The AMD fanboy decided to move on to intel
Looking at the fact that the core i7 920 has got lots of headroom for overclocking, I have decided to base my next build on x58 chipset, Socket LGA1366 Core I7 instead of the AMD 790FX chipset. Firstly, ICH10R Southbridge chipset owns the SB750. Looking at the fact that I'm using 2 SSDs in Raid 0, ICH10R would be preferred.
The benchmark for I7 920 after overclocking could even be better than 965(which costs a bomb). I7 920 is just 30 over bucks more than the phenom ii955. Of course, I would go for the I7 920.
Why Rampage II Extreme? Simply because of one thing. The Supreme FX soundcard given with the MB itself would be good looking(with the blue led lighting it up) with the case-cm690 pure.
Both SLI and Crossfire enabled. Why not? But it's really costly i must say.
Just got myself the CM690 pure and V8 CPU cooler. The next build's going to be IMBA. Not yet decided on which graphics card to get. Let's see what the next gen of ati 5000 series card can do and how much they costs first. Coming out with Win7 I think. After I5 comes out with the 1156 processors and I5 comes out next week then i'll decide again. But its either lynnfield or bloomfield. BYEBYE AMD. Hmmm. Cool eh?
Pictures up next! goodies from simlim
Limited Edition CM690 PURE. Internal all black. VERY NAISE CHASSIS
ONE SICK CPU COOLER. V8! Named after that engine. Lols
ModXstream Pro. Modular Power Supply. from OCZ. One Solid PSU
Hmmm. OCZ Solid Series SSD. Entry Level SSD. Maybe changing to vertex. I dont know? See If i have the $$. LOL
That's all!
Coming up next(Soon)
Core I7 920 with D0 stepping
Asus Rampage II extreme
2x OCZ Vertex 30GB
Sapphire 4890(or a new 5000 series card)
OCZ XTC Cooler Rev 2
OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum Triple Channel