I have a build going in preparation for Ivy Bridge. I have everything except for the CPU and Heatsink built, and I'm about to pull the trigger on a D14.
My build so far is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jjAUNE6sw
Question, I have the GA-Z77X-UD5H Board, with CORSAIR Vengeance 2133...
I'm seeing the light here. I'll probably end up cooling with some really nice Heatsink and call it a day. Noctua has been popular among OC'ers not looking to get crazy.
Your post had me rollin! LMFAO! But nah, motivation isn't to be green, just to save a few bucks a month. But if the difference is that small, I'll go with whatever is most effective for around $75.
Biggest thing right off the bat is no dual NIC... Use VMWare Server and Desktop all the time and dedicate 1 NIC to all guest VM's and use other NIC for General Use.
As for everything else, the UD3 would suit my needs as well as most others quite well. The deal breaker for me and for anyone...
Corsair Carbide Series 500R (CC-9011012-WW)
It's very roomy and will accomodate a long GPU if you decide to do that. If you want to see my current build using this case, check this http://youtu.be/i9jjAUNE6sw
Okay, I may concede on the memory, I may have went overboard, but I wanted to go with something in Gigabyte's "approved" memory list.
As for the board, I disagree. This board compared to the Asus or Asrock boards is much more fully featured for less $ and IMO better build quality.
I'm definitely putting the 7850 in there. Don't need anything more powerful than that since I only play a games like SWTOR, SC2, Diablo III (soon) and used to play WOW.
As for other discrete cards, I don't think so. I never realized a huge improvement when using discrete sound cards so I'll...
So basically, just chalk it all up to the computing Gods... It being earth day and all, figured I'd try to account for power consumption and all. Though I'm no liberal by any stretch, I still think about that stuff, mostly because I do get the power bill...
Anyone have any thoughts about the power consumption of water cooling versus air cooling? I've heard that the liquid cooling does in fact consume more power, but haven't seen the general comparisons. I have my build started and I'm about to pull the trigger on an IB CPU tomorrow. But I need help...
How so? Pretty sure this board supports up to 2400 when OC'd.I picked the vengeance because it was on the board's supported memory list. I grew tired of MB manufacturers blaming the memory for problems (usually with their capacitors)...
Yeah, I have a Gigabyte 7850 in my current C2Q Q6600 build but putting that in last cause I still need to be able to play SC2 and SWTOR until the IB chips come out.
Check it out, probably going to get the 3770k and water cool using a kit, two decisions I made after shooting this video. I initially was going to get the 3570k and air cool with zalman, but I've since decided I will probably OC a little...
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