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Sandy Bridge Review

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First post, by Mau1wurf1977

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Guru3D jumped the gun 😜

http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i5-2500k-a … 7-2600k-review/

Enjoy 😁

Reply 1 of 2, by PowerPie5000

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I was going to wait for AMD's Bulldozer, but now i'm very keen on building a Sandy Bridge based ITX rig.... For gaming 😁

This is a rough idea of what i want... I still need to decide on the brands/models for a few parts:

Intel Core i5 2500K CPU (not sure what cooler to use yet)
Socket 1155 ITX mobo
Silverstone SG07 ITX case with a single 12V rail 600W PSU
8gb DDR3 RAM
2TB hard drive
Slimline Blu-ray/DVD/CD combo drive
2GB Radeon 6950 GPU (pretty much on par with Nvidia's GTX 570 but consumes less power, runs cooler, features more RAM and is cheaper to buy πŸ˜€)

I'm gonna ditch my big old power draining Core i7 940 rig... well i'm gonna sell it actually 😎

Reply 2 of 2, by PowerPie5000

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Good thing i decided not to rush out and buy a Sandy Bridge setup... There's a major design flaw with the H67 & P67 chipsets and all motherboard production has come to a halt! Well that's my mini ITX gaming rig on hold for the moment. Hopefully AMD won't have any issues with their Bulldozer platform.