http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36067.0First one is pretty dead, second one is desk tour, I only want PC specs, but well whatever.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33167.0
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http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36067.0First one is pretty dead, second one is desk tour, I only want PC specs, but well whatever.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33167.0
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It's been a while since there hasn't been a thread like this, how about making a new one ?
You can post a picture of your rig if you want :D
I'll start:
MSI Z87 MPower MAX
i5-4670k @stock 3.4ghz
CM Hyper 212 Evo w/ 2 x Thermalright TY-147
Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4gb 1866MHZ CL9
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM
Gainward Phantom GTX 770 2GB
Lepa G750W PSU
Corsair Carbide 500R Artic White w/ 2 x Noctuas NF-S12A
An example of a well thought out Gaming PC
7970 $250 on sale - $50 worth of games = ~$200
performs around 95% as fast as a 770 for HALF its price.
4670k is good, but it needs to be at 4.8ghz, which is its standard overclock
delid, and you're good on nearly any aftermarket air-cooler, to reach 4.8.
600 watt psu, because haswell doesn't eat much power
i7 2600k
Corsair H100 push/pull
4x4GB Corsair Vengeance
2x EVGA 560ti 448 Classified
1tb Caviar Black
500gb Caviar Black
Corsair HX1050
Corsair 800D
All fans are Corsair AF or SP
The cable extensions are Bitfenix Alchemy
Here's my rigShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/S92j8zL.jpg)Code: [Select]i7 2600k
Corsair H100 push/pull
4x4GB Corsair Vengeance
2x EVGA 560ti 448 Classified
1tb Caviar Black
500gb Caviar Black
Corsair HX1050
Corsair 800D
All fans are Corsair AF or SP
The cable extensions are Bitfenix Alchemy
that looks really good. would you mind posting your cable management? I'm looking into to getting those extensions but i dont have any more room on the back side of my 650 D.I don't have any pics of my cable management, sorry. Put it this way.. The side panel isn't flat anymore.. :))
that looks really good. would you mind posting your cable management? I'm looking into to getting those extensions but i dont have any more room on the back side of my 650 D.I don't have any pics of my cable management, sorry. Put it this way.. The side panel isn't flat anymore.. :))
Palit 3GB 580
Palit 3GB 580
Is this rig new, and if so, where did you get a 580 3GB?
I have been searching for one to upgrade my 1.5GB for a while now but they are freaking rare around here and quite sought after. There are almost no cards which are better for certain applications other than the Titan.
I wouldkillmaim someone for a 580 3GB.
I would kill for a Titan.
An example of a well thought out Gaming PC
7970 $250 on sale - $50 worth of games = ~$200
performs around 95% as fast as a 770 for HALF its price.
4670k is good, but it needs to be at 4.8ghz, which is its standard overclock
delid, and you're good on nearly any aftermarket air-cooler, to reach 4.8.
600 watt psu, because haswell doesn't eat much power
TP what are you running these days?
An example of a well thought out Gaming PC
7970 $250 on sale - $50 worth of games = ~$200
performs around 95% as fast as a 770 for HALF its price.
4670k is good, but it needs to be at 4.8ghz, which is its standard overclock
delid, and you're good on nearly any aftermarket air-cooler, to reach 4.8.
600 watt psu, because haswell doesn't eat much power
TP what are you running these days?
doesn't matter..
I don't care what people keep telling me, 5ghz sandybridge is not enough..
I'm going to drive my ass up to microcenter this black friday and GO Haswell, and get a 3rd 7970 for 3x cfx.
I bought it for my brothers rig about a year ago, but since he loves his netbook it barly got used, so its been used for about 100-150 hours total
i used it to test it for 5 mins and still works perfectly, so its currently sat connected to my "second rig" which i need a power supply and its a complete system :)
But yeah i looked at benchmarks and its on par with my 3GB 7970 and waterblocks for it are cheap as chips!
Is it a DX2/40? I have a Toshiba T1950CT somewhere with that processor, but it has a mildly accelerated video card.
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (cheap m-atx mother board)
AMD FX 4100 at 3.6GHz boosts to 3.8 (stock)
8GB of 1333MHz Kingston black edition RAM
AMD HD7770 1GB
500GB WD blue HDD
OCZ 600W power supply
Poor mans gaming PC :p. It is good enough for me right now.
Just out of curiousity, what are people using to connect multiple hard drives?
I've got an Asus motherboard with 8 SATA ports, but two are those weird Marvell ports, and two are SATAII, leaving only four SATAIII ports. I've got two SSDs and four 2TB HDDs, plus the optical drive, so even though there are plenty of places to mount the drives in the case, I run out of connectors on the mobo.
Anyone use RAID controller cards, or external storage arrays?
Just out of curiousity, what are people using to connect multiple hard drives?
I've got an Asus motherboard with 8 SATA ports, but two are those weird Marvell ports, and two are SATAII, leaving only four SATAIII ports. I've got two SSDs and four 2TB HDDs, plus the optical drive, so even though there are plenty of places to mount the drives in the case, I run out of connectors on the mobo.
Anyone use RAID controller cards, or external storage arrays?
I USE IDE CABLES. MOST OF MY MOTHERBOARDS COME WITH 4 IDE PORTS, WHICH I USUALLY HOOK UP 1 CD DRIVE, 1 ZIP DRIVE, AND 2 HARD DISKS WITH.
All these people with dustless PC's. How do you keep it that way, mine looks dustier than a mummy's butthole after just a week or so.
Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz Quad-Core (2007)I have a 6600 sitting at 3.2 with 8GB RAM and a 7870
Radeon HD6850
4 GB DDR2 RAM.....
Come to think of it, my keyboards cost more than my computer.
Just as well! Still runs modern games like a champ (granted that's mostly due to the video card). Reinstalling Windows 7 every 6-12 months helps, too.
I want to upgrade motherboard/ram/cpu, but the need isn't there until it starts performing poorly..... hmm... I really just want USB 3.
Pretty dated, gonna upgrade GFX next month...
Just out of curiousity, what are people using to connect multiple hard drives?
I've got an Asus motherboard with 8 SATA ports, but two are those weird Marvell ports, and two are SATAII, leaving only four SATAIII ports. I've got two SSDs and four 2TB HDDs, plus the optical drive, so even though there are plenty of places to mount the drives in the case, I run out of connectors on the mobo.
Anyone use RAID controller cards, or external storage arrays?
I USE IDE CABLES. MOST OF MY MOTHERBOARDS COME WITH 4 IDE PORTS, WHICH I USUALLY HOOK UP 1 CD DRIVE, 1 ZIP DRIVE, AND 2 HARD DISKS WITH.
Only trolls use Zip drives. They are evil. Click of death and all that. I have Zip drives in my QuickSilver Macs. So there.
Just found out they removed the experience index UI in Windows 8.1 :(
My scores were 8.4 and 8.5 across the board except for my hard-drive being 8.1... annoying given it is a Samsung 840 Pro SSD.
[)amien
Was just as valid as any artificial benchmark...
[)amien
I really don't understand the appeal of Lian Li cases. They offer shabby features for their price. Corsair and Fractal both offer better cases.
Second system I'm currently building at my parents house (it's a little project just for fun, building a now very cheap PC with 3-4 old, former Highend hardware, I will keep it below 300€ in TOTAL including all parts and watercooling):
i7 950
Asus Rampage 2 Extreme
6GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000MHz CL7 (MNH-E Hyper Chips)
(still looking for GFX, maybe GTX260 I have laying around till I find a decent GTX480 SLI or something)
700W Seasonic PSU
+ some parts I have laying around, like HDDs, but nothing special there.
CPU, Mainboard, graphics cards and even RAM will all be watercooled. Parts are all there and just need to be assembled in a few days.
Second system I'm currently building at my parents house (it's a little project just for fun, building a now very cheap PC with 3-4 old, former Highend hardware, I will keep it below 300€ in TOTAL including all parts and watercooling):
i7 950
Asus Rampage 2 Extreme
6GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000MHz CL7 (MNH-E Hyper Chips)
(still looking for GFX, maybe GTX260 I have laying around till I find a decent GTX480 SLI or something)
700W Seasonic PSU
+ some parts I have laying around, like HDDs, but nothing special there.
CPU, Mainboard, graphics cards and even RAM will all be watercooled. Parts are all there and just need to be assembled in a few days.
Finally got to take some pics:
Double post for Other computer
Intel 2120T
AMD 7750
ASRock Z77E-ITX
120GB OCZ Nocti
1x Samsung MV-3V4G3
picoPSU 150 XT
M350Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wxs3ctd.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/N5cuZUi.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/z9HhMWB.jpg)
Birthday M for scaleShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/rdjNrqR.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/x5OFtAT.jpg)
To the best of my knowledge, this is the best power/volume computer in the world built with off the shelf parts :thumb:
I like to bring it to LAN parties and have a better computer than a lot of other people there :))
also.. 4.3ghz? what is this madness.. 5Ghz is where you should be at.. there's literally zero chance that the CPU will die before it's obsolete.
also.. 4.3ghz? what is this madness.. 5Ghz is where you should be at.. there's literally zero chance that the CPU will die before it's obsolete.
too lazy to want to mess around with multiplier, I put it to 43x a few years back when I got it and never got around to making it faster, I have no reason to do it. flash videos look the same at 3.3 GHz and 5 (I should game more :( )
E: and as for directing airflow on the mini thing. You have to consider, the whole system is pulling less than 150W, it does pretty good cooling in it's current config, 70C or so after 4+ hours of Borderlands 2 IIRC.
Nothing too special, but since I decided to dust it out today I decided also to work on the cable management and take some pics. Enjoy
Intel 2500k (4.3GHz)ATi 5870AMD 7950
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe
128GB Samsung 830
3x 2TB WD Blacks
Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
2x-4x Samsung MV-3V4G3 (2000MHz 9-10-10-27)
FSP Arum Gold 700W
Cooler Master HAF 932Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/0zrEPJa.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/c4YIWzy.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/cAU70uX.jpg)
Now to save up for 290x OuO But seriously, it'll probably be a 260x OnO
reminds me, i need to build a new pc. i think mine is already 2-3 years old.
reminds me, i need to build a new pc. i think mine is already 2-3 years old.
2-3 years you can still roll... 5 years is pushing.
I really hate my haf932
It's not a bad case. Super easy to work with im just tired of looking at it. I want that od green corsair case now
I almost forgot the best spec of my computer
my 150CFM CPU fan :D :D :D
It's not a bad case. Super easy to work with im just tired of looking at it. I want that od green corsair case now
I think those 200r and 300r are the best cases out... good layout... roomy... understated exterior... and CHEAP... The expensive cases doesn't really offer anything except like 2 extra fan maybe and some gimmicky front plastic thing..
just paint them into whatever color you want.. They're not items you'd handle often.. so paints coming off wouldn't be a problem.
Oh, we are pulling out the CPU-Z validations? Here's my highest xD
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2436625
I reached 6700MHz with an 3770K though and the one I have in my PC already did 6770MHz. Those were contest scores though so I don't have a validation for them.
The on I'm using right now? Well dammit. My university doesn't wanna give me anymore liquid nitrogen at 2.40 am.
The Pentium D score was at my home system though which looked about this when I validated.
It's a shame probably no one here is into extreme overclocking ;)
Phenom II x4 960T
8GB of PNY RAM (don't care what kind)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB
ADATA Premiere Pro 64 GB OS
Hitachi 500GB drive for games and other large programs (AutoCAD, etc)
best rig 2013
Rockin' a beastly Mac...
(Attachment Link)
Corsair 650D
i5-3570K
Corsair H100i
Asus Maximus V Formula
Asus GTX680 DC2T
16GB Patriot Viper 3 memory
Corsair AX750 power supply
WD Caviar Black 1TB drive
Samsung 840 250GB SSD
I did it 4u tp4
http://valid.canardpc.com/h4jn4l
I didn't want to go over 1.425 and I couldn't get any higher than that ;_;
here my rig:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/KEm9JYx.jpg)
corsair 600t - White & Silver (if you know the 600t, you know the grey isnt a stock color :)) )
Asus Sabertooth z77
3770k oc to 4.7 stable
16g of ram
dual 7970's oc to 1400 stable @ 38c idle
hd and what not
water cooling:
Dual vario d5
xspc dual bay dual pump res
xspc ex360 rad in the top push only with Scythe Gentle typhoon ap-15 x3
xspc rx 240 rad in the front - push/pull with Scythe Gentle typhoon ap-15 x4
swiftec lok-seal compression fitting
all 3/8 - 5/8 fittings
dual xspc razor (new style) waterblock on the 7970's
Raystorm block on the cpu
ive included a library link http://imgur.com/a/QvHNC#0
Front -Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/ZKalsh.jpg)
Back -Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/keCO8h.jpg)
HERE ARE THE SPECS OF THE LAPTOP I'M ON RIGHT NOW:
COMPUTER: COMPAQ LTE ELITE 4/40 CX
PROCESSOR: INTEL i486, 40MHZ
MEMORY: 20MB
DISK DRIVES: 384MB HARD DISK AND 1.44MB FLOPPY (FLOPPY DRIVE'S BROKE)
OPERATING SYSTEM: WINDOWS 95
GRAPHICS: VGA
MONITOR: 7" LCD
I PUT A WIRELESS CARD IN A PCMCIA SLOT SO I CAN ACCESS THE INTERNET THROUGH MSIE5.5.
slightly, they came preclocked @ 1100, so 1400 wasnt much of a stretch
Just got a GTX580 3GB to replace my GTX580 1,5GB. Finally I won't run out of vram in CUDA anymore. I still have the 2500K@5GHz and 16GB ram.
Sidenote: When are Nvidia going to release an architecture which is good ad computing? I mean come on, the GF110 has been around for years, there have been several architectures since and only recently have the luxury models been able to even pass it. The Titan also needed 7,1 billion transistors, a far bigger core and four times the pricetag (compared to 580's 3 billion transistors) to accomplish it. If you take two 580 the whole thing just becomes ridiculous. If they would have reused the architecture from the 580 in the new manufacturing process, they would have decreased it's power consumption, and they could even have put two of them and gotten higher performance than a Titan for a lower cost.Show Image(http://media.bestofmicro.com/B/Z/385343/original/19-CUDA-3ds-Max-iRay.png)
I have my hopes for Maxwell and the 8-series, but this will at least last me a bit longer and hopefully until then.
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
upgrading to haswell is pretty much a new computer.. and you probably won't even want to re-use the ram unless it's 2133mhz 2x8gb modules.
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
upgrading to haswell is pretty much a new computer.. and you probably won't even want to re-use the ram unless it's 2133mhz 2x8gb modules.
Afaik all Haswell does is draw less power and not much else compared to the previous gen.
Also, since when did ram speed matter much? So far I haven't seen a single test showing that it made enough of a difference to be worth the money.
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
upgrading to haswell is pretty much a new computer.. and you probably won't even want to re-use the ram unless it's 2133mhz 2x8gb modules.
Afaik all Haswell does is draw less power and not much else compared to the previous gen.
Also, since when did ram speed matter much? So far I haven't seen a single test showing that it made enough of a difference to be worth the money.
there isn't a a huge difference in cost to get 2133...
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
upgrading to haswell is pretty much a new computer.. and you probably won't even want to re-use the ram unless it's 2133mhz 2x8gb modules.
Afaik all Haswell does is draw less power and not much else compared to the previous gen.
Also, since when did ram speed matter much? So far I haven't seen a single test showing that it made enough of a difference to be worth the money.
there isn't a a huge difference in cost to get 2133...
True, but there is no noticeable benefit either, so you're still paying more for pretty much nothing. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind having higher speed memory, but until someone can prove that there's a noticeable difference outside of synthetic benchmarks I won't really care.
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
upgrading to haswell is pretty much a new computer.. and you probably won't even want to re-use the ram unless it's 2133mhz 2x8gb modules.
Afaik all Haswell does is draw less power and not much else compared to the previous gen.
Also, since when did ram speed matter much? So far I haven't seen a single test showing that it made enough of a difference to be worth the money.
there isn't a a huge difference in cost to get 2133...
True, but there is no noticeable benefit either, so you're still paying more for pretty much nothing. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind having higher speed memory, but until someone can prove that there's a noticeable difference outside of synthetic benchmarks I won't really care.
Encoding gets a good 5-10% boost.
Anything involving large memory io will benefit..
if you're just a media consumer, then it's of no use..
if you're at all trying to do some "Work"... Benefits all around..
AMD FX-8150
Sapphire Vaper-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
16GB DDR3
Western Digital 2Tb
I'm upgrading my CPU to a Haswell i7 soon.
upgrading to haswell is pretty much a new computer.. and you probably won't even want to re-use the ram unless it's 2133mhz 2x8gb modules.
Afaik all Haswell does is draw less power and not much else compared to the previous gen.
Also, since when did ram speed matter much? So far I haven't seen a single test showing that it made enough of a difference to be worth the money.
there isn't a a huge difference in cost to get 2133...
True, but there is no noticeable benefit either, so you're still paying more for pretty much nothing. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind having higher speed memory, but until someone can prove that there's a noticeable difference outside of synthetic benchmarks I won't really care.
Encoding gets a good 5-10% boost.
Anything involving large memory io will benefit..
if you're just a media consumer, then it's of no use..
if you're at all trying to do some "Work"... Benefits all around..
Well, I tried finding tests showing any advantages for something like Photoshop or whatnot, but the majority of testing seems to concern either synthetic benchmarks or gaming. Anything else was mostly just hearsay and random claims with no facts behind them.
I do think one test included some non-gaming examples, like this (http://www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill), where the difference is insignificant for all tests except the winRAR test, and possibly the 3D rendering test.
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770K @ 4.6GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UP7
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: Nvidia GTX Titan SLI @ 1163MHz
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
Chasis: NZXT Phantom 630 White
SSD: Crucial M4 SSD
CPU Block: EKWB Supremacy Clean CSQ
Radiator: XSPC EX280 Radiator, XSPC EX240 Radiator
Reservoir: Bitspower Water Tank-Z 250mm Res
GPU Block: EKWB Titan WaterBlock x 2
Pump: D5 Pump x 2 with Bitspower Dual D5 TOP
Tubing: Primochill Advance LRT Premium TubingShow Image(http://imageshack.us/a/img825/4617/6cg3.jpg)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
My CPU is only capable of 4.5 MAX with 1.45V. This is already pushing my safe limit. I'm cool with 1.42V @ 4.33. I'm also running 24GB in 6x4GB so that pushes IMC quite significantly. I can eaisly run 4.5-4.6 daily @ 2000 with 3x2GB.
I know how to push my rigs ;)@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
You are right. I'm actually running single loop with only a single 480 rad atm, after my rebuild during the summer, one of the rads were leaking :(.
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
mmmmm....... i think his loop is more than enough...
There are very few programs that stress the CPU and GPU to maximum at the same time..
CPU will usually hover around 60-80watt in a game and the even if we throw both gpus into this @ 250 watts,, the loop should be fine...
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
My CPU is only capable of 4.5 MAX with 1.45V. This is already pushing my safe limit. I'm cool with 1.42V @ 4.33. I'm also running 24GB in 6x4GB so that pushes IMC quite significantly. I can eaisly run 4.5-4.6 daily @ 2000 with 3x2GB.
I know how to push my rigs ;)@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
You are right. I'm actually running single loop with only a single 480 rad atm, after my rebuild during the summer, one of the rads were leaking :(.
why are you using 6x4 ? at the time of your build with 980x 2x8gb 1866 were selling for ~$80Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/048.gif)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
My CPU is only capable of 4.5 MAX with 1.45V. This is already pushing my safe limit. I'm cool with 1.42V @ 4.33. I'm also running 24GB in 6x4GB so that pushes IMC quite significantly. I can eaisly run 4.5-4.6 daily @ 2000 with 3x2GB.
I know how to push my rigs ;)@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
You are right. I'm actually running single loop with only a single 480 rad atm, after my rebuild during the summer, one of the rads were leaking :(.
why are you using 6x4 ? at the time of your build with 980x 2x8gb 1866 were selling for ~$80Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/048.gif)
What? Do you even know when I built this machine? 980X is westmere or aka nehelem. 4GB dimms were already scarce enough, nonetheless 8GB dimms. 3x2GB 2000 @ C8 was about $300 back in the day.
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
mmmmm....... i think his loop is more than enough...
There are very few programs that stress the CPU and GPU to maximum at the same time..
CPU will usually hover around 60-80watt in a game and the even if we throw both gpus into this @ 250 watts,, the loop should be fine...
I used to think that too, but you underestimate how resource hungry those newer games like Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 are. My room temp is probably around 20°C, running single loop with 2 pumps and radiators with fans on max. My CPU can get to 75°C while GPUs to around 65°C during gaming session, sometime even more than that.
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
my 2700k is 4.6ghz @ 1.35 vcore
yeah i should prob upgrade from SB, but i've really seen no reason to lol.
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/044.gif)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
mmmmm....... i think his loop is more than enough...
There are very few programs that stress the CPU and GPU to maximum at the same time..
CPU will usually hover around 60-80watt in a game and the even if we throw both gpus into this @ 250 watts,, the loop should be fine...
I used to think that too, but you underestimate how resource hungry those newer games like Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 are. My room temp is probably around 20°C, running single loop with 2 pumps and radiators with fans on max. My CPU can get to 75°C while GPUs to around 65°C during gaming session, sometime even more than that.
You have no excuses with the 3770.. did you "Delid??"Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_aji.gif)
@ asininity 4.3ghz
@ cookiesowns 4.3ghz
the 2 of you are not pushing those CPUs to their max potential...
power saving is negligible
obsolescence in 2 years time.. there's no way max freq would kill them in that length... probably 10-15 years given speedstep..
I think they didn't push it because it might increase the temp a little too much especially for cookiesowns's rig as he's probably running a single loop with CPU and 2 card, those 580s will release alot of heat during gaming session. Besides the difference is only a few FPS in game ;)
mmmmm....... i think his loop is more than enough...
There are very few programs that stress the CPU and GPU to maximum at the same time..
CPU will usually hover around 60-80watt in a game and the even if we throw both gpus into this @ 250 watts,, the loop should be fine...
I used to think that too, but you underestimate how resource hungry those newer games like Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 are. My room temp is probably around 20°C, running single loop with 2 pumps and radiators with fans on max. My CPU can get to 75°C while GPUs to around 65°C during gaming session, sometime even more than that.
You have no excuses with the 3770.. did you "Delid??"Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_aji.gif)
I didn't, might do it after there aren't any warranty left
I am sked that it might died on me all of sudden, the one I have now was a temporary replacement unit that I brought when I send the first one for RMA. It just decide not to die on me after a few hours, and that's after I spent half day installing a new loop :'(
Small upgrade...Show Image(http://soulhunters-crappy-website.com/misc/Speccy2.png)
Small upgrade...Show Image(http://soulhunters-crappy-website.com/misc/Speccy2.png)
I see we have an early adopter of the seagate 4tbsShow Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_aji.gif)
I chickened out and stayed with 3TBs for this year and prob next year even though the price is about the same..
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Dell XPS 8300
Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz Quad Core
16GB Ram
AMD HD 6700 1GB
1.5TB Windows 7 64Bit
1TB Ubuntu
DELL 23" Touch Screen(Disabled) 1920x1080x60hz
Bose Surround
I was planning on building a computer but at the time my harddrives crashed in my XPS 420 so I picked this up and upgraded a few things on it.
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Dell XPS 8300
Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz Quad Core
16GB Ram
AMD HD 6700 1GB
1.5TB Windows 7 64Bit
1TB Ubuntu
DELL 23" Touch Screen(Disabled) 1920x1080x60hz
Bose Surround
I was planning on building a computer but at the time my harddrives crashed in my XPS 420 so I picked this up and upgraded a few things on it.
Hey I have a XPS8300 with almost the same exact specs, but I got the Nvidia card option (GT545), and the raid 0 config. I also added a Crucial Adrenaline SSD cache through a PCIe 2.5" drive adapter.
I got it back in 2011 before I built my current rig.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Curts%20Pcs/DSC02507.jpg)
Here is the PCIe adapter and Adrenaline cache drive.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Curts%20Pcs/DSC02509.jpg)
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Dell XPS 8300
Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz Quad Core
16GB Ram
AMD HD 6700 1GB
1.5TB Windows 7 64Bit
1TB Ubuntu
DELL 23" Touch Screen(Disabled) 1920x1080x60hz
Bose Surround
I was planning on building a computer but at the time my harddrives crashed in my XPS 420 so I picked this up and upgraded a few things on it.
Hey I have a XPS8300 with almost the same exact specs, but I got the Nvidia card option (GT545), and the raid 0 config. I also added a Crucial Adrenaline SSD cache through a PCIe 2.5" drive adapter.
I got it back in 2011 before I built my current rig.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Curts%20Pcs/DSC02507.jpg)
Here is the PCIe adapter and Adrenaline cache drive.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Curts%20Pcs/DSC02509.jpg)
U gotta get urself a 120mm cpu tower... those stock coolers kill motherboards because they don't dissipate heat well, and makes everything around it really warm.
notice the xps board doesn't have vrm cooling either..
and because of default intel v-droop.. the uncore voltage is actually kept HIGH all the time...
My current Rig.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Watermarked/imageedit_2_8385675445.jpg)
Windows 7 PRO x64
CPU - I7 3770k
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H
RAM - 32GB Patriot Intel Extreme Masters
GPU - EVGA Geforce GTX 760 SC
Case - Fractal Design Define R4 (Black with window)
Storage - SSD: 512GB Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda
PSU - Corsair AX760
Display(s) - 2 Asus VE258Q 25in monitors
Cooling - Intel RTS2011LC Liquid Cooler
Sound - Altec Lansing BXR1221 2.1 Speaker System (Black)Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Watermarked/imageedit_4_4254877261.jpg)Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Watermarked/imageedit_2_9901651617.jpg)
Show Image(http://i41.tinypic.com/e0o58l.jpg)
Dell XPS 8300
Intel i7-2600 3.4GHz Quad Core
16GB Ram
AMD HD 6700 1GB
1.5TB Windows 7 64Bit
1TB Ubuntu
DELL 23" Touch Screen(Disabled) 1920x1080x60hz
Bose Surround
I was planning on building a computer but at the time my harddrives crashed in my XPS 420 so I picked this up and upgraded a few things on it.
Hey I have a XPS8300 with almost the same exact specs, but I got the Nvidia card option (GT545), and the raid 0 config. I also added a Crucial Adrenaline SSD cache through a PCIe 2.5" drive adapter.
I got it back in 2011 before I built my current rig.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Curts%20Pcs/DSC02507.jpg)
Here is the PCIe adapter and Adrenaline cache drive.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Curts%20Pcs/DSC02509.jpg)
U gotta get urself a 120mm cpu tower... those stock coolers kill motherboards because they don't dissipate heat well, and makes everything around it really warm.
notice the xps board doesn't have vrm cooling either..
and because of default intel v-droop.. the uncore voltage is actually kept HIGH all the time...
I don't even know if I could fit a 120mm air cooler in that case. If you look at the picture look how close the CPU socket is to the GPU.
Iam eventually going to take all of the components out of the XPS case and ditch the mobo. I have a spare case and mobo to put all the other components with.
My current Rig.Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Watermarked/imageedit_2_8385675445.jpg)
Windows 7 PRO x64
CPU - I7 3770k
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H
RAM - 32GB Patriot Intel Extreme Masters
GPU - EVGA Geforce GTX 760 SC
Case - Fractal Design Define R4 (Black with window)
Storage - SSD: 512GB Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda
PSU - Corsair AX760
Display(s) - 2 Asus VE258Q 25in monitors
Cooling - Intel RTS2011LC Liquid Cooler
Sound - Altec Lansing BXR1221 2.1 Speaker System (Black)Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Watermarked/imageedit_4_4254877261.jpg)Show Image(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/CurtisandCrystal/Watermarked/imageedit_2_9901651617.jpg)
scythe GT? Pro choice...Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/04a97f13.gif)
3570k @ 4.5ghz 1.2v
GTX 670
MSI Z77IA E53
Node 304
SPI Magna Gold 750w
8gb 1600mhz gskill memory
2tb seagate barracuda
128gb adata sx900
cooler master gemenii s524
I like mini itx computers a lot, it used to be all packed in a sugo sg05 but I got sick of it since my hands are massive and fiddling with it was impossible.
Before:Show Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/6/66/900x900px-LL-66ffa801_DSC_0006.jpeg)Show Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/c/c0/900x900px-LL-c0e823af_DSC_0006.jpeg)
After:Show Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/6/64/900x900px-LL-64ad45c5_DSC_0022.jpeg)
Dat heatsink thoShow Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/2/23/900x900px-LL-231d2291_DSC_0092.jpeg)
In the white HDD cage.
3570k @ 4.5ghz 1.2v
GTX 670
MSI Z77IA E53
Node 304
SPI Magna Gold 750w
8gb 1600mhz gskill memory
2tb seagate barracuda
128gb adata sx900
cooler master gemenii s524
I like mini itx computers a lot, it used to be all packed in a sugo sg05 but I got sick of it since my hands are massive and fiddling with it was impossible.
Before:Show Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/6/66/900x900px-LL-66ffa801_DSC_0006.jpeg)Show Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/c/c0/900x900px-LL-c0e823af_DSC_0006.jpeg)
After:Show Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/6/64/900x900px-LL-64ad45c5_DSC_0022.jpeg)
Dat heatsink thoShow Image(http://cdn.overclock.net/2/23/900x900px-LL-231d2291_DSC_0092.jpeg)
Very nice, sir. That's slick.
When you were finished, where did that HDD go that was in the first two pictures?
wow, look amazing. Love those copper pipes :thumb:
wow, look amazing. Love those copper pipes :thumb:
Thanks for the kind words :)
Is that Happy in you profile pic? If not, then pay me no mind haha.
wow, look amazing. Love those copper pipes :thumb:
Thanks for the kind words :)
Is that Happy in you profile pic? If not, then pay me no mind haha.
How do you bend these pipes to precise angles and length?
Revised specs as follows:
LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.5ghz Awesome
Corsair H100 + 2x Corsair Performance SP fans N00b
Asus Rampage IV Extreme Awesome
4x 4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133mhz N00b
2x R9 290X CF mode Awesome
120GB Corsair ForceGT SSD (OS)
2TB + 2x 1TB WDC Black (Storage)
Seasonic X-1250 PSU N00b
Tt Level 10GT Black chassis N00b
Ducky Shine 3 Yellow with MX White + Logitech G700s
64bit Win7 HP SP1
Thanks......I guess. Can't defend the others as opinions vary, but the PSU is not new, it's still the same PSU that was powering 3x HD7970 in Tri-CFX config. I had a HX1050 powering the 3 cards + rig, but it was under a lot of stress as the air vented from the bad was a little toasty. The HX1050 (which I know is able to power any two single GPU cards) is being used in my 2nd rig, no reason for me to change the PSU...Revised specs as follows:
LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.5ghz Awesome
Corsair H100 + 2x Corsair Performance SP fans N00b
Asus Rampage IV Extreme Awesome
4x 4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133mhz N00b
2x R9 290X CF mode Awesome
120GB Corsair ForceGT SSD (OS)
2TB + 2x 1TB WDC Black (Storage)
Seasonic X-1250 PSU N00b
Tt Level 10GT Black chassis N00b
Ducky Shine 3 Yellow with MX White + Logitech G700s
64bit Win7 HP SP1
Hmmm.. Overall score.. A-Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_aji.gif)
Thanks......I guess. Can't defend the others as opinions vary, but the PSU is not new, it's still the same PSU that was powering 3x HD7970 in Tri-CFX config. I had a HX1050 powering the 3 cards + rig, but it was under a lot of stress as the air vented from the bad was a little toasty. The HX1050 (which I know is able to power any two single GPU cards) is being used in my 2nd rig, no reason for me to change the PSU...Revised specs as follows:
LGA2011 i7 3960X @4.5ghz Awesome
Corsair H100 + 2x Corsair Performance SP fans N00b
Asus Rampage IV Extreme Awesome
4x 4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133mhz N00b
2x R9 290X CF mode Awesome
120GB Corsair ForceGT SSD (OS)
2TB + 2x 1TB WDC Black (Storage)
Seasonic X-1250 PSU N00b
Tt Level 10GT Black chassis N00b
Ducky Shine 3 Yellow with MX White + Logitech G700s
64bit Win7 HP SP1
Hmmm.. Overall score.. A-Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_aji.gif)
So I finally just migrated to a new desktop PC that I won and keeping my other system as a dedicated workstation/media server. Mainly everything is as it was given to me, apart from the HDDs and the 480 & 240GB SSD
CPU: 4770K @ 4.2Ghz, not comfortable going any higher as this chip wants to eat volts
MB: Asus Z87-Pro
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 @ C9
SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 480GB OS boot / Programs, Sandisk Extreme 240GB & Intel 180GB for games
HDD: Seagate 3TB DM001 & WD 1.5TB Black for storage / video recording
GPU: Asus GTX760 DC2OC 2GB
PSU: HX750 ( LOL, not sure why they went with this PSU )
Case: Corsair 600T
Cooler: Thermaltake NiC F4 ( Had to buy this, as the cooler that came with the system was absolute garbage )
Sound: Onboard ALC1150 Lineout to E09K
So I finally just migrated to a new desktop PC that I won and keeping my other system as a dedicated workstation/media server. Mainly everything is as it was given to me, apart from the HDDs and the 480 & 240GB SSD
CPU: 4770K @ 4.2Ghz, not comfortable going any higher as this chip wants to eat volts
MB: Asus Z87-Pro
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 @ C9
SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 480GB OS boot / Programs, Sandisk Extreme 240GB & Intel 180GB for games
HDD: Seagate 3TB DM001 & WD 1.5TB Black for storage / video recording
GPU: Asus GTX760 DC2OC 2GB
PSU: HX750 ( LOL, not sure why they went with this PSU )
Case: Corsair 600T
Cooler: Thermaltake NiC F4 ( Had to buy this, as the cooler that came with the system was absolute garbage )
Sound: Onboard ALC1150 Lineout to E09K
wow.. you won that?..
4.2ghz is cuz of the lid.. Delid, and you'll hit 4.8 easily.
So I finally just migrated to a new desktop PC that I won and keeping my other system as a dedicated workstation/media server. Mainly everything is as it was given to me, apart from the HDDs and the 480 & 240GB SSD
CPU: 4770K @ 4.2Ghz, not comfortable going any higher as this chip wants to eat volts
MB: Asus Z87-Pro
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 @ C9
SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 480GB OS boot / Programs, Sandisk Extreme 240GB & Intel 180GB for games
HDD: Seagate 3TB DM001 & WD 1.5TB Black for storage / video recording
GPU: Asus GTX760 DC2OC 2GB
PSU: HX750 ( LOL, not sure why they went with this PSU )
Case: Corsair 600T
Cooler: Thermaltake NiC F4 ( Had to buy this, as the cooler that came with the system was absolute garbage )
Sound: Onboard ALC1150 Lineout to E09K
wow.. you won that?..
4.2ghz is cuz of the lid.. Delid, and you'll hit 4.8 easily.
Nope, temps are high because of lid, sure. But this chip wants well over 1.235V for just 4.2ghz. Right now I'm just making sure it wasn't because of the uncore ratio I had it set. It's not a good one.
As for winning it yup, it's used, and wasn't as good as they said it was going to be. They specifically said it's valued at over $2000, and by "Powerspec" so I thought it was this system: http://www.microcenter.com/product/424423/G421_Desktop_Computer
Turns out it wasn't... The nicer PSU, MB & RAM is nice though. Just really wish they went with a GTX770 or SLI GTX760s
So I finally just migrated to a new desktop PC that I won and keeping my other system as a dedicated workstation/media server. Mainly everything is as it was given to me, apart from the HDDs and the 480 & 240GB SSD
CPU: 4770K @ 4.2Ghz, not comfortable going any higher as this chip wants to eat volts
MB: Asus Z87-Pro
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 @ C9
SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 480GB OS boot / Programs, Sandisk Extreme 240GB & Intel 180GB for games
HDD: Seagate 3TB DM001 & WD 1.5TB Black for storage / video recording
GPU: Asus GTX760 DC2OC 2GB
PSU: HX750 ( LOL, not sure why they went with this PSU )
Case: Corsair 600T
Cooler: Thermaltake NiC F4 ( Had to buy this, as the cooler that came with the system was absolute garbage )
Sound: Onboard ALC1150 Lineout to E09K
wow.. you won that?..
4.2ghz is cuz of the lid.. Delid, and you'll hit 4.8 easily.
Nope, temps are high because of lid, sure. But this chip wants well over 1.235V for just 4.2ghz. Right now I'm just making sure it wasn't because of the uncore ratio I had it set. It's not a good one.
As for winning it yup, it's used, and wasn't as good as they said it was going to be. They specifically said it's valued at over $2000, and by "Powerspec" so I thought it was this system: http://www.microcenter.com/product/424423/G421_Desktop_Computer
Turns out it wasn't... The nicer PSU, MB & RAM is nice though. Just really wish they went with a GTX770 or SLI GTX760s
did you disable other C power states and power saving stuff?
I've never seen a 4770k do less than 4.5 when properly setup.
Thats is a beast rig
Thats is a beast rig
Heh, thanks but that's nothing compare to some of the rigs I've seen around here. :)
Thats is a beast rig
Heh, thanks but that's nothing compare to some of the rigs I've seen around here. :)
nonsense..
Most people post N00b stuff...
I've only seen 1 or 2 truly |>r0 rigs up in here..
Thats is a beast rig
Heh, thanks but that's nothing compare to some of the rigs I've seen around here. :)
nonsense..
Most people post N00b stuff...
I've only seen 1 or 2 truly |>r0 rigs up in here..
Can I post some rigs that I've built for people then? :)
Thats is a beast rig
Heh, thanks but that's nothing compare to some of the rigs I've seen around here. :)
nonsense..
Most people post N00b stuff...
I've only seen 1 or 2 truly |>r0 rigs up in here..
I have an Intel 2700K just waiting to be built. It will be my first Intel build since my E8500 which I sold.
One system is currently built around the AMD 1090T six-core, another with the AMD 945 quad.
I have two PC's.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
the gpu can do it all...
that CPU is going to be holding it back quite a bit.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
the gpu can do it all...
that CPU is going to be holding it back quite a bit.
OK. I may consider a bit of an overclock, but to go any farther than ~150 MHz I'd have to get a new CPU cooler, which probably means new case as well. I really should update this computer, but I need money first. I'll be pretty surprised if my CPU holds my GPU back a lot, though.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
the gpu can do it all...
that CPU is going to be holding it back quite a bit.
OK. I may consider a bit of an overclock, but to go any farther than ~150 MHz I'd have to get a new CPU cooler, which probably means new case as well. I really should update this computer, but I need money first. I'll be pretty surprised if my CPU holds my GPU back a lot, though.
According to this.. You're going to lose HALF your average Frame rate.
benchmark using 110TShow Image(http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/http--www.gamegpu.ru-images-stories-Test_GPU-Action-Battlefield_4-test-bf4_proz_2.jpg)
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
the gpu can do it all...
that CPU is going to be holding it back quite a bit.
OK. I may consider a bit of an overclock, but to go any farther than ~150 MHz I'd have to get a new CPU cooler, which probably means new case as well. I really should update this computer, but I need money first. I'll be pretty surprised if my CPU holds my GPU back a lot, though.
According to this.. You're going to lose HALF your average Frame rate.
benchmark using 110TShow Image(http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/http--www.gamegpu.ru-images-stories-Test_GPU-Action-Battlefield_4-test-bf4_proz_2.jpg)
Half compared to a 3970X...Still easily playable.
Look. I know I need to just rebuild my entire system. I just don't have the cash or the ability to make the money right now. There's nothing you can do that can change that or change my mind, as it's basically where yours is right now. Unless someone wants to donate an i5 with motherboard to me, there's nothing I can do about it now.
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
the gpu can do it all...
that CPU is going to be holding it back quite a bit.
OK. I may consider a bit of an overclock, but to go any farther than ~150 MHz I'd have to get a new CPU cooler, which probably means new case as well. I really should update this computer, but I need money first. I'll be pretty surprised if my CPU holds my GPU back a lot, though.
According to this.. You're going to lose HALF your average Frame rate.
benchmark using 110TShow Image(http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/http--www.gamegpu.ru-images-stories-Test_GPU-Action-Battlefield_4-test-bf4_proz_2.jpg)
Half compared to a 3970X...Still easily playable.
Look. I know I need to just rebuild my entire system. I just don't have the cash or the ability to make the money right now. There's nothing you can do that can change that or change my mind, as it's basically where yours is right now. Unless someone wants to donate an i5 with motherboard to me, there's nothing I can do about it now.
the picture shows that using the same graphics card.. the CPU is only driving HALF of what the GPU is capable of ... that's the takeaway..
Solution.... Top Ramen, 3 meals a day for a whole month..
You'll have enough for a whole rebuild.
This what all the pr0z do.Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_113_.gif)
Screw it, preemptive post:
Phenom II X4 960T
8 GB RAM
A DATA Premier Pro 64GB
2x 500GB Platter drivesRadeon HD 6850AMD R9 270X
Currently dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, though that will probably change soon.
Can't wait for that GPU to get in
um..... No intel?Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/sillyp1.gif)
do you play starcraft of bf4?
With friends (don't actually own the game) and I will once that new GPU comes in, respectively.
Despite what my name says, no intel. This is a build a couple of years old now that used parts a generation old when it was built because budget. That little Phenom works quite well, though.
as long as you do the qpi OC, it should be fine... but unless you get max OC on it, for SC, midd game will feel a bit stair step-y..
BF, you only run into trouble if everyone is there on screen... which doesn't happen that often.
For SC2, my Current GPU's been fine. I'm only worried about late-game Nexus Wars.
For Battlefield, I've heard great things about this card's performance, and considering the game comes bundled with the card, I'd hope for pretty good performance with it.
the gpu can do it all...
that CPU is going to be holding it back quite a bit.
OK. I may consider a bit of an overclock, but to go any farther than ~150 MHz I'd have to get a new CPU cooler, which probably means new case as well. I really should update this computer, but I need money first. I'll be pretty surprised if my CPU holds my GPU back a lot, though.
According to this.. You're going to lose HALF your average Frame rate.
benchmark using 110TShow Image(http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/http--www.gamegpu.ru-images-stories-Test_GPU-Action-Battlefield_4-test-bf4_proz_2.jpg)
Half compared to a 3970X...Still easily playable.
Look. I know I need to just rebuild my entire system. I just don't have the cash or the ability to make the money right now. There's nothing you can do that can change that or change my mind, as it's basically where yours is right now. Unless someone wants to donate an i5 with motherboard to me, there's nothing I can do about it now.
the picture shows that using the same graphics card.. the CPU is only driving HALF of what the GPU is capable of ... that's the takeaway..
Solution.... Top Ramen, 3 meals a day for a whole month..
You'll have enough for a whole rebuild.
This what all the pr0z do.Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_113_.gif)
If I had a monthly income, that'd work. Here's a hint. I don't, and if I did, I'd be saving for a new computer anyways.
Recently upgraded my PC from Black Friday sales :
CPU: 2500k @ 4.5GHZ
MB: AsRock P67 PRO3
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 1600
SSD: Seagate 600 Series 240GB
HDD: Samsung F3 1TB 7200RPM
GPU: Powercooler R9 290
PSU: OCZ Stealth 600W
Case: Corsair 500R
Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Z
Monitors: BenQ XL2420TE / Some 20" Dell / Some 24" AOC
Planning on trying to turn my r9 290 to 290x. I gotta check if my vid card is one of them that can do it though. I got it like first day the r9 290s came out.
My build;
Case: NZXT Phantom Special Edition Black/Orange - Fans: 2x 120mm Side, 1x 200mm Top, 1x 120mm Back, LED on/off, mATX, ATX, eATX.
Power Supply: Corsair AX 760 PSU - ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Platinum, Modular, 6x 6+2-pin PCIe, 12x SATA, 8x Molex.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K - Socket-LGA1150, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 8MB, 84W, HD4600, Boxed w/fan, Haswell (No OC yet).
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming, Socket-1150 - ATX, Z87, DDR3, 3xPCIe-x16, SLI/CFX, VGA, HDMI, DP, Killer 2200, SB Cinema, Haswell.
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9 - Kit w/4x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Heatspreader, 240.
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 780 3GB PhysX CUDA - DirectCU II OC, with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag & Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
SSD: Samsung SSD 840 PROSeries 256GB 2.5" OEM - Basic Kit, MDX controller, 540/520MB/s read/write.
HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 3TB - SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5".
DVD Writer: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate.
Accessories;
Keyboard(s): Realforce 88u 45g - Filco MJ2 Ninja TKL w/ MX Red - Filco MJ2 TKL w/ MX Blue - Ducky Shine 3 Yellow Edition w/ MX Blue - Ducky Mini w/ MX Red - CM Storm QFTK w/ MX Green - CM Storm QFR w/ MX Red (Ergo-Clears Soon™) - KBC Poker 2 w/ MX Blue - Cherry G80-1500 w/ MX Black - Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 w/ MX Blue (missing a switch)
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013.
Headset: Logitech G930.
Mousepad: SteelSeries QCK Heavy.
Speakers: Logitech Z5.
I think that should cover it. :cool:
nice collection of Keyboards! ;D
hell of a PC too...
My build;
Case: NZXT Phantom Special Edition Black/Orange - Fans: 2x 120mm Side, 1x 200mm Top, 1x 120mm Back, LED on/off, mATX, ATX, eATX.
Power Supply: Corsair AX 760 PSU - ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Platinum, Modular, 6x 6+2-pin PCIe, 12x SATA, 8x Molex.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K - Socket-LGA1150, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 8MB, 84W, HD4600, Boxed w/fan, Haswell (No OC yet).
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming, Socket-1150 - ATX, Z87, DDR3, 3xPCIe-x16, SLI/CFX, VGA, HDMI, DP, Killer 2200, SB Cinema, Haswell.
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9 - Kit w/4x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Heatspreader, 240.
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 780 3GB PhysX CUDA - DirectCU II OC, with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag & Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
SSD: Samsung SSD 840 PROSeries 256GB 2.5" OEM - Basic Kit, MDX controller, 540/520MB/s read/write.
HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 3TB - SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5".
DVD Writer: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate.
Accessories;
Keyboard(s): Realforce 88u 45g - Filco MJ2 Ninja TKL w/ MX Red - Filco MJ2 TKL w/ MX Blue - Ducky Shine 3 Yellow Edition w/ MX Blue - Ducky Mini w/ MX Red - CM Storm QFTK w/ MX Green - CM Storm QFR w/ MX Red (Ergo-Clears Soon™) - KBC Poker 2 w/ MX Blue - Cherry G80-1500 w/ MX Black - Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 w/ MX Blue (missing a switch)
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013.
Headset: Logitech G930.
Mousepad: SteelSeries QCK Heavy.
Speakers: Logitech Z5.
I think that should cover it. :cool:
A+ choice of parts, with the exception of powersupply and ram.. 4x4gb, what is this 2010Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_084_.gif)
My build;
Case: NZXT Phantom Special Edition Black/Orange - Fans: 2x 120mm Side, 1x 200mm Top, 1x 120mm Back, LED on/off, mATX, ATX, eATX.
Power Supply: Corsair AX 760 PSU - ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Platinum, Modular, 6x 6+2-pin PCIe, 12x SATA, 8x Molex.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K - Socket-LGA1150, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 8MB, 84W, HD4600, Boxed w/fan, Haswell (No OC yet).
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming, Socket-1150 - ATX, Z87, DDR3, 3xPCIe-x16, SLI/CFX, VGA, HDMI, DP, Killer 2200, SB Cinema, Haswell.
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9 - Kit w/4x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Heatspreader, 240.
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 780 3GB PhysX CUDA - DirectCU II OC, with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag & Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
SSD: Samsung SSD 840 PROSeries 256GB 2.5" OEM - Basic Kit, MDX controller, 540/520MB/s read/write.
HDD: Seagate Barracuda® 3TB - SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5".
DVD Writer: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate.
Accessories;
Keyboard(s): Realforce 88u 45g - Filco MJ2 Ninja TKL w/ MX Red - Filco MJ2 TKL w/ MX Blue - Ducky Shine 3 Yellow Edition w/ MX Blue - Ducky Mini w/ MX Red - CM Storm QFTK w/ MX Green - CM Storm QFR w/ MX Red (Ergo-Clears Soon™) - KBC Poker 2 w/ MX Blue - Cherry G80-1500 w/ MX Black - Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 w/ MX Blue (missing a switch)
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013.
Headset: Logitech G930.
Mousepad: SteelSeries QCK Heavy.
Speakers: Logitech Z5.
I think that should cover it. :cool:
A+ choice of parts, with the exception of powersupply and ram.. 4x4gb, what is this 2010Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_084_.gif)
Haha, sorry to dissapoint you my lord. :))
Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Motherboard
CPU Type DualCore Intel Pentium, 3000 MHz *
Motherboard Name MSI G41M4-F (MS-7592) (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake G41
System Memory 4096 MB
BIOS Type AMI (05/18/11)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (1024 MB)
Monitor LG W2252 (Digital) [22" LCD] (1810119816)
*Currently I have a Conroe E2160. Will I see a performance increase stepping up to maybe a Cedar Mill 661?
What's so funny? I am asking a question.Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Motherboard
CPU Type DualCore Intel Pentium, 3000 MHz *
Motherboard Name MSI G41M4-F (MS-7592) (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake G41
System Memory 4096 MB
BIOS Type AMI (05/18/11)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (1024 MB)
Monitor LG W2252 (Digital) [22" LCD] (1810119816)
*Currently I have a Conroe E2160. Will I see a performance increase stepping up to maybe a Cedar Mill 661?
what? LOL are u nuts?
If that is a socket 775, I'd try to get an E8500 dual/core at least.
It would make a huge difference.
Yes that board should support core2quad. You can probably find some on ebay for cheap price like the old favorite q6600. If it were me I probably wouldn't want to spend more than like $35 on a 775 upgrade.
I was looking for something cheap for my father, but ended up finding a Xeon 3460/MSI P55GD5 combo for a steal at about $35... so I would really recommend looking at newer things too, you could get lucky. Also while not great I picked up a NIB 775 NAS unit and stuck a e4500 in there for a grand total of $15.
Speaking of which is why I even came in here... my 'new' Xeon blows the socks off my old i5-750 in benchmark and I can OC it much more too. I got a new PSU today also. Now my primary PC is:
intel xeon x3460 | evga p55 sli | 8gb mushkin blackline | evga gtx670 | seagate 600 240gb | creative titanium hd | seasonic ss460fl | gh60 keyboard | logitech mx revolution | achieva shimian qh270
Just put it through it's paces after getting everything all done and reinstall Windows...Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/hstW3VQ.jpg)
I had gotten it 4.6gHz, but it was running at 80c and crashed about 20 seconds in :( Maybe I can get it stable if I fool around with the voltages and stuff some... but I probably will just leave it at 4gHz since it's more normal temps 20c idle, 40-60 full load.
If that is a socket 775, I'd try to get an E8500 dual/core at least.
It would make a huge difference.Yes that board should support core2quad. You can probably find some on ebay for cheap price like the old favorite q6600. If it were me I probably wouldn't want to spend more than like $35 on a 775 upgrade.
I was looking for something cheap for my father, but ended up finding a Xeon 3460/MSI P55GD5 combo for a steal at about $35... so I would really recommend looking at newer things too, you could get lucky. Also while not great I picked up a NIB 775 NAS unit and stuck a e4500 in there for a grand total of $15.
Speaking of which is why I even came in here... my 'new' Xeon blows the socks off my old i5-750 in benchmark and I can OC it much more too. I got a new PSU today also. Now my primary PC is:
intel xeon x3460 | evga p55 sli | 8gb mushkin blackline | evga gtx670 | seagate 600 240gb | creative titanium hd | seasonic ss460fl | gh60 keyboard | logitech mx revolution | achieva shimian qh270
Just put it through it's paces after getting everything all done and reinstall Windows...Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/hstW3VQ.jpg)
I had gotten it 4.6gHz, but it was running at 80c and crashed about 20 seconds in :( Maybe I can get it stable if I fool around with the voltages and stuff some... but I probably will just leave it at 4gHz since it's more normal temps 20c idle, 40-60 full load.
Thanks.
Yes that board should support core2quad. You can probably find some on ebay for cheap price like the old favorite q6600. If it were me I probably wouldn't want to spend more than like $35 on a 775 upgrade.
I was looking for something cheap for my father, but ended up finding a Xeon 3460/MSI P55GD5 combo for a steal at about $35... so I would really recommend looking at newer things too, you could get lucky. Also while not great I picked up a NIB 775 NAS unit and stuck a e4500 in there for a grand total of $15.
Speaking of which is why I even came in here... my 'new' Xeon blows the socks off my old i5-750 in benchmark and I can OC it much more too. I got a new PSU today also. Now my primary PC is:
intel xeon x3460 | evga p55 sli | 8gb mushkin blackline | evga gtx670 | seagate 600 240gb | creative titanium hd | seasonic ss460fl | gh60 keyboard | logitech mx revolution | achieva shimian qh270
Just put it through it's paces after getting everything all done and reinstall Windows...Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/hstW3VQ.jpg)
I had gotten it 4.6gHz, but it was running at 80c and crashed about 20 seconds in :( Maybe I can get it stable if I fool around with the voltages and stuff some... but I probably will just leave it at 4gHz since it's more normal temps 20c idle, 40-60 full load.
If that is a socket 775, I'd try to get an E8500 dual/core at least.
It would make a huge difference.
This Xeon x3460 is better than the i5-750 I had. The fact it have hyperthreading help some for doing things like encoding, and it being able to clock higher help a bit for any gaming that actually really use CPU. My old i5 seemed to top out at around 3.5ghz stable no matter how much I tweaked around with voltages and things. It's a decent small upgrade to tide me over until next year or something. For now what I have does everything I need it to do decently enough.
Like I said the only reason I switched out was because I got it for cheap price. I'm not going to upgrade my whole platform until I can get ddr4 and sata express... or I get lucky again with finding some cheap used bundle deal or something on last/current gen.
My build;
Case: SilverStone RAVEN RV02-BW
Power Supply: SilverStone 850w modular PSU
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1333
Graphics Card: GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270X 4GB
SSD: 2 x Corsair Force Series GS 240GB
HDD: 2 x WD WD20EARX 2TB, 1 x WD WD30EZRX 3TB
Optical Drive: LG 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model UH12NS30
OS: Windows 7 Professional
Accessories;
Keyboard(s): Lots
Headset: Mad Dog
Mousepad: Artisan Hayate Soft M Samurai
Speakers: Yamaha HS5
CPU: 3770K @ 4.1GHz N000b
Mainboard: MSI Z77A-GD65
RAM: 32GB Corsair XMS3
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB boot, Samsung 840 EVO 1TB data, Samsung 830 256GB temp
GPU: EVGA GTX 680 OC2 2GB
PSU: Corsair AX750W
Case: Corsair Air 540
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X40 N000b
Mouse: Kone XTD+
Keyboard: Phantom ISO with Cherry clears and retro DSA caps
Display: Dell UltraSharp 24" 2408FPW
[)amien
Here's what I'm thinking of ordering this weekend :P
CPU - Intel Core i7-4770k
CPU Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100i N000b
Mobo - ASUS MAXIMUS VI Hero
RAM - G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231627)
GPU - ASUS GTX 780 Reference
PSU - Corsair CX750
Case - Corsair C70 Military Green
SSD - Samsung 840 250GB
Still on the fence about a few things
- May get a i5 4670 instead of the i7 and get a 780Ti instead of the 780
- Haven't done too much research about power supplies (just threw the CX750 into the list based on newegg rating) so may swap the Corsair for a Seasonic since I hear good things about them
Be nice, ergo-grinch
Love you too tp
Desktop:
Corsair 800D
Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
Intel i7-4770k
12GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz
EVGA 680 Classified
OCZ Vertex Hybrid
3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB
AX1200i
H100
Laptop:
Asus U500vz.
Too lazy to type them out, so here's a ctrl+v of my Everest summary:Lazy is good!
Too lazy to type them out, so here's a ctrl+v of my Everest summary:
DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version 4.6.4
DMI System Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI System Product H61MU3
DMI System Version 6.0
DMI System Serial Number None
DMI System UUID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI Motherboard Product H61MU3
DMI Motherboard Version 6.0
DMI Motherboard Serial Number None
DMI Chassis Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI Chassis Version 6.0
DMI Chassis Serial Number None
DMI Chassis Asset Tag None
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
Too lazy to type them out, so here's a ctrl+v of my Everest summary:
DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version 4.6.4
DMI System Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI System Product H61MU3
DMI System Version 6.0
DMI System Serial Number None
DMI System UUID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI Motherboard Product H61MU3
DMI Motherboard Version 6.0
DMI Motherboard Serial Number None
DMI Chassis Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI Chassis Version 6.0
DMI Chassis Serial Number None
DMI Chassis Asset Tag None
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
Quite uncommon place to put the dimm slots on that mobo.Show Image(http://www.biostar.com.tw/upload/Motherboard/b20110218_8.jpg)
Too lazy to type them out, so here's a ctrl+v of my Everest summary:
DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version 4.6.4
DMI System Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI System Product H61MU3
DMI System Version 6.0
DMI System Serial Number None
DMI System UUID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI Motherboard Product H61MU3
DMI Motherboard Version 6.0
DMI Motherboard Serial Number None
DMI Chassis Manufacturer BIOSTAR Group
DMI Chassis Version 6.0
DMI Chassis Serial Number None
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DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
Quite uncommon place to put the dimm slots on that mobo.Show Image(http://www.biostar.com.tw/upload/Motherboard/b20110218_8.jpg)
Yeah, right now that mobo is the bottleneck of my rig... only SATA2 with a SATA3 SSD, and only two DIMMs (four would obviously be better).
Still, I can't complain considering I got it for free when my brother upgraded his rig. And it's been running fine, so there's no immediate need to upgrade.
Never saw this thread. Built this last month after an agonizing 7 years with my other rig.Nice, stock fans?
Case: BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White
Motherboard: MSI H81I
CPU: Intel i5-4670
Power Supply: Silverstone SS-ST45SF 450W
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB 1600MHz
Graphics Card: EVGA nVidia 760 FTW Dual 4GB
Hard Drive: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB / Seagate Barracuda 3TB / Samsung HD103UJ 1TB
Monitor: 22" Samsung 2233RZ / 22" Samsung 2233SW
Headphones: Razer Carcharias
Speakers: Klipsch Pro Media 2.1
Keyboard: KeyCool 87 (MX Clear) / Quickfire Stealth (MX Green) / Das Keyboard (MX Blue)
Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Mouse Pad: SteelPad 5LShow Image(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/p526x296/1798287_10152128180733463_1986719457_n.jpg)
Nice, stock fans?
ok, Any plans?Nice, stock fans?
Yes, for now.
ok, Any plans?
ok, Any plans?
Nothing at the moment, just been stoked to have something current :P
Do you have something in mind?
With your case and mobo a would recomend a pressure optimized pwm fan:
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=42&lng=en (http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=42&lng=en)
Really good fans!
Nice, have not used any yate loon fans.With your case and mobo a would recomend a pressure optimized pwm fan:
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=42&lng=en (http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=42&lng=en)
Really good fans!
Had friends who used to use Noctua for most of their builds, always heard good things. In years past, I've generally been partial to Yate Loon and Scythe for some of my builds.
Case: Corsair Obsidian 250D with Window and White LED stripNice! I am starting to feel outdated already :P
Mobo: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT
Processor: Intel CoreT i5 6600k
Processor Cooling: Corsair H100i
Memory: 16GB HyperX FURYT DDR4- 2666 (2x8)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB
Power Supply: 750W EVGA® SuperNOVA 80 Plus
HD1 OS: [SSD] 250GB 850EVO
HD2: [SSD] 250GB 850EVO
HD3: Western Digital 1TBShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/muEjob0.jpg)
Case: Corsair Obsidian 250D with Window and White LED strip
Mobo: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT
Processor: Intel CoreT i5 6600k
Processor Cooling: Corsair H100i
Memory: 16GB HyperX FURYT DDR4- 2666 (2x8)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB
Power Supply: 750W EVGA® SuperNOVA 80 Plus
HD1 OS: [SSD] 250GB 850EVO
HD2: [SSD] 250GB 850EVO
HD3: Western Digital 1TBShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/muEjob0.jpg)
Nice! I am starting to feel outdated already :P
Kinda wish I had gone with a smaller case and motherboard, but other than that I am pretty happy with my system.