November 8, 201114 yr H i guys, I'm setting up a computer and I need your advise.I will be getting i7-2600K, MSI GTX580 Twin FrozR II OC, Kingston HyperX H2O Cooler 6GB DDR3 2000MHz RAM, 1 TB WD Cav.Black HDD.I was looking for P8Z68 ASUS but there isn't any left in the shop that I'll be buying the comupter. Can you advice me some motherboards which can I buy instead of?And I'm confused about RAM, do you know about H20 Coolers? And Will 6GB DDR3 2000 MHz will be enough for me? Should I buy Geil Plus 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Voltage Dual kit (2X4GB)?Appreciate your help!Thanks a lot!
November 8, 201114 yr P8p67 pro/deluxeThe 8gb low volt 2x4If you want a water cooler corsair h70 or 80 Kenneth Weir My Saitek yoke mod i7 2600k @ 4.7 8GB Gskill CAS7 2x GTX580 SLI Surround + GT520 Accessory Win7x64
November 9, 201114 yr Seems like a good question for the hardware forums.Any Z68 from Asrock or Asus. 1600MHz is plenty. Shoot for <1.5V i think the p67 platform would b better than the z68 anywaySay what now? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
November 9, 201114 yr i think the p67 platform would b better than the z68 anywayWhy do you say that ? And you base that on what information?To the OP, Gigabyte or Asus Z68 would be the best. Both rock solid boards and good o/c's. System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A, Intel i9-14900KF, Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU
November 9, 201114 yr DISCLAIMER FIRST! Without access to a larger supply of CPU's the following may well be anecdotal, but it convinced me.I have 3 sandy bridge cpu's, 2x i7 2600k's & an i5 2500k. I've also used both p8p67-pro and p8z68-deluxe motherboards.On both boards, all 3 cpu's became unstable at the same clock speeds as on the other board (ranging from 4.3 to 4.6) and at +/- 5c temperature difference.They seemed to run slightly hotter on the z68, but that could also be largely due to a warmer ambient temperature (my A/C failed when I started testing out the z68 board so the house was about 15-20f(8-11c) warmer)Both i7's were tested with HT disabled Kenneth Weir My Saitek yoke mod i7 2600k @ 4.7 8GB Gskill CAS7 2x GTX580 SLI Surround + GT520 Accessory Win7x64
November 9, 201114 yr They seemed to run slightly hotter on the z68, but that could also be largely due to a warmer ambient temperature (my A/C failed when I started testing out the z68 board so the house was about 15-20f(8-11c) warmer)Both i7's were tested with HT disabledI think you answered your own questions there! ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
November 9, 201114 yr Yes, I suspect that was the reason, but I also thought it was still worth mentioning. Kenneth Weir My Saitek yoke mod i7 2600k @ 4.7 8GB Gskill CAS7 2x GTX580 SLI Surround + GT520 Accessory Win7x64
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