MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Upgraded my computer today. Wow!

I finally took the plunge and upgraded my computer for the first time since 2008.
I spent about $400

Here's the new parts...

ASUS P8Z77-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131832

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

After I got it all put together I decided to give the ASUS automatic overclocking utility that comes with the motherboard a try to see what it could do. I clicked a button in the windows utility, then waited for about 5 minutes or so while it rebooted itself about 20 times until settling on an overclock of 4.28 GHz. That's like a 29% overclock.

I'm running a Prime95 torture test at the moment with 4 threads to put maximum stress on all 4 cores. All the fans are ramped up and it's hovering around 84C, but it's not getting any errors after running balls-out for about 20 minutes. I think I need to re-do the thermal paste and possibly crank down the cooler a few more turns to see if I can lower the CPU temp, but overall, I'm quite pleased with the results.

Side note, I re-used my old Thermalright HR-01 CPU cooler (with a 120mm fan), but to make it work on an LGA1155 board, I needed to pick up a new mounting kit called the "Venomous X BTK II" (who names these things?)...
http://www.nansgaminggear.net/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VX-BTK-II

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