Building a PC in the near future

**Ryan** · 08-12-12, 12:48 PM

I plan on OCing.

**Ryan** · 08-12-12, 12:49 PM

I will be checking parts and modifying. I have everything on price alerts so I know when things drop.

**SapiensErus** · 08-12-12, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Ryan

I plan on OCing.

You should also look at an aftermarket cooler at some point to maximize your bang in that case. Your case is solid for OCing... that fan over the GPU area will prove useful.

Maybe somebody will go look at current OC benchies for the 2500K vs the 3750K...
2500k or 3750k ? - Overclockers Forums
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...GJgiJCg5cZqKUA

It looks like the 5% difference in Ivy does not matter to gaming much.. meh... Either way?

**Ryan** · 08-12-12, 01:42 PM

I'll just stick to sandy bridge.

**DJ Ms. White** · 08-12-12, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by SapiensErus

If he is rockin' a sandy bridge 2500K he will probably not upgrade in the lifetime of those CPU's... my i5 is amazing and OC's so easily (Ivy Bridge does not ... but might later).

Need ivy to do pcie 3

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**kibner** · 08-12-12, 03:02 PM

I always like to consult the Tech Report system build guides. They come out every couple months and give various different builds with logic as to why they picked each part.

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**DJ Ms. White** · 08-12-12, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Need ivy to do pcie 3

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Z77+ivy can also support up to 32 GB of RAM.

**DJ Ms. White** · 08-12-12, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by SapiensErus

It was my understanding that the ivy bridge cannot OC like the sandy bridge (yet)... and that at 4.8ghz my i5 will outperform the 4.2ish that i could get out of a ivy bridge with the same cooling? speculative, yes... but if he gets a more expensive ivy bridge now, why upgrade later when they OC better?

But as I put forward before... Do you (Ryan) intend to OC? If not you could settle on a great ivy/sandy bridge processor that is not for OCing like the K series is. And in that case definitely get an Ivy and a z-77.

From benches I've seen, the Ivy doesn't need to be clocked as high. Also, if I recall correctly from benches heavy did with his 2600k, he didn't see much improvement beyond 4.5GHz. That being said, an H60 is only $60, which could easily take an Ivy to 4.8-5.0GHz.