I think jonny was mainly saying if I wanted to go for the sniper3 that it would be better to upgrade to a 3770k to match it. But I really don't want to go with ebay again. I ended up only about $40 to the good when I sold one of my trumpets due to the shipping cost (stupid enough to offer free shipping) and fees.
Not going through it again.
P67 would be better chip for the board, but with the board overall, is the EVGA a good enough board to keep up with the gigabyte? Basically I am looking for a 790i in P67/z68/z77 form, if that makes sense. I want a really good board. Not the extreme 4 that is "good" for its price point, but one that is bloody brilliant bar nothing.
I like that case. The only thing that worries me is that its cable management does not see to be as robust as the switch. However, I do have a drill and plan on getting a dremel router, so if it is not robust enough, then I will be able to make it robust enough.
Is the cooling good in that case? I know I have probably ask before. We had it narrowed once before down to the switch or the XL, and it became a toss up between cables and the window.
One thing that you won't know, but I wonder if by "steel" newegg means cold rolled welded steel, or the hot rolled, stamped steel? Won't matter either way, just kind of a question I ask. Sort of when I get a trumpet, I ask for a print out of the alloys cast in it. Love seeing the high copper single piece bells, and to some extent the machine steel bells from 41-45. Sorry, im diverging here. The XL will be a great case assuming the cooling is good.