New build, 1500 range, Take a look!

[Croaten]

Approximate Purchase Date: This week.

Budget Range: 1500 +- 100 or so, if the upgrades are worth it

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Starwars Mmo, BF3

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Country of Origin: (US)

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, Ill add a 580 after a few years, Is it worth it to do with the current Mobo being x16 or x8/x8

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200 I run 1 27.5" monitor and a second 24". Only the 27 is used for gaming.

Questions. Do I need a SSD boot drive? Will it impact gaming at all and do you guys think it is worth it?




Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k - $215

Motherboard: ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265

RAM: .SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Graphics Card: EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587

Boot Drive: How important is this for gaming performance?

Storage Disk: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Case: Haf X $190

Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $30

Windows 7 home, $100



Current total is right around $1450. If there are any upgrades that will really help performance and will keep the price sup 1600 range, Please let me know. Otherwise, does everything look good? Am I missing anything? Thank you very much for your help! =)

 

[rolli59]

Looks good but you can get away with 600-650watt PSU and grab a SSD as boot drive. Corsair TX 650 V2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

 

[Why_Me]

@ the OP. That 750w doesn't even come close to pushing two of those cards in SLI, and it's over kill for a single 580. Also you can get by on a cheaper case that has just as good cooling. Look at some of the Corsair mid towers.

 

[Croaten]

Alright, Thank you guys, I am going to add the SSD and probably Lower the PSU and forget about SLI. Everything else looks Good though?

 

[mjmjpfaff]

its ok but you can make some improvements.-

i5 2500k- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 220$

Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271&Tpk=asrock%20z68%20extreme3 125$ a z68 board for less. why not?

Gskill 8gb 1600mhz Sniper- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231416 50$

Pc power and cooling 950w psu- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703028 150$ this can easily run 2 580's

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1tb- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=f3%201tb 60$ this is actually faster than the wd hdd

Silverstone Raven RV03- http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Extended-90-Degree-Motherboard-RV03B-W/dp/B004X19B02/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317090412&sr=8-1 140$ it actually cools better than the HAF X thanks to its unique design- http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dragon-rider-chaser-mk-i,2992-8.html you only need high fans on at full load

Asus DVD Burner- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 20$

Crucail M4 128gb- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442 197$

MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II- http://www.amazon.com/MSI-PCI-Express-N580GTX-TWIN-FROZR/dp/B004L9MBEY/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1317090794&sr=1-6 475$ great deal to say the least. get this asap.

Total=1437$
a little over budget including os. but you have the possibility to sli.