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Old February 8th, 2012, 04:06 PM     #1 (permalink)
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Hey there,
so I'm looking to build my first pc, it will be mostly for gaming...things such as SC2 and Skyrim and I've had this build suggested to me I would appreciate peoples comments on it as I would like a second opinion as such before I commit to anything - thanks in advance

MoBo: ASRock z68 Extreme3 Gen3
CPU: Intel i5 2500k
Memory: 4GB G.Skill Ripjaw
HDD: 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Video Card: MSI GTX 560 Ti
PSU: Corsair CX600
CD-ROM: Lite-On DVDRW
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Case: Nova tech Prowler

- all from Novatech btw
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Old February 8th, 2012, 06:24 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Looks like a really solid build to me, everything should compliment each other nicely and you should get pretty good gaming performance out of it all.
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Old February 8th, 2012, 07:04 PM     #3 (permalink)
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What are you buying for a CPU cooler?

Edit- The reason why I ask is because the Intel i5 2500k is overclockable.
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Old February 9th, 2012, 01:56 PM     #4 (permalink)
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At the moment i don't intend on overclocking, I take it the standard cooler will be fine if I don't?
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Old February 9th, 2012, 02:03 PM     #5 (permalink)
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You are correct, if you don't plan to overclock the stock cooler will be fine. However, if you don't plan to ever overclock, you can save yourself a few buck by getting the non-k version of the processor.
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Old February 10th, 2012, 05:22 AM     #6 (permalink)
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ok, i think i will go with the K version and leave myself the option to later over-clock.
Thanks to all who helped i will be purchasing the parts soon
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