KetchyKech Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) hello, just a standard introduction thread. I just built my first rig (sandy bridge i5 2500k) and this website is quite intriguing. Great site, look forward to posting ~ and learning edit: oh here is my build for anyone thats wondering Mobo: Asus P8p67 GPU: GTX 580 (asus dcii) HDD: Raid 0 F3 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Case: HAF X CPU: i5 2500K (will OC in the very near future) Cooler: Noctua DH-14 (love it) PSU: Seasonic 750w Gold,Modular RAM: G. Skill Sniper DDR3 1600 2x4gb will upgrade lots as time progresses miles ahead my Core2Duo, 9800GT rig that i upgraded from =P Edited April 22, 2011 by KetchyKech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 WOW, can't pick on anything in the machine...all top shelf stuff!! WELCOME TO OCC! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to the Club! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to OCC and nice looking set up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryDoun Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Nice build! Personally i would have gone with the i7-2600k, but i can see the how saving the $100 would be nice! Gotta let us know how the OC'in goes, should be good to go with that amazing cooler you got. Id say 4.3-4.5Ghz 24/7 is in your near future! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome! Nah, if you're primarily gaming, the i5 2500k is best. You can also get anywherre from a 200MHz - 400MHz overclock higher than an i7 2600k and still be under the 1.35V intel recommended specs for CPU voltage. I might have gone with two GTX 460/560/570's over a single GTX 580. So far two overclocked GTX 570's in SLI are just slightly, and I mean slightly, slower than two overclocked GTX 580's in SLI at a 1920 x 1080 resolution (the GTX 580's are obviously bottlenecked at that resolution). Still, a mighty build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to OCC Nice rig as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dihartnell Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcometo OCC. Great rig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetchyKech Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Thank you, all! I was on a budget and got some help sniping deals (as well as choosing parts), so it was very affordable. yeah being primarily for gaming, I was advised to go i5 due to being able to clock higher than i7. Also i hear SLI is not w/o its faults though, so i opted for the single card config. Asus's dcii 580 stays super cool, though it is huge (takes up 3 slots). I'm currently using a very crappy dell monitor and looking to get on the 120hz desktop frame rate train soon....then probably SSD, then a bluray drive =P thanks all for kind words, and if you have any suggestions for good monitors, throw them my way! thanks again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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