Hello everyone. Well the time has come to upgrade out of my old i7 920 and get something new. I'm thinking about either the new i7's or an i5 but I have no idea what to get. I'm wanting something that will be easy to overclock since I'll be putting a water cooling loop on it. I'll need a new MB and new RAM so that advice is needed as well. It looks like all the new i7's are around $299-$330 and the MB's for the 1155 socket range like $200 to $350. I have no idea what RAM to buy and whether to go 8gb or 16gb since you only need 2 sticks it seems. With the water cooling system I planned to run a 360 radiator for the CPU block and the chipset blocks but I'm still not sure if running water to the chipsets is worth it or not. I was thinking to get a MB that I could upgrade the chipsets to watercooling so I guess that should be considered in the purchase. Thanks in advance for any help and advice!
CPU: New i7 or i5
MB: $200 to max $350, Asus or EVGA or whatever is good now
RAM: No idea on this... 8gb or 16gb
CPU water block: HEATKILLER® CPU Block Rev3.0 Ni-BL - Socket 1155/1156 - Black Nickel
360 radiator: XSPC RX360 - 3x120mm Radiator Rev. 2
Reservoir: XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25in. Reservoir for Two Laing DDC's
CPU: New i7 or i5
MB: $200 to max $350, Asus or EVGA or whatever is good now
RAM: No idea on this... 8gb or 16gb
CPU water block: HEATKILLER® CPU Block Rev3.0 Ni-BL - Socket 1155/1156 - Black Nickel
360 radiator: XSPC RX360 - 3x120mm Radiator Rev. 2
Reservoir: XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25in. Reservoir for Two Laing DDC's