New Desktop!

[Archz]

Hi ya'll! I'm buying myself a desktop now at long last, been making due with my laptop for quite some time, and time is catching up with it. I'm hoping for some input, mainly if some of my specs are kinda redundant. I don't see myself using any more money on it.

• Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Black
  • A very solid and cheap case by the looks of it, here's a review

• Power supply: Chieftec Nitro Series BPS-650C 650W PSU
  • One of the PSUs with better reviews, and it's modular. Is 650W enough for SLI if I want that in the future? There's a 750W for almost the same price (not modular)

• CPU: Intel® Core i5-2500K Processor
  • I just can't afford an i7 and I think this CPU will serve it's purpose well. Will buy a new stock cooler when I see the need to do some clocking

• Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth P67, Socket-1155
  • Neat motherboard from ASUS with the thermal shield, will probably work wonders when I get a new stock cooler (not water). Good airflow and maybe I can clock my RAM up to 1800?

• Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
  • Starting off with 8GB, can't see myself needing more than that in the near future

• Graphic: MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti 2GB PhysX
  • Went with the 2GB card, didn't cost all that much more. This looks like a nice graphics card

• SSD: Samsung SSD 830 Series 128GB 2.5"
  • There were a few cheaper SSDs out there, but reading up on it, some of the cheaper Sandforce disks have taken a lot of crap for being unstable. This one seemed like the better choice

• HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 2TB
  • I don't know a whole lot about this disk, but previous Seagate disks have gotten pretty good reviews

That's pretty much it, you can see the whole shebang at http://www.komplett.no/k/config.aspx?ConfigSystemId=10523
it's all in Norwegian though, but if you know your way around computers you should be able to make sense of it? Now, I appreciate any input! As I said, I'm not going to spend much over 10k on this (I can't xD)
<3

[Evilblaze]

in my opinion Its Great .

Evil

[Skymunken]

You're probably gonna need more than 650W for SLI/Crossfire, but I'm not expert.

[Doomslay]

650w should be fine if you decided to get another 560

[Kawe / Dave]

okay one thing

"just can't afford an i7"
"buying an SSD"

does not really make sense. Personally I'd value the cpu horsepower over some load time reductions, if you're going to spend on one or the other.

[Archz]

Well from what I've heard, SDDs just generally makes your system a lot faster

[Gaeios(Graxlos)]

As Kawe says, an SSD is mainly for faster response on stuff you need directly from the harddisk. It wont give you higher fps in games generally but will make logging in to wow faster and loading instances and such.

[Archz]

I should go probably go for the i7 and then eventually buy a SSD. I guess they aren't hard to put in! You don't think the money saved should go for a more powerful graphics card?

[Surim]

If you compare the i5 to the i7 for games (assuming that is what you are going to be doing with this rig), then there is very little difference between the two processors. To my knowledge the biggest difference between the i5 and the i7 is that the i7 has hyper threading enabled, which in gaming, it won't utilize properly(if at all) since the games actually need to be designed with X cores in mind. The only time you really notice a difference is when it comes down to video/image processing.

Personally I would go with the SSD and keep the i5 as you will notice more of difference.

In the end, it is not the processor that will be limiting you in games, but the graphics card. If you dont want the SSD, then put the money towards another GFX card.

[Archz]

Yeah when I looked over guides for gaming PCs, they all went for the i5-2500K. I'm also getting a Noctua air cooler for my CPU

[Surim]

Gonna b a sick pc dude

[Sidestep]

Go rob grannies, get an i7 sick gfx card AND ssd problem solved.

[Daekesh]

If you compare the i5 to the i7 for games (assuming that is what you are going to be doing with this rig), then there is very little difference between the two processors. To my knowledge the biggest difference between the i5 and the i7 is that the i7 has hyper threading enabled, which in gaming, it won't utilize properly(if at all) since the games actually need to be designed with X cores in mind. The only time you really notice a difference is when it comes down to video/image processing.

Only the 2600k has hyperthreading (not the 2500k.)  Hyperthreading actually reduces game performance slightly.  If you want to save some cash (about ~£75) get the 2500k i7.  That or bet on future games taking advantage of it.  It's a bit of a pricey bet for £75, though.

650W is probably not enough for a decent SLI setup.  ~800W would do fine, though.

[Gaeios(Graxlos)]

That is isane. Do you really need 800 watts for two graphics cards? Thats like a microwave oven...

[Evilblaze]

That is isane. Do you really need 800 watts for two graphics cards? Thats like a microwave oven...

Yes he does i'm afraid 
thats if 800 is enough he might need more