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Need advice first tyme build noobie lol

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I did a lot of research but technology just have no limit
I already checked the new intel amd build forum no need to send me a link of dat

My goal is to build a beast pc I will be doing some overclocking with it just to have fun also wanted to have a good video card so theres no need to replace it in coming years. I will be playing pc games often just cant wait for this build im jumping from my old pentium 4 integreted video card to i5 2500k i know there would be a huge difference lol

So things I already bought:

Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 70SB088600002 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card

Things I decided to buy:

Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W

Power supply:SeaSonic X760 (SS-760KM) 760W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91, 80Plus Gold Certified, Active PFC Power Supply

Ram:CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8

Video card: Want to have the new geforce gtx 500 series so decide to get the 560 ti there are a lot of diferrent brands but i found out this is the most suggested one from my research
MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

Dvd rom drive:LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Writer LightScribe Support

Things ill be adding after a year:

Bluray combo drive, maybe another 1tb harddrive and also fan controller just for fun

So there is my pc build I have some question related to my build before I purchased the stuff.

1. Should i go with i5 2500k or save money and buy the i7 2600k still cant decide which one to go for but i dont think ill be running software dat will need hyper threading.

2. Is my power supply too much so should i downgrade to seasonic-x660

3. Is it worthy to buy geforce gtx 560 or should i just downgrade to
geforce gtx 460

4.The ram im buying corsair Vengeance has three types of latency
8-8-8-24, 9-9-9-24, 9-10-9-27 which one is the best from this three

5. My last question is my cpu cooler will be enough if i did an overclock with my cpu just asking because this cooler is preety cheap

I would appreciate every help I can get Thank u
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Stay with the 2500k, the price jump does not reflect a great performance increase unless you're specifically using software that really benefits from hyper threading.

PSU is good, don't go lower. I think the 560 is worth the extra price personally.

8-8-8-24 is the faster of the RAM timings you listed, although you won't realistically notice a difference -- don't pay much extra for this if you don't want to.

You'll be quite happy with the hyper 212.

Only other comment is that modern mobo's have pretty decent onboard audio. I always recommend trying out the onboard first, if you find you don't care for it, you can order the sound card after the fact. Just a thought and a way to save some extra money.
As above. 4GB (2X2 ma6tched pair) is more than enough RAM and you avoid any issues with the 4GB sticks.
Stay with the 2500k, the price jump does not reflect a great performance increase unless you're specifically using software that really benefits from hyper threading.

PSU is good, don't go lower. I think the 560 is worth the extra price personally.

8-8-8-24 is the faster of the RAM timings you listed, although you won't realistically notice a difference -- don't pay much extra for this if you don't want to.

You'll be quite happy with the hyper 212.

Only other comment is that modern mobo's have pretty decent onboard audio. I always recommend trying out the onboard first, if you find you don't care for it, you can order the sound card after the fact. Just a thought and a way to save some extra money.
Thanks for the advice bro
Im just going to stick with i5 2500k
I got the soundcard for 60 bucks with tax its not a bad deal and I have logitech Z-5500 which I can play with
As above. 4GB (2X2 ma6tched pair) is more than enough RAM and you avoid any issues with the 4GB sticks.
Thanks for the advice you just save me 50 bucks lol
Onboard sound is also real impressive now. You could hold off on the dedicated card for now and save some more money.
Build looks very nice and I agree with the great advice my team mates Tyree and hhnq04 have given you.
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