My rig...

[Cerdjee4]

let's get straight to it.

intel i5 3570k (no overclock for now)

corsair h60 liquid cooling system (for now...)

asus maximus v formula

corsair vengeance 2x4gb 1866mhz

corsair ax 650

msi gtx 680 PE

western digital "scorpio" blue (laptop hdd, I know...I lack the funds for an ssd or regular hdd)

cooler master haf 912, tricked out with insides (and back) painted red, and sidepanel window. it also has 2 red cold cathodes on the inside.

monitor is an aoc 2343FK (23" 1920x1080 5ms)

razer mamba 2012 mouse

cyborg v5 keyboard.

no dvd drive...cause dvd drives are stupid...

das my rig, planning on a custom watercooling solution and de-lidding the 3570k, because my idle temps are over 40c and I find that absolutely awful. (did I mention that I live in Suriname? in South america? our usual ambient temps are 30c to 35c)

[Dim]

It looks good, but...

I lack the funds for an ssd or regular hdd

That's depressing. I surely hope you are going to save up for an SSD... if not, I would have gone with a cheaper air cooler with a 670, to be honest.

[Money]

Come one man! You gotta overclock a little! :)

[Cerdjee4]

Come one man! You gotta overclock a little! :)

but of course...just not yet :P I'm waiting till I have enough dough for a custom water kit, then I'm gonna delid the cpu, replace the TIM with liquid metal Ultra, then overclock the bugger to around 4.5ghz

[omglazrbms]

Yea I'd definitely get an SSD before I get a whole water kit, even a 60gig for a boot drive, trust me it makes worlds of difference.

[BCreation]

Unless you need all the features on the Asus motherboard, you could spend a little bit less on that as well.