will be of intrest for myself.

Video Card

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...31108(ME).aspx

Processor

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...31558(ME).aspx

Mother Board

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...32637(ME).aspx

I will be running 64 bit Windows Seven, Pro if a remember correctly as the OS.

Power supply

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...27260(ME).aspx

The Machine current Goal will be to run most if not all new games at detail with little or no lag, and to be robust enought to not fall so far behind that it need replacing in 2 year [Hoping to get 5 years out of it.]

Doom/Batman in 2012

The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!

Don't see anything bad.

All that's left of the guts is your choice of memory.

I am hoping to get some Corsair 1600 4 Gb chips at least two but all about supplies when i buy it since I am buying from one company everything.

Doom/Batman in 2012

The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!

There's just some minor disagreement on the voltage cap for memory, whether or not Intel lowered it from 1.65 volts max on the older i3/i5/i7 series to 1.6 volts max.

The Memory I looking at is 1.5 V which is that the board is most happy with.

Doom/Batman in 2012

The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!

So I may scale back the Graphics card two one of these other cards.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...31387(ME).aspx
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...32013(ME).aspx

the 560Ti was the originally card I was going to get a month ago but then it morphed it to two of them, then well if spending that much coin why don't I buy the top of the line.


Thoughts?

Doom/Batman in 2012

The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!

Here's the problem. Below I listed from TechPowerUP what they rate the 3 cards as follow at 1920x1200 and 2560x1280 along with maximum power according to nVidia and the prices from Memory Express.

GTX 560Ti - 100/100 - 170 watts - $260
GTX 570 - 116/117 - 219 watts - $375
GTX 580 - 134/137 - 244 watts - $530

So going from the GTX 560Ti to a GTX 570, it will cost you 44% more for 16-17% better performance and 29% more power (49 watts).

Going from the GTX 570 to a GTX 580 will cost you 41% more for 16-17% better performance and 11% more power (25 watts).

Going from the GTX 560Ti to a GTX 580 will cost you 104% more for 34-37% better performance and 43% more power (74 watts).

So on one hand, I would normally council buying the fastest video card your budget can handle. However I have a tough time rationalizing the GTX 580 at all and have trouble rationalizing buying a GTX 570 over the 560Ti when we are talking $115 for less than a 20% performance boost.

I'm just trying to lay out the facts here. If you are frame rate sensitive the extra cost for a 570 or 580 may be justified as their modest performance gains may be able to raise the minimum frame rates to levels that are unnoticeable. On the other hand we are talking keeping $115 to $270 in your pocket.

Not sure what resolution you are going to be running at, but I've got the same CPU on a P8P67 Deluxe here and it seems OK.

My current video card I'm not so happy with (5970...no crossfire for this game) so I'm looking to swap to a GTX580 or SLI 570 as well.

Copper Block SLI 580 kit was just announced for $1729...that's probably not gonna happen.

http://www.evga.com/products/moreinf...03G-P3-1599-A2

Just a couple of suggetions:

I'd go with the Corsair AX850 PSU. It's probably one of the best ones you can get for the money right now. It's actually a rebranded Seasonic. Either way, it's gold rated, has a PCM controlled fan, and is fully modular (including the 24 pin) with nice braided cables.

You might want to consider going for SLI GTX 560ti. You'll get >580 performance for a lower price. The MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 560 version on Newegg goes for 249.99. $500 vs $530. The MSI Twin Frozr II 560 is the best one you can buy. It comes pre-overclocked for some extra power, and the custom cooler on it works wonders and allows even more overclocking.

This is a review for the 590, but the charts have pretty much every modern configuration out there at the moment, including the 560ti in SLI. It outperforms the 580. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4239/n...le-card-king/1

I'd suggest the 2500k over the 2600k as well. It'll save you a good bit of money and there's really not a great deal of performance difference. Hyperthreading will only really make a big difference if you intend to do heavy duty encoding or have a lot of programs that you use regularly that can take advantage of multiple threads.

Here's a good article on how multiple cores affect gaming: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...o-games-need/1 (not exactly about hyperthreading, but as you can see, once you get past the 3 core mark there's basically no improvement)

Here's an in-depth article on the LGA 1155 CPUs with direct comparisons between the 2600k and 2500k: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...ridge-review/1

Otherwise, save yourself the 60 bucks and get the 2500k and a good CPU cooler and OC the balls off of it.