New Rig - i7 2600k + P8P67 Deluxe

[Dharmaboy]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

I dont care for the AI Suite method, it is all over the place. Go into your BIOS under Ai Tweaker and select OC Tuner. Works much better. System will immediately reboot and apply oc settings for you. Should be 4430Mhz with a 2600k.

S! Will do. Thanks for the tip.

[oppo4sale]

Nice build there, hope you enjoy it =)

[Wurmer]

Originally Posted by Dharmaboy

Thanks I think I will. One curious thing though is that when i use the Asus AI Turbo feature for the software to find its own stable OC. After I find the stable stress test using their software and I try to reboot, i loose all the OC'd settings.

The software Auto tuner doesn't work well on my MB either. I think that the software needs more work. It caused me all kinds of issues. Better OC the good ole fashion way, right into the BIOS. Honestly, this was a bit of a deception since my previous built, which was AMD (Asus Mobo+ BE555), worked quite nicely with the Auto tuner software. In fact, it worked flawlessly.

[Dharmaboy]

Thanks for the tips guys. Mem Express is having a sale on the Corsair Vengeance DDR3 - should I pick up 2 more 4 GB sticks for cheap and go to a total of 16GB or is that a waste? I am running Win7 Ultimate x64.

[Eldonko]

I dont see how you could ever use more than 8GB myself. Waste of $ IMO

[Dharmaboy]

*nods* just checking. I wasnt sure if I should go that route.

[Eldonko]

Save your pennies for a second 560 ti down the road. That would be the best bang for your $ performance-wise.

[Dharmaboy]

Yeah I was thinking about that good call. SLI GTX 560 ti's is comparable to what on the market?

[Eldonko]

About level with a 580 give or take a bit depending on the application.

[boris_37]

cool like mine. except i got hx650, a gtx 480 a much uglier case and no water cooling.

I however have been issues out the rear end. First my video card had a cracked fan(on delivery), took me forever to get an rma because the box wasn't damaged(i should have lied). Then had to wait for rma of power supply due to coil whine. THEN now i am getting driver crashes on it and zotac says its asus's fault, asus says it's zotacs fault and gskill says they have no idea wtf is going on... lol

Looks good though, much better cable management then i have done. I don't have a backplate to hide stuff behind too. Although it's no excuse my cable management was always embarrassing.