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reply to Skit112

Re: New system advice please

Check out Overclockers.com or Reddit if you want help with OCing. There are tons of resources out there, but I think DSLR's crowd isn't very much into enthusiast OCing.
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I'll do that. 10 years ago that place was a hot bed of activity.

Overclocking has also become a lot easier to do, especially for the casual enthusiast (like me). You simple raise the multiplier and adjust voltage until stable--can't really go wrong with it. XMP memory profiles make OCing your ram pretty easy too.
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Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Yeah back then I was OCing a KT333 mobo with no AGP/PCI lock. As you upped the voltage everything got more juice. It took a lot of work to get high OC's and run stable. It was quite the balancing act. Bump up as far as you can go then burn in and then bump some more. I know things are a bit different now but I'll see what I can do. What is a safe high temp on the 3570K?

reply to Krisnatharok

It's 27 min for OP. He can make the trip.

That works then

reply to Skit112
IIRC in February mircocenter has $50 off a motherboard when you buy the 3570k, so theres even more savings for you.

reply to TruSm0ke
Thanks for the heads up. I could make the trip if I had a car. I got rid of it years ago as I didn't use it much. I've looked at a couple Porsche 911's recently but then I'd really need to drive it a lot to justify having it parked out front. NYC is right next door and I take cabs or trains if I'm going into the city. The money really isn't an issue for me but I do appreciate it.

reply to me1212
Thanks me1212 I do appreciate it. I'm still checking mobos out. It seems like when I find one that might be a good choice there ends up being a bunch of horrible reviews on them.

You mentioned you got the 680 FTW. Can you post what your final build was? People always love pictures!

This is what I ended up getting.

Add in a Corsair Professional Series HX 750 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Gold, which I didn't see in the pcpartspickers list.

»pcpartpicker.com/p/FI2R

List summary:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
ASRock Z77 OC Formula EATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB Video Card
Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full (32/64-bit)
Corsair Professional Series HX 750 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Gold

i5 3570 running at 4.3 and vid card is OCed a bit too. Everything is stable. I can play Crysis 3 or 2 for hours no problems. Let me find a couple pics.

Very nice!

reply to Skit112
Beautiful system ese.

Thanks me1212 I'm really enjoying it.

reply to Skit112
Very nice,.....

I think the video card is the most appealing part to me.