Is this a good CPU+Mobo combo ?

[piotrekhc]

Asus P67 Sabertooth Intel P67

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB

Just want to add i use pc mainly for gaming

 

[sheroo]

Looks good to me.

What cooler are you going for, as you'll probably want an aftermarket one if you intend to overclock.

 

[piotrekhc]

ive got thermalright silverarrow so im safe

 

[yassarikhan786]

It is

 

[MarcusarilliuS_IRL]

I mentioned in another thread I was thinking about upgrading my WC system(Zalman reserator xt), but have decided to change my cpu, mobo and ram for now and continue to run the zalman on the cpu and gpu until I can afford to replace my entire wc loop.

I have a EK HF nickel plexi that will be arriving next week though so will have that on the sandy instead of the crap zalman block.

these are the parts I am thinking of getting, do you reckon good combo?

cpu..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-390-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1859

Mobo..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-475-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Ram..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-315-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

I will be keeping my old soundcard from my current rig, creative x-fi titanium champion edition.

Do you think the reserator xt will keep the sandybridge and the gtx280 from overheating till I can afford to replace the wc loop?

Does anyone here have that mobo? Will it overclock heavily without needing to watercool the mobo?

 

[Ravious]

That combination would be compatible. I am not sure about the Reserator XT but that motherboard would need a very heavy overclock as it has massive heatsinks covering all the major chipsets and mosfets.

 

[MarcusarilliuS_IRL]

Cool, so it should be fine to push to 5ghz without stripping off the mobo blocks and repacing with waterblocks?

Also is the heat output from the sandybridge chips high? I have the q9550@3.82ghz and is 45nm and this is 32nm. I think at stock which is 3.5 it should be cooler than mine overclocked. I have 1ghz overclock on mine btw and temps never really go over 70 on load so i think the sandy should be comparable with overclock to 4.5-5ghz maybe?