How does my next build look?

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Tue, 01/31/2012 - 02:04
Johnbrianr
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I have decided on a new build with my tax return, and here it is:

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K

Graphics: EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

PSU: CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

so what does everyone think? Is there anything I should change? I don't wanna go much over $1000.

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Tue, 01/31/2012 - 07:38
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PontezZ
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if i where you i would only change the mobo to the ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 SOCKET 1155 REV 3 or EVGA P67 FTW

Rui Ponte

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Tue, 01/31/2012 - 13:26
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Johnbrianr
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those are both excellent boards, especially the Sabertooth, but a bit pricey for what I wanted...

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Tue, 01/31/2012 - 18:29
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david179057
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get a ssd and use ssd cashing that z68 supports

Asus P8P67 Deluxe : i7 2600k : Corsair Vengeance 8 GB 1600
Asus GTX 560 Direct Cu II OC : Corsair H100
Kingston Hyper X 3K 120 GB : WD Caviar Black 1 TB : Windows 7 Home Premium
OCZ ZT 750W PSU : CM 690 II

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Wed, 02/01/2012 - 15:27
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Johnbrianr
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again, an SSD is well beyond what I wanna pay. I wish I had enough for an SSD. My limit is actually the reason why I chose blue over black for the HDD. Although.... I could go with a green and use a small SSD for the OS... what is a good size for JUST an OS?

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Wed, 02/01/2012 - 19:33
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david179057
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sdd cashing uses 60gb drive and can really speed up a drive

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Thu, 02/02/2012 - 00:12
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Johnbrianr
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ok, so I revised my build a bit. I dropped the graphics card because I already have a GTX 460 that I can use, picked a different mobo and CPU, as well as a different HDD

mobo: ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623i72700K

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

PSU: CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

Fans: NZXT FN-140RB 140mm Case Fan (to add to the front of my NZXT Phantom) and EVERCOOL FAN-EC5010M12CA 50mm Case Fan (to mount on the mobo)

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Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:37
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david179057
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get another 460 to run in sli

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