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[Logi]

thanks for help, barbaric soul. i wanted to take a 500W psu from the start, but my buddy convinced me to take a 600W one. i´ll look at the PSUs you suggested, once i am at home

[Gunda Din]

I have quite a few systems.

Intel 3770K 3.5 Liquid cooled
OCZ Sata III Agility 4 120 SSD
1.5 Tetrabyte collectively
27" Samsung monitor
16 gigs Cosair Vegence Ram
SB Fatality Sound =card
OCZ Fatality 750 watt PSU
Nvidia 560 TI 2 Gb

[Fresh Meat]

Nasty9, on 26 May 2012 - 06:21 PM, said:

Fresh Meat, what stepping is your CPU and what do you use to get it up there?

it's D0, batch 3949A372

for 4GHz its set at 21x190= 3.990 @ 1.25V
for 4.6GHz its set at 21X220= 4.620 (this clock was just for fun though) think it was stable at 1.28V, written down somewhere

Edited by Fresh Meat, 27 May 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[Fresh Meat]

DV McKenna, on 26 May 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

He seems to have different computer specs every time he posts them. so im not sure he'd be able to tell you.

yeah, sometimes i just round off my numbers. But the specs are not so different, lighten up.

[Nasty9]

Man, if only mine were a D0

My C0 is at 21x 180 (HT on) for 3.780 @ 1.3375. It hit somewhere in the upper 4.3, but it took like 1.45v to do it. It was so hot it ran like 75C on a PA120.3 with high speed Sanyo Denkis by itself!

[Vashts1985]

crappy phone camera





Case: Ltd Silverstone Raven II white

Motherboard: Asus M4N89TD Evo

CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090t

RAM: G.skill Ripjaw X 8gb DDR3 1600

GPU: 2x MSI N570 GTX 1280 SLI

PSU: Antec HCG 900

Boot disk: G.skill Pheonix EVO 60gb SATA II SSD

Data disk: Western Digital Caviar 1tb black 7200

coming soon: 2x OCZ Agility 3 60gb raid 0 game drive.



want to upgrade to a i7 3820.... bit more than i can spend atm =(

[Vulpesveritas]

Vashts1985, on 27 May 2012 - 07:50 PM, said:

crappy phone camera





Case: Ltd Silverstone Raven II white

Motherboard: Asus M4N89TD Evo

CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090t

RAM: G.skill Ripjaw X 8gb DDR3 1600

GPU: 2x MSI N570 GTX 1280 SLI

PSU: Antec HCG 900

Boot disk: G.skill Pheonix EVO 60gb SATA II SSD

Data disk: Western Digital Caviar 1tb black 7200

coming soon: 2x OCZ Agility 3 60gb raid 0 game drive.



want to upgrade to a i7 3820.... bit more than i can spend atm =(

Vashts1985, on 27 May 2012 - 07:50 PM, said:

crappy phone camera





Case: Ltd Silverstone Raven II white

Motherboard: Asus M4N89TD Evo

CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090t

RAM: G.skill Ripjaw X 8gb DDR3 1600

GPU: 2x MSI N570 GTX 1280 SLI

PSU: Antec HCG 900

Boot disk: G.skill Pheonix EVO 60gb SATA II SSD

Data disk: Western Digital Caviar 1tb black 7200

coming soon: 2x OCZ Agility 3 60gb raid 0 game drive.



want to upgrade to a i7 3820.... bit more than i can spend atm =(

Eh, wait for IB-E, Haswell, or you could always stay with AMD and get a Vishera FX series chip. With it being 5-20% faster clock-for-clock vs Phenom II (with Trinity Piledriver cores being 5% faster clock for clock vs Phenom II despite lacking L3 cache and it being first stepping piledriver cores), and coming stock clocked at 4ghz on an 8 integer core CPU and all... A lot of things are changing in the next year.

Nice case btw.

Edited by Vulpesveritas, 27 May 2012 - 08:04 PM.

[Vashts1985]

Vulpesveritas, on 27 May 2012 - 08:04 PM, said:

Eh, wait for IB-E, Haswell, or you could always stay with AMD and get a Vishera FX series chip. With it being 5-20% faster clock-for-clock vs Phenom II (with Trinity Piledriver cores being 5% faster clock for clock vs Phenom II despite lacking L3 cache and it being first stepping piledriver cores), and coming stock clocked at 4ghz on an 8 integer core CPU and all... A lot of things are changing in the next year.

Nice case btw.

i love the raven II. dont see many of them around unfortunately.

SB-E is really a pipe dream. i will stay tuned and if my spare cash situation improves, then maybe i will sit down and decide on something.

[Hellgardia]

I have always been a fan of the Raven 2 Evolution case. Although i prefer the dark version of it, that one looks pretty darn good

Regarding the upgrade, it really depends on what type of use you give to your computer. I would wait for Haswell (or Vishera FX although i have been dissapointed with AMD's last CPUs).

Cheers

[Vashts1985]

Aniquilator6, on 27 May 2012 - 08:59 PM, said:

I have always been a fan of the Raven 2 Evolution case. Although i prefer the dark version of it, that one looks pretty darn good

Regarding the upgrade, it really depends on what type of use you give to your computer. I would wait for Haswell (or Vishera FX although i have been dissapointed with AMD's last CPUs).

Cheers

when i purchased it, the EVO was not available in the states (still may not be, have not looked), however they released this limited white run with the EVO updates, which is why i went ahead and got it. the fact that its white is just a bonus.

[Vulpesveritas]

Aniquilator6, on 27 May 2012 - 08:59 PM, said:

I have always been a fan of the Raven 2 Evolution case. Although i prefer the dark version of it, that one looks pretty darn good

Regarding the upgrade, it really depends on what type of use you give to your computer. I would wait for Haswell (or Vishera FX although i have been dissapointed with AMD's last CPUs).

Cheers

Well, if trinity is anything to go on, Vishera should be as fast or just slightly slower (5-10%) than sandy bridge clock-for-clock, but with the higher clocks at stock it should compete fairly flatly core-for-core with IB, while giving you more cores but eating more power. Not bad given that Vishera is a 32nm chip and IB is 22nm w/ tri-gate. Not to mention due to Intel choosing to use paste instead of solder in the chips IB probably won't OC as high as Vishera either. So AMD might be able to flatline compete until Haswel without Intel fanboys being able to argue anywhere nearly as profusely as they have been since Sandy bridge came out.

Vashts1985, on 27 May 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

when i purchased it, the EVO was not available in the states (still may not be, have not looked), however they released this limited white run with the EVO updates, which is why i went ahead and got it. the fact that its white is just a bonus.

While I like the look of the Raven, that 90 degree rotation is just a bit odd IMO, but that's me. I'm a sucker for the NZXT Phantom / 410 myself.

[Barbaric Soul]

Vulpesveritas, on 27 May 2012 - 09:37 PM, said:

So AMD might be able to flatline compete until Haswel without Intel fanboys being able to argue anywhere nearly as profusely as they have been since Sandy bridge came out.

Actually, Intel has out-performed AMD core for core, clock for clock since Core2 (C2D/C2Q) was released. AMD finally started to catch Core2(by releasing higher clocked CPUs, not better performing CPUs) AFTER Nehalem was released. Clock for clock, core for core, AMD has not out-performed Intel since the Intel Pent D/AMD X2 days.

And no Vulpes, I'm no fanboy. Just stating the facts.



My primary rig as it sits(my case sucks for wire management)-

Edited by Barbaric Soul, 28 May 2012 - 04:27 AM.

[cipher]

Custom build in a Tagan Black Pearl case, with a little modding (cutting)

Core i7 920 CPU at 3.6GHz w/ Scythe Mugen II cooler (can run 4.1 with no voltage change, but don't like it to get that hot all the time)
EVGA X58 E758 Motherboard
12GB Kingston DDR3-1600 RAM @ 1333, 7-7-7-20
EVGA GTX 680 Video Card at stock speeds, heatsink lapped
EVGA 210 for other monitors
Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 sound card
RAID 0 of 3 OCZ Vertex 2 SSDs for Games
RAID 0 of 3 WD Velociraptor HDDs for Windows/programs
RAID 0 of 4 WD Black 1TB HDDs for Data/documents (external in Addonics case)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910W PSU
Lots of Scythe SFF-21F 120mm fans and a fan controller

Dell IPS 30" 2560x1600 monitor on GTX 680 video card
Other secondary 1680x150 monitors on 210 video card
Logitech G19 keyboard, Logitech G9x mouse

The only thing that's not up-to-date in the image is that I upgraded to a GTX 680 from the older GTX 295 Co-Op...



I'm skipping the X79 platform for upgrades and just going to build a new PC when the next Intel enthusiast chipset releases.

Edited by cipher, 29 May 2012 - 11:46 AM.

[Hawk819]

This is my future rig:

Case/Enclosure: Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper

CPU: Intel Z77 LGA1155 i5 Second Generation Chip
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
GPU: (x2) Gigabyte WIndforce OC Edition GTX-670
HDD(1): WD Caviar Green 1TB
HDD(2): WD Caviar Green 750GB
HDD(3): WD Caviar Green 800GB
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Home Edition Premium
Cooling: (x4) 120mm Red LED Cooler Master Fans, 140mm CM Fan, and 200mm CM Fan
CPU Cooler: Hyper 612 PWM CPU Cooler
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 32GB
SoundCard: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Recon3D Fata1ty Champion Series
Gaming Mice: CM Storm Inferno Gaming Mouse
Gaming Keyboard: CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Pro Cherry MX Blue
Gaming Headset: CM Storm Sirus True 5.1 Headset
Monitor: (x2) LG D2342P-PN 3D Monitors
Power Supply: Cooler Master CM/SPH 1300w


I guess that wraps things up a bit. except for the SSD (Solid State Drive). I probly won't need that, but one never knows whats around the corner.

Edited by hawk819, 29 May 2012 - 12:16 PM.

[JP Josh]

i want a standard catipult for begining however my real question is (can we custom paint our mech) i want pony flutershy catipult if so.

[Vulpesveritas]

Barbaric Soul, on 28 May 2012 - 04:13 AM, said:

Actually, Intel has out-performed AMD core for core, clock for clock since Core2 (C2D/C2Q) was released. AMD finally started to catch Core2(by releasing higher clocked CPUs, not better performing CPUs) AFTER Nehalem was released. Clock for clock, core for core, AMD has not out-performed Intel since the Intel Pent D/AMD X2 days.

And no Vulpes, I'm no fanboy. Just stating the facts.



My primary rig as it sits(my case sucks for wire management)-

I'm not claiming you're a fanboy- im pointing out the following;
1. Phenom II is 20% slower than sb clock for clock.
2. Trinity 1st edition piledriver is 5% faster clock for clock versus phenom II.
3. Vishera is 2nd edition piledriver cores with l3 cache, more cores, and higher clockspeed.
= AMD might catch up or perforn better in overall performance with any decent svaling.

[crazyrob]

I'm still working on getting my gpu's into the water loop, and might get a third depending on how 3 way sli scales on this board (limited pci-e bandwidth) in MW:O. But as it stands:

Intel i7 970 6 core @ 4.0 Ghz
Corsair 3x4GB DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
MSI Big Bang-X Power
2x EVGA GTX680
Soundblaster X-Fi Home Teater HD
OCZ Vertex LE 90GB SSD(OS)
Corsair F120 SSD(Games)
Western Digital 3TB Green HDD(Media)
LG BD-RW/HD-DVD/DVD+-RW
Corsair Obsidian 700D with windowed side panel and Koolance 4x120 radiator shroud
Corsair 1000HX PSU

All of this is pushing 3x Acer GD235HZ mounted on my Obutto Ozone cockpit



This is an old pic, since then I've upgraded a few things, like the subwoofer and added a buttkicker.

Edited by crazyrob, 29 May 2012 - 11:37 PM.

[cipher]

Vulpesveritas, on 29 May 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

I'm not claiming you're a fanboy- im pointing out the following;
1. Phenom II is 20% slower than sb clock for clock.
2. Trinity 1st edition piledriver is 5% faster clock for clock versus phenom II.
3. Vishera is 2nd edition piledriver cores with l3 cache, more cores, and higher clockspeed.
= AMD might catch up or perforn better in overall performance with any decent svaling.

Again? Almost every single thread I've seen you post in is about how great AMD CPUs and GPUs are. Can we give it a rest please?

[Vulpesveritas]

cipher, on 30 May 2012 - 04:58 AM, said:

Again? Almost every single thread I've seen you post in is about how great AMD CPUs and GPUs are. Can we give it a rest please?

If you're asking me to either stop giving people advice or stop telling the truth or stop recommending products of superior value, then no.
When I recommend someone an upgrade path, then another individual points out AMD has been having trouble competing in recent years as well as it used to, and I point out theres a chance AMD could strongly compete later this year, withot a motherboard upgrade, until haswell comes out next year, and may still compete on a price basis, that's 'going on about how great they are?' The math shows the possibility and it will largely come down to pricong and availability.
And the benchmarks show AMD GPUs to be faster at nearly every price point. Unless you didnt look at any in the last few months. Lol. Sadly Nvidia doesn't have supply on their hand and seem to be pushing advertising to push profit margins higher, but thats an assumption on my part based on what ive seen.

[Black Mamba]

AMD have a great mid-range set of graphic cards, however I have had some terrible driver problems with them in the past so i changed to Nvidia. But that's just me, others may be in good favour with AMD.

CPU wise, most games these days don't take full advantage of quad cores, i blame consoles (but thats for another time, if ever). So either a mid-tier Bulldozer or a Sandy Bridge will do for gaming, and to make sure buy an aftermarket air-cooler and over clock it, cheapest way to increase performance. No need to spend on high end CPU's, they're just a waste of money for a gamer.