New build

[Boloboy]

Approximate Purchase Date: Mid september


Budget Range: 1400


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, movies, internet


Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, dvd drive


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.ca


Country of Origin: Canada


Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: I would like to use an AMD CPU & Biostar mobo with a 24" LCD and full tower case)


Overclocking: Yes


SLI or Crossfire: Yes


Monitor Resolution: (e.g.: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200)


Additional Comments:

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan

149-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

219-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

EVGA 02G-P3-1559-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
169 x 2-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130652

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 500W High Performance SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
79-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703025

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

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
179-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
30-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
200=http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

 

[Why_Me]

These two outfits (Direct Canada & Best Direct) are affiliated (both use the same shipping addy out of Richmond, BC), and both offer FREE SHIPPING.

http://www.bestdirect.ca
http://www.bestdirect.ca/contact/

http://www.directcanada.com
http://www.directcanada.com/contact/

 

[boiler1990]

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan

149-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Great case. I thought about getting one myself but fell in love with the Silverstone Raven RV02.

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

219-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

Standard recommended gaming CPU these days, and should be good several years down the road as well.

EVGA 02G-P3-1559-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
169 x 2-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130652

I feel like one your budget you're short-changing yourself here. You can afford a better single card like the GTX 570/580, and then upgrade to SLI later. If you decide to upgrade a 550Ti/560Ti pair, you'd have to take out the old GPUs and purchase a new one/set. With the 580, you can just drop in a new one as the prices drop.

At the very least, I wouldn't go less than a 560Ti, as they're optimal for the price @ 1920x1080.

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 500W High Performance SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
79-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703025

As the GPU choice changes, this will obviously change. For a healthy, efficient system, look for 650W for 1x560Ti, 750 for 2x560Ti or 1x570. SLI 580s requires a good 850W+ PSU

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

Good standard RAM kit. Should do you well.

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
179-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229

I would check the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3. It supports SLI and has PCI-E 3.0 slots, which will be supported if you upgrade to an Ivy Bridge CPU.

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
30-http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

Great cooler for the price. I've owned 2 and they performed very well.

OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
200=http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

If you can get them in Canada, get a Crucial M4 SSD. The OCZ drives have been having significant issues with the Sandforce 2000-series controllers, but the M4 has had very few issues (if at all).

 

[Boloboy]

so switched some items to these....let me know what you think.

EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1573-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Didnt switch the motherboard as it didnt seem to work with Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz.

 

[boiler1990]

The 570 is a good card. How much more is it to get a card with AR and not KR at the end (lifetime warranty)? EVGA makes great GPUs.

The 750W PSU is great (one of the best), but it won't drive a dual-card set up if that's what you want ultimately. Just keep that in mind for the longevity of the build.

It's only one review that the 2500K won't OC (at least on the US Newegg site). It's not necessarily indicative of the board's performance; ASRock generally makes very good OCing boards.

 

[Boloboy]

So the one 570 is better then two EVGA 02G-P3-1559-KR GeForce GTX 550? Thanks again for the advice. It is really appreciated.

 

[Boloboy]

The psu says it at peak puts out 880w of power is that enough for two 570?

 

[boiler1990]

Technically, 2x570s can run on that PSU, but you would be overstressing it a bit, which shortens the life and ruins the efficiencies (80+ certs are measured at 50-60% load). An 850W PSU shouldn't be that much more, and will give you a little more headroom to keep the PSU healthy.

 

[Boloboy]

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
Average Rating 5 out of 5 eggs(14 reviews)
Legendary Silencer Series with 7 Year Warranty

So I went with this instead. A little over my budget but hopefully it will last a while and rock upcoming games when I get my 2nd 570 in it.

 

[boiler1990]

The 950 and the 750 Silencers are both OEMed by Seasonic, so in short, they are great choices. It should serve you better than my 950TX is right now.

 

[Boloboy]

MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

The video card I ended up going with. The case, video card, 2nd HD, windows 7 and new mouse should arrive tuesday. Already have the rest of the parts.

Went with this HD.

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLHX 150GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive