My New Build

[MantoTango]

Here is the computer I will build to play mainly FSX. The price has increased dramatically and I bought it for around 800$ I was wondering if I will be able to achieve 5GHz stable and are all the parts compatible and fit in the case? I believe they are/do. (Just making sure.) Thanks! Everything is sitting in my garage.

CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core $219.98
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing $29.98
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 $79.99
Memory G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 $60.30
Storage Samsung Spinpoint F3 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM $59.99
Video Card Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB $250.38
Case Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower $39.99
Power Supply Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V $59.99
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) $91.00

 

[ksham]

Looks good.

 

[macgreen]

Not sure if air-cooling will get you to a stable 5.0ghz speed with an Ivy Bridge CPU. I've heard you could hit up to 4.1 or 4.2ghz with an air cooler easily enough, though. May need to look into a liquid cooler instead if you really want to hit 5ghz. I'm not an expert on overclocking though, so I could be mistaken. However, you can get a 1TB HDD Blue Caviar drive from Western Digital for less than $10 more than the one you've got listed there. On Newegg, of course.

However, so far as I can tell, the parts should fit into the case you've got and are compatible.

 

[MantoTango]

Not sure if air-cooling will get you to a stable 5.0ghz speed with an Ivy Bridge CPU. I've heard you could hit up to 4.1 or 4.2ghz with an air cooler easily enough, though. May need to look into a liquid cooler instead if you really want to hit 5ghz. I'm not an expert on overclocking though, so I could be mistaken. However, you can get a 1TB HDD Blue Caviar drive from Western Digital for less than $10 more than the one you've got listed there. On Newegg, of course.

However, so far as I can tell, the parts should fit into the case you've got and are compatible.

Damn, I had that same hard drive before I ordered it, I don't know why I changed it. Maybe b/c I thought is was a SSD. Do you know anything about Neweggs return policy?