Intel Core i7 2600K & MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard unboxing

Updated 21 May, 2013, 8:08 pm IST

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Intel Core i7 2600K & MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard unboxing

X--------------Read For More INFO!--------------X Check out the new video Cooler Master 690 II case to Corsair 700D - http //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zCXbibi ng ----------------------------- Swapping previous Asus AM3 motherboard to MSI 1155 motherboard. Unpacking and appreciating the new CPU and the motherboard. Detailed Specs Case Cooler MAster CM690 CPU AMD Phenom II 1090T X6 -(to)- Intel i7 2600K X4 (8 Threaded) Motherboard Asus M4N98TD Evo 980a socket AM3 -(to)- MSI P67A GD65 Socket 1155 RAM XMS Corsair 1600 8GB Graphics Cards 480GTX in SLI (Water Cooled) PSU Corsair 750TX powersupply (soon adding CoolerMaster sSlient Pro Modular 1000Watt PSU) Hard Drives 2 x Samsung & 1 x Seagate SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Sound Card External Asus DVD drive 140mm fan on top 120mm fan on front 120mm fan at rear Eclipse Saitek III keyboard Microsoft Wireless mouse 5000 WaterCooling Details EK GPU block Nickel Plexi(silver one) and EK GPU Block Nickel Acetal Full cover (black one) used. Nickel Acetal performs slightly(1-2C) better in cooling compared to Nickel Plexi XSPC Dualbay 750 Reservoir 1/4G tubing EK 240 Radiator Corsair H50-1 watercooling kit for the CPU. For 1090T, it idles around 23C and loads around 43C. For i7 2600K, it idles around 34C and full load around 60C without overclocking. I don't rememeber.) By the way, that OC Genie is working but it's not stable. MSI BIOS is crap also. Normally, every time I swap the motherboard, it forces me to re-install windows but this time, it didn't and i booted up normally. I did a clean install though. also a list of power usage on my system ------------------------------------------------------- Power off 2.7 watt Idle 283 Watt Simple task/video playback 300watt GPUs only stress test (Vsync Enabled) using Furmark extreme burn in settings 680Watt CPU only stress testing using Prime95 extreme burn 401 Watt Both CPU and GPU stress tests above combines plus one video playback 790 Watt Recorded with Panasonic HDC-TM900 HD Camcorder