Sandy Bridge adopters -- post your new build.

Porter_ said:
that zalman is a good looking cooler. how have your temps been? any way to turn the fan LED off?
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No way too turn the HSF light off. The pictures are a little deceiving, from exposure. The glow from the HSF isn't that bright and it's more of a light cyan color than a primary blue color like most blue LEDs.

It idles 1 degree over motherboard temp, in that case that's around 30c. Under prime95 100% on 8 cores it stays around 66c with the CPU at 4.4 ghz. I haven't tried pushing it past that.
 
canon.tk said:
Pictures of my Build:

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Is that the fan spinning or the plastic guard?
 
Porter_ said:
very nice! try not to stare at the clock all day at work :D

p.s. the D14 is a huuuuge bitch.
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I wish I had time to stare at the clock. I teach highschool students, and the semester ends on tuesday so they are all racing to get things done.

I really hope the D14 fits in my case. I did measure, and it should ... but just barely. If not ... well I guess its time to do some more case modding.
 
Porter_ said:
that zalman is a good looking cooler. how have your temps been? any way to turn the fan LED off?
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I'm running prime95 again and the temps are bouncing between 60c and 63c under full load.

Guess the AS5 broken in some.
 
zyzeast said:
becareful here, a 6950 might not fit in a storm scout
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Well, I can now state that a 6950 will NOT fit into a Storm Scout without modification. Had to remove the 3.5 internal drive bays and also notch the bottom of the 5.25 bay.

On the plus side the Coolmaster Hyper 212+ does fit in the case with no problem... but if you use the MSI P67A-GD65 board and Corsair Vengeance 1600 ram the heatsink on the ram will hit the CPU fan in stock configuration. Had to move the fan to rear and set it to pull instead of push. :D
 
Here is my build so far.

Intel i5-2500K ($300 microcenter deal, cpu + board)
Asus P8P67 motherboard
16gb Corsair DDR3-1600 (free, bday gift from my friends)
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30 case ($100)
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ ($30)
LG DVD-RW ($20)

Old stuff that I'm using temporarily until I upgrade it.

Antec 430 psu (thinking about upgrading to Corsair 1000 watt psu)
40gb Kingston SSD (Flashed w/ Intel firmware for trim support) (waiting on Sata3 drives besides the Corsair SSD)
500gb WD hard drive (1tb WD Black will replace this and also planning to put 5 2tb drives in a raid5 array and adding a Raid controller)
ATI HD 4670 (not sure what I want to do, HD6970, HD6950 or 2 6850's?)
 
My new Sandy Bride. How I love her.

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Actually the only new components are:
i7 2600K
Asus P8P67 Pro
8GB G.Skill DDR3-12800

Replaced:
Core2 E6600
Asus P5B
6GB OCZ DDR2-800

Yeah, I suck at managing cables. But luckily my case has no windows.
 
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I just got it up and running. I still need to do some cable mangement, and I may remount the heatsink. I managed to get it up to 4.7, with temps at 68-69 100% load on prime, by increasing the vcore to 1.4. I would like to hit 5. Not really sure what other settings to change.

Not much clearance between the fan on the D14 and the ripjaws.
 
From an i5 750 @ 4ghz + EVGA P55 LE to:

i7 2600k @ 4.2-4.5ghz + MSI P67A-GD55

Fantastic upgrade, scoring higher frames in games/benchmarks/synthetic tests -- was able to reuse memory / heatsink + sell previous cpu/mboard for a healthy amount AND have Fry's price match Microcenter on the CPU (!).
 
i7 2600K
Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
16Gb Corsair Vengeance

Either a Radeon 6970 or GTX 580, have both but I haven't decided which one for this system yet.
 
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2600k, P8P67, 8GB G.Skill ram, GTX480, 800D

The engineer checkin on stuff.
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johnrea77 said:
Here is the new build - mostly a bang for the buck system (all from TD unless noted):

  • i5-2500k ($229 fr TD)
  • ASUS P8P67 Pro
  • OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) 1333
  • EVGA GTX460-SE 1GB DDR5
  • Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus cpu heatsink
  • Cooler Master HAF-912 (two 200 mm fans/LED blue in front)
  • Cooler Master RS600 SilentPro 600 watt power supply
  • OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB SSD
  • Seagate Barracuda 750 GB / 7200
  • Roccat Arvo keyboard (Ebay UK)
  • Roccat Pyra wireless mouse (Ebay UK)
  • Windows 7 Professional x64


Some things like memory might get bumped up down the road, but this should be a substantial upgrade after skipping the "tick" of the core i series.
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Up and running stable at 4.579 GHz - (104.1 X 44). Runs prime with CPU @ 60C and that is with the fan mode set to silent! I'm glad I waiting for SB - great performance gain all the way around using only air.

Still waiting on my UK parts though (kbd/mouse/mat) - Grrr.
 
For those who are hitting 4.8-5 what are your VCCIO / VCCSA voltages ?

I am stuck on 4.7, right now, but I am also waiting for a stable bios update, for my ga-p67a-ud3p, which has PLL over voltage.
 
This is my Sandy Bridge build: I have it overclocked to 4.7 right now.

Asrock P67-Pro3
Core i7-2600K
Cooler Master HAF 912
Cooler Master 212+
XFX Radeon 5970
Corsair 750HX PSU
16GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline DDR3 1333
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 sound card
Kingston V100 SATA II 64GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 750GB / 7200
Hitachi Deskstar 1TB / 7200

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Draax said:
For those who are hitting 4.8-5 what are your VCCIO / VCCSA voltages ?

I am stuck on 4.7, right now, but I am also waiting for a stable bios update, for my ga-p67a-ud3p, which has PLL over voltage.
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Default VCCIO and VCCSA for me.
 
Draax said:
For those who are hitting 4.8-5 what are your VCCIO / VCCSA voltages ?

I am stuck on 4.7, right now, but I am also waiting for a stable bios update, for my ga-p67a-ud3p, which has PLL over voltage.
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I bumped mine one notch each (on the Gigabyte UD4 board) to get 4.8 stable at a lower Vcore.
 
does anyone have pics of a their ASUS P8P67 mobo with two cards in SLI/Crossfire? i just ordered a second GTX 460 :)D) and i'd like to see how much space there is between the cards. i can visualize it based on the PCI-E slot layout...but you know, pictures are always better :)
 
P67A-GD65
i7 2600K
8 gig G.Skill 1600
Cosair TX 850
Antec 300
Nvidia GTX460
 
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pretty much in my signature, however I havent bought a pair of RAM yet.. not sure what to get,
 
Getting this in a week or so

GPU: AMD 6950 Crossfire
CPU: i5 2500k
CPUC: Coolermaster Hyper 212
Motherboard: Asus-p8p67-Pro
RAM: 4GB G.Skill RipJaws X 1600 CL7
Monitor: 2 x Philips 234EL
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Case: AeroCool X-Predator
PSU: Corsair HX750W
 
Draax said:
For those who are hitting 4.8-5 what are your VCCIO / VCCSA voltages ?

I am stuck on 4.7, right now, but I am also waiting for a stable bios update, for my ga-p67a-ud3p, which has PLL over voltage.
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Currently sitting at 4.8 ghz. vcore is 1.325 with ultra high LLC (second to highest level).

I set my VCCIO/VCCSA to 1.00/.900. I've also set my PLL to 1.65v, apparently undervolting ot helps with temps but doesn't mess with stability?

EDIT:
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge
CORSAIR A70 heatsink
ASUS P8P67 PRO
Patriot Viper (2x 2GB, 8-8-8-20 @ 1333) (From old rig)
HIS Radeon 4870 (From old rig)
750TX Corsair PSU (From old rig)
Antec 1200 (From old rig)
160 GB WD, 1 TB WD, Seagate 300 GB, 2 TB Samsung (From old rig)

This was mostly an upgrade of necessity, as my girlfriend's mom desperately needed a new computer. Figured I'd get a nice new Sandy bridge for my trouble. :D
 
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Check the sig for new build. Loving it a lot now that I've settled in. Very smooth general computing experience and it completely owns all games at 1080 which is all I need for now. Although still some loading hitches in certain games which is probably down to not using the SSD for game installations. Have not had much chance to put the SSD through its paces. Have to say, not real impressed with boot speed. Everything is still stock speed.
 
ballpoint said:
Check the sig for new build. Loving it a lot now that I've settled in. Very smooth general computing experience and it completely owns all games at 1080 which is all I need for now. Although still some loading hitches in certain games which is probably down to not using the SSD for game installations. Have not had much chance to put the SSD through its paces. Have to say, not real impressed with boot speed. Everything is still stock speed.
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Holy Necrothread!

For the love of God man, overclock the 2600k. You bought a $300 motherboard, put it to use!
 
New / Old
Motherboard: msi P67A-C43 B3 / Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L 2.0
CPU: Core i7-2600K @ 4.1GHz 1.18v / Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.4GHz 1.28v
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Gaia / Xigmatek HDT-S1283
RAM: 8GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3-1333 @ 9-9-9 1.56v / 4GB Transcend DDR2-800 5-4-4
SSD: Crucial C300 128GB / No SSD
Case: Coolermaster HAF 912 / Rosewill R5707 case
Sandy Bridge is stupid fast!

Holdovers:
1TB WD Caviar Blue, Enermax Liberty Eco 400W PSU, Radeon HD 4870 1GB
 
New -

P8p67 mobo
i5 2500k @ 4.4 ghz
4 gig ripjaws 1600 mhz, running at 1333mhz, No uk retailers actually stock the 1333mhz modules.
hyper 212 cpu cooler
corsair 650 watt TX

Old-
1tb samsung spin point, 250 gig maxtor HDD (ancient) GTX 260 212 sp, HAF 932, sony DL burner.
 
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
INTEL i7 2600K - OC to 4.8ghz stable 55x multi capable
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair 2000mhz CL9 - OC to 2133mhz
Corsair H70 running push/pull setup
COOLERMASTER 690 II
GALAXY GTX 570 in sli + EVGA GTX 285 for physx card
120GB OCZ vertex 3 max iops version

all powered by Corsair HX1000
 
GPU: PNY GTX 460
CPU: i5 2500k 4.5ghz 1.305v
CPUC: Corsair h60
Motherboard: Asus-p8p67-Sabertooth
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600
Monitor: 2x Asus VE247H
HDD: 64gb MicroCenter SSD, 2x2tb WD caviar green, 750gb WD caviar blue
Case: Antec P182
PSU: Corsair HX750W
 
Silverstone FT02
i7-2600K at 4.3GHz
Asus P67 Sabertooth
Gigabyte HD 6970 in CrossfireX
16GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline
120GB Intel 320 Solid State Drive
3TB combined Samsung Spinpoint F3
Silverstone Strider 1000W PSU
CM Hyper 212+


This thing is an animal.
 
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.6Ghz 1.34v for 24/7 use realtemp = 71c max
Cooler: Zalman CNPS10x Performa
MB: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD5 B2 - works fine, wont bother with an exchange. I have an AsRock Sata card with 2 ports anyway, might just pop that in
RAM: 2x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 2133MHz 9-11-9-27
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti @ 975/1950/4500Mhz
PSU: Corsair HX620W PSU - best PSU ever :D Thinking of going HX750W when/if i get a second card for SLI
Case is nothing special... Asus vento with 5 120mm fans... works just fine

5Ghz stable at 1.51v... Temps go above 80c in realtemp and i dont like the voltage... Have not tried to go higher. It lets me go up to 64 multi wtf?

Going from a Pentium D 805 @ 3.8Ghz to this.... its like 10 times faster... its insane
 
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