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[ΓΛPTΘΓ]

My trusty E6300 is showing its age, I guess its time to move on. And I just did.

Bought:
i7 2600k OEM

Asus P8P67 Pro B3

Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600Mhz CL9 DDR3

1156/1156 bolt through kit for the TRUE

Kept most other stuff doesn't need upgrading. Hope this will run and overclock well.

Upcoming full system spec:

Processor: Intel Core i7 2600k

CPU cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme with Noctua NF-P12

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600Mhz CL9 DDR3

Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX470

Monitor: BenQ FP92W (DVI)

Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence ST with HA5000

Speakers/Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-AD1000PRM

Keyboard: Microsoft/Razer Reclusa

Mouse: Razer Deathadder

Mouse Surface: Rocacat Sota

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro B3

Case: Fractal Design Define R3 - 2 x Noctua NF-P12 @ intake, 1 x Noctua NF-S12B FLX exhaust

PSU: Antec Signature 650W PSU

Gonna bench and try to overclock it as well as my E6300 did.

[Camille]

16 gigs of ram is absolute overkill

unless you spend your days rendering movies and such

[BeefJeRKy]

Yeah I think 8 gigs would have been plenty.

[Ghostrider]

The real question is:
How can you afford it!?

[Sgt. Nuker]

One can never have too much RAM.