Sandy Bridge adopters -- post your new build.

Build in sig, only a week old. 2nd 6970 is on its way. :)

Stuck at 4.7...I can get 4.8 semi stable (prime95 errors out but system stays stable, had 1 freeze occur in game after hours of gaming) but it takes a significant boost in vcore and temps that just doesn't seem worth it.
 
Silverstone Raven RV03
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard (Pening)
EVGA 480GTX
Antec Kuhler 920
16gig G.Skill ripjaws (not x series)
1 TB WD Black SATA III HDD
Coolermaster 1200W
 
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i7 2600k (4.0 right now...with only 1 fan on cooler it idles at 40 but loads at just 50 :x)
noctua d14
MSI p67a-g45 (b3)
8 gb ddr3-1600 (2x4gb corsair)
5770
hx650
1.5 tb seagate
lian li pc-60fnw with all noctua fans

ram, mobo, cpu, and cooler are all new; everything else is leftovers. Seriously considering 120gb revodrive and 6950 2gb.

first run: http://www.flickr.com/photos/evaaannnn/5717106259/in/photostream
 
i7 2600k @4.7 Ghz
Corsair H50
Asus Sabertooth
4 GB DDR3 1600 - G.Skill RipJaw X (2x2GB)
PNY 9800GTX
Antec ECO NEO 520w
1x1TB WD Black
5x2TB Samsung F4
Antec 1200, 6x 120mm SlipStream 24dB , 1x Antec Tri Cool 250mm
 
Home:

P8P67 Vanilla
2500k @ 5.0
*H70
8gb corsair 1333
gtx 260
antec 900
seasonic 620

Work:

P8P67 Vanilla
2500k @ 5.0
*Coolermaster Hyper 212
4gb corsair 1333
8800gs
shit case
good power 500w
Lots of hard drives

One I did for my brother:

P8P67 Vanilla
2500k @ 5.0
*A70
6gb patriot sector II
MSI 6970
cooler master low-end case
corsair 600gs
120gb intel SSD

Interesting to see so many 2600ks in this thread, when from looking at everyone's video card/monitor setups I would guess they mostly play games.

Also wanted to add, that after setting up 3 of these at 5ghz - an air heatsink like the A70 or Hyper 212 is more than enough for one of these processors, which really keeps the overall cost down. I had the H70 from before at home, but it doesn't do much/if any better than the other two comps on temps.
 
PENDING ASSEMBLY:
Cooler Master HAF 912 (on order)
extra Yate Loon fans
Sapphire HD 5830 express (on order)
Biostar TH67B motherboard mATX
Intel I5 2400 CPU
G'Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2x2 = 4 GB
Antec Neo Eco 520 PSU
Lite-On ODD
Samsung ODD
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (to be ordered)
WD Caviar Blue 500 GB HDD
Choice of Scythe Katana 3 (used), Cooler Master Hyper TX2 (used) , Cooler Master Hyper 212 + (new),
Thermalright MUX (used) , Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO (new), or stock coller, whch ..
About $600 without the F3
Antec Earthwatts EA-650 (used) if needed.

Decided I wanted the Sapphire so buying the case for room. Greedy eyes..
Will add 4 GB next time on sale, also Samsung HDD.
May run 2 WD Blue in Raid Zero for a while, I have them.
Upgrade From Rosewill Challenger Case (my favorite) Antec Basiq BP-550 PLUS modular PSU, Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3, 8 GB DDR3 1333 G'Skill ram, Athlon II X3 440 3.0, Scythe Katana 3, Gigabyte 4670 1gb, Asus and Samsung ODD, WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD, Card Reader, Floppy. Added Enzotech VRM Heatsink and Northbridge Fan. Top and 2 side fans added.

I think the difference I hope, very much.
 
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E8400 @ 4.2Ghz to i5-2500K @ 4.5Ghz
ASUS P5Q Pro to Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
G.SKILL DDR2-1000 2x2GB to Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 2x2GB
HIS 4870 512MB to MSI Cyclone GTX 460 1GB
Antec 300 to Lian Li PC-A05NB
 
Mountain Mods UFO
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
intel i7 [email protected]
8 Gig 2Ghz Team Extreem@1922Mhz
Corsair H70
Crucial 128 Gig Real SSD
Seagate 500 Gig Momentus XT
2 MSI 6870 Crossfire
Cooler Master Silent Pro GOLD 800 Watt PSU
LG Blu Ray Writer
Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Mouse
Microsoft SideWinder Keyboard
 
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New parts:

Core i5 2500k (stock HSF for now)
Asus P8P67Pro B3
G.Skill Ripjaws X 2x4GB DDR3-1600
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S (new mobo couldn't support my PATA BenQ DW1640)


Migrated from old system:

Corsair HX 620
Antec NSK-4400 (2006 version)
BFG GTX260OC (dropped in a PNY GTX560Ti since then)
Intel X25-M G2 80GB
WDC Black FAEX 1.5TB
Auzen X-Fi Forte 7.1
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP0 (did not reinstall - I have a thread documenting progress and outcome)
I-NA205Ue 2.5" eSATA swappable enclosure system (3.5" bay)
Vantec eSATA fixed enclosure


Other Peripherals:

NEC LCD2490WUXi display
D-Link 7 port powered USB hub
Filco Majestouch tenkeyless w/ Cherry Browns
Razer Deathadder
Klipsch ProMedia 5.1
Plantronics something-or-other headset
3.5" bay internal multi card reader


No issues at all with this build. Very occasionally it doesn't seem to wake from S3 but it doesn't seem to be related to long interval sleep and I'm unable to recreate the problem. 99%+ S3 is fine. Everything is fast, cool and quiet compared to the Q6600G0 system I upgraded from. The Q6600 G0 + Asus P5B-E + 4x1GB OCZ DDR2-800 platinum rev2 + GTX260OC has been assembled with a few other spare parts into a second gaming-class system.
 
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Well I said I wouldn’t do it but I just bought the parts to upgrade my old Pentium Dual core to a quad Sandy.

New parts

Proc: Intel 2500K
HD: Kingston V+100 96gig SSD
MB: ASROCK Z68 PRO3

Kinda new parts
RAM: Gskill Sniper 2x4GB I bought a while back because it was dirt cheap

Old Parts

PCP&C Silencer quad 750 watt
HP ZR24w monitor
Tuniq Tower
Sapphire 5850 1 gig
750 gig 7200 RPM Western Digital Black HD
LG DVD burner

I’ll load up Win7 on the SSD and just delete the OS from the 750gig HD and use it for storage only.
 
Ordered all this on 3/18/11 for my wife's system.

Upgraded from a single core 939 based system to:
i3-2100 $120
MSI H67MA-E35 $100
Team Xtreem Dark Series 4GB DR3-1600 $40 AIR
640GB WD Black SATAIII $70
Lite-On DVD burner SATA $25
MSI GTX 275 Twin Frozr $0 (my old card)
CM Centurion 541 $0 (reused existing case)

Runs damn fast for an approx $370 budget upgrade. Completely blew away all my expectations and I have zero complains. Even with the dinky OEM HSF, I find the idle/load temps acceptable.
 
On the review bench right now is:
Intel i7 2600K
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
4Gb Gskill Eco Cas 7 DDR3 1600
Kingston SSD as cache with an old beater Seagate 160Gb HDD as system disk
GTS 250 in SLI x2 or
Gigabyte GTX 570
BDR drive
 
It's in the sig!

Loop.jpg
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd248/TheDarkPreacher/Loop.jpg
 
i5 2500k
8gb (2x4gb) G. Skill DDR3 1600
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3
XFX Radeon 6970 2gb
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD for OS
Seagate 1TB HDD for storage
Corsair HX650 PSU
Some LiteOn Blu-ray/DVDRW
Silverstone Media center case
 
HTPC: Core i3 2100T, Asus P8H67-I delux Mobo, 8GB gskill 1333 Ram (soDimm), Kingstone V+100 SSD for main OS, 2TB WD green for storage, Inwin BL200 mini ITX case.

Gaming Rig: Core i5 2500k (currently down to upgrade to 2600k), MSI P67A-GD65 mobo, Gskill 8GB ram at 1600 MHz, 2TB WD black for games, looking around for video card, and SATA III SSD for upgrade.
 
Thought I'd share an interesting experience I had bringing my second sandy bridge build online and hopefully save others some time if they have a similar issue. This is the ASrock build in my sig and the long and short of it is that the system was rock solid folding but would randomly drop periphials every couple days or crash out of a .net app. At first I thought it was hard locking since it would typically happen in games but the system would initiate a windows shutdown upon hitting the power button so it was still running. I tried everything covered in the main guides to fix this but the odd behavior persisted.

Eventually I figured if I'm dropping usb periphials I might as well toss the southbridge some voltage and bumped vcssa up to the next increment (1.025v IIRC). This has completely solved the problem and let me relax the other voltages I had been raising in an attempt to get this stable. I hadn't seen anything like this mentioned in sandy bridge overclocking threads and I didn't need to touch southbridge voltage on my primary rig.

Anyway, something to keep in mind if you guys have similar issues.
 
Upgrade:
i5 2500K from Microcenter
G.Skill DDR3-1333 16GB (4x4GB) from Newegg
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP BD-reader/DVD-writer from Newegg
ASRock Z68 Pro3-M from SuperBiiz


Reuse:
OCZ Vertex 120GB
2x Samsung F1 1.5GB
Antec Neo-HE 550W PSU
Tuniq Tower heatsink
Antec P180 case
K-World ATSC-110 TV-tuner
Asus EAH3450 graphics card
 
I5 2500k(4.4Ghz)
Sapphire 6950 1Gb
Gigabyte P67-ud3
Asus Xonar D2
4gb RipjawsX 1600mhz
:)
 
I was running a 2500k and a Biostar TH67+. I bought it the first day Newegg got B3s back in stock, and it was the only mobo they had. I liked it, but it kept dropping the onboard realtek gbE after sleeping, and then it turned into occasionally from a cold boot. Which was irritating. I didn't have room for my sound card and my NIC too so I gave up. It was a good board in other respects, but I'm glad the board I wanted got back in stock. So here's the new rig:

2500k
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
Intel DP67BGB3
MSI Cyclone GTX 460 1024mb
Asus Xonar Essence STX
Killer 2100 NIC
Samsung BD drive
OCZ Agility 60GB Boot
Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Storage
Seasonic X-650 PSU
Lian Li A05-NB Case
2x2 OCZ Platinum 1333 CL7 @ 1600
2x2 g.skill Ripjaws 1600 CL9 @ 1600

I have some Ripjaws X 1866 2x4 in the mail, so I'll probably run 12gb. Luckily, since the A05 case is upside down and air goes back to front the tall heatsinks don't get in the way since the fan is pushing from the other side (if you only use one fan).
 
Woo, new build though I barely get to use it yet ._.

2600k
Thermalright Silver Arrow (may need to remount :( getting like 5 degrees higher than expected)
NZXT Phantom
ASUS P8Z68 V. Pro
OCZ Agility 3 120GB - boot drive (durr :D)
WD Caviar Black 2TB
8GB G.skill 1600mhz
Corsair HX 850

And the super special component which probably no one else here is using...

INTEGRATED GRAPHICS! :DDDDDDDDDDD

(Though I think I'll grab SLI 560 Ti s soon >.>)
 
Im still running the good old 920 :) but i did just build a Sandy Bridge rig for a friend of mine who loves it.

Lets see if i remember the specs.....
GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4
i5-2500K (Overclocked to 4.8)
8 GB Gskill 1600
2 x XFX 6950's
Corsair H70
Cooler Master HAF

The overclocking really impressed me, i think i could have taken it further, i hit my first hiccup at 5.0 and had room to move the volts higher but since it was for a friend i figured i would back it off and keep 4.8 stable. I think i was running volts around 1.4..... Temps were also pretty good for running at 4.8 if i remember correctly under 75 in prime.
 
Old system

Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz
8GB DDR2-800
Abit IP35-E
evga GTX580-sc
silverstone zeues 750watts
creative x-fi

new system
i7 2600K @ 4.5Ghz
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
Gskill 4GB DDR3-1600Mhz 6-8-6
Silverstone Strider Gold 850watts
eVGA GTX580-SC
Creative X-fi
 
Had it together a little while now, still the most powerful computer Ive set my hands on, the tax refund monster...

-i5 2500k (Happily running at 4.7ghz)

-Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. B (rather impressed with this cooler, its a monster for near silent air) want to replace with a Corsair H100 depending on what the reviews look like when released

-Asus P8P67 Pro. R3

-GSkill 4gig 1600 cas8 1.5v great cheap ram but plan on going to GSkill 8gig 2133 cas11 once the price is even a little hotter or maybe some Mushkin, always like to support Colorado businesses

-WD Cav. Black 500g w. Windows 7 Home on it plan on getting another for a raid storage array and putting in one of the blazing fast 120g SATA 3 SSDs for my primary

-Thermaltake Toughpower 675w XT

-LG DVD blah

-CoolerMaster HAF912 packed with the stock two fans, two Scythe Slip Stream 1200cfms one 500, and one 140 with 120 mounts at 800cfm on the side panel. Despite putting in sound deadener and selecting 1200cfm or less fans its still too loud for my tastes, I blame the 1200cfm Scythes. Those two move LOTS of air for the speed but have a bit of motor noise which bothers me, like a quiet desk fan is my best comparison.

-Last but not least, the part that got this started because it wouldnt cooperate with my nForce4 motherboard and Athlon x2 3800+ is my Radeon 5770 which will be replaced as soon as humanly possible with a 6950 or 560Ti
 
Old:
Q9550 @ 3.4GHz
Asus P5B Deluxe
8GB DDR2-800
Crucial M225 128GB
WD Caviar Blue 640GB
Scythe Ninja Plus

New:
i5 2400 @ 3.6GHz
Asus P8P67
4GB DDR3-1600
Crucial m4 128GB
WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Thermalright TRUE 120 Rev. C
 
Old:
2x Opteron 885s @ 2.6 GHz
SuperMicro H8DCi
12GB DDR2-800
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB
2x Samsung 7200RPM 500GB drives
2x DVD-RW
2x Zalman CNPS9700LED
Creative X-Fi
Thermaltake Armor

New:
i7 2600K @ 4.2GHz
Asus P8P67 Deluxe
16GB DDR3-1600
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB
2x Samsung 7200RPM 500GB drives
2x WD Caviar Blue 1TB
LG BD-RW
Zalman CNPS9900
Thermaltake Armor

I transferred a lot of stuff over from the original build. Later this year, when the bulldozer is released, I'll be water cooling the 2600K, and upgrading the video to a 6950 with 6970 firmware - also water cooled.

I can see a pair of Vertex 3s finding their way in this case too...

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in Sig, will be doing a few other items to it down the road. but enjoying my first ever build
 
Corsair 800d
Asrock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
Intel i7 2600k @ 4.6ghz
ATI Radeon 5870 (900/1250)
2x 4gb G.Skill Ripjaws DDR2133
64gb Micron C300
2x 2tb Hitachi 5K3000
 
I got a good deal after bargaining

i5 2500k
msi p67 g43 b3
patriots 5 16gb ddr3
v3 thermaltake
800watt ocz
corsair h50
1tb 7200 desktar
24x dvd liteon burner

all for 570 dollars
ain't bad
 
nice systems everyone, about 30 more days till i have my system and can post it :)
 
Parts collecting dust while i make up my mind on a video card.

IN WIN Dragon Rider Black 1.0 case
Antec EarthWatts 750
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB PC3 17000
Crucial SSD C300 64GB
Sony CD/DVD

Waiting on UPS to arrive.

MSI Z68A-GD65 (B3) Motherboard
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge
XSPC Rasa 750 RS240


Until i can make up my mind on a video card ill use the 5850 form my old system.
 
Just added a fan controller last week and am done for a while:

Intel i5 2500K
Asus P8P67 B3
G Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB 1333 DDR3 CL7
Crucial SSD C300 128GB
2xSamsung Spinpoint F3 1GB in RAID0
Corsair AX850 PSU
2 Scythe Gentle Typhoon on Hyper 212+
HIS Radeon 6950 2GB (shaders unlocked)
Asus DRW-24B1ST
Lamptron FC Touch Fan Controller
Silverstone FT02-B
 
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