I've "seen" it with the 2600's (online), but is it happening with the 2500s?
Hi everyone - first thread for me on [H]. I used to build PC's every couple of years when I was a kid traveling around playing CS, but went off to school, got into Macs for my web design career.. and my gaming PC was left collecting dust.
But recently - after playing the Crysis 2 demo on XBL, I caught the bug again []
Here's what I put together this week, after a bunch of reading and research (and by that I mean that I decided I wanted a PC -- AND ordered all the parts, within a 4 hour period.)
I'm prepared for all of you to tell me I bought all the wrong shit. Anyway:
Mobo:
Asus P67 TUF Sabretooth
Cpu
Intel Core i5 2500K - Stock fan
Mem
4gb Corsair XMS3 (I know, I cheap'd out. More on this below)
Psu
XFX 750w Black Edition
Vid
XFX HD 6950
HD
1x 300GB WD V.Raptor (storage)
1x 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 (OS/games)
Monitors:
My old 20" Apple Cinema
another 23" Asus LED (2ms)
Case:
my old Antec P180
.. and a $40 asus cd drive.
Put it all together.. fired up Crysis 2, had my "wow, my computer can play this game finally" moment.. and thought I was done spending money.
But the bug wasn't finished with me. I started OCing my system.. realized 4.7 on the stock cooler was do-able, and realized a 150-point gain in 3Dmark11 between OCing my CPU/Vid card.. along with a noticeable framerate increase.
Began wondering what else could be had for minimal additional investment.
Then I went to work yesterday morning and Newegg (as they always do) put me over the edge with an email promo. So, I ordered 16Gb of CL9 Ripjaws yesterday (meh, $130), and it arrived today - along with the upgraded CPU fan that I decided to throw in.
I went with the Scythe Mugen 2 rev. b. And uh, this thing is really subtle, let me tell you.
Here are some pics:
youve all seen it, no doubt
all set to go
ran with that for a couple days, then ordered the new stuff, and here's more pics:
now some questions -
What's passes these days for "Ok I can run this 24/7?" A certain intel burn test arrangement? Hours of prime 95?
I ask because 4.7 was "achievable" on the stock fan @ 1.31v, with everything I threw at it BESIDES the intel burn test. The Intel burn test gave me BSOD and temps would jump up to over 80c. I didn't let that happen for very long, of course.
Is this test just abnormally harsh? Or, should this test really be ALL I'm using to judge the true stability of my system?
I've noticed with this new fan set-up, which actually blows hot air off the heatsink directly into another case-exhaust fan, that my temps are -20c across the board. I'm super happy with this cooler, ESPECIALLY for $40! It's massive, a bit tricky to install (had my computer-building neighbor from upstairs lend a hand), but the performance/$ is right on-par with the reviews I read, where it came in just behind $100 coolers.
Anyway - I want to know if I anyone out there is seeing 5ghz (non water) on the 2500's?
Hi everyone - first thread for me on [H]. I used to build PC's every couple of years when I was a kid traveling around playing CS, but went off to school, got into Macs for my web design career.. and my gaming PC was left collecting dust.
But recently - after playing the Crysis 2 demo on XBL, I caught the bug again []
Here's what I put together this week, after a bunch of reading and research (and by that I mean that I decided I wanted a PC -- AND ordered all the parts, within a 4 hour period.)
I'm prepared for all of you to tell me I bought all the wrong shit. Anyway:
Mobo:
Asus P67 TUF Sabretooth
Cpu
Intel Core i5 2500K - Stock fan
Mem
4gb Corsair XMS3 (I know, I cheap'd out. More on this below)
Psu
XFX 750w Black Edition
Vid
XFX HD 6950
HD
1x 300GB WD V.Raptor (storage)
1x 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 (OS/games)
Monitors:
My old 20" Apple Cinema
another 23" Asus LED (2ms)
Case:
my old Antec P180
.. and a $40 asus cd drive.
Put it all together.. fired up Crysis 2, had my "wow, my computer can play this game finally" moment.. and thought I was done spending money.
But the bug wasn't finished with me. I started OCing my system.. realized 4.7 on the stock cooler was do-able, and realized a 150-point gain in 3Dmark11 between OCing my CPU/Vid card.. along with a noticeable framerate increase.
Began wondering what else could be had for minimal additional investment.
Then I went to work yesterday morning and Newegg (as they always do) put me over the edge with an email promo. So, I ordered 16Gb of CL9 Ripjaws yesterday (meh, $130), and it arrived today - along with the upgraded CPU fan that I decided to throw in.
I went with the Scythe Mugen 2 rev. b. And uh, this thing is really subtle, let me tell you.
Here are some pics:
youve all seen it, no doubt
all set to go
ran with that for a couple days, then ordered the new stuff, and here's more pics:
now some questions -
What's passes these days for "Ok I can run this 24/7?" A certain intel burn test arrangement? Hours of prime 95?
I ask because 4.7 was "achievable" on the stock fan @ 1.31v, with everything I threw at it BESIDES the intel burn test. The Intel burn test gave me BSOD and temps would jump up to over 80c. I didn't let that happen for very long, of course.
Is this test just abnormally harsh? Or, should this test really be ALL I'm using to judge the true stability of my system?
I've noticed with this new fan set-up, which actually blows hot air off the heatsink directly into another case-exhaust fan, that my temps are -20c across the board. I'm super happy with this cooler, ESPECIALLY for $40! It's massive, a bit tricky to install (had my computer-building neighbor from upstairs lend a hand), but the performance/$ is right on-par with the reviews I read, where it came in just behind $100 coolers.
Anyway - I want to know if I anyone out there is seeing 5ghz (non water) on the 2500's?
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