The i7 2700K is a bit unnecessary, surely? The i7 2700K is about £40 more than the i7 2600K, and it's only a 100MHz increase... You could do that yourself for free Also, you might as well spend a bit more on a decent motherboard. The Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard is perfect. It is also ready to take the 22nm Ivy Bridge processors in the future.
Good catch on the HD7970 at 1080p/ultra. I didn't have any data to hand at the time of posting. I'd agree i7 2700K is overkill. A 2600K is plenty good enough.
The i7 2700k is only $20 more in Australia/US so thats why i recommended it, but I guess I wasnt comparing best deal to best deal . I suggested the motherboard based on his previous posts but an ivy bridge ready motherboard is ideal.
I would vote for the 2500k, hyperthreading isn't very useful in this case. The 2600k/2700k is not a bad choice but I just don't see it being worthwhile for gaming. Up to the OP I guess, but it sounds like we're pushing the budget already.
The OP states "i pretty much want about 16gb ram n a really good processor", the 2500k is a good processor, but the 2600k or 2700k would probably be the one he's looking at for better performance (not necessarily in terms of gaming). And I was a bit ignorant in my last list of suggestions so here is an updated list more suited towards what he wants: Intel Core i7 2600K Unlocked Quad Core Processor - $335.00 ASUS P8Z68-V LX Motherboard - $130 Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 Video Card - 2048MB 256-bit GDDR5 RAM - 880 / 5500MHz Clock - PCIe 2.0 - HDMI, 2x DVI & 2x Mini DisplayPort - AMD Eyefinity - CrossFireX Ready - DirectX 11 (11187-03-40G) - $394.80 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX - $149 + $9 shipping Antec HCP-750 ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply - 92% Efficiency - 750 W - $186.90 Coolermaster COOLER MASTER HAF RC-932 - $152.68 LG OEM BH12LS38 BLK BluRay Burner 10xBD-R Read/Write 16xDVD+-R Read/Write SATA Silt Play Win7Comp. with Software - $90 G.Skill Ripjaws-X 16GB(4x 4GB) Memory Kit - 240pin DIMM - PC3-10666 / DDR3-1333 - CL9 - 1.5v - Unbuffered - Non-Ecc (F3-10666CL9Q-16GBXL) - $104 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM - $99 Total:$1650.38 the extra $150.38 gets you that extra graphics performance if you don't need it then go to the Radeon HD 6870 or the gtx 560 ti, Also note that all these sites are in Australia, in the US the prices for some of these items would be much cheaper, but if he gets a faulty item from an US site, that would take a lot of time to replace vs getting it in Australia.
@kitty I know that he has some misconception and doesnt realize that most software nowadays can function with 4gb of ram, but in the end it depends on what he wants, and he doesnt seem to want this pc for gaming(his original card choice was a gts 450, but that might be due to some error on his part as well).
