Saving for the new generation is always a good idea but processors and mobos are a bit different. Usually you want to wait for the 2nd and 3rd revisions for them to squeeze out as much as possible out of the chips and _then_ you get that feeling of accomplishment that you've finally made your PC to last. Otherwise you end up with pretty much their test version, which is also very often locked in many departments that haven't been examined properly in order to introduce it to the public faster and beat the other company.
The evolution of processors and mobos is just.... so unintuitive...
v1, v1.3 and v1.7 of the same chip release (for different budgets). They're locked in a lot of ways. Then come 2nd revisions with v1.1, v1.4 and v1.8, they're a lot better but on the horizon you can see the already announced v1.2, v1.5 and v1.9. And as they get close to release "enthusiast" versions 1.6 and 1.95 are released just to tease you a bit more. All the same chips, many different locks. And as you're just about to buy one v2 is already coming out with its baseline v2, v2.3 and v2.7 WAY better then the older Rev1 and Rev2 of the previous chip, with lower prices...
Honestly, the game is about "find the best one with the biggest gap until the next revision release and buy it on the spot, but usually skip the baseline models". At least that's how I've seen it the last 10 years. And I'm quite satisfied with my results so far. Almost the same goes for GPUs.
Im planing to build myself new pc will look like this:
CPU: Core i5 2500k
MB: Asus P8z68
Ram: 2x4 GB DDR3 1600mhz
Graphic: HD 6870 1GB DDR 5
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro 500W
Storage:64gb SSD+1TB Seagate Baracuda
Any suggetion to this build? I can't go anymore further up cause hardware is very expensive in my country
My advice would be to increase the PSU power by about 100W, just to be sure. And possibly make the 6870 a 2GB version. Again just to be sure. After all, you're buying this PC to last I guess. You never know when 1GB will start being small. Could be later this year. Technology is really fast and quite unpredictable.
Well I suppose no feedback is bad feedback when it comes to the fine art of building your own PC. So here's my take on it.
I've built for myself almost exactly the thing that you're going after. P8P67M PRO with an i5-2500K and HD6870. Completed with the 2x2GB RIPJAWs (small but I'll upgrade soon) this is a marvelous Sandy Bridge rev 3 build. Everything is made to work with each other and you can really tell when using it. I've only had issues with this stupid Samsung Spinpoint F3 that people all over the Internet were recommending. It's so noisy and slow I can barely stand it. It's a 50/50 chance you'll get the same issues from what I read in reviews. Haven't returned it though since such policies in my country are a bit odd...
Anyway, all in all this machine has eaten up everything I could throw at it including Battlefield 3, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Skyrim, Kingdoms of Amalur... just... everything. On Ultra or whatever the highest setting is. Never breaks a sweat, even with the small RAM sticks. It's been some glorious 6 month period since I built it. Looking forward to the next 2 years or so of very small upgrades, like the RAM and that extremely bad HDD.
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The evolution of processors and mobos is just.... so unintuitive...
v1, v1.3 and v1.7 of the same chip release (for different budgets). They're locked in a lot of ways. Then come 2nd revisions with v1.1, v1.4 and v1.8, they're a lot better but on the horizon you can see the already announced v1.2, v1.5 and v1.9. And as they get close to release "enthusiast" versions 1.6 and 1.95 are released just to tease you a bit more. All the same chips, many different locks. And as you're just about to buy one v2 is already coming out with its baseline v2, v2.3 and v2.7 WAY better then the older Rev1 and Rev2 of the previous chip, with lower prices...
Honestly, the game is about "find the best one with the biggest gap until the next revision release and buy it on the spot, but usually skip the baseline models". At least that's how I've seen it the last 10 years. And I'm quite satisfied with my results so far. Almost the same goes for GPUs.
Ha. Bagstone.
Ha. Bagstone.
I've built for myself almost exactly the thing that you're going after. P8P67M PRO with an i5-2500K and HD6870. Completed with the 2x2GB RIPJAWs (small but I'll upgrade soon) this is a marvelous Sandy Bridge rev 3 build. Everything is made to work with each other and you can really tell when using it. I've only had issues with this stupid Samsung Spinpoint F3 that people all over the Internet were recommending. It's so noisy and slow I can barely stand it. It's a 50/50 chance you'll get the same issues from what I read in reviews. Haven't returned it though since such policies in my country are a bit odd...
Anyway, all in all this machine has eaten up everything I could throw at it including Battlefield 3, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Skyrim, Kingdoms of Amalur... just... everything. On Ultra or whatever the highest setting is. Never breaks a sweat, even with the small RAM sticks. It's been some glorious 6 month period since I built it. Looking forward to the next 2 years or so of very small upgrades, like the RAM and that extremely bad HDD.
Ha. Bagstone.