Guys I need some help here, I have not played a PC Game in 10 years (console gaming took over ) but now I want to get back into the gaming PC saddle and just looking at the things that are being sold makes me crosseyed.

The first thing I want to know is there a huge and critical difference between the Core i5 2500k 3.3Ghz and the Core i7 2600k 3.3Ghz? My primary purpose for this rig is gaming and followed by your standard web surfing ie: streaming video and what not.

Second of all I want to get the GTX 680 for graphics and the Maximus V Formula for the motherboard, are these wise choices to make? I have saved up cash for a while so my budget can be considered high end. As for the case I do not think I will make due with some lower priced models and for the fan I hope to use the Cooler master TPC 812 and for the power supply I hope to use the Builder Series CX500 from Corsair.


Know that I have very little idea of this and most of this build was gathered from the reading of magazines and price lists though I have put in some effort by looking at hours of videos at each of the components. My question is that will this build work and is it too extreme? If so what components would you change in order to save money?

Thanks in advance, I apologize if I sound...noob like but I am not joking about being away from PC Gaming for 10 years so I am very rusty at this.

Yeah as I said my budget is one that has some headroom because I haven't dedicated my cash to my PC in 10 years so I had plenty of time for cash XD.

I am getting the full rig but I had to make sacrifices so that I could throw in my weight else where for example for my casing and my monitor I do not think I will go beyond mid range for both of them. I also will do away with speakers and get some decent headphones.

For the PSU I do not think I will OC it because I am still very new at this and I am quite scared to do so and the same thing goes for SLI. I will get a midrange PSU because I heard a good PSU is essential.



Thanks a lot dude, I will seriously take your advice on this. Yeah the only reason why I wanted the 680 was because I fell into the marketing trap....NEWEST GFX CARD DUDEEEE!! and I want it to have some sense of it being future proof because 10 years ago when I bought my HP rig the guy promised me that BOSS CAN PLAY ALL GAMES but in the end gaming for me lasted for about a year and a half because the GFX card on that rig was pretty poor and I could not afford a decent card back then.


You guys are freaking awesome for helping out a noob like me and now that I love you both XD you guys have saved me thousands of ringgit on this....will update you guys on my progress.

and once again I thank you...seriously both of you are legends.

yeah I want to get that card...don't want to leave for another 10 years and thanks for the price points. Hopefully I can get this rig built soon