RetiredTacos Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 (edited) So...went ahead and splurged and jumped on the i7 bandwagon. She's all stock clocks right now, i'll start overclocking this biatch this weekend. It is ridiculously fast already at 2.66...goal is 3.8 to 4.0 though. Here's some eye candy. Full Specs : i7 920 6x2 GB G.Skill 1600 DDR3 Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Corsair 750PSU Evga GTX 260 New pics of case and new HD setup. Thought I'd share. Edited June 2, 2009 by Terry Taco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 12 G of ram? what you need that much for? "Would you like to play a game of Global Thermal Nuclear War?" -W.O.P.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscian Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I7 but a GTX 260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandium Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Full Specs : i7 920 6x2 GB G.Skill 1600 DDR3 Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Corsair 750PSU Evga GTX 260 You suck Terry, I hope your car cat walks... :love: Nice setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG.Z Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 you shoud buy a Thermalright ultra 120 ! Cool your CPU ... DDR3 awesome do a 280GTX SLI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I7 but a GTX 260 GTX 285 - 350$ GTX 260 - 160$ Performance difference is approximately 10% at best. I am all about bang for the $. I'll be picking up another GTX 260 once I break this system in . you shoud buy a Thermalright ultra 120 ! Cool your CPU ... DDR3 awesome do a 280GTX SLI Didn't wanna pressure mod and lap a TRUE, I am happy with this setup even though it barely fits. See above regarding GTX280's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXoduS Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 great choice with the noctua cooler. they are very quiet and do a great job at cooling. you were cutting it awfully close with clearance of your memory lol. you made a very good choice with the components. all are brand name and very reliable, ecspecially gigabyte's motherboards which I am running myself. you owe it to yourself to see how well you can run crysis on that monster! enjoy your new pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 great choice with the noctua cooler. they are very quiet and do a great job at cooling. you were cutting it awfully close with clearance of your memory lol. you made a very good choice with the components. all are brand name and very reliable, ecspecially gigabyte's motherboards which I am running myself. you owe it to yourself to see how well you can run crysis on that monster! enjoy your new pc Yea that fan actually does not fit. Going to have to take off the heat-spreaders from one of the sticks so it'll fit. Hopefully it stays cool enough with the one fan, we'll see Thanks for the compliments. I'll post some benchmarks when I get her done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXoduS Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 i wouldnt suggest removing the heatspreaders from the memory. you can file off the excess of the fan that does not fit or you could even remove the bottom portion of the frame. in any case, removing the heatspreader from the memory is not a good idea. they're on them for a reason let me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 i wouldnt suggest removing the heatspreaders from the memory. you can file off the excess of the fan that does not fit or you could even remove the bottom portion of the frame. in any case, removing the heatspreader from the memory is not a good idea. they're on them for a reason let me know! I've done it in the past, got a few buddies running their DDR3 without heatspreaders as well. Just need some air to blow over them and they'll be fine. Good idea on filing the fan though, I will take a look tonight and see what I can mess up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccercrazy Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 So...went ahead and splurged and jumped on the i7 bandwagon. She's all stock clocks right now, i'll start overclocking this biatch this weekend. It is ridiculously fast already at 2.66...goal is 3.8 to 4.0 though. Here's some eye candy. Full Specs : i7 920 6x2 GB G.Skill 1600 DDR3 Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Corsair 750PSU Evga GTX 260 How do you like that CPU Cooler? I was thinking of putting it on my Q6600 OC'ed to 3.4 GHz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAPD Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Dude you got to see my Pc..wait till i get a pic of it *_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandium Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I was saying I hope your car comes back out of alignment. Being a dickhead, because I want your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXoduS Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 what kind of thermal grease did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 oh...i get it, STFU. I won't be getting it back, fucker is totaled. what kind of thermal grease did you use? OCZ freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXoduS Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 good choice man. i've heard many good things about it. i used tuniq tx-2 because i don't have to worry about it short circuiting my motherboard if the thing gets on anything it doesn't need to be on. i think both ocz freeze and tx2 both outperform arctic silver 5, which basically has it's own fanboys now that will cry out that it's the best stuff. anyway, there are some great tweak guides and info for making crysis look and run better than it could with the in-game configuration editor. if you would need some help with it, i'd be glad to help. i'm always on vent in case you run into some trouble with the pc. keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Emma Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DarkHelmet Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 It's not fair. I want either the quad core or the i7 and I can't afford to up grade.I hate you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 good choice man. i've heard many good things about it. i used tuniq tx-2 because i don't have to worry about it short circuiting my motherboard if the thing gets on anything it doesn't need to be on. i think both ocz freeze and tx2 both outperform arctic silver 5, which basically has it's own fanboys now that will cry out that it's the best stuff. anyway, there are some great tweak guides and info for making crysis look and run better than it could with the in-game configuration editor. if you would need some help with it, i'd be glad to help. i'm always on vent in case you run into some trouble with the pc. keep it up Yea i used what came with my tuniq tower on my old system, worked great. Artic Silver 5 is still good, just better choices out now. I don't really care about Crysis, just use it for testing, I don't play the game. It's not fair. I want either the quad core or the i7 and I can't afford to up grade.I hate you! Yea i7 not cheap, but you can get a good Core Duo/Quad setup for descent $. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaM Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Proof my laptop is better than Terry's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 4.0 GHZ easily accomplished. Need to try to get memory running at 1600mhz and Uncore to 3600. Doing a full stress before i go to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ2 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 4.0 GHZ easily accomplished. Need to try to get memory running at 1600mhz and Uncore to 3600. Doing a full stress before i go to sleep. now you are going to make me try for 4.5 :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 now you are going to make me try for 4.5 :evil: lol...I want to hit 3.8-4.0 with 1600mhz ramspeeds, 3600mhz uncore and power saving settings enabled. Just need more playtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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