jsnipy wrote:
christ, Newegg is practically sold out of all their LGA1155 motherboards
Nic wrote:
My suggestion is to wait a little bit longer still, all of the boards are not back on the market yet, and the Gigabyte UD5 is supposed to be one of the better OCers.
This would explain why
Yea I'm completely patient at this point.
Honestly though I don't get into overclocking. Is that where your processor suggestion came from?
Ok, if you don't want to OC at all, You don't need either the 2500k or the 2600k. I know you said Sli or crossfire not necessary, but if your not ocing, the bulk of your power still comes from your video card, so you may be able to build a more powerful multi gpu set up. Espceially since you have a PSU that will support it.
One question, what case will you be building in?
Actually, even with that processor, I was able to put togeather a really good set up at
www.ncixus.com, one with dual cards, and the new Asus EFI bios that makes OC'ing very easy if you decided down the road you wanted more power.
- Quick video showing how easy the bios is to use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEMDscJyHewAnywho, most of it is from their sale page, it changes every Wednesday night.
- Processor, Core i5 2500k $214
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.ph … omoid=1280Bundles with this cpu cooler for an extra $49
Coolit Systems Eco CPU Water Cooling System
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=50327- Motherboard, ASUS P8P67 $159
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.ph … omoid=1280- SSD, Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB $123 <--Sata III btw
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.ph … omoid=1280- Memory, G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 $89
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.ph … omoid=1280- Video Cards, 2X ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU 790MHZ 1GB $165 for the first one $180 for the second for a total of $345
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.ph … omoid=1280Review of crossfire mode:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/ … CrossFire/-
Total cart price: $978 before tax and shippingAlso comes with free Total War - Shogun 2 - Electronic Digital Download Coupon *Intel Promo Only*
Alternately if you were able to drop $100 more for a total of $1073 before taxes, you could get dual 6950s, they have a good sale on these ones right now:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.ph … omoid=1280Review of dual 6950:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS … ire/4.html
Last edited by Nic (2011-03-20 11:53:59)