New Gaming/Graphics rig build

[BR3W CITY]

Since I'm stuck around the house recovering from surgery, I decided it was a good time to upgrade the desktop to keep me entertained. Normally the money would go into my truck or some new guns, but I have a gun build in process and can't work on the truck for a least a few more weeks.

Soooo here goes;
Starting with a leftover Antec ATX case I had from almost 8 yrs ago
CoolMax 750w 80+ cert SLI compatible PSU
ASRock Z77 Mobo, Fatal1ty edition w/ SATA 6, usb 3.0 and Fatal1ty mouseport, SLI/crossfire compatible
the NEW i7-3770 Ivy bridge cpu @ 3.9ghz in the new 22nm factor, 77w
Twin SATA 6 60gb SSD's in setup in raid\
MSI Twin-FRozr II GTX560TI Fermi (2gb Vram version)
8gb of Gskill ddr3 1600 ram.

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This thing is quiet, RETARDED fast and makes all my previous gear seem like a joke. Eventually I'd like to upgrade to 16gb of ram, and run a second Twin-Frozr in SLI..but right now there really isn't a reason. This thing can play any game at full settings on a 40"+ display and doesn't blink an eye. Has handled anything I've thrown at it without a problem.
Just expressing my nerd today I guess. :)

[Josepy]

Soon as I get a bigger place I am building a new machine also so I can do IRacing.

[BigSnailBuick]

Mmm Ivy bridge....Its nearing that time for me to upgrade also.... If this is your first time running SSD's be prepared to be blown away.

[GTSLOW]

Looks very fucking nice!!! You'll like dem ripjaws too.

[Silver86]

not bad!

gonna be building a z77 setup in the near future as well. wont be using an IB cpu though... until they fix the heat problem.

[BR3W CITY]

not bad!

gonna be building a z77 setup in the near future as well. wont be using an IB cpu though... until they fix the heat problem.

They did, the heat issue was found out by some japanese dudes...its simply an issue with the thermal paste that came stock. I replaced mine with a different cooler and better (and a bit more) thermal paste. I'm not oc'd except on the gfx card, and I have 0 heat issues. Having ssd's helps keep the case temps down as well.

[SSScottSS]

Looks great except for the cpu heatsink/fan. I use a cheap air unit, http://216.52.208.185/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065, and it cools substantially better then the stock unit and only costs $30. I think I'll go liquid on my next build though.

[BR3W CITY]

ya I hear you....we were running a larger cooler we had around, but the fan had some clearance issues with where the ram sits. Liquid would be fun but not really thinking that way until I would go SLI. Case temps are VERY low set up as is.

I have depth I can use to upgrade the sync, the problem is width of some of the fan setups. I hate ordering some of this stuff online, since "fit" is subjective to your overall setup.

[CarrotTop]

MSI Twin-FRozrs are great you'll love them, I'm running Twin Frozrs III 570 in SLI atm.

Just need bit of wire management lol.