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5/24/12 at 4:44pm

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Great build. I hope you use all the features of the Sabertooth to make it worth it.

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5/24/12 at 4:47pm

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blech Sabertooth Intel..Well to each their own,I guess

Umm..That g.skill RAM won't perform as well as this stuff http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147094
and..Sandy Bridge does 2133 nicely :

: GFLOPS ftw!
Other than that..It's all personal preference..and you've made solid choices :

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idk about z77...but p67 Sabertooth didn't clock as well as p67 pro..Things may have changed..IDK....
I think the Biostar z77 looks good

Woww..$169 for something to hold parts ..I can't/shouldn't say anymore

If i had a nickel for every time I've been rebooted by lightning..I'd have at least $1..I live in the lightning capitol of the US.
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5/24/12 at 5:04pm

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I am getting tired of 2133 MHz. Show me one REAL WORLD benchmark where it nets you a performance boost.

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5/25/12 at 7:43am

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Awesome you got the Asus 670 Top!! I just ordered the non-top version off newegg this morning since Top was sold out. It's quieter than the windforce and is the only card to receive a perfect 10 rating on techpowerup in almost 3 years (techpowerup puts more emphasis on noise than most reviewers, which I like). Your rig is gonna be awesome! If you get a chance make sure to post a pic- I'm subscribed.

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5/25/12 at 7:50am

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Good call on the SSD storage bump. The case may be overkill, but cases (as far as I'm concerned) are 80% user preference anyway, so whatever floats your boat is fine.

The only change I'd make is saving some money by switching to the Silverstone Strider Gold 850W over the HX850. It's also fully modular over the HX850's semi-modularity, but that may not be a big selling point.

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5/25/12 at 9:13am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by avaya

Yeah I had recently read through that review so when I saw it pop up in my Newegg I bought it immediately. I'm not much of a photographer but I'll grab some pics with my phone when everything arrives.

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Originally Posted by jackofhearts495

Good call on the SSD storage bump. The case may be overkill, but cases (as far as I'm concerned) are 80% user preference anyway, so whatever floats your boat is fine.
The only change I'd make is saving some money by switching to the Silverstone Strider Gold 850W over the HX850. It's also fully modular over the HX850's semi-modularity, but that may not be a big selling point.

Yeah I had some extra wiggle room in my budget and saved a bit by going with Amazon so I thought a larger SSD would be nice. I know a lot of games let you customize their install location but still insist that you put mods and saves in some obscure folder on your boot drive which could add up fast. Plus that is more room to put some extra games on there that have longer load times!

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i5-3570k	Asus Sabertooth z77	Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB	G.Skill Sniper (2x4GB) DDR3 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
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Corsair HX850 Pro Series 850W	NZXT Switch 810 (Black)	Logitech G5	Astro A40 Headphones
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Intel i7-3630QM	nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB	2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz	128GB Crucial M4 SSD
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Intel i5-3570k	Asus Sabertooth z77	Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB	G.Skill Sniper (2x4GB) DDR3 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
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Corsair HX850 Pro Series 850W	NZXT Switch 810 (Black)	Logitech G5	Astro A40 Headphones
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Intel i7-3630QM	nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB	2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz	128GB Crucial M4 SSD
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
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5/27/12 at 6:30pm

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UPDATE:

I received my CPU, SSD, and Windows 7 DVD on Friday and I got my PSU and DVD drive Saturday morning. Due to the holiday on Monday I'm guessing most of the other stuff will show up on Tuesday.

A few pics (sorry for the quality, camera phone + poorly lit basement):

^ I was surprised at how small and light this thing is!

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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
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3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
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Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
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5/30/12 at 3:03pm

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Update:

Finally got the last of the parts I was waiting on (GPU, TIM, and RAM).

The Asus 670 looks really awesome:

I'm off to start building!

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i5-3570k	Asus Sabertooth z77	Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB	G.Skill Sniper (2x4GB) DDR3 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair HX850 Pro Series 850W	NZXT Switch 810 (Black)	Logitech G5	Astro A40 Headphones
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i7-3630QM	nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB	2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz	128GB Crucial M4 SSD
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
750GB 7200RPM	6x Blu-Ray Read/8X DVDRW	Win7 x64	17.3" Sager Matte Screen (1920x1080)
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Razer DeathAdder	SteelSeries QcK Mini
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3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair HX850 Pro Series 850W	NZXT Switch 810 (Black)	Logitech G5	Astro A40 Headphones
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i7-3630QM	nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB	2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz	128GB Crucial M4 SSD
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
750GB 7200RPM	6x Blu-Ray Read/8X DVDRW	Win7 x64	17.3" Sager Matte Screen (1920x1080)
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5/31/12 at 6:23pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Xealot

Update:
Finally got the last of the parts I was waiting on (GPU, TIM, and RAM).
The Asus 670 looks really awesome:

I'm off to start building!

Nice! My Asus gtx 670 showed up today too

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5/31/12 at 6:58pm

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Nice! My Asus gtx 670 showed up today too

Awesome.

I finally got everything put together today. I've only installed windows and some drivers so far but everything seems to be working fine. I still have to hook up the rest of my HDDs and do some cable management.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i5-3570k	Asus Sabertooth z77	Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB	G.Skill Sniper (2x4GB) DDR3 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair HX850 Pro Series 850W	NZXT Switch 810 (Black)	Logitech G5	Astro A40 Headphones
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i7-3630QM	nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB	2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz	128GB Crucial M4 SSD
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
750GB 7200RPM	6x Blu-Ray Read/8X DVDRW	Win7 x64	17.3" Sager Matte Screen (1920x1080)
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Razer DeathAdder	SteelSeries QcK Mini
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3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB	Crucial M4 256GB SSD	WD Caviar Black 1TB	Asus 24xDVD-RW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Noctua NH-D14	Win7 x64 Home Premium	Asus VW246H 24" 1920x1080	Logitech G11
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair HX850 Pro Series 850W	NZXT Switch 810 (Black)	Logitech G5	Astro A40 Headphones
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i7-3630QM	nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4GB	2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz	128GB Crucial M4 SSD
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
750GB 7200RPM	6x Blu-Ray Read/8X DVDRW	Win7 x64	17.3" Sager Matte Screen (1920x1080)
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