PC Specs thread!

[Kabuks]

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

[tp4tissue]

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

Did you Delid?

[tp4tissue]

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 ;_;

Now we're cooking..

I modified my settings for 47x,  this is a 2500k, my only 2600 is non-k 

Try these settings to see if you can lower ur voltage..

the Reason for the High LLC + negative voltage offset is because on the asus boards, this helps to lower the "difference" between peak Load voltage and peak unload voltage (which may be too high)

Disabling the C states help increase stability, they really don't save you any money..

Also make sure to flip off those epu/tpu switches... they don't do ssssshtt..

[dustinhxc]

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.

[jinxedx84]

here my rig:

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

[tp4tissue]

here my rig:

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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

1400, that's pretty beast.. did you volt mod?

[jinxedx84]

slightly, they came preclocked @ 1100, so 1400 wasnt much of a stretch

[korrelate]

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Back -

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Hey moosie, what fans & coolers are you running in here?

THAT is a pretty tight looking rig, though: I don't mind sayin'.

[korrelate]

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.

Are you really still on '95? Hard to give up the things that you love right? Isn't '95 MS' first 32bit OS?
I don't feel so bad about being on XP Pro then. I totally love this fricking OS. Even more so after nLite came about... I'm hanging on to this one for awhile.

[tp4tissue]

slightly, they came preclocked @ 1100, so 1400 wasnt much of a stretch

i've not seen any 7970 over 1300 without volt modding.

[Oobly]

Well, I'm not sure what qualifies as hardcore, but I do like to overclock. I like to get the best out of my rig consistently (with long term durability, too), so I set it up for good OC's with good stability, very careful voltage / speed / temp balancing. DIY water cooling with a car radiator is how I roll. That'll change if I ever get my phase change system designed and built (want to seal the box,  use dry CO2 to prevent condensation and cool the whole interior, maybe multiple phase change blocks for CPU & GPUs). Too many other projects vying for time at the moment.



Current machine, built on a pretty low budget a while ago:

AMD Phenom 6 core (I forget the model)
2xGTX460's with custom BIOS's (vmod & OC from boot, no extra software needed)
HyperSLI drivers for SLI on AMD mobo.

I used to have a dual core that ran nicely at 4.3GHz, but with the 6 core I run at 3.8 most of the time

[damorgue]

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.


I have my hopes for Maxwell and the 8-series, but this will at least last me a bit longer and hopefully until then.

[tp4tissue]

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.

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I have my hopes for Maxwell and the 8-series, but this will at least last me a bit longer and hopefully until then.

i don't think that's a fair comparison. titan does other things

[n0husty]

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.

[tp4tissue]

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.

[vun]

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.

[tp4tissue]

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...

[vun]

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.

[tp4tissue]

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..

[vun]

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, where the difference is insignificant for all tests except the winRAR test, and possibly the 3D rendering test.

[tp4tissue]

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, where the difference is insignificant for all tests except the winRAR test, and possibly the 3D rendering test.

I agree ram is probably the last item needing an upgrade.. I recommend it only because the increase in cost is trivial relative to the other components you'd be buying.

[Nojo]

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 Tubing

[Binge]

Binge's PC specs:

Processor: 3770k
Memory: 16gb 2400Mhz mushkin I think?
GPU: GTX680 reference
HDD: a mess of SSDs and HDD 250GB-3TB
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy

[ekw808]

Processor: 3930K
CPU Cooler: H100i
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth x79
Memory: 16gb 1600Mhz
GPU: GTX 670 FTW Edition
PSU: Corsair HX 1000
HD: Intel 520 240 GB SSD, 2TB WD green
Case: Corsair 600T (White)

[tp4tissue]

Lotta n00bputers being posted..

[dustinhxc]

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 Tubing

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4.6ghz dang I'm jealous!

[compgeke]

I'll just do the three I use.

Desktop:
2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600
6 GB RAM
Radeon HD 4850
500 GB WD Blue HDD
Windows 7 Home Premium

Asus P5N32E-SLI Motherboard
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Heatsink\Fan
nSpire 650W Power Supply that somehow hasn't blown up
Happauge WinTV HVR-1800 TV Tuner
Random Startech sound card I got from a thrift store
Black Antec P180 case

-

Laptop:
Thinkpad T410
2.4 GHz Core i5 520M
6 GB RAM
nVidia Quadro NVS3100M Graphics
160 GB Hitatchi HDD
1440x900 Display.
Windows 8.1 Preview (Gotta upgrade eventually)

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Server:
Some random Sony VAIO Laptop
1 GHz Athlon 4
128 MB RAM
ATI Mobility Rage M1(?)
10 GB IBM HDD
Debian 7

[Asininity]

Gaming Desktop
CPU - i7 3770K at 4.3GHZ
MOBO - Asus Sabertooth Z77
GPU - Gigabyte 670
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3
SSD - Crucial M4 256GB
HDD1 - WD Black 1TB 7,200RPM
HDD2 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200RPM
HDD3 - WD Green 2TB 5,400RPM
OD - Samsung Blu-Ray writer
Cooling - Corsair H60
Fans - Noctua NF-S12B X2
PSU - Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200
Case - NZXT Switch
OS - Windows 7
Monitor1 - UltraSharp 2047WFP (landscape)
Monitor2 -UltraSharp 1908WFP (portrait)
Keyboard - Corsair K60 & Leopold FC200RT
Mouse - Razer Deathadder Black
Mousepad - Razer Goliathus
Speakers - Swan M200
Amplifier - FiiO A1
Sub - Pioneer SW-8

Hopefully I'll be getting a new GPU soon and some more fans. I wanna get OC to 4.5. Plus set of a WC loop and more RAM. 

Laptop 1
Lenovo Y470
14"
i7-2630QM
Nvidia 550m 1GB
Crucial 8GB DDR3
Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 7,200 RPM
Windows 7, Mint 12 duel-boot

Laptop 2
Toshiba Satellite
15.6"
8GB DDR3
AMD Turion II
320GB 5,400 RPM
Windows 7

HTPC
Zacate E350
MSI E350IA-E45 AMD Fusion ITX
Patrio S5 Viper 8GB
Seagate Barracude 1TB
Crucial M4 64gb
Pico Power Supply 150W
Mountain Mods Microcosm mITX acrylic case
Windows 8

Random Desktop (no idea what to do with it)
Intel Core 2 Q8400
Eureka3 Mobo
8GB DDR3
1TB WD Green
Windows 7
Bestec ATX-300 300W

Also have a AMD Phenom X6 1065T, Gigabyte GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5, and a H60 for my girlfriend's new rig (she's using a desktop with a Celeron processor, ew!) I'll probably throw in my NZXT switch once I paint my 800D. Also have a Pentium 4 desktop I've been meaning to put to use.

[cookiesowns]

Gaming Desktop
CPU - i7 980X at 4.3GHZ 6C/12T w/ EK Supreme HF
MOBO - Asus Rampage III Extreme w/ EK Nickel Full Cover
GPU1 - GTX 580 @ 1Ghz w/ EK Full cover
GPU2 - GTX 580 @ 930 w/ EK full cover in SLI
RAM1 - Corsair Vengeance 24GB 1600 @ C9-9-9-24-1T
RAM2 - Corsair Dominator-GT 3x2GB 2000 @ 2133  C8-9-8-24-1T
SSD OS - 2x Crucial M4 128GB in RAID-0
SSD GAM  - Sandisk Extreme 240GB
HDD1 - WD Black 1.5TB 7,200RPM
HDD2 - Seagate 3TB DM001
HDDS - Various 3TB USB 3.0 Externals
Cooling - Full custom water loop with full Nickel EK blocks MCP 35X in serial and 2x Black ice GTX480 rads
Fans - PANAFLO 2800 RPM 38mm @ 1300RPM 24/7 x8 ( LOL I KNOW )
PSU - Corsair AX1200 sleeved with MDPC-X
Case - Corsair 800D + Koolance external rad mount on the back
Monitor1 - HP ZR2740W
Monitor2 - Asus VG 248QE 144Hz
Keyboard - Ducky DK9008G2 MX Black + WASD oring. Soon to be custom SPRiT boards w/ MX Clear =D
Mouse - Razer Taipan, Razer Ouroboros or Razer Mamba 2012
Mousepad - Too many mouse surfaces to list
Sound - Asus Xonar Xense or FiiO E09K + E17
HP - Beyer DT880 prem 600Ohm & PC350 "Xense"


Laptop:
Macbook Pro Retina, Base 15". GPU @ 1000mhz for gaming throttlestopped @ 2.6ghz on CPU.
Dual boot OSX 10.9 & Windows 8.1

[tp4tissue]

@ 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..

[Nojo]

@ 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 

[cookiesowns]

@ 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..

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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 :(.

[tp4tissue]

@ 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...

[tp4tissue]

@ 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..

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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 ~$80   

[Nojo]

@ 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.

[cookiesowns]

@ 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..

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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 ~$80   

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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.

[tp4tissue]

@ 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

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 ~$80   

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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.

wh00ps

Brain-fault sorry..

I read 980x  as 4960... 

[tp4tissue]

@ 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??" 

[IPT]

@ 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..

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my 2700k is 4.6ghz @ 1.35 vcore
yeah i should prob upgrade from SB, but i've really seen no reason to lol.

[tp4tissue]

@ 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..

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my 2700k is 4.6ghz @ 1.35 vcore
yeah i should prob upgrade from SB, but i've really seen no reason to lol.

is that 1.35 load, or idle

what llc setting are u using.

[Asininity]

@ 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..

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As Nojo surmised, that heat. I have a H60 with a single fan and a single exhaust fan. I'd rather have my desktop be a little quieter.

[Nojo]

@ 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??" 

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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 to die on me after a few hours, and that's after I spent half day installing a new loop  :'( 

[tp4tissue]

@ 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??" 

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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  :'( 

@ the difference of 20* C you can't afford not to delid

[TheSoulhunter]

Small upgrade...

[tp4tissue]

Small upgrade...

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I see we have an early adopter of the seagate 4tbs

I chickened out and stayed with 3TBs for this year and prob next year even though the price is about the same..

[TheSoulhunter]

Small upgrade...

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I see we have an early adopter of the seagate 4tbs

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I chickened out and stayed with 3TBs for this year and prob next year even though the price is about the same..

Yep! But I run my HDDs mirrored (plus offline backups), so... "lol i dont care"

[joostflux]

Here is mine. Still not done but then again what really is?

CPU - i5 3570k OC'd to 4.4 (24/7 clock)
MOBO - ASRock Z77 OC Formula with MIPS blocks
GPU1 - EVGA GTX 670 FTW 4GFB w/ Heatkiller 680 block
RAM1 - Corsair Vengeance 8GB
SSD  - Intel 330
PSU - Corsair AX850
Case - Corsair C70 (heavily modded)
Monitor1 - Acer B246HL
Monitor2 - Acer B246HL
Monitor3 - Acer B246HL
Keyboard - Corsair K90 (soon to be replaced)
Mouse - Corsair M65
Sound - Audio-Technica ATH-AD700

Here is a pic during the build:

[Nojo]

wow, look amazing. Love those copper pipes 

[Turkishrambo]

need to rotate the heatsink when im in the mood xD

Fractal Design R4
i7 4770K
Asus GTX 780
Kingston Predator 2133
Intel 335 240gb SSD and an old HDD for some extra storage.  I have a 1TB WD black in an enclosure for backups.
MSI Z87-GD65
Corsair AX750 with corsair sleeved cables (not gunna spend an absurd amount on hand made custom when i just want red. these are more then adequate)
Samsung BD-ROM drive

[CommonCurt]

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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.



Here is the PCIe adapter and Adrenaline cache drive.