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[ZmanFTW]

CM HAF XM (owned)

EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W

Sunbeam Rheosmart 6 Fan Controller (owned)

Swiftech 8-way PWM Splitter

Akasa Viper 140mm x 3

Akasa Viper 120mm x 4

ASRock Z77 OC Formula

Intel i7-3770K

CM Nepton 280L

Noctua NF-14 Industrial PPC IP67 2000RPM 140mm x 4

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 @ CL8

Samsung 850 Pro 1TB (when price seriously drops!)

ASUS GTX 670 or 770

BenQ XL2420TE (owned)

TEAC UD-H01 DAC

KRK 10s Powered Subwoofer

KRK Rokit 8 Gen 3 Powered Studio Monitors

Pioneer DDJ-SB Performance DJ Controller

Sennheiser HD 380 Professional Monitoring Headphones...etc.

 

I ain't askin for much...may take me a few years though!

[Jobbe03]

So... In a few years some of those parts will be out of date

[Guest]

Is there a question here ? Or you just listing a possible spec ? Also why Z77 ? (If you don't already have it) 

[ZmanFTW]

Is there a question here ? Or you just listing a possible spec ? Also why Z77 ? (If you don't already have it) 

 

Don't really care about being out of date...I do have Z77 already. Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge have the most overclocking headroom. Everything since then has just been die shrinks and improved iGPU which just makes the chips hotter and less OC friendly. No questions really...just seeing if anyone will voice their opinions.

[ZmanFTW]

So... In a few years some of those parts will be out of date

 

How?

[ZmanFTW]

I hate Haswell for overclocking. Broadwell sounds promising but I don't want to do that just to end up wanting to upgrade to Skylake the following year. I already owned i7-3770K before in the past so I know what to expect. Ran stable at 4.8GHz with 120mm Thermaltake Water 2.0 PRO. On 280mm with Noctuas I am sure I will be very happy.

 

I was forced to downgrade because of financial problems. Currently running i5-3350P on ASRock Z77 Extreme4. I will be sacrificing my EVGA GTX 760 to get i7-3770K until October 1st which is my birthday. No Skyrim for me for a couple months.

 

By staying a generation or 2 behind I found that I can save a lot of money...always newer stuff coming out that makes the prices on the older stuff drop. I also used to own an ASUS GTX 670 TOP and I miss that too, it was more silent than the EVGA GTX 760.