New Sandy Bridge 2600k

[Shocks]

Just arrived, unboxed and downloading stuff. Lovely and quiet, performance seems bang on. Don't care about the cougar chips set at the moment.

3dMark 11 P5258 3DMarks
Downloaded the new driver got to P5380

It seems the OC CPU was stock speeds so I took it to 4600mhz

Cini Bench went from 5.7 to 8.74 Wow
OpenGl 67.14 FPS

3dMark went to P5584

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The question is do I try a small OC on the GTX570?
Pic and more to follow

Very pleased

 

[Gorman]

very nice, glad you are happy.

Cougar isnt really anything to worry about, we have your back

 

[Shocks]

updated some Cinibench numbers. The OC works a treat !

 

[petebere]

What CPU cooling did you go for? Is it quiet(ish)?

 

[bg92]

No need to oc the gpu and you would void your warranty on it, btw we want pics

 

[Shocks]

What CPU cooling did you go for? Is it quiet(ish)?

Yes its great. Its the OC spec so comes with the basis Cool-IT water cooler. The only noise is the case fans and they are fine. Nothing has spun up so far!

 

[Shocks]

photos added