Gaming Rig - Ivy Bridge i7, PCI 3 ROG Maximus 5 gene Z77, Pair of SSD Read speed 1.1 Gig per sec HD

This video is in FOUR Parts - Spec details, SSD speeds, Overclock comments and then 3DMark Results. Kit: Zalman ZMachine GT1000 - Front fans replaced with 2x92mm ultra-quiet Zalman Zalman 660 Watt XT modular PSU Zalman CNPS 20LQ, sealed unit water cooling - 120mm ultra-quiet fan ROG Republic of Gamers Maximus V gene Z77 Chipset CPU IVY BRIDGE i7 3770K (K = Unlocked) 3.5 GHz (Upto 4.6GHz+) Memory Corsair Dominator GT 4 x 4GB = 16GB CL9-10-9-27 2x SSD Corsair Force GT SATA 3 60GB (120GB) In RAID 0 Stripe size 64k - Read/write speeds of more than 1 GB/s per second. GPU Currently = Radeon AMD 5870 PCI 2.1 GPU Planned = Radeon AMD 7970 PCI 3.0 Desktop noise is negligible. For gaming the GPU fan may rise to 30% (GPU temp 80C) which is again pretty quiet. Forced to 40-50% to drop the temp to 70C raised the noise to what would be considered undesirable although surround headphones are often used so case noise for gaming generally irrelevant.