Going to put this together in March,
Waiting for fix on motherboard,
Any help or advice on parts selected.
Thanks Ian.

Motherboard Asus P8P67 EVO
Cpu Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge
Cpu Fan ThermalTake Frio CPU Cooler
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz cas 8
PSU Coolermaster RS700-80GAD3-UK SilentProGold 700W
Case Antec 300
Blu-Ray Drive Lite On BD-ROM, IHOS104-37, SATA
DVD Writer Lite On DVD Writer, IHAS324-32,SATA
Hard Drive Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Raid 0
Hard Drive Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Raid 0
Hard Drive Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3
Graphics MSI 1536MB GeForce GTX 580
O\S Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Hi Ian,

Welcome to the forum...

I have marked your thread as open to attract attention to it and get some positive suggestions put your way,I'm sure our system builders will be along soon to comment.

Regards,

Airman24.

You would be better off getting a SSD for your OS and using HDD for storage. You will see better performance then running Raid 0 on the HDD.

Other than that you look great.

Regards,
Devin

Hi,
Looked into ssd, But still not cheep enough,
Plus waiting for them to sort out the trim,
Thanks Ian.

Got parts today, Will build tomorrow,
This is what i finally decided on.

Mobo Asus P8P67 Pro Cpu Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge Cpu Fan ThermalTake Frio CPU Cooler Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz cas 8 PSU Coolermaster RS700-80GAD3-UK SilentProGold 700W Case Antec 300 Blu-Ray Drive Lite On SATA blue-ray
Writer Lite On DVD Writer, IHAS124-19, SATA Hard Drive Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Raid 0 Hard Drive Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Raid 0 Hard Drive 2000GB Verbatim USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Graphics XFX HD 6970 Black Edition

That is one sweet build, let us know how it all goes.

If you need any help be sure to ask.

Please benchmark that? I'm really interested in seeing thew power of that CPU, and how good that card is. I may be building somthing close to this, with a 6970 instead.

Just a few questions,
I am using sata 2 hard drives in raid 0,
Will these be better put in sata3G_3 and sata3G_4 these are sata 2,

I am using the thermaltake frio with a extra fan,
If i add this fan where do you plug it into
There is only 1 cpu fan plug,
There is an pwr plug if i use this will the bios adjust both fans together.
Thanks Ian.

Refer to the motherboard manual for instructions on which SATA ports to use for RAID0. The 2 CPU fan/1 motherboard header issue can be solved here. I chose this supplier as a random example. These type adapters are available from any number of online or brick-and-mortar stores.

Hi,
Will get the y adapter to solve that problem,
Read the manual, Bit confusing,
you can raid the intel 6.0 gb\s
and the intel 3.0 gb\s.
will read more,
Thanks Ian.

Hi,
Whot software sholud i benchmark it with,
There are a few to chose from.
Thanks Ian.

Finished building the pc,
Installing windows now,
No problems at all.

Awesome, some good tools would be SiSoft Sandra and 3DMark06/PCMark05.

Hi,
Ran heaven ang got 1409
Ran 3Dmark 06 and got 32252
Thanks Ian.

Holy... Thats one of the highest 06 scores I've seen.