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Hey guys, I'm probably going to have around 1000-1300 to spend on a new desktop, everything included, and I came up with something that would suit my needs personally. Any advice is appreciated.

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard, G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Modes (x2), Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor, Thermaltake Overseer RX-I VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case, COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750-ACAAE3-US 750W ATX12V v2.31 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply, Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive, Rosewill RFA-120-BL 120mm 4 Blue LEDs LED Case Fans, ASUS 24X DVD Burner, CD ROM Drive Black, GIGABYTE GV-N570OC-13I Rev2.0 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card.

Total cost w/out shipping: 1288.86

I would wait for ivy bridge and put at least 8 gb of memory.

When will it be out? Chances are if its a new series it'll probably be fairly expensive though, and Ill most likely build it within 2 months or so. And yeah about the memory I was originally going to go with 8 but would 12 have any significant advantages?

Even if you don't build with a ivy bridge, should be out in April-June. The i7 2600k price should drop when Ivy bridge is near release. The more memory the better, 8 should be fine.

Save yourself some money and get an i5 2500K. The only things the 2600K has over the 2500K is Hyperthreading and more cache. Two things you'll probably never notice the difference with.

Yeah as far as cache goes I think I'll be fine with the i5, and RAM capacity isn't a priority for me, more towards raw power for a fairly inexpensive price, so 8 should be fine. Hopefully both the i5 and i7 will drop in price, depending on which drops more I'll probably make my decision, because with my laptop sold ill have about 100-200$ to play with. Any comments on the video card? I was thinking a 580 but my buddy has a stock 570 and its fine for gaming, but I'm hoping for a bit more performance. Also will cooling be a real issue for this unit? Hoping for around 5 fans, but under the stress I put during hours of gaming I might need to buy more, and I just want to save some money/my equipment as well.

Why is this guy even allowed here? ^

wreakreward wrote:Why is this guy even allowed here? ^

He's not. Him and his IP have been banned and his posts removed

Thanks