I did this about nine months ago and have loved the cpu. My wife has turned gamer and wants to have me build her a pc. My old set up has a i7-920 radeon hd 5850 xfx 80 gig ssd cooler master bla bla ( not sure number case ) paid about 300 for the asus mobo. w/ a 1k gig 2nd drive for storage. only 700 wat power supplie. big but works sc2 like a pro.
Kinda feeling like I want to do a simaler build. But not sure if I should stick with Intel vs AMD and Radeon vs Nvidia. This cpu will have a main use for playing the new ff14 mmo. I used stock cooling never bother with the OC stuff. I supose I am too n00bish to learn it. The idea of water flowing next to my investment makes me too nervous to try that style of cooling.
Kinda feeling like I want to do a simaler build. But not sure if I should stick with Intel vs AMD and Radeon vs Nvidia. This cpu will have a main use for playing the new ff14 mmo. I used stock cooling never bother with the OC stuff. I supose I am too n00bish to learn it. The idea of water flowing next to my investment makes me too nervous to try that style of cooling.