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[thanossapiens]

Hello everyone ^ _ ^;
i will build a new PC with a motherboard Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 ...
I will have it for (hard) gaming and PHOTOSHOP ...
I'm between I7 2500K, 2600K (with hyper-threading) and I5 3570K (which supports pci-e 3) but i 'll most propably take a pci-e 2 graphics card because it is cheaper and almost the same) What do you reccommend??

 

[WR2]

Least expensive option.

edit;
and spend a bit more on the graphics card.

 

[thanossapiens]

do you think that i should take a pci 3 graphics card

 

[WR2]

Maybe.
But do you want to spend that much money on the graphics card and get the i5-3570K too?

 

[thanossapiens]

i have found a guy that sells me a 2600k for $250...it also overcloacks better than
3570k doesnt it??

 

[WR2]

What CPU cooler did you buy?

 

[WR2]

(hard) gaming
propably take a pci-e 2 graphics card because it is cheaper

spend more on GPU an less on CPU if you need to keep to a budget.

 

[thanossapiens]

i just found that 3570 costs 229$ on amazon...it is cheaper than 2600

 

[WR2]

Does that open the door to PCI-e 3.0 for your budget?

 

[thanossapiens]

What CPU cooler did you buy?

probably a Corsair Hydro H80 or H100...Is it good??

 

[WR2]

Spend less on the CPU cooler and more on the graphics card.

 

[thanossapiens]

any other suggestions??

 

[sk1939]

Hello everyone ^ _ ^;
i will build a new PC with a motherboard Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 ...
I will have it for (hard) gaming and PHOTOSHOP ...
I'm between I7 2500K, 2600K (with hyper-threading) and I5 3570K (which supports pci-e 3) but i 'll most propably take a pci-e 2 graphics card because it is cheaper and almost the same) What do you reccommend??

What models of graphics card are you looking at? What have you selected for a power supply?

 

[thanossapiens]

i want an nvidia 560 and i ll probably buy an 850 watt psu

 

[neon neophyte]

2600k would be perfect, ivybridge hasnt proven itself for the long haul and its temps with overclocking are worrysome. photoshop will take advantage of hyperthreading. i suggest you grab that 2600k for 250 and overclock the pants off it. sandybridge has proven itself to be a fantastic cpu

 

[amuffin]

GO with the cooler master hyper 212+ and buy the i7-2600k.

 

[sk1939]

i want an nvidia 560 and i ll probably buy an 850 watt psu

Be sure to buy a branded power supply. For hard gaming I would go with at least a GTX 560Ti or GTX 480, the GTX 560 will be slow unless you are playing at 1280x720.

 

[thanossapiens]

what, the GTX 560 would be slow?? i dont see much difference with the Ti
except the price....Ok,so I buy the 2600k and a coolermaster hyper cooler??
AND would an nvidia be good to connect it into a led TV??

 

[neon neophyte]

amd and nvidia both make excellent cards

 

[Robi_g]

AMD 7xxx, does better in general purpose graphics which would be good for the photoshop.
if your looking at the GTX560 then the ti is just a factory OC of the base card that you could probably do yourself

 

[neon neophyte]

im pretty sure the ti is actually a whole different beast. has the arcitecture of a gtx 570, whereas the 560 does not