Sandy Bridge adopters -- post your new build.

Intel Core i7-2600K with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (20% VAT rebate)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive - Black (Retail)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler
Fractal Design Define XL Full Tower Case - Black Pearl

And I'm bringing over an GTX460 from my old (q6600) PC.
 
i5-2500k
Asus P8P67 Pro
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance CL8 DDR3 1866

(parts from old system)
Asus GTX 570
Corsair H70
Corsair HX1000
2x Intel X-25M 80GB SSD G2 Raid 0
1TB WD Caviar Black 7200rpm
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCIe
 
i7-2600K
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7
4X2GB Corsair XMS3
Zotac GeForce 580GTX
OCZ 120GB Vertex 2 SSD
Samsung 2TB HDD
Lite-On Blueray burner
Corsair 850AX power supply
Corsair 700D case
Watercooling setup consisting of:
Swiftech Apogee XT, EK 580-FC, MCP35X, MCR420, MCR220

For the moment (while I set mod the 700D and setup the WC loop, it's in a Sonata III with a Hyper 212 on it clocked at 4GHz on stock voltage.)
 
i5 2500K (from Frys) with the following specs:
Batch: L041B699 (Malaysia)

ASUS P8P67 Pro
EVGA GTX 460 1GB OC
8 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 (1600)
Cooler Master HAF932
Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W
Lite-On 24X DL DVD/CD RW
 
Just got home from Microcenter

i7 2600K (batch # L039B214)
Promlimatech Megahalems
8gb's of Gskill DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 (debating on pulling the trigger on 8 more gb's)
Motherboard - Leaning towards the MSI P67A-GD65
 
i7 2600k ($279.99 @ MicroCenter)
ASUS P8P67 PRO ($189.99 @ MicroCenter)
16GB (4x) CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600 PC3 12800 ($56.99ea @ Newegg)
SSD (not sure what to get!)
XFX HD 6870 (from old PC)
PCP&C 750w Silencer (from old PC)
Xigmatek Dark Knight (from old PC)
CM 690 II Advanced (from old PC)

I'm about to order my RAM and the SSD from Newegg, just trying to figure out what SSD to get.
 
i5-2500K
GA-P67A-UD4
G.Skill ECO 1.35v/1600/7 2x2GB
MSI GTX460 1GB Hawk
Enermax Modu82+ 625W
Seagate 7200.12 750GB
ZEROtherm ZT-10D + 2xNoctua (7v) + 2xScythe fans (5v)

Should be silent. Amazon is overnighting the 2500K as soon as they get some in stock :/ I'd order from newegg but even with it starting at less tax puts it above amazon.
 
New:
2500k
Gigabyte UD4
4gb Patriot 1600

435 from MC


Retiring:
Q9650 @ 4.2
Asus P5Q Pro
4gb GSkill 800

Reusing:
GTX 260 (Waiting to see what 560 brings)
HX620
4 HDDs
Watercooling
 
aldamon said:
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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Neweg has the MSI P67A-C43 for the same price as the MSI P67S-C43 and it has 2 usb 3.0 slots. It may not be useful to you now but for the same price it wouldn't be bad to have the available if and when you do want/need them
 
Apparently, I'm a Logitech, Intel, Corsair and Cooler Master fanboy. I wanted the Corsair 650D for my case, but since it's not out til April I went with the HAF 912 in the mean time.

New Parts:
MoBo - ASUS P8P67 Pro (just ordered)
CPU - Intel i7-2600K (just ordered)
SSD - Intel X25-M 120GB (ordered 3 weeks ago)
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Black Ops Edition (ordered 3 weeks ago)
HDD - Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1TB (ordered 3 weeks ago)
RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 (just ordered)
PSU - CORSAIR AX850 (just ordered)
CASE - CM HAF 912 (just ordered)
HSF - CM Hyper 212+ (just ordered)
Fans - 2X CM MegaFlow 200MM Case Fans (Blue) (just ordered)
Fans - 3X CM BladeMaster 120MM Case Fans (1 is for 2nd fan for HSF Push/Pull) (just ordered)
New Parts Total Cost = ~ $1850

Recycled Parts:
Monitors - Dell U2410 & Dell U2405
Keyboard - Logitech G15 V2
Mouse - Logitech G500
GamePad - Logitech F710
Speakers - Logitech Z-2300 2.1
DVD - Samsung 22X Burner
NIC - Intel PCI-Ex Gigabit
Sound - Creative X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion
 
I've seen people talking about both D1 and D2 chips - anyone know what they got?
 
Forceman said:
I've seen people talking about both D1 and D2 chips - anyone know what they got?
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anyway to tell from the box or the top of the chip which one it is. I am waiting till payday next monday to finish my SB build.
 
EODetroit said:
I picked it cause it was the ram with the best timings that was on the Asus supported memory list for sale at Newegg... was that a bad way to decide? I don't know anything about 1.65v memory that is supposed to be bad.

http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=erWGi4vbeZa8oxg8
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1.65v is absolutely fine. 1.5v is about the norm now, and allows for higher overclocks with looser timings when you up the voltage to 1.65v.

Forceman said:
I've seen people talking about both D1 and D2 chips - anyone know what they got?
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D1 → Engineering Sample
D2 → Some ES but mainly Retail
 
This morning I ordered from Newegg:
i7 2600k
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 8-8-8-24 DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) 1.5v

What I currently have:
Noctua NH-U12P SE2
HAF 932
Corsair HX1000
Noctua NH-U12P SE2
Liteon BD-ROM
Plexor DVD-ROM Writer
2TB 64mb 4k WD Cavior Black
640GB 32mb WD Cavior Black


davidtran007 said:
No one going the mATX route?P8P67-M Pro FTW
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I almost did, this board was pretty tempting to me. It would have just been to packed with my HD 6970 up against the memory.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128466
 
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.
 
i5-2500k
Asus p8p67 Pro
Corsair Vengeance 8GB ( 2x 4GB ) 1600
Cooler master Hyper 212
$540 total
To replace reusing rest o_o
 
I7-2600k
asus p8p67 pro
gskill ripjaws 8 gb ddr3 1600
crucial realssd c300 64 gig sata III ssd drive
zalman cnps10x performa
evga gtx 580 superclocked

going to this from e6600 and an 8800gts :D
 
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
1 x ASUS P8P67 PRO LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard
1 x Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 x COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
1 x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
1 x G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
1 x COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

All from the egg. Re-using GTX 295 and Antec 650w PSU from current PC. Upgrading from E8400.

Like I said in another thread, the RAM is on ASUS QVL and more cost effective than DDR3 1600. Same with the storage HDD - not worth it (to me) to go SATA III WD Caviar. I chose the SSD as it's one of the only that is SATA III. I didn't want to wait and see when the next gen SSD's would be out.
 
Hostile said:
i7 2600k ($279.99 @ MicroCenter)
ASUS P8P67 PRO ($189.99 @ MicroCenter)
16GB (4x) CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600 PC3 12800 ($56.99ea @ Newegg)
SSD (not sure what to get!)
XFX HD 6870 (from old PC)
PCP&C 750w Silencer (from old PC)
Xigmatek Dark Knight (from old PC)
CM 690 II Advanced (from old PC)

I'm about to order my RAM and the SSD from Newegg, just trying to figure out what SSD to get.
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Went with the Intel 120GB X-25M and 8GB instead of 16GB of RAM.
 
i7 2600K
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
4x 4gb Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600
256gb C300
Corsair H70 cooler
2x GTX 580's Black Ops Ed.
AX1200 PSU
 
exlink said:
Smart choice. 16GB of ram sounds like massive overkill for the most part.
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i have yet to need more than 4GB. then again, i close web browsers etc. before launching games....and my rig is strictly for gaming/surfing
 
4-8 is good for todays market. Anything else is just bragging rights unless you work for pixar or some shit.
 
SilverSliver said:
I use every ounce of 12 at work. But yah, 8 is fine for most home users.
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I bought 8GB DDR3 1333 (for $34 a 4GB stick shipped, :D), but I have a feeling I'll likely need to hop up to 16GB and I'm not working at Pixar :). For gaming sure, 8GB is fine currently, but some cases do require a lot more for productivity-related apps.
 
My new build:

i7 2600k
asus p8p67 deluxe
8 Gb of gskill eco ddr3
2 x asus 6950s
128Gb c300 ssd
1tb samsung f3 7200 rpm hd
coolermaster haf 922 case
noctua nh-d14 cpu cooler
850w corsair psu

Currently downloading games in steam so I can test out this beast.
 
exlink said:
Smart choice. 16GB of ram sounds like massive overkill for the most part.
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good if you plan to upgrade to ivy bridge and want quad channel ram capability. Better to just buy the sticks now but yeah, can't imagine what 16 gigs will ever be used for. :) Just wait... pretty soon it will be 32GB, then 64GB.. then things start to get real interesting. :)
 
stockwiz said:
good if you plan to upgrade to ivy bridge and want quad channel ram capability. Better to just buy the sticks now but yeah, can't imagine what 16 gigs will ever be used for. :) Just wait... pretty soon it will be 32GB, then 64GB.. then things start to get real interesting. :)
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Nobody will ever need more than 640kilobytes of memory...

-Bill Gates
 
They could conceive a way to back up an entire boot drive to ram and basically run things from RAM alone, using the hard drive only to back up changes made while running. They keep the RAM powered while the computer is 'shut down' which shouldn't use much electricity. And if something happens where the ram loses power they simple need to reload the data back on. Just thinking out loud here.
 
stockwiz said:
They could conceive a way to back up an entire boot drive to ram and basically run things from RAM alone, using the hard drive only to back up changes made while running. They keep the RAM powered while the computer is 'shut down' which shouldn't use much electricity. And if something happens where the ram loses power they simple need to reload the data back on. Just thinking out loud here.
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That already exists, it's called a RAM drive. They typically have a small battery backup and are an expansion card with a few memory slots...
 
GoldenTiger said:
That already exists, it's called a RAM drive. They typically have a small battery backup and are an expansion card with a few memory slots...
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I haven't seen any current options since the Asus one that used DDR. I would love to see one that you could load 8x 4gb dimms in and use as a boot drive....
 
New:
Intel i5 2500k
Asus P8P67
G.Skill Ripjaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333

Old:
Noctua NH-U12P
Corsair HX620w modular PSU
MSI GTX460
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
Cooler Master Centurion case
Scythe S-Flex 120mm x5
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB

Replacing my Q6600, Asus P5Q pro, and 4GB DDR2... finally!
 
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Used the credit card a little and purchsed a new PSU. (SeaSonic X750 Gold)
I do not want any problems with my new build.

So now my build is
2600k
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
4GB (for now) GSKILL RIPJAWS X RAM
SeaSonic X750 Gold
Apevia Jupiter X case (old equip)
OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB SSD (old equip)
Dell 2408WFP 24" monitor (old equip)
 
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