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brandonwh64

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Do it yourself man, Its quite easy. Just follow a how to guide and you should be fine.

OCing the CPU in some aspects is easy with the newest of bioses and forums to guide you in the right path BUT if you do not feel comfortable then stick with the 3330.
 
Crap Daddy

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System Specs
System Name Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor 2500K / 6600K
Motherboard ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory 16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s) BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro
Is it a problem for you to spend just a little more and get the unlocked 3570K?
 
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wishman35

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Crap Daddy said:
Is it a problem for you to spend just a little more and get the unlocked 3570K?
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I kind of just went with the advice and upped the video card to keep it within budget. I was able to get this a little under $1000.
 
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System Name Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor 2500K / 6600K
Motherboard ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory 16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s) BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro
OK. Now build it yourself.
 
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wishman35

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Jetster said:
Seagate Momentus XT FTW
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After looking at reviews for the Seagate Momentus HD.. Is this just for notebooks and Macs? I see it can be put into a desktop but am I better off going with a WD Black/Blue?

Also what makes the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB (7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive -Bare Drive) better than the Western Digital WD Blue 500GB (7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive) my friend suggested??

Is the 3.0Gb/s rather than the 6.0gb on the Western Digital a disadvantage?? Again, thanks for the advice, really new to dealing with the individual components
 
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System Name Bebop
Processor Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.4Ghz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P
Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B
Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133MHz
Video Card(s) 2x SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 CF
Storage OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SATA III x2 Raid 0
Display(s) Asus VG236H 23" 1920x1080 120Hz
Case Antec Eleven Hundred
Power Supply Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W
Software Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
The XT has a solid state portion built in to allow for ssd caching while maintaining the mechanical platters and what not for capacity.

Check these:
 
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