Build for a racing setup

[Samwood]

Good choice.

As for your previous question "is the 8 core amd that bad" - the answer is yes.
Firstly the 8150 is rated to 125W stock, where as the 3570k is 77w. With a decent overclock the 8150 will hit 175w+ (which is huge!), the 3570k will barely break 100w with a huge overclock.
On benchmarks, I've seen the 8150 just about keep up with some synthetic CPU-limited tests, but this doesnt carry to real-life. The 3570k performs much better with real-life applications, for gaming (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...k_6.html#sect0) you'll see anywhere from a 30-50% increase in frame-rates (depending on your setup, game, settings etc).

So overall, the 3570k or 3770k (which i've got) is a very good choice, probably the best choice (excl the overpriced SandyBridge-E socket 2011 processors) for gaming.

[Samwood]

dt_matthews - have you chosen a mobo, RAM etc for your new build yet?
If not i'd advise looking at the Z77 chipset (mobos with "Z77" in their name) - that will give you USB 3.0, Sata 6Gb/s & PCI 3.0 which will help for future-proofing.

[dt_matthews]

great, thats reassured me i made a good choice after the advice received

[dt_matthews]

dt_matthews - have you chosen a mobo, RAM etc for your new build yet?
If not i'd advise looking at the Z77 chipset (mobos with "Z77" in their name) - that will give you USB 3.0, Sata 6Gb/s & PCI 3.0 which will help for future-proofing.

plumped for a Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77-D3H board, is that ok, it seemed to have the features I wanted at a keen price, and had good reviews?

[dt_matthews]

A bit of a long shot but can anyone recommend a good seat for racing games to combine with the G27 I have ordered?

[dt_matthews]

... finally the mobo arrived today, will be building. Will post back with my thoughts!