My end result -- 2600k p8p67 deluxe @ 4.6GHz

[rodgil]

What I put together for ~$1800 CDN:

• CPU Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz 8M S1155
• Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe R3 P67 S1155 ATX
• Videocard Asus GF GTX570 1.2GB GDDR5 PCI-E
• Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL (qty=2, for 16GB total)
• PSU SILVERSTONE Strider Gold ST1000-G 1000W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified
• Case Antec P183 V3 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
• Soundcard Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E x1
• Bluray/DVD SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-raySH-B123L
• CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler

Random observations:
* Ended up at 4.6GHz, which is relatively conservative, but that's aiiight.
* This thing is pretty damn quiet, even at max CPU/GPU load. Love the U120P.
* Running at VCore=1.28, idletemp=30, maxtemp=68, in room temp ~25
* I got 4.7GHz to work, and think I could push futher, but figured 4.6GHz was good enough as it has a nice maxtemp that I'm comfortable with.
* After finalizing cable management, seemed to lower by 3-5 degrees
* I went with a 6-8-6 CAS ram, but had stability problem when two kits were used (4 dimms). Exchanged for 9-9-9-24.. but 16GB of it
* Quietness was more important to me than overclocking... but I was able to get both

I'm pretty happy with the result! I spent about 10hrs overall researching to choose these components.

Anyway, thought I'd share my final result, in case others with similar setups wanted to compare.

Cheers!

 

[Spooony]

What I put together for ~$1800 CDN:

• CPU Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz 8M S1155
• Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe R3 P67 S1155 ATX
• Videocard Asus GF GTX570 1.2GB GDDR5 PCI-E
• Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL (qty=2, for 16GB total)
• PSU SILVERSTONE Strider Gold ST1000-G 1000W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified
• Case Antec P183 V3 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
• Soundcard Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E x1
• Bluray/DVD SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-raySH-B123L
• CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler

Random observations:
* Ended up at 4.6GHz, which is relatively conservative, but that's aiiight.
* This thing is pretty damn quiet, even at max CPU/GPU load. Love the U120P.
* Running at VCore=1.28, idletemp=30, maxtemp=68, in room temp ~25
* I got 4.7GHz to work, and think I could push futher, but figured 4.6GHz was good enough as it has a nice maxtemp that I'm comfortable with.
* After finalizing cable management, seemed to lower by 3-5 degrees
* I went with a 6-8-6 CAS ram, but had stability problem when two kits were used (4 dimms). Exchanged for 9-9-9-24.. but 16GB of it
* Quietness was more important to me than overclocking... but I was able to get both

I'm pretty happy with the result! I spent about 10hrs overall researching to choose these components.

Anyway, thought I'd share my final result, in case others with similar setups wanted to compare.

Cheers!

nice rig mate. As long as your happy with it