[TCPLemminks]

Ivy Bridge is only around a 5%-10% increase in performance, which is apparently useless for gaming.
As for the SSD, is it really worth the price hike (around $50)?
Took your advice on the new board, not too sure about the extra Ram though.

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Originally Posted by TCPLemminks

Ivy Bridge is only around a 5%-10% increase in performance, which is apparently useless for gaming.
As for the SSD, is it really worth the price hike (around $50)?
Took your advice on the new board, not too sure about the extra Ram though.

- When purchasing an SSD make sure to check out the reviews. I managed to dodge a bullet buying a particular OCZ SSD that was by checking out the reviews. Turns out they have problems when installing an OS (Bluescreens). Just find one at a reasonable price and make sure to check the reviews. I just bought my new PC and this is the SSD I have and it runs damn great;

Corsair Force Series 3 60GB SSD

In regards to how much space you need. You really only need to put your OS on it plus the "regular applications/games" that you access all the time. For me 60GB is plenty. Granted I only have 5 GB remaining on the disk. But all data is stored on the HDD.

- In regards to RAM, go either 4GB or 16GB. Don't bother with 8GB of RAM. (cbf giving reasoning behind it, for those who are interested there is google).

If you go for the latter, once you set up your computer. Download RAM drive and allocate 4GB to it. The 8GB you have left, 4 GB for the CPU and 4GB for the GPU. Done and dusted!

- As I've said before, don't bother with Ivy Bridge. Go Sandy Bridge and just make sure you get the version with the unlocked multiplier. 2500k is sufficient, however if for some reason you are not happy with the speed, you can overclock it. They're overclock friendly and run much more stable then Ivy Bridge.

- The ASrock Z77 Extreme-4 M'board is very much decent as well. Great value for money here.

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