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looks like a noise machine to me.

Utility value. While I do agree that 500+W PSU doesn't make any sense even for guys running one graphics card, going mATX barely says anything about building a minimalist system. I think I am fine with the current mATX boxes though they could always manage their spaces better. Try ITX.

^^^ This is the most important thing to know. If it won't be capable of doing unaltered pass through, then it is completely useless and a new sound card capable of pass through will be required.

2600K if you want bragging rights or run VM. Gaming? Not so much.

well, in my case, i upgrade from q6600 to i7 2600k. built a new itx box w/ i5 2500k for my wife. and have a spare brand new 2600k sitting around doing nothing atm. ;p

Well the, you just found the answer! Keep your current system and wait for Ivy Bridge! Unless you really have extra discretionary income or is really into building computers, it just does not make sense to jump on the latest stuff. Every single system upgrade I have done over the past...

Well, hardware that are going to be release in the feature will be always cheaper and better if you are willing to play the waiting game. So the questions are 1) are you going to utilize an imminent upgrade, 2) when is the next big hardware upgrade cycle, and 3) whats the salvage value of...

same. it was a huge performance increase. definitely visible.

not my cup of tea. but very nice.

sounds like playing games mostly.

PC-A05N has really funky heat trap up top if you are to use an video card. Its almost required to switch the case top for something with ventilation.

Everything else as everything else than visual qualities. From load times to boot times. Transitioning from HDD to SSD is as much of an improvement compare to the transition from DSL to fiber.

All HDD will fail in time. Some fail within 6 months, some fail after 5+ years. If you want reliability, go for enterprise drives and RAID 1 or RAID 10. And redundancy does not replace backup. So backing up your data is the utmost importance for system protection. SSD lives longer than HDD...

graphics quality, no. everything else, yes. improvements in graphics quality mostly come from a video card. but its interesting tho. my SLC SSD from 2007 gave me a huge boost over my U320 SCSI RAID 0 array spinning at 15k RPM. And the current breed of MLC SSD are much much faster than...

Intel marketing, not sure. Intel technical, duh no shit. But hey, most trained electrical engineers know the same. Semiconductor properties 101.

If you know anyone working in tech, you might be able to find employee discounts. 4x4G if you want to test out VM, 2x4G otherwise. 64G SSD should be around $100. Agility 3 sale on the egg for $85. Not sure how it runs tho. OCZ tend to have high defect rates but people like them. Maximus...

1.30-1.35V is the safe stock voltages. For P-N junctions, currents increase exponentially with increases voltage. So pumping from 1.35 to 1.4 might seem similar as to from 1.3 to 1.35, but the amount of current increase are much larger. And it's not hard to imagine high current drifting...

You are "sure" because? Have you even been educated on solid state physics? Shit aint 90nm anymore and Vcc is much much much lower now. Too much juice and it starts to degrade, fast. If you want a number, just do the highest stable frequency @ 1.35V and run it 24/7.

And the APU itx board too!

Different frequency spectrun have different properties.

And i own a microwave and a fridge. Whats your point? Metal cases are used for its solid state properties and shielding is an important part of it.

Still not a good case. Why don't more people make Antec 100/300/900 style cases is beyond me. Those cases are just pure pwnage for both gaming and file servers!

I don't know about your experience, but the improved load times is pretty big. besides, 64G mlc junks only costs around $100. Much cheaper than the gap between i5k and i7k.

Wait what? If a guy dump $$$ into 2600k, 16G of memory and 28" desktop monitor, an SSD is not really necessary? SSD improves the performance of a rig in all use cases. But not 16G of memory and let along the huge useless 28" monitor.

I guess EMF is too hard of a concept to understand.

good looking case but as with all the Lian Li mini ITX towers, the front intake is again short circuited. they really need to improve the airflow somehow.

Find the highest clock that you can run @ 1.30 ~ 1.35 and don't go anywhere above that unless benching. It totally depends on your bin. My 2600k runs 4.4GHz @ 1.35V stable and can pump up to 4.8 @ 1.45. A pretty mediocre bin. Running at high voltages, even at okay temp, will be detrimental...

Go for a quad core. But seriously if you have the budget, its time to ditch the 775 platform and go for a 1155. That's a two architecture generation jump...

I went from Q6600 to 2600k. It's more than worth it.

Kozuti should be able to fit anything. Big Shuriken is notorious for blocking some DIMM slots. And might as well getting a full tower heatsink if you are getting AXP-1400...

Quad core. Even if you plan only to surf the web and playback some videos.

still checking the egg daily ;(

never understand cases with that much ventilation. its like asking to shower in em waves.

Too expensive for my blood

Besides, ASRock has better support and rep than Zotac...

Very nice build!!! I have a similar build with i5-2500k w/o graphics card but one additional HDD. Your build is much much much cleaner. How does it sound acoustically? Mine is obnoxiously loud with the stock CPU HSF being the loudest and the 140mm case fan is clearly audible as well...