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i7 and i5 owners thread - please show us your rig

Discussion in 'Intel x86 CPUs and chipsets' started by aussie-revhead, Nov 15, 2008.

  1. nipper575

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    Can you knowledgeable people tell me whether the Gigabyte X58 extreme motherboard has the bios option to bypass the 130W limit??? I think intel call it "CPU VR Current Limit Override."

    I've bought a i7 920 but I don't want to buy a motherboard that will limit my overclocking.
     
  2. DRAGONKZ

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    I'm still waiting for a board to come out with the NF200 :(
     
  3. dalien

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    Ill be using my 1kw psu from my previous build. technically no good reason to have a big psu.

    I think 1kw is good, as these boards for i7, are orientated at high end users atm, and most likely with dual or more video cards.

    Also from my experience, a high wattage psu doesnt mean that is constantly pushed hard meaning its good for your parts(less ripple effect), which for me enhance overclocking.
    I know from experience with the same equipment, but different psu, my 1kw, gives me more overclocking room on the same cpu voltage compared to a corsair 620w which I had. on my q9550 it gave me an extra 150mhz at the same voltage.

    Why buy a corsair 620w, and run it at minimum of 80% idle, and 100% at load.
    Least with a 1kw psu, with a 1 card system, it idles around 40%, and use 60% at load. To me that is logical, that it provides cleaner power, and less noise from a fan.
    Also most psu these days are 80% power efficient between the 20-75% load.
    For a 620w psu, that puts it in the less efficient area more often, and for those running 24/7, i think there power bill will thank them.
     
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    Why:confused: what advantage does it offer?
     
  6. zaim

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    fuck they're fast...
     
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    They are scoring well arent they ?

    :thumbup:
     
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    yeah man..... intel really are the winners aye.....
     
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    Updated

    :thumbup:
     
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  10. DRAGONKZ

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    3 Full 16X PCI-E slots instead of 2 16x and 1 8x
     
  11. dalien

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    ah OK, something that 99.99% of us will never use:tongue: I know I don't have such deep pockets:upset:
     
  12. Hennels

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    Dalien stop complaining. Most people dont even have a rig similar to yours :lol:
     
  13. dalien

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    I know, only a few people have a rig like mine, and even fewer will have a tri sli/crossfire system. That was my point.

    Anyway on another note, the aussie dollar will be falling again very shortly. I think $0.55 exchange rate will be very likely within the next month(interest rate cut, plus lower comondity prices), so you will see a $500 cpu trading for $550

    So get in quick, and don't put off any longer.
     
  14. gmeup

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    damn i want that msi board with the nf200 chip, my motherboard at the moment is running two of my g280a with x8.
     
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    Your getting greedy now "G" but we will be waiting for you to compare the two mobos when you get an nf200.

    ;)
     
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    True, but if you look at something like the higher end Gigabyte boards, you would be able to run Tri SLI and there's still PCIE slots left over for a sound card :D This means you could use Tri SLI in a gaming rig.

    Thats the main reason i didn't go Tri SLI on my 780i (I originally wanted a sound card and RAID controller as well)

    So i'm half tempted to go X58 and grab another GTX 260 :leet:
     
  17. gmeup

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    I just want to see if my tri sli will benifit from 3x 16 speed pci express:thumbup:
     
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    So do we , so hop to it ...

    :D
     
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    hey does the Gigabyte GA-EX58 support both sli and xfire? so...i can run 3 of my gtx 280's, then later on if a better ati card comes out i can run 2 or 3 of them ?

    :confused:
     
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    It should.

    I read today that as soon as the middle PCIE 16x slot is used it turns in to 8 lanes.

    So your current Tri SLI is actually operating with 1 card at 16x, and the other 2 at 8x :shock:
     

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