Need help picking out new PC parts.

Hello people of MPGH, first off I know I can find the answers I need on google but I like having a direct responce to my particular needs, also I fucking love MPGH it is the shit and I respect it more then I respect my GF..

anyways back to buisiness.

SO i built a new PC rig consisting of

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth p67
Processor: Intel 2600k I7 1155LGA socket
Ram: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
I also purchased a NZXT Phantom Full tower and a V6GT Coolermaster CPU cooling fan

older parts which I need help replacing
GPU: Asus GeForce 450 ENGTS 1GB GDDR5
HDD1: 1.5 GB/s 200GB Sata
HDD2: 3.0 GB/s 1T Sata (used as a slave as it can not be used as a main)
and a 600W power supply

For a new GPU I was thinking of grabbing a 580 but people are telling me I should get a 590 cause it's like "2 580's in 1 card"
and for a new primary HDD I was either going to wait for the price of SSD drives to go down or purchase a 120GB and use it to run windows and necessary programs (AKA: games) and then use my 1TB for the rest of my crap.

any thoughts of what parts I should add on and is my power supply good enough or will that need to be replaced to?

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Two 580s in one card my ass.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.

Your build is so much like mine.
Sabertooth P67.
i7 2600k
I had a cooler master V6 GT, now I use a liquid cooler.

Originally Posted by Stevenom

^ that, but if you want some power single slot cards go for the 7970 (fuck multi gpu cards) or go for sli / crossfire with some more bang for the buck cards.

Originally Posted by Stevenom

By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.

No point in Z68, he doesn't need the Intel gpu. Also dunno where you got the price thingy from, any Z68 board with the P67's extra features would cost more.

The most important question right now might be your budget, I have no clue what to suggest till i know how much you have to work with

I know this sounds kinda silly, but why do you want that insane hardware? I don't know many games or anything that uses all the hardware. I can run Skyrim and BF3 on max everything and around 90 FPS. And i don't have anything amazing... I've spend 1.5k on my stuff and all prices are at least 30% higher here in Denmark... usually 50. It's much smarter just buying from Newegg and getting it shipped to DK.

You can only really use dual GPU if you have two screens.

Originally Posted by Alen:5762002

Originally Posted by Stevenom

Two 580s in one card my ass.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.

^ that, but if you want some power single slot cards go for the 7970 (fuck multi gpu cards) or go for sli / crossfire with some more bang for the buck cards.

Originally Posted by Stevenom

By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.

No point in Z68, he doesn't need the Intel gpu. Also dunno where you got the price thingy from, any Z68 board with the P67's extra features would cost more.

The most important question right now might be your budget, I have no clue what to suggest till i know how much you have to work with

My point is many Sabertooth P67 users have booting problems.
I suggested a cheaper alternative like a cheaper Z68 maybe like ASUS P8Z68-V LE or something.
Sabertooth P67 costs around 250AUD.

Originally Posted by Stevenom

My point is many Sabertooth P67 users have booting problems.
I suggested a cheaper alternative like a cheaper Z68 maybe like ASUS P8Z68-V LE or something.
Sabertooth P67 costs around 250AUD.

Well aware, the Sabertooth is, well, fancy as fuck. I don't really recommend anyone but a real enthusiast even bothers with such boards, they're just marginally better for normal users, if not just as good. On a side note: upgrade your BIOS, if you haven't already.

Originally Posted by Alen

Well aware, the Sabertooth is, well, fancy as fuck. I don't really recommend anyone but a real enthusiast even bothers with such boards, they're just marginally better for normal users, if not just as good. On a side note: upgrade your BIOS, if you haven't already.

BIOS doesn't help with the booting problem.
mmz

Originally Posted by Stevenom

BIOS doesn't help with the booting problem.
mmz

PSU with a too large delay when switching power states? That was the reason for most of my woes with x58, dunno if that's still an active issue today

Originally Posted by Alen

PSU with a too large delay when switching power states? That was the reason for most of my woes with x58, dunno if that's still an active issue today

Not really.
Turn on your thing on power point.
You would have to short out all power.
Switch off PSU.
Wait for Stand By LED to go off. (It appears even though you shut your computer down.
Turn on PSU again then press the power button.

I read on Asus and other computer forums that many sabertooth users have that problem.

Originally Posted by Stevenom

Not really.
Turn on your thing on power point.
You would have to short out all power.
Switch off PSU.
Wait for Stand By LED to go off. (It appears even though you shut your computer down.
Turn on PSU again then press the power button.

I read on Asus and other computer forums that many sabertooth users have that problem.

Sounds like an issue with ACPI, I would personally try switching the PSU (at least temporarily) to see if that solves it. I'm assuming of course that you're 100% sure no BIOS patch or anything like that was released to fix these issues.

Originally Posted by Alen

Sounds like an issue with ACPI, I would personally try switching the PSU (at least temporarily) to see if that solves it. I'm assuming of course that you're 100% sure no BIOS patch or anything like that was released to fix these issues.

I'm currently trying an old one someone suggested.
He uses this BIOS version and he has no problems with it.
I think it's 3rd or 4th BIOS.
But if it solves my booting problems I'm happy.
And I used to have Antec High Current Gamer 900w.

You should of waited. Cheaper 2011 cpus should release soon. Thats what im waiting for. Then gonna buy myself a Gigabyte UD5 2011. I dont play any huge games. 560TI will do me just fine. 8GB ram. 1tb hdd and a 120ish gb ssd for win7. Not gonna spend a lot on a case. It just sits there.

I actually wouldnt prefer any asus mobo. You have to oc pretty much any decent ram. Most Gigabyte can handle 2133Mhz without oc.

And if you want a cheap ssd, try ebay.

Originally Posted by Elegant Elephant

By the time the 2011 cpus fall to a reasonable price the 500 series will be a waste of money. Also no point in getting ram that's better than 1600MHz CL8, you won't notice any difference.

Originally Posted by Alen

By the time the 2011 cpus fall to a reasonable price the 500 series will be a waste of money. Also no point in getting ram that's better than 1600MHz CL8, you won't notice any difference.

I noticed a difference. I went from 4GB 1600 CL8 to 4GB 1866 CL9 and software performs much faster. And compared to the $600-$1250 prices of 2011 cpus now, I don't mind at all paying $200-$300 for the newer ones. That's cheap to me.

Originally Posted by Elegant Elephant

I sincerely doubt it was the ram that was the reason for any improvements. Perhaps your CPU got OCed or something, because the difference is next to unnoticeable unless you're doing benchmarking and OCing.

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