I have afterburner and looked at fan speeds. I think when it is AT 86c the fan speed was at 66%. It is on automatic.

Does anyone else do this with an i5 2500k? I have a hyper 212 but I failed miserably at putting it on ( I was so nervous because it was my first build). So I just ditched it and finished the build. I overclocked the day after the build to 4.2 and ran intel burn on high settings and that resulted in 1 core gaining a max of 81C. On standard test however I believe it didnt get hotter than 73C. I decided to game on the thing and afer a couple hours (witcher 2 maxed)checked the temps and it was an average of about 67C. My Card gets hot btw like 86C gtx 580 is no joke..little worried about that. So does anyone else do this? I know I could go4.6 with the 212 but whatever.

my first time building a couple weeks back..

got a i5 2500k

asrock extreme4 gen3 mobo

8gb ram ripjaw 1600

gtx 580 superclocked

windows 7

optical drive

psu 600 or more

case preference

1tb hardrive

hyper 212 havent put it in yet was the hardest part of the whole damn pc ( was very scared tipping the mobo upside down and what not.)

thing runs like a charm maxes everything. like $1269 dollars before rebates.

the question is would you rather have a 6950 or a 6970?

I was in the same boat you are in a couple weeks ago. I ordered mine on newegg and its running all good no complaints (so far).

there are a couple things I woulda changed but i am not crying about it.

2 things I would get is a i5 2500k and a gtx 580 on your budget same things i got. i wouldnt cross fire or sli at this point a 580 superclocked can max everything minus a few games with a couple settings turned on. Or well actually it doesnt really matter I guess its a preference thing. I know nothing about ATI cards always gravitated more to nvidea.

Make sure to get a good motherboard mine is a asrock extreme4 gen3. So that you can sli or xfire down the road..like years

My power supply is a rosewill 630w 80+ certified...I would get something else even though mine has no problems yet.

and my case is a antec 300. I prolly shouldnt of gotten that case.... its not bad there were just better. IT HAS NO CABLE MANAGEMENT.

get 4-8gb of good ram make sure your windows version is 64 bit. And uhhhhhhhhh your good. O and a dvd burner but that is like 30 bucks. Lol and a aftermarket cooler if you plan on overclocking high. I have mine on a stock cooler @ 4.2ghz temps are fine.

The biggest tip I can give you is to watch this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw . 3 part video on a guy from newegg putting together a pc. Extremely helpfull way better than the sticky on here.

List of parts

dvd burnerhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118040

cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-231-314

mobo...preference

case preference

card a gtx 580

i5 2500k OC to 4.2 on stock cooler ( seems fine to me..) idles at 31 degrees and hottest ive seen it was one core was 68 after a few hours of witcher 2.

Asrock p67 extreme4 gen3

Nvidea gtx 580 superclocked RUNS HOT.... ive seen this puppy at 86 degrees. Does this card run hot?

8g 4x2 G skill Ram at 1600 mhz

20 inch viewsonic 1080p monitor

630w rosewill green series 80+ certified psu. ( works like a charm so far)

I know im suppose to have pictures but i dont have means to at the moment ( no camera at this house).

Benchmarks are 3dmark 11 6650

3d mark vantage 26000 with ppu turned off.

but the software is the motherboard. That is kinda strange. Anyways I played the witcher 2 maxed without uber in hd for 2 hours and the highest clock temp was 61.... So i dunno what that burn test proves but so far its not much.

just ran through the metro 2033 demo with everything maxed and looked at temps nothing over 60. And aome cores were like 54.

couldnt you just go to the bios if it fails? I mean tap delete when you boot and change in there? I think maybe ppl get a lil crazy with oc temps i doubt it will get that hot when im gaming but i could be wrong.

Also i dunno if i overclocked it right lol. I c ppl overclocking it in the bios but I am doing it in windows with my motherboard utility app. it drops without stress test to 1.6ghz like on idle. Im not sure if when you overclock you want it to stay at 4.2ghz and never drop or what. I like the throttle back though when its not being stressed. When you are in a game does it stress it 100% or does it throttle back in forth when needed, im not entirely sure how that works.