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:

ddr3 2xxx @ 6-7-6 please..... :)

Coming soon to a forum near you..........

OCM :thumbsup:

:)

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r.../ud5status.png

OCM :thumbsup:

there going to drop it in the ocean :P

No worries, I told them to go heavy on the vaseline before shipping, lol.

OCM :thumbsup:

LOL HC will love that :)

Still waiting on SB chip myself *sigh. I will have some other new toys to play with soon enough though :)

i will use vaseline and xxx :)

Man you guys get shafted hard on shipping times in HI. Maybe since it is soon 2011 they could drop the canoe service and go with something more modern? I know Kal gets next day air so he can have the part in 3-4 days. :( I can't wait till you get a CPU.

The only shipping they have there is EMS

Expedited Mālia Shipping. LOL

LOL, actually I fail!! On my phone it looked like it shipped on Dec 20 and delivered Dec 30. Now I see it is two days. That's not so bad I guess. Still when I send Kal stuff it takes forever.

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/d.png

:D

OCM :thumbsup:

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...I/DSC03924.jpg

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...I/DSC03920.jpg

Need to get me a chip.

OCM :thumbsup:

Hey hey, sexy new hardware pron, cheers buddy :)

First time ever being on point with the newest hardware. Although mainstream, should be a lot of fun.

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...I/DSC03925.jpg

Setup for some water cooled goodness. Waiting for this chip is gonna be the end of me, lol.

OCM :thumbsup:

fire that baby up :taunt:

Bitchin bench station with the big guns water setup :)

Thanks Bro Mang ;)

Have another triple rad but not sure where to stick it, lol.

OCM :thumbsup:

wrong psu....lol im just picky :D

Yes you are, lol. It is what it is..........

OCM :thumbsup:

Man that bench area is just too clean. :D Nice pron shots too.

Nothing worse than having half the setup and waiting for the rest to get to ya. Hurry up and wait game blows balls.

Now this is pretty exciting.

Benching at almost 5.5Ghz on air. :shock:

Borrowed from xs.......
OCM :thumbsup:

his sp1m is crazy...he almost beat my 6.3sec

his sp32m sucks... lol

Now that I've seen what seems to be the ultimate SB high I may be chasing the dragon once this chip goes retail.

Metaphorically speaking of course ;)

OCM :thumbsup:

not for how slow his ram is though :thumbsup:

looks fun but isnt max multi 57 and max bclk 106ish? max for a max of 6ghz ish

climax yeah...lol

Totally chip based from what I understand.

If I had the money to buy. I would wait a month or so and see if anyone comes out with a board that adds its own multipliers that can increase BCLK ability.

From an serious overclockers point of view. For just having the best new toys. You can't beat 5 GHz on air for desktop/gamer OC play machine :)

The reason some guys can air bench at almost 5.5Ghz (on Intels Burrage mobo) and others at only 4.8-5.2Ghz (on Asus, Gigabyte, mobos ect) is due to a setting thats only available on the Intel P67 boards at the moment. Its called "Internal PLL voltage Override". Hopefully all OEM Motherboards will have this feature via a bios update upon official release.

OCM :thumbsup:

Slight change of plan. After reading a few reviews I've decided to only pick up a 2600K for now.

OCM :thumbsup:

sounds familiar :D