I am ALMOST back

Hello fellow TKCers! It is I, Deathwish! I just flew off my ship and am in transit back to the states. I am building a monster of a new PC. i am going to get the gtx 680 and have 3 monitors plus the accessory display. Its gonna be sick. I miss playing! Can't wait to be back in the action! Tell me whats new.

-Steven

So what else is you pc going to contain other than an awesome 680? Going AMD or Intel?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231486 RAM (4 sticks of it)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227726 SSD (will get a 2nd)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115072 CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157271 MB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814162095 GPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817703028 PS (high power to support 2 GPU)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811517004 Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824236154 Monitors (3 of them, 4th is already at the house)

I am currently in transit home, but I cant wait to put this togather and pwn some noobs! Might take me a week to get use to 3 monitors tho o_O

Nice, only thing I would do different is the PSU. I wouldnt have went with anything less than 1200w. It provides you with room in case you want to expand. Say you decide to go SLI with the 680, well you will definately be needing more PSU! Also if your going to be overclocking, which Im sure you will given you got the 2500k, you will want more PSU. Also, find one that is modular. It will save you the headache of having a big group of unused wires and where to put them! Also, you will want to find a different CPU cooler. The stock Intel ones are JUNK!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817139014

Thats the PSU I have and recommend it highly.

What CPU cooler would you recommend?

For air cooling, the Noctua NH-D14 is pretty much the best performing. There's also the Phanteks which I think looks a LOT better than the Noctua, and it performs pretty much the same. If you need something smaller, go with a 212+ or a liquid setup like the H80 or H100.

Also keep in mind populating four DIMM slots slightly reduces overclockability as opposed to just two. I dunno if that's a concern, just figured I'd mention.

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Also to use all 32GB of RAM you have to get WIndows 7 Pro or Ultimate 64 bit. Home Premium even 64 bit only supports 16. You probably already were with this amount of money but just figured id throw it out there.

For air cooling, the Noctua NH-D14 is pretty much the best performing. There's also the Phanteks which I think looks a LOT better than the Noctua, and it performs pretty much the same. If you need something smaller, go with a 212+ or a liquid setup like the H80 or H100.

Also keep in mind populating four DIMM slots slightly reduces overclockability as opposed to just two. I dunno if that's a concern, just figured I'd mention.

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Id have to say it must be very slight cause with all four dimms filled i can still oc to 5ghz stable!!

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id honestly wait just a little longer, ivy bridge cpu's are about to be released, the motherboards are starting to show up on shelves as i type this.

well i got a motherboard that can support ivy bridge already

Stuck at airport....

For decent CHEAP air cooling, definitely the hyper 212+. My last cpu was ice cold with that thing with only one fan on it. I have the Corsair H80 liquid cooler right now, and I LOVE it. Works fantastic.

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Great to hear your coming back bro!

So my dad is going to hook me up with Windows 7 ultimate since he gets it for free because he works at microsoft.

Hey Master

So my dad is going to hook me up with Windows 7 ultimate since he gets it for free because he works at microsoft.

Nice.

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