Alaskan Gammer build

[willdude]

Hello folks

I got a problem. I had to RMA a few things from Newegg today and im not really happy about the problems with the sytem I
wanted to build.

My old build was a problem free gamming sytem that I was so happy with but, it's outdated now. "5+ years"


With my 8+ hour trying to build:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168131572 Motherboard with the SATA 2/3 buggs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136555 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118091, that had clearence probs with the motherboard.

All RMA'd back to newegg with no problems.

What I did keep was the i5 2500k intel cpu, Win 7 64bit pro OS, EVGA 590 Classified GPU, and the Anti Virus Program.

I please ask wisdom if I may.

Input for the most relaible Motherboard that supports sli x16 x2,"that in future I can upgrade another EVGA 590 classified GPU" also http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115079 CPU "that I can upgrade " once things get outdated with new technology and the most highest supported ram with the motherboard.

I thank you all for any support with this sytem build.
"sorry for grammer and spelling"

W Walunga
St. Lawrence Island Alaska

 

[chesteracorgi]

First, I can't tell which mobo you bought and RMA'd: the link shows that the product has been deactivated at Newegg. I have been running an open box ASRock P67 Extreme6 since May and it runs like a top. I suspevt that you got the Z68 Extreme7 and had issues with its quality. If you got a lemon I'd say that it is probably within the normal failure rate for any new product and, if it is the one that you really wanted to begin with you should just replace it. If not then there are a few boards from ASUS Gigabyte and MSI that suppport 16 X 2 and that you should spec them out and choose one.

BTW an 8 X 8 is pleanty of bandwidth for SLI: Nvidia isn't a bandwidth hog. The 16 X 2 SLI is for people running multiple monitors in 2560 X 1600 res.

The Zalman CPU cooler is huge and if you have space limitations then I'd recommend a closed loop liquid cooler. The Antec H20 620 &920 are good products and have the advantage that they dump the heat out of the case directly. While they may not be advantageous to a tower in CPU cooling the fact that the radiator is mounted at the exhaust gives bot good ventilation and takes the heat off the other componsnts.

If you want a speedy HD, then go with a SSD over a HDD. Get a 120 GB + SSD and a slower HDD for storage.

The RAM with the tall heat spreaders are an older design. If you have no clearance issues then by all means stick with that design, but this sort of design http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104173 works just as well.

As far as the processor, don't buy into the idea that a hex core is better than a quad core for gaming. Most applications are threaded for hex cores and there is little possibility that hex cores will outclass quad cores into 2014. By that time there may be a new CPU architechture that kills, but the current champ is the Sandybridge.

 

[chesteracorgi]

First, I can't tell which mobo you bought and RMA'd: the link shows that the product has been deactivated at Newegg. I have been running an open box ASRock P67 Extreme6 since May and it runs like a top. I suspevt that you got the Z68 Extreme7 and had issues with its quality. If you got a lemon I'd say that it is probably within the normal failure rate for any new product and, if it is the one that you really wanted to begin with you should just replace it. If not then there are a few boards from ASUS Gigabyte and MSI that suppport 16 X 2 and that you should spec them out and choose one.

BTW an 8 X 8 is pleanty of bandwidth for SLI: Nvidia isn't a bandwidth hog. The 16 X 2 SLI is for people running multiple monitors in 2560 X 1600 res.

The Zalman CPU cooler is huge and if you have space limitations then I'd recommend a closed loop liquid cooler. The Antec H20 620 &920 are good products and have the advantage that they dump the heat out of the case directly. While they may not be advantageous to a tower in CPU cooling the fact that the radiator is mounted at the exhaust gives bot good ventilation and takes the heat off the other componsnts.

If you want a speedy HD, then go with a SSD over a HDD. Get a 120 GB + SSD and a slower HDD for storage.

The RAM with the tall heat spreaders are an older design. If you have no clearance issues then by all means stick with that design, but this sort of design http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104173 works just as well.

As far as the processor, don't buy into the idea that a hex core is better than a quad core for gaming. Most applications are threaded for hex cores and there is little possibility that hex cores will outclass quad cores into 2014. By that time there may be a new CPU architechture that kills, but the current champ is the Sandybridge.