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[Nilas]

I named it Jesus Christ son of God.

What do the elite of internet gaming think?

Case - AZZA ATX Full Tower
Mobo - ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+
CPU - AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ Eight-Core
PSU - COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series 800W ATX
Watercooling - CORSAIR H80 (H100 won't fit)
RAM - CORSAIR DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
CD/DvD Burner - Just in-case
HDD - Western Digital Caviar 2TB
SSD - Corsair Nova Series 2 2.5" 30GB (For OS)
Graphics Card - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970 Ghz Edition 3GB 38

[Kilgore]

I'd take i5-2500K, I really doubt that you need 8 cores for gaming and 30GB SSD is too small, even for OS.. I mean, you can install Win7 and still have few GBs free but if you want to install any additional software... and if you want to install additional software on HDD then the whole idea of putting in SSD is a bit pointless. Get 64GB or ideally, 128GB.

[Nexxos]

i5-2500k is wonderful, bought it myself few months ago. The OC capabilities it has even with default coolers are great.

[Redivivus]

I would recommend smth from product line of Crucial or OCZ for SSD though. Plus really, 30 GB is too small.
Yet yeah, i5 would be better, but, Sandy bridge? Meh. Why not Ivy?
Try this 2:  3770 or 3570
And as MB for this ones would be pretty good this one: GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 3

[Nilas]

Hm but regardless, wouldn't it be a downgrade to go from the 3.6ghz 8-core to the 3.6ghz 4-core?

[Kilgore]

I would recommend smth from product line of Crucial or OCZ for SSD though. Plus really, 30 GB is too small.
Yet yeah, i5 would be better, but, Sandy bridge? Meh. Why not Ivy?
Try this 2:  3770 or 3570

Crucial = yay
OCZ = nay
Crucial M4 / Samsung 830 are a good choice and you can get 128GB at $150-200 probably. There were lots of people having problems with OCZ ssds, I wouldn't bother. Personally I'm using Samsung 830.
Why not Ivy: because it doesn't make a big difference. All depends on how much money you are willing to waste on the PC: if more, buy i7-3770k or 3570, if less, buy i5-2500k.

[Redivivus]

Hm but regardless, wouldn't it be a downgrade to go from the 3.6ghz 8-core to the 3.6ghz 4-core?

Duh, actually there are no real reason even in quad-core processors. Not many programs even for now are able to use multiprocessing. :/

[Haraldx]

Yeah, the only game that I know utilizes more than 2 cores is Red Orchestra 2. Unless you are building a NASA-like center, I see no reason why to go for an eight-core. I guess you could shoot for the future, as if games in somewhere 2016 will utilize more than 4 cores and you will still be able to max something out maybe.