Greetings!
So my friend wanted to build a new rig and he's zeroed down on the processor and the GPU.
Processor: i5 2500k
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC Edition
The PSU, cooler and motherboard remain points of contention. I hope you guys can help!
1. My friend plans to OC both the CPU and the GPU moderately, and possibly the RAM as well. Keeping this in mind which motherboard would get the job done? He doesn't need onboard graphics as such.
2. Is PCI 3.0 worth it, in terms of future proofing?
3. Also, Is the GS600 enough to handled the overclocks, or should he go with the Seasonic S12II 620w? Or the TX 650?
4. Will CoolerMaster Hyper 212 evo work for moderate overclocking (say, 4.0-4.2 Ghz)? What would you recommend for CPU cooling?
Opinions?
EDIT: Budget for motherboard is ~10k and for PSU ~5k. Don't really know a lot about CPU cooling so give me your opinion based on the requirements above. Actually, the budget for motherboard and PSU aside, my friend essentially needs a motherboard and a PSU which will fulfill his OC requirements. Features like PCI 3.0, USB 3.0 and Bluetooth are non-esssentials.
So my friend wanted to build a new rig and he's zeroed down on the processor and the GPU.
Processor: i5 2500k
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC Edition
The PSU, cooler and motherboard remain points of contention. I hope you guys can help!
1. My friend plans to OC both the CPU and the GPU moderately, and possibly the RAM as well. Keeping this in mind which motherboard would get the job done? He doesn't need onboard graphics as such.
2. Is PCI 3.0 worth it, in terms of future proofing?
3. Also, Is the GS600 enough to handled the overclocks, or should he go with the Seasonic S12II 620w? Or the TX 650?
4. Will CoolerMaster Hyper 212 evo work for moderate overclocking (say, 4.0-4.2 Ghz)? What would you recommend for CPU cooling?
Opinions?
EDIT: Budget for motherboard is ~10k and for PSU ~5k. Don't really know a lot about CPU cooling so give me your opinion based on the requirements above. Actually, the budget for motherboard and PSU aside, my friend essentially needs a motherboard and a PSU which will fulfill his OC requirements. Features like PCI 3.0, USB 3.0 and Bluetooth are non-esssentials.
