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Problem???  Last response: in CPUs  Ok everyone has heard of the
new Ivy bridge chips that are coming out. Everyone knows that
there is a z77 mobo to accompany it. Personally, I'd take the i5
2500k and z68 over this. What game uses HT anyway? I was going
with this build until I stumbled across a forum about how ivy
bridge is basically useless. I agree. However one person said
that the only real advantage of the ivy bridge products was that
you could use 1600mgh ram. And that the others only support
1333mgh. This concerns me because I am getting a Corsair
Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B which is 1600mgh. This leaves 3
options, 1 get Ivy bridge, 2 underclock ram, 3 overclock cpu. I
have never oced and am afraid of doing it. And I definetly don't
want my ram downgraded. What should I do??? If its oc then give
me instructions to do it. P.S should I get a SSD?  More about :
problem  OK, first Ivy Bridge is not "useless." It brings a
lower TDP and slightly