New PC, i7 920 D0 or 2600k?

[Holzberg]

Asrock P67 Extreme4 or Extreme6
i5 2500k or i7 2600k
GTX460 1GB / GTX560 1GB / GTX570 / HD6950 (take your pick)
8GB G.Skill DDR3 2133MHz RipjawsX
Any 1TB-3TB SATA2/3 HDD
Asus Xonar DX 7.1
Any DVD-RW / BD Drive that takes your fancy
Corsair HX1000 (future proof)

Cooling:

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus (its a excellent cooler, and at lest in the UK stupidly cheap)
120mm Coolermaster Sickleflow fans

Alright, below is my new PC config. The cost will be around $2,300 without a monitor.

Do you think the Cooler Master Hyper 212 is better than the Thermalright Silver Arrow?

With the G.Skill RAM I went with the RipJaws that were (2x4GB) but also the lowest timing numbers.

I have yet to figure out the best way to situate the fans in the HAF 932. I also wonder how much overclocking I will be able to do with the air cooling fans.

Also, do you think I should get GPU or RAM coolers?

I still haven't decided if I am going to wait until April. I Don't know how much I care (or should care) that the SATA II ports are not usable.


Oh yeah, I chose the P8P67 over the AsRock Extreme6 because after some research, ASRock is owned by ASUS and a couple of posts I read is that the ASRock Mobos are dying sooner than the ASUS mobo. Although, I am not real sure if the "dying before the ASUS mobos" is validated anywhere. ASRock is supposedly a value brand of ASUS.


ASUS P8P67 Deluxe
Intel i7 2600K 8MB Cache
G.Skill Ripjaws-X (F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH) 2x4GB 7-8-7-24-2N
EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked 012-P3-1572-AR
ASUS Xonar DX 7.1
Cooler Master HAF 932 High Air Flow ATX Full Tower Case Black - (RC-932-KKN1-GP)
Thermalright Silver Arrow
Lite-On BD Writer
120mm Coolermaster Sickleflow fans
WD1002FAEX 1TB
Corsair HX 1000