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Mistake for a new build?

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Nytegard

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While it was close to the time for an upgrade, I was hoping to skip this generation, but my motherboard recently blew, leaving me unable to turn on the computer. This happened after a faulty hard drive replacement. My fault I realize, but it's done and gone. I really wasn't a big fan of the case I was using, as it's setup blocked me from being able to Tri-SLI (or use the last PCI Express lane to begin with. The power supply blocked it) and installing/uninstalling hard drives was a pain, so I decided the case needed a replacement too.

Lian Li Diamond PC-270B Full Tower
Asus Maxiumus IV Extreme
Intel i7 2700K
16 GB RAM

I'm coming from a i7 980x with 12 GB RAM. The reason for the P67 rather than the Z68 was that I already use a SSD for my boot drive and have several other SSD's, and only have 1 mechanical drive for storage, and have 2 Geforce 580's for graphics. I know I could have just bought a new MB for my old computer, but I really didn't want to spend the time and effort removing everything and chancing that I wouldn't blow the CPU. (I also chose the 2700K because I wanted to keep the speed similar before overclocking).

I guess I'm just wondering if I should have gone with the Z68 board, or just gone with a Sandy Bridge-E (while I still have time to cancel the previous order).
 
I wouldn't say it's a mistake necessarily, but a Z68 basically just combines the specific features of the H67 and P67 boards into one.....ie, you get the overclocking abilities of the P67 with the integrated video abilities of the H67.

If you have a spare video card for use in case your 580s decide to break, I wouldn't worry about going with a P67 instead of a Z68.
 
The only thing I think you're missing out on is the ability to use the Intel GPU for video decoding (Quick Sync).
 
Actually the Z68 offers slightly faster SATA 6.0Gb/s performance according to the Intel rep here on the forums.

However, there are other issues with your setup from a cost-perspective:
1) The 2700K is not worth the extra cash over the 2600K. It offers a very minuscule performance increase. Then again, if you're only gaming and not doing any sort of video, 3D, or audio editing/rendering work, the 2700K and 2600K would also be bad choices. For gaming only PC, you're better off with the 2500K.

2) Which RAM did you buy? If it's rated above 1.5V, cancel the order as RAM rated above 1.5V has a chance of damaging the CPU.
 
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