Sandy Bridge adopters -- post your new build.

SilverSliver

SilverSliver

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Have the following ordered. Most of us are probably ordering chips now or picking em up tomorrow.

2600k from Newegg
Noctua NH-D14 from Amazon
Asus P67 Pro from SuperBiiz
OCZ Vertex 2, 120gb from Newegg
8GB G.Skill Ripjaws, DDR1600 from Newegg

Keeping my 4890 until I find a DX11 game I absolutely have to play or when I upgrade to Eyefinity.
Keeping my HAF 932
Keeping my Corsair TX750.

Going to take advantage of my companies computer purchase plan. I can submit my receipts and they will cut me a check and split the amount up evenly over my paychecks. Pretty slick system.
 
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i7 2600k CPU
Asus P8P67 Pro MOBO + Civ 5 (bundle with CPU, $499.99 for the three items)
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Mushkin 1333 ($68 total)

Keeping my GTX 580 @ 860core/4400mem
Keeping my CM RC690 (first version)
Keeping my Corsair TX 950w
Keeping my 256gb SSD
Keeping my Xigmatek S1283 HSF (have a new bracket to make it fit in hand :D ).
 
i7 2600k
Gigabyte UD4
GTX580
8 gigs DDR1600 gskill ripjaw
Corsair AX750
Hyper 212+
Storm Sniper Case

Transferring 2 of my HDs from my existing machine and already sold my old system.

Ordered most of it during all the black friday/holiday sales. (including the GTX580 during newegg's $100 gift card w/ a $500 purchase deal... which was awesome)
 
CPU - Intel Core i7-2600K ($329 from egg)
Mobo - ASUS P8P67 PRO ($190 from egg)
RAM - GSKILL RIPJAW 1666 1.5 volt 16GB ($220 from egg)
HSF - Zalman CNPS10X ($40 from egg)
GPU - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 ($235 from egg in Nov)
PSU - Corsair CMPSU-850HX ($150 from egg)
HD - Crucial C300 SSD 128GB ($245 from egg), 2 2TB hard drives ($90 each in Nov) , 1 750GB hard drive (reusing)
Monitor - 60 inch samsung LN60C630 ($1750 from amazon in late Nov)
Case - Cooler Master 932 ($130 from egg)
DVD - HD-DVD/bluray combo drive (reused from old rig)
Soundcard - onboard sound for now
Speakers - HD-555 headphones and 5.1 setup with polk monitor 60's, 70's, and CS2 (reused from old HTPC setup)
Keyboard - Filco with cherry browns (reused)
Mouse - Logitech MX-518 (reused)



selling old rig to mother for 500... cooler master HAF 932, Q6600 @ 3.6 stable for years, P5B Deluxe motherboard, Intel 80GB solid state drive, 750GB hard drive, sound card.. x-fi xtrememusic, 4 Gigs GSKILL ram, and Geforce gtx 260. 650 watt antec truepower trio power supply, big heatsink cooling the CPU.. forget the name. DVD ROM/burner drive. Old system is still quite powerful, it gets a windows experience score of 7.4..
 
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ASRock P67 Extreme4
Intel Core i5-2500K
2x G.Skill 4GB DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) CL9
EVGA GeForce GTX260 216 896MB GDDR3
2x Western Digital 750GB WD7500AALX (RAID 1)
Samsung 22X DVD±R w/ LightScribe SATA SH-S223L
Dell 24" 1900x1200 E248FP
Coolermaster Ammo 533
SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus 550W SS-550HT
 
Bringing all my other stuff over like Gskill DDR3, Corsair 950TX 950 watt, Intel X25-M, etc with a 2600K and UD4.
 
2600k
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
4GB (for now) GSKILL RIPJAWS X RAM
OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU (old equip)
Apevia Jupiter X case (old equip)
OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB SSD (old equip)
Dell 2408WFP 24" monitor (old equip)

Will be using stock intel cooler and researching water cooling. I have heard that wc may not be necessary for good OC with Sandy.
 
^^ Watch that gamextreme psu bro, VERY bad power supply. I scorched my ATX12V on my tpower i45 with only a quad core Q6600 and this power supply. :eek:
 
Asus P8P67 Delux
2500k
16 GB Gskill Sniper series DDR3
Cooler Master Hyper 212+
AMD 5850, already have this.
Might pick up an SSD as well.
 
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ASUS P8P67 PRO
Intel Core i5-2500K
Not sure on ram yet, suggestions welcome
EVGA GTX 570
WD 500gb Black, WD 1TB blue, Samsung 2TB
LiteOn $16 dvd burner
Samsung 27" p2770
SeaSonic X650
G15 motherboard
G500 mouse
Corsair 600T case

ssd one day when prices are reasonable
 
Over time the demands of the tpower board with it's lacking 4 phase design and the q6600 looking for power crippled it and it scorched my ATX12V port. Literally smoked and caught fire, nearly killed the computer. The gamextreme wasnt able to handle it with it's massive ripple it conducts.
 
I have been running that ps with a q6600 for almost two years now on a Asus P5Q deluxe.
I have been lucly so far, but I will keep a lookout.
Thanks for the warning
 
to lap or not to lap the processor's IHS.. every Q6600 I've stumbled across seemed to have a convex shaped IHS and responded positively to a lapping of the IHS... very easy to do, and they resale just fine too.
 
Phew.. basically just spent my college reward (1/3 of job signing bonus) !

Here's to a rig that will last me another 4 years like my trusty Q6600 (retiring @ HTPC duty :D)

CPU - Intel Core i7-2600K ($329 from egg)
Mobo - ASUS P8P67 PRO ($190 from egg)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 ($100 from egg)
HSF - Corsair H70 ($100 from egg)
GPU - 2x XFX 6950 2GB ($600 from egg)
PSU - Corsair AX850 ($150 from egg)
HD - Crucial C300 128GB ($245 from egg)
Monitor - 3x Dell U2311H ($425 from dell [price of 2. got one for xmas])
Case - Corsair 800D ($200 from TD)
DVD - Sony Optiarc ($20)
Soundcard - X-fi Titanium HD ($170 from amazon)
Speakers - Harmon Kardon Soundsticks 3 ($100 from amazon)
Keyboard - Logitech G15 (reusing)
Mouse - Razer Deathadder (reusing)
Mousepad - Ratzpad XT (reusing)

Total: ~$2700 shipped w/ tax
 
Intel 2500K
2x HIS 6950
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4
4GB of PNY XLR8 DDR3 1600
G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD
Corsair TX650W
ABS Canyon 595
Asus Blu-Rau Drive

Displayed on a BenQ EW2420. Thinking of buying two more for Eyefinity.
 
If I did upgrade, it's nice knowing I already have everything but the CPU and mobo in my existing i7 920 system. :)

The temptation ... :p
 
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i7 2600k
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm CPU Cooler


$635 overnight shipping

Was going to drive to Microcenter in Overland Park, Kansas but it's a 4 hour drive+ round trip in this weather, snowy a slick plus there is a Chiefs game + gas + tax. All said and done, I would've dropped the same money going down. So yeah ....
 
mschlottfeld said:
I have been running that ps with a q6600 for almost two years now on a Asus P5Q deluxe.
I have been lucly so far, but I will keep a lookout.
Thanks for the warning
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I also had problems with that PSU. I ended up returning it to OCZ 3 times, before their awesome customer support upgraded me to an OCZ EliteXstream 850 for absolutely free.

My problem was if i ran my 3870's in Xfire, it would cause my computer to reboot after a while. Turned out the psu couldn't supply a clean 12a rail and it caused the video cards to crash.


It only affects the GamerXstream series IIRC. Everything else is gold.
 
i5-2500K (will purchase for $180 from Microcenter this week)
Gigabyte P67A-UD4 ($187 from provantage)
CM Hyper 212+ ($25 from amazon)
G.Skill 2x4gb ddr3-1333 ripjaws ($90 from newegg Hot Deal)
XFX HD 5850
XFX 650w PSU (PSU and GPU were $200 from Newegg as a combo, another Hot Deal)
120gb X-25M ($165 newegg black friday Hot Deal)

I challenge anyone to show me a better gaming rig that can be assembled for $850. I'm glad I check Hot Deals often, because I got some pretty awesome deals.
 
See my sig...been up for about a week or so. Mangaed 5.2ghz so far. on Air. soem tweaking to go yet.
 
CPU: i5-2500K
MB: Gigabyte UD3P
GPU: Asus 6950 (to flash to 6970)
Case: Antec Dark Fleet DF-35
RAM: 2 x 4GB G.Skill Sniper 1333
SSD: Crucial C300 128GB
PSU: Antec 620 Eco

This is coming from an E5200 (2.5Ghz Pentium) that won't overclock more than 100MHz and an HD4830 that gets way too hot for my taste. I expect to notice a difference.
 
New:
CPU - Intel Core i7-2600K ($329 from egg)
Mobo - ASUS P8P67 PRO ($190 from egg)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 1866 8GB ($150 from egg)
HSF - CoolerMaster Hyper 212+($30 from egg)

Existing:
GPU -XFX 6870
PSU - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
HD - X25m-G2 80GB
Case- Antex P182

Going to sell my Q9550 setup.
 
See sig. All brand new parts except for the case. Bought that from a friend since he upgraded to a ft02.
 
Coolermaster HAF X
PC Power and Cooling 750W (Re-using )
Gigabyte UD4
i5 2500K
G.Skill Ripjaw X 8GB
CoolerMaster V8 cooler (Re-using )
XFX 6950 (6970 flashed, Re-using )
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
WD Black 1TB (Re-using)
Samsung Blu-Ray burner
3x21.5" Samsung Monitors
140mm Red LED fan

This build is apparently sponsored by CoolerMaster and Samsung (I wish!)

Have everything except the mobo and CPU in hand. Didn't really want to use the UD4, I was looking for something with UEFI bios, but keeping with the red and black theme, I couldn't get one of the pastel Asus mobos, and nobody had the Sabertooth or AsRock Fatal1ty.

Upgrading from a Q6600. I think it'll look and perform pretty amazing. Can't wait to finally get into the world of SSDs!
 
Core i5 2500k
ASRock P67 Extreme4
2 x 4gb Mushkin PC3 10666
Sapphire 6870
Reusing my 640gb and 1.5tb for now (Damn all the SSD makers for not having their next gen drives out :mad:)
Antec P183

Still damn excited to put my current rig behind me :D
 
i7 2600k
Asus P8P67 Pro (changed from Deluxe saved the $50)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)

Re-using:
NH-C12P SE14 (Going for the H70)
CM 690 II case
Corsair 850TX
2 EVGA GTX460sc SLI Surround
3 x ASUS VE276Q
G.SKILL Phoenix Pro 2.5" 120GB (SSD)
LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner WH10LS30 LightScribe - OEM
1ea Spinpoint F1 750GB 7200 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
2ea Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 32MB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Logitech G15
Logitech 518 & G9X
Win 7 Ulti 64
 
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i7-2600k
Asus Maximus Extreme IV (still waiting for it...)
16 GB (4X4GB) Ripjaws X
AMD 6970+ 6990 (Tri-Fire)... until then keeping my 5970+5870
Corsair C400 (when out...) until then keeping my 2X X25-m 160GB

Everything watercoooled. :)

Already have EK Supreme HF nickel/plexi and EK-6970 nickel/plexi. Waiting for 6990 + waterblock.
 
i5 2500k
MSI P67A-C43
4Gb Kingston Hyper X DDR3 pc1600 Ram
1 Tb Hitachi Deskstar
700 Watt OCZ Modular Power Supply
Evga Geforce gtx 470 superclocked edition
Corsair 64gb sdd
25inch acer lcd monitor logitech keyboard & Mouse
Windows 7 pro 64bit.

Other than the cpu and MB my parts come from a pc I bought off CL for $600. (actually $450 after I sell the MB and Cpu that it came with)

What can I say I am on a budget
 
In addition to what I already have:

MSI P67S-C43
i7-2600K
4GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600

I'm going to see if I can keep up with you guys with a ghetto P67 board. :D
 
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