Upgrading my computer.

[MrTub]

Hello, I'm going to replace my motherboard, ram and processor but I'm having a bit of trouble deciding so any help would be great.
My budget is around 8000-9000 Swedish kr which is around 1187-1335$

I've looked around a bit and decided that I want a Intel SB i7 2600k (cpu)
and for ram I thought about buying
Corsair 8GB (2x4096MB) 1600MHz VENGEANCE (DDR3) I know that 8gb is a bit overkill but I rather have to much then to little.
As for motherboard I'm quite interested in Sabertooth P67 (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2010/11/16/asus-lga1155-motherboard-preview/2)

I would also like to buy and SSD but I'm not really sure which are good and which are bad so please recommend something (It's for Gaming and having OS on it) and I would prefer that it didn't cost more then 2000 swedish kr which is around 300$

If you feel that I've chosen wrong or anything please post.

 

[Tharwen]

$1200? You could have almost any hardware on the market for that!

Anyway, two things to be aware of:

1. You can't put more than 4GB of RAM in a computer with a 32-bit OS. It just won't notice the second 4.

2. I don't recommend putting an OS on an SSD. The cost-to-size ratio is too low for that to be effective. For example, $300 will get you about 150GB of SSD space, which probably won't be enough for a gaming computer unless to plan to manage it really carefully.

Most people get a normal drive, then install the games that they play regularly on the SSD.

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

Dont get 8GB with a i7 Processor. They run better when triple-channeled, so get 6GB in lots of 2GB DDR3. (You wont even need 8, I dont even use my 6).

That motherboard looks like a Mini-ATX board (smaller mobo). Also It looks like it'll only hold the i5 as an i7 usually requires a triple channel board. This is the one im using which gives plenty of space for extra graphics cards, hold upto 12GB/24GB of RAM (Provided you can even find a seller of 4GB DDR3 sticks) http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14844

I actually cant find that SB i7 on the site I use (Its Australian) but I use the "Intel i7 950"

 

[MrTub]

Dont get 8GB with a i7 Processor. They run better when triple-channeled, so get 6GB in lots of 2GB DDR3. (You wont even need 8, I dont even use my 6).

That motherboard looks like a Mini-ATX board (smaller mobo). Also It looks like it'll only hold the i5 as an i7 usually requires a triple channel board. This is the one im using which gives plenty of space for extra graphics cards, hold upto 12GB/24GB of RAM (Provided you can even find a seller of 4GB DDR3 sticks) http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14844

I actually cant find that SB i7 on the site I use (Its Australian) but I use the "Intel i7 950"

Sandy bridge i7 doesnt need triple channels and I need new mobo since Sandy bridge is a new socket. And Sabertooth P67 is a Atx

 

[MrTub]

$1200? You could have almost any hardware on the market for that!

Anyway, two things to be aware of:

1. You can't put more than 4GB of RAM in a computer with a 32-bit OS. It just won't notice the second 4.

2. I don't recommend putting an OS on an SSD. The cost-to-size ratio is too low for that to be effective. For example, $300 will get you about 150GB of SSD space, which probably won't be enough for a gaming computer unless to plan to manage it really carefully.

Most people get a normal drive, then install the games that they play regularly on the SSD.

I'm using W7 x64 ultimate version. and I already got around 2tb in normal hdd, and the only reason to get an SSD is pretty much for to have ur OS & games on it since even with my 100mb/s I cant overload my normal hdd when I download. And yes I plan on installing the games that I play often on the SSD and remove them once Im not playing them anymore (Move to to another hdd)

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I've looked around a bit and decided that I want a Intel SB i7 2600k (cpu)

I just hope for your sake you're not thinking of relying on the GPU built into the sandy bridge APUs because Intel's GPU tech is atrocious compared to nVidia or AMD.

 

[MrTub]

I've looked around a bit and decided that I want a Intel SB i7 2600k (cpu)

I just hope for your sake you're not thinking of relying on the GPU built into the sandy bridge APUs because Intel's GPU tech is atrocious compared to nVidia or AMD.

Of course not :=) I'm using my gtx 480 but will be nice to plug in another monitor.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Of course not :=) I'm using my gtx 480 but will be nice to plug in another monitor.

Good good. Just making sure.

 

[MrTub]

I found corsair force 120gb (http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/corsair_force_120gb/) is it any good or should I continue to look for another one?

 

[Azure Sky]

$1200? You could have almost any hardware on the market for that!

Anyway, two things to be aware of:

1. You can't put more than 4GB of RAM in a computer with a 32-bit OS. It just won't notice the second 4.

2. I don't recommend putting an OS on an SSD. The cost-to-size ratio is too low for that to be effective. For example, $300 will get you about 150GB of SSD space, which probably won't be enough for a gaming computer unless to plan to manage it really carefully.

Most people get a normal drive, then install the games that they play regularly on the SSD.

This.
Also worth noting that the 64bit Win7 Home has a max RAM of 16GB

As for getting an SSD, yes they are several times faster than a normal HDD, but on a GB-to-GB ratio, they are probably more than 10X-20X+ the cost.

Dont get 8GB with a i7 Processor. They run better when triple-channeled, so get 6GB in lots of 2GB DDR3. (You wont even need 8, I dont even use my 6).

Half-true, while a computer probably wont 'need' more than 6ish, if you do indeed have more, it will use as much as it can get to speed things up.