Today we are using a system built around an Intel Core i7 3770k processor with an MSI Z77A-G45 motherboard.
Main Test System:
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770k
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45
Cooler: Corsair H100
Memory: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2,666mhz
Graphics Card: MSI Lightning GTX680
Power Supply: Corsair 850W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li X2000FN
Monitors: Dell U3011
Boot Drive: Intel 510 120GB
Secondary Drive: Patriot 240GB WildFire
Comparison Memory System
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770k
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V Formula.
Cooler: Corsair H100 Liquid Cooler.
Graphics card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition
Power supply: Corsair HX850
Boot drives: Intel 510 120GB
Storage drives: Patriot Wildfire 240GB & Samsung 2TB Storage drive.
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
8GB GeIL EVO Leggera 1866mhz
8GB Kingston HyperX Predator 2,666mhz
8GB Patriot Viper 3 Intel Masters Limited Edition 2,133mhz
8GB ‘generic’ 1600mhz CL9
8GB ‘generic’ 1333mhz CL9
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Z77 comparison system:
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770k.
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard.
Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 13.
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W.
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive.
Chassis: Cooler Master Cosmos 2.
Monitors: Dell U3011, 3x Ilyama ProLite E2472HDD.
Boot Drive: Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB.
Storage Drive: Patriot 240GB Wildfire.
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Z77 system comparison memory:
8GB Patriot Viper Xtreme Division 2 2133mhz
8GB G.Skill TridentX 2400mhz
Software:
SiSoft Sandra
MaxxMem 2
Super Pi
Studio Max