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Mixture to rich or lean would be a by product of the bad o2 sensor. When the car is cold the engine is running in open loop mode and not using the o2 sensor. When it gets to operating temperature it uses the o2 sensor to manage the air/fuel ratio. Bad o2 = mixture to rich or lean. Electrical...

4.8 @ 1.392 IntelBurnText w/ AVX stable now.

I'm running 2500k @ 4.6ghz 1.345v 24/7 stable with a NH-D14.

I've read that the i5 760 can be clocked stable to 4ghz with the right cooler? Anyone have any experience or may they have changed the processor?

So if I go with an i5 760 after the monitor , after market hs and a good mouse I'm looking at around 1200 or so for everything. Seem decently reasonable? Are the initial SB processors going to be as overclockable as the i5 760? Will the gigabyte board listed above overclock well?

Thanks for the advice:) I wasn't to sure about the processor thing cause I've seen alot of builds here using the i5. It will be mid to late Jan before I order everything so I'll probally go with the SB. Does the i5 or the SB use the 3 ram channels like the i7? I'll probally never play any other...

I just don't want to be a year down the road and realize I'm getting 25fps somewhere and have no room to upgrade mainly.

Looked thru the forum and am not really sure what I need to do a good job. I want something that will last for the next 2-3 years at least as I'm a bad saver and won't be able to build another for a good while. I'd like to spend 1500-1700 or so and get the i7-950 for the futures sake. Other than...