Building new rig..Advice needed

[CWMV]

Originally Posted by DoolittleRaider

My current (circa 2007) rig is going belly up. Here is what I have in mind for a new Rig. Any advice/comments would be appreciated...especially from those who have some of these components. COD and ROF are the two most challenging Games/Simulations I plan to run.

MoBo:
ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1)

CPU:
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

OR

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

RAM:
CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMT8GX3M2A1866C9

OR

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

Graphics CARD:
EVGA 03G-P3-1584-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Or, The one below, which seems to be way too much Overkill for anything I see coming along for me in Gaming/Simulations:
EVGA 03G-P3-1596-AR GeForce GTX 590 (Fermi) Classified 3072MB 768-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card


MONITOR:
Viewsonic 27” VX2753MH LED 1 ms 30M to 1
or
Acer 27” S273HL LED 2 ms 12M to I

HARD DRIVE (for Windows 7 Operating System plus primary Games/Sims of interest, such as COD and ROF:

Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


Existing components:

4 X 7200rpm HDDs for storage (800Gb if RAID striped; or 1600Gb if no raid) for Data and lower priority, less demanding applications/programs/Games.

External 800GB backup HD

CASE:
Cool Master F/TWR HAF 932 ATX

CPU COOLER:
Zalman CNPS9700LED

POWER SUPPLY
Antec 850W QUATTR

I'm running a system that's identical to yours except I have thei7 2600k, 1.5mb gtx580sc, corsair ram, and my case is the 922 haf.
Overclocked to 4.4mhz (at load only runs in the low 50's C, I actually have yet to break 51 C in anything but a stress test and it idles in the low 30's) ROF, IL2 and CoD all run smooth like buttered glass.

[Korn]

2500k is better bang for buck, however as money doesn't seem to be an issue why not go for the faster 2600k?

Different story with the graphics card if you ask me, the 580 is probably hot enough loud enough not to mention fast enough .

RAM: just pick the one with better guaranty conditions.

[Rattlehead]

I'm not sure what the advantages of triple channel are, but likely it's fairly insignificant. That setup you're going for is perfectly good for any modern game.

I'd guard against the 590 personally...too many iffy reports with them. If you want to add more horsepower later on, a second 580 would be a better bet. (If more expensive.)

If money is no object, then the 2600k is a great chip, otherwise the 2500k is virtually as fast and considerably cheaper.

I'm not the biggest Asus fan but many people seem to like those boards, so it's not worth much of a mention - the Sandy Bridges overclock really great on basically any board.

Other than those few considerations, I'd say everything else looks fantastic.

[DoolittleRaider]

Thanks for the advice, Rattlehead!