Change of vital parts. Discussion regarding the combination chosen

[k88n]

In short, new rig being built as a gift to my younger brother. My last built had loads of conflicts and it took weeks to fine tune so I'm hoping you'll be able to pin point any shady/problematic areas with what I have in mind.


So I've come down to the following components based on system reviews from the articles on this site:

MOBO: MSI P67A-G45 B3, Socket-1155 ( ATX, P67, DDR3, 2xPCIe(2.0)x16, CFX, SATA 6Gb/s, USB3.0, FW, EFI )
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor (Socket-LGA1155, Quad Core, 3.3Ghz, 6MB, 95W, Boxed w/fan)
Graphics: 2x Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 ( PCI-Express 2.1, 2xDVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort, 775MHz, Lite-Retail ) in CrossFire config.

In the article they mentioned G skill ram but getting it here will be hard, so I'll match some 8 GB Corsairs no worries on this.

Everything else I got. And I need to know if this hardware config sounds like a good plan for a rig that should handle the new games coming out eq. BF 3.
Maybe there are better options? in the same priceclass or if it's worth spending a little more I'm down with that given it would dramatically improve the performance.

Best regards

//Chris.

 

[mosox]

Looks good, make sure the RAM is 1.5V. A single HD 6950 should run any game though.

 

[jerreddredd]

I recommend 1.5v Ram also.

you didn't list a PSU. hopefully its a solid one you could get away with a solid 650w, but hopefully you have a least a 750w or higher.