i7 and i5 owners thread - please show us your rig - Page 2

zaneus · 16th November 2008, 5:05 PM

Lol MojoM@n, Love the SSD cable tied to the side of the bays

booj · 16th November 2008, 7:19 PM

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Originally Posted by n3wbi379

Still waiting for the 3d runs guys *waiting waiting*

hehe, still playing with the cpu and board for a while yet, but I did one 3d mark 06 run with 2x HD4850's

GPU's stock 625/993 cpu @ 3800mhz

Can't wait to get a decent cooler and try 4.2ghz cpu and 800+/1200 on the cards

n3wbi379 · 16th November 2008, 7:31 PM

Nice..... So u rkn its worth the upgrade so far?

aussie-revhead · 16th November 2008, 7:36 PM

booj - what was your previous best ?

booj · 16th November 2008, 7:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n3wbi379

Nice..... So u rkn its worth the upgrade so far?

Hell yeah it's worth it I think the difference will be apparent once the gpus are maxed.

that cpu score is only marginally below what I got with a qx9650 @ 4.6ghz

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

booj - what was your previous best ?

My best is 25k with the gpus @ 790/1200 with a qx9650 @ 4.6g.

mojom@n · 16th November 2008, 8:02 PM

I was having boot problems because of Tri channel. I have no problems with only 1 stick. Maybe i will try dual channel.

Edit just found out that my problems were not with tri channel.

mojom@n · 17th November 2008, 6:02 PM

Finally i think i have mastered this Gigabyte EX58 Extreme. Easy Tune 6 doesn't work in Vista but it works like a treat in XP Home.

Testing 4GHz right now.

mojom@n · 18th November 2008, 4:29 PM

Finally I have a good camera, Well better then my $500 3 year old Pentax and this canon only cost $89 bux.

mojom@n · 19th November 2008, 6:00 AM

Here is my superPI.

stablez · 19th November 2008, 8:25 AM

The V8 and GA Extreme +ram cooler and cable tied SSD is head turning modernism.
These 920's set ups @ and looking good. Wots the max a 965 can do again?
As iv said before temps are abit high but it a big cpu gordz

I just read a reveiw of the v8 cooler which is called this cause of the black cover to keep in air flow "hence"
I thought and keeped away from this when first came out cause of iot being refrigerated by a wc or somthing.
But its not.. Silly me.
It a good cooller design @

mojom@n · 19th November 2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stablez

The V8 and GA Extreme +ram cooler and cable tied SSD is head turning modernism.
These 920's set ups @ and looking good. Wots the max a 965 can do again?
As iv said before temps are abit high but it a big cpu gordz

I just read a reveiw of the v8 cooler which is called this cause of the black cover to keep in air flow "hence"
I thought and keeped away from this when first came out cause of iot being refrigerated by a wc or somthing.
But its not.. Silly me.
It a good cooller design @

I put the V8 as an equal to TRUE120 and TuniQ Tower 120. I have all 3.

Semi-Evolved · 19th November 2008, 4:58 PM

So I just built my new beast yesterday afternoon. I don't benchmark my system, so no screenshots. Anyway, the specs:

Core i7 920, stock speed and cooling for now.
ASUS P6T Deluxe (not the OC/PALM version).
3 x 2GB G.Skill 10600 DDR3.
ASUS 9800GX2 GPU.
WD Raptor 150gb.
Some Coolermaster 1GW PSU whose model I can't remember.

Only the CPU, RAM and MOBO are new; the rest is carried over from my C2D (which has been rebuilt into a new box with some older shelved parts). All up, it runs everything I'm playing right now just fine, so I won't mess around with overclocking the beast until later in its life. Anyway, for now it seems that the GPU is the performance bottleneck, so it'll be next in line for an upgrade.

mojom@n · 19th November 2008, 6:40 PM

Just beat my PB at SuperPI at same CPU speed.

aussie-revhead · 21st November 2008, 12:36 AM

With some stores listing these under $600 now ($549 here) they are looking like a viable option to a high end Yorkfield. All we need is resonably priced mobos and rams.

Rogue_Elefant · 21st November 2008, 1:07 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

With some stores listing these under $600 now ($549 here) they are looking like a viable option to a high end Yorkfield. All we need is resonably priced mobos and rams.

still ~$1500 for i7, 6gb memory and mobo, is a bit too much for me! Then on top of that a descent video card, power supply, storage etc, that is one expensive sucker.

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16th November 2008, 8:02 PM	#21
mojom@n (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 2,347	I was having boot problems because of Tri channel. I have no problems with only 1 stick. Maybe i will try dual channel. Edit just found out that my problems were not with tri channel. Last edited by mojom@n; 17th November 2008 at 4:50 PM.

19th November 2008, 8:25 AM	#25
stablez Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Humidycrib Posts: 4,043	The V8 and GA Extreme +ram cooler and cable tied SSD is head turning modernism. These 920's set ups @ and looking good. Wots the max a 965 can do again? As iv said before temps are abit high but it a big cpu gordz I just read a reveiw of the v8 cooler which is called this cause of the black cover to keep in air flow "hence" I thought and keeped away from this when first came out cause of iot being refrigerated by a wc or somthing. But its not.. Silly me. It a good cooller design @ __________________ Apple G4 @ 1.29Ghz 1GB DDR SDRAM aTi 9000 Shawtys love is like a pyramid Aint nothing on you bAby.. [I]Venus vs Mars.[/I] A wide world rider. ]So true eh Use ware so good to me and made me as smart. Ta! WAT$UBZ Last edited by stablez; 19th November 2008 at 8:37 AM.

17th November 2008, 6:02 PM	#22
mojom@n (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 2,347	Finally i think i have mastered this Gigabyte EX58 Extreme. Easy Tune 6 doesn't work in Vista but it works like a treat in XP Home. Testing 4GHz right now.

18th November 2008, 4:29 PM	#23
mojom@n (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 2,347	Finally I have a good camera, Well better then my $500 3 year old Pentax and this canon only cost $89 bux.

19th November 2008, 6:00 AM	#24
mojom@n (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 2,347	Here is my superPI.

19th November 2008, 4:58 PM	#27
Semi-Evolved Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 7,097	So I just built my new beast yesterday afternoon. I don't benchmark my system, so no screenshots. Anyway, the specs: Core i7 920, stock speed and cooling for now. ASUS P6T Deluxe (not the OC/PALM version). 3 x 2GB G.Skill 10600 DDR3. ASUS 9800GX2 GPU. WD Raptor 150gb. Some Coolermaster 1GW PSU whose model I can't remember. Only the CPU, RAM and MOBO are new; the rest is carried over from my C2D (which has been rebuilt into a new box with some older shelved parts). All up, it runs everything I'm playing right now just fine, so I won't mess around with overclocking the beast until later in its life. Anyway, for now it seems that the GPU is the performance bottleneck, so it'll be next in line for an upgrade. __________________ And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, cause there's bugger all down here on Earth. Last edited by Semi-Evolved; 19th November 2008 at 5:00 PM.

19th November 2008, 6:40 PM	#28
mojom@n (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 2,347	Just beat my PB at SuperPI at same CPU speed.

21st November 2008, 12:36 AM	#29
aussie-revhead Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 13,846	With some stores listing these under $600 now ($549 here) they are looking like a viable option to a high end Yorkfield. All we need is resonably priced mobos and rams. __________________ Bench 1- R4F - 3930K - Team 2400c9 - Sapphire 7770 Ghz Edition - Enermax Revo1250 - water cooled tech bench - Samsung S27A950D Netbox - waiting on Haswell parts ... - 4x2TB on Highpoint RAID - Lian Li v354 matx - Water cooled BF3: OZrevhead Last edited by aussie-revhead; 21st November 2008 at 12:43 AM.