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EVGA and i5 build - sanity check

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cmcdc2000 New Member Total Posts : 2 Reward points : 0 Joined: 8/26/2011 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Friday, August 26, 2011 2:01 PM (permalink) Hello there, I'm looking to make a new build and want a sanity check before going on a buying spree on the below components. I like the reliability and support I've received on EVGA products so far, so I'm looking to go with an EVGA motherboard for my build. I do a fair amount of image editing in photoshop and lightroom and some light gaming (fallout, maybe skyrim when it comes out). Any feedback and recommendations are appreciated, thanks! CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155 Boxed Motherboard: EVGA Intel P67 ATX DDR3 1333 SLI 130-SB-E675-KR GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE (already have, so looking to re-use it if it works with this build) Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 HDD: Crucial 128 GB m4 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch SSD 2nd HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB SATA 3.0 PSU: Corsair 650-Watt 80 Plus - CMPSU-650HX Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1 DVD: Sony 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive AD-7260S-0B Case: Antec Three Hundred Case OS: Windows 7 #1 8 Replies Related Threads
loveha Omnipotent Enthusiast Total Posts : 10302 Reward points : 0 Joined: 9/26/2009 Location: Beulah Michigan Status: offline Ribbons : 65 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Friday, August 26, 2011 2:45 PM (permalink) Looks good. If you plan on going SLI in the future I would go ahead and pick up a 750w or 850w PSU. Case - Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Mobo - EVGA X570 FTW CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X RAM - 32GB Trident Z Royal 3600MHz 14-14-14-34 GPU - EVGA RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming PSU - Seasonic Prime TX-1000 Heatkiller IV CPU Waterblock / Heatkiller V GPU Waterblock Heatkiller V EBC Active Backplate / Two Heatkiller Rad 360 L Six Noctua NF-A12x25 / Heatkiller D5 Pump #2
S2000Gan FTW Member Total Posts : 1423 Reward points : 0 Joined: 9/6/2010 Location: Bellevue, WA Status: offline Ribbons : 1 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:12 AM (permalink) you can run 2 560 TIs on 650 W granted you generally lose PSU efficiency because youre using a higher percentage of the 650 W but I think you can run 2 460 SEs on 650W On a side note, you should get a superclocked cooler to finish the EVGA roundup xD system looks good :'( RIP EVGA GPUs :'( 2009(9500 GT) - 2019(RTX 2070) My Rig: CPU i7-9700K Motherboard Asus Maximus XI Code RAM 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Graphics Card EVGA GTX 2070 Power Supply Corsair RM850x Case Fractal Design Define R6 CPU Cooling XSPC Raystorm & 2x 240mm Radiators #3
RainStryke The Advocate Total Posts : 10616 Reward points : 0 Joined: 7/20/2007 Location: Kansas Status: offline Ribbons : 60 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:40 AM (permalink) The Hyper CPU Cooler is great, wouldn't change it. The CPU Case should be switched to a CoolerMaster HAF 912. I'd switch the memory over to these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226223 Mushkin is a great company, they are based out of Colorado. The SSD should be switched to this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167049 As for SLI being in question, the Corsair HX650 is a silver certified PSU, more than capable of powering a an SLI set-up with two GTX 460's... All the way up to a pair of GTX 560Ti's (as all ready stated.) if you want to move up to a pair of GTX 570's or above in the future, you would want to get something like the HX850. Intel i9 10900K MSI MEG Z490 ACE ASUS TUF RTX 3090 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Royal 4000MHz CL18 SuperFlower Platinum SE 1200w Samsung EVO 970 1TB and Crucial P5 1TB Cougar Vortex CF-V12HPB x9 #4
S2000Gan FTW Member Total Posts : 1423 Reward points : 0 Joined: 9/6/2010 Location: Bellevue, WA Status: offline Ribbons : 1 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:01 AM (permalink) why Mushkin? and why 1866? thats a fair bit more expensive than 1333 or even 1600 And why a 80 GB Sata II SSD over a 128 GB SATA III? the Sata III Will be a good bit faster. In fact the crucial is cheaper per GB aswell :'( RIP EVGA GPUs :'( 2009(9500 GT) - 2019(RTX 2070) My Rig: CPU i7-9700K Motherboard Asus Maximus XI Code RAM 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Graphics Card EVGA GTX 2070 Power Supply Corsair RM850x Case Fractal Design Define R6 CPU Cooling XSPC Raystorm & 2x 240mm Radiators #5
dsclark New Member Total Posts : 88 Reward points : 0 Joined: 8/28/2007 Location: Planet MARS Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:14 AM (permalink) As far as your processor choice, at microcenter, you can get the i7 2600k which is a monster in its self, for $279 get the AX 750 and not have any issues in the future, I would hit up the 850 for extra measure but thaats just me. Microcenter DOES price match newegg. And unless you are overclocking, you can use stock cooler on the CPU, and get corsair memory, lifetime warrenty, great reliability, and not to expensive, 1333 is fine for what you want to do. Your not building the best of the best, so dont worry about getting ram thats clocked more then you will ever need. I do recommend the better PSU for futureproofing yourself, incase you do up your g-card or add a second one. post edited by dsclark - Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:17 AM #6
cmcdc2000 New Member Total Posts : 2 Reward points : 0 Joined: 8/26/2011 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Friday, September 02, 2011 12:46 AM (permalink) Hi guys, thank you for all the help. I just finished the build, everything is working awesome, I went with the below parts. I figure I can upgrade to an SSD later, since the prices will keep coming down. Haven't overclocked the CPU yet, thats next on the list. The Cooler Master case is one of the best designed cases I've ever worked with, I'm glad I went with this case. CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155 (local microcenter had some great deals) Motherboard: EVGA Intel P67 ATX DDR3 1333 SLI 130-SB-E675-KR GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE Memory: Corsair 8 GB DDR3 1333 HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB SATA 3.0 PSU: Corsair 650-Watt 80 Plus - CMPSU-650HX Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus DVD: Sony 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive AD-7260S-0B Case: Cooler Master 690 II Advanced OS: Windows 7 #7
Remorce SSC Member Total Posts : 546 Reward points : 0 Joined: 6/27/2011 Location: Virginia Status: offline Ribbons : 1 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Friday, September 02, 2011 4:24 PM (permalink) get another 460se from Bstock for 80 bucks. (I think) I have a very similar setup to you lol. 2500k asrock p67 extreme4 gskill 8gb 1600 spinpoint f3 corsair 750w 2x EVGA gtx460 SE haf922 hyper212+ If you pick up another 460se you should expect vantage scores to be in the range of ~25000 #8
71stpsde iCX Member Total Posts : 499 Reward points : 0 Joined: 11/16/2010 Location: San Antonio, TX Status: offline Ribbons : 3 Re:EVGA and i5 build - sanity check Saturday, September 03, 2011 0:51 PM (permalink) Also get another fan for the heatsink for a push/pull setup. I love the Hypher 212+. I've had two of the them. MSI X99 SLI Plus \|Intel i7-5820K\|Swiftech H240-X\|16gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400mhz \|Gigabyte GTX 970 X 2\|Corsair AX1200 \|Samsung 250gb SSD Raid 0\|WD Black 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache\| Corsair 750D \|Win8 #9

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