Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD5 + i7 2600K
 

After going back and forth and back and forth between x58 and P67 I've decided to go Sandy Bridge P67. Unfortunately I can't afford to play the 980x/990x 1k chip game or multi high end GPUs to keep up with the big boys. Also have no access to LN2 to make the best of these extreme chips anyway.

So on a semi-limited budget and with DICE as my only option for extreme cooling I figure Sandy Bridge will be a good fit for me.

Initial Setup:
CPU #1: i7 2600k Batch# L040B705 (sold)
CPU #2: i7 2600k Batch# L041C106 #0815
CPU #3: i7 2600k Batch# L045A912 #2417
Water Block: Koolance CPU-360
Mobo: GA-P67A-UD5
Ram: Super-Talent 2000Mhz CL7
PSU: Antec TPQ-1200 1200W
GPU: :D (On Water)
SSD: OCZ Vertex 60Gb

http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/p.../3647/3672.jpg


The Benchmarks:

2D
CPU-z Validation #1
CPU-z Validation #2
MSI 5770 Hawk
Evga 8800gt512
Sapphire 4670


OCM :thumbsup:

Nice going man. Looking forward to your results. Hopefully you get lucky on the chip snag :)

Thanks Mang :wt:

Looking forward to learning this new setup. Didn't go with a higher end board due to the seemingly limited OC potential of the p67 chipset. Plus I won't be benching more than 2 gpus in CrossFire/SLI anyway.

Can't wait to see what the z68 chipset brings to the table :leghump:

OCM :thumbsup:

Good luck mang. Those Gigabyte P67 boards are mighty smexy. I'm tempted to get a UD5/7 when I file my taxes.

GIT-R-DONE!!

Dam smexy board .........

Can't wait to see some results from this platform.

For me I am out in the cold right now.

waiting on x68 goodnes in hopes things will be better

Best of luck ....... :thumbsup:

Thanks to all for the motivating words!

And special thanks to Splave, Hondacity and Kal for helping me make up my mind ;)

OCM :thumbsup:

:D great news OCM, looks awesome

Nice. Prolly the same route I am going to go on mobo and cpu.

Had to sell one of my Glocks, some old Motorcycle riding gear and a few other things on eBay to afford this next platform. Hopefully its gonna be worth it.... we will see.

OCM :thumbsup: