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agreed. ill still look and probably waffle a bit more but its probably down to the the ASRock or Gigabyte for my needs. i just feel dirty not getting an ASUS this time around :p.

fair points johnnydoe. i'll take another look at the Extreme6. it was in the running until i saw the OC Formula's reviews. honestly i never bothers with anything fatal1ty branded, because it used to be that his name on stuff just jacked the price up. so i never even bothered to give it a...

again, thanks for the info. johnnydoe, i see what you're driving at, but dont you think maybe its a bit of a stretch to call gigabyte's UEFI "shitty". sure it might not have all the bells and whistles as the ASUS, but if gives me the necessarily features for changing the cpu multiplier and...

thanks GigabyteZ and jonnydoe for your suggestions! ill check both out. Win8 is a non-issue as im sticking with win7 there's simply no driver for me to upgrade and i hate the default metro-ui and dont want to have to run additional 3rd party software to have it default to the desktop app.

the audio chipset on my current P6T has been "more than enough" for my current setup, so i've decided the Realtek ALC898 will be more than adequate and not worth the extra "performance" for the price. so what it really comes down to for me is overclock-ability and stability. I'm still leaning...

I'm looking to build a new PC in the next month or 2 as mine's now over 4 years old (current stats in my sig). It will primarily be a gaming rig while serving 2nd duty for movie playing onto my TV. I've decided to go with an Ivy Bridge chip (namely the 3770k) as, while i like the SB-Es with...

thanks! yeah, while i would go with the 6core cpu as mentioned, as much as i'd love to, i don't think ill be going tri/quad sli or crossfire :). and i was just messing with ya regarding the ram. i do agree that i dont need anything more than 8GB. but again, for the price, its more "cause i...

thanks for the suggestion! though the idea is to give this pc to my wife and build myself a new one to replace hers (rather than building just a lite duty for her) getting myself something new and shiny :) as for the ram, sayeth they guy with 32GB ram ;). but seriously, you are right that...

my current setup is now over 4 years old so ive gotten the itch to upgrade. primary duties are gaming and video watching. i cant decide which route to go regarding the core components. current setup: Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe CPU: i7 920 OC'd @ 3.2Ghz cooler: ThermalRight Ultra-120...

same desk (well different extensions) same chair.... same (or close to it) room color..... i guess great minds think alike :)

back and front of my system after RMA'ing the PSU. first one committed suicide and blew out a cap. sorry for the blurriness of this pic. maybe ill take another one at some point. i just finished rewiring and getting the system back up and running and under my desk.

easily. take a looka t my pic above (galant corner with extension you mentioned). ive got a 24" and a 19" lcd and could easily fit more. the galant desks are huge.

new desk (thanks IKEA!). still moving in so not everything is put away or set up on the desk yet. (still need to build a stand for my center speaker rather than stack it on top of used CD spindles.... pic is 3 cropped (poorly) together since i couldnt back up enough to fit the entire area in.

i just ran it again and got 18610. maybe the 1st few runs getting me 15000s were a fluke?

so my current setup is this: i7 920 cpu bclk: 160 DRAM: 1604 (9-9-9-24) DRAMv: 1.65 CPUv: auto everything else auto giving me a stable OC of 3.2Ghz (primed for over 5 hrs) my cinebench R10 (x64) score for xCPU rendering aren't breaking 15300 is there something amiss here or is that...

the arms are actually the only pieces that connect the back to the seat portion so no back brace. that said. these arent thin cheap plastic arms. add to that the bolts that they use to connect to the seat and to that back are REALLY thick and long (especially for the back bolts) i abuse my...

its usually $199 at staples. but now it's on sale (figures :rolleyes: a week after i buy mine... ) for $159 now. here's the link to it

staples. its the Lane for Staples Black Tech Executive chair. its comfy!

my setup. i have my little nook so i don't bother the wifey when gaming. makes a nice office workspace too.

it is. its a Lane for Staples Black Tech executive chair (item #720634). I picked it up a few weeks ago. LOVE IT :) heres the link to staples for it: tech executive chair

finally had time to get some pics up of the system. god i love zip ties :)

ok. so ive started OCing here's where im at so far: BCLK: 160 DRAM: 1604mhz CPU voltage: auto DRAM BUS VOLTAGE: 1.65 (which auto jumps to 1.66 as seen in Kyle's tests) case has the side panel off right now and seems to be running quite cool with just air cooling? ambient room temp is...

yea im definitely not worried about DRAM voltage as mine is rated for 1.65v (i think its at 1.5v now but ill double check that when i get home. this is the RAM kit i got. the dominators were out of stock @ the time of purchasing, and save for the bigger heat spreader, the only noticible...

ok. thanks for that video. so BCLK does act like the older FSB speed and skew what the DRAM frequency choices will be. even with all the vids Kyle has posted and the posts from others, messing with the voltage still makes me nervous. guess i gotta pop my voltage cherry sooner or later. :)

ok, so got my new system up and am ready for OCing but would love advice/have some questions. first the system specs: coolermaster 690 antec SG850 850W core i7 920 + thermalright ultra-120 1366 RT asus p6t deluxe corsair 6GB XMS3 DDR3 1600 (3x 2GB) 9-9-9-24 2x BFG GeForce 280 OC 2x WD...

I got about 6 or so of them with my purchase (all parts for my new PC minus the tower) and a bunch of those coupons for a $50 gift certificate with purchase of Vista. i agree that i think they are monitor cleaning cloths. they work really well at cleaning my glasses too :)

would if i could. all ive got is show printable ver. email and subscribe under thread tools

didnt know. thanks for the tip. mods can close this.

After building my new rig in ~2-3 weeks, i plan to sell my old one. question is what do you guys think would be a reasonable price to ask for it? obviously its not the newest gal on the block but it can still pull its weight with 19" monitors (just isn't as good now that i have my 24" lcd and...

And so the current layout is as follows: Make/Model # Antec TPQ-850 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 Quad-Core Processor Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA...

ooh i like it. might have to switch this in and replace the p182. plus its about half the price of the antec. all things that make me :)

found this: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?referrerid=121629&t=1365774 comparing the 6400AAKS to the 6401AALS perhaps I'll try to find more comparo's between these two instead of the 500GB version. (and is only a $20 more total than the 2x500GB drives) on a side note with regards to...

hhmm. might have to go with the 640GB blacks then :) thanks for correcting me for a 2nd time (no sarcasm :) )

ok, so 6GB it is (think ill switch from DDR3 1333 to DDR3 1600 if i am going to be OCing the processor. :) I also changed the processor to the i7 920 based on the performance/power/heat tests done here on [H]. once the ULTRA120 1366 comes out ill ad that to my newegg wishlist. also...

haha. yet, 3GB's definitely enough for most things (running my current rig w/ vista business and 2GB ram (DDR1 even) and its rock solid (albeit a 3yr old system) but 6 just sounds a bit more "futureproof"

what about 2x WD5001AALS? in RAID0 150GB smaller yes but 32MB cache instead of 16MB. to replace the vraptor in my spec out. is the Thermalright 120 1366 out yet for sale (or anyone know when it will be)? its not on newegg yet and i haven't seen any other retailers advertising it yet? Google...

i've thought about a 4800 series, but i've just always gone for nvidia gpu's. just personal preference regardless of which one is better by a few frames per sec.

the 2 RAM sets I'm looking at are both 1.65v Thanks for the heads up on the HDD times. maybe ill look into another hdd if its not going to be much improvement over a 'cuda as my OS/install drive Like i said ill probably pick up the Thermalright cooler once its out (havent seen anyone...

sorry i didnt post earlier. got home from work and crashed on the couch. when someone deletes all the config files for a running VMware virtual machine so that all is left is the machine itself running in memory, you know its going to be a fun day trying to clone it/building a new VM. makes it...

budget is $3000 shipped but id obviously like to come in under that. this is system build only. no monitor, peripherals, etc.