Just upgraded my PC...

Etherton

Etherton

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I got a great deal on an i7 920 & Intel BOXDX58SO combo so I decided to upgrade. $359 shipped for the pair. Not to bad considering the i7 is running about $260 (unless you live near a B/M Microcenter). Along with those I just picked up a set of CORSAIR DOMINATOR-GT 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000)and a Prolima Megahalems with some AS5. I am robbing the rest of my parts from my old PC.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - G0 (3.4ghz) w/ a Thermalright cooler (can't remember the name)
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6
OCZ Gold 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad kit
XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT)
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache (Main)
ENERMAX Liberty ELT620AWT 620W SLI/CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM (Storage)
Samsung SyncMaster T260 Monitor
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64bit
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What do you guys think? I know the i7's are performers but what about their mobos?
 
The corsair dominator ram is wayyyyyy overpriced.If you can return the ram, get the gskill 6gb-1600 set and a ssd hard disk for about the same money.
 
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Intel branded mobos do tend to be a bit more stable than their other counterparts. However they do lack some features here and there and occasionally they lack overclocking capability. Also, IIRC, some of the earlier Intel branded X58 motherboard didn't OC that well. But then again, that was at launch time so the bugs may have been worked out already.

Yeah I concur with gwarrent007: you got horribly gypped on the RAM. If you can, return it and get a cheaper set that performas the same but saves you money for more important parts. Believe me, you will not notice an iota of difference between this$140 6GB set and your dominator RAM in most real world apps and games.
 
Usually I wouldn't agree on overpaying for RAM - especially for my beloved Corsair Dominator sticks. But since you're on an Intel board, I'm assuming you're not going to overclock. If that's the case, definitely take the recommendations from above, save $$ and get less expensive RAM.

If you do intend to overclock, keep the RAM and ditch the board. Intel boards are rock solid stable. But they are not overclocker boards - not by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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Danny Bui said:
Yeah I concur with gwarrent007: you got horribly gypped on the RAM. If you can, return it and get a cheaper set that performas the same but saves you money for more important parts. Believe me, you will not notice an iota of difference between this$140 6GB set and your dominator RAM in most real world apps and games.
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True. While those Dominator sticks are really good, they are not $200 better than the RAM Danny linked to.

You might also want to go with Arctic Cooling MX-3 instead of AS5 as there is no curing time.
 
dugn;1034878140But they are [SIZE="4" said:
not [/SIZE]overclocker boards - not by any stretch of the imagination.
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Noooo! I wanted to hit 4ghz with my i7! :mad:
 
looks pretty good to me...the ram issue that was mentioned at the beginning is the only thing i might change
 
eth3ton said:
Noooo! I wanted to hit 4ghz with my i7! :mad:
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You can give it a try, but there are other boards from Gigabyte, ASUS, and EVGA which will provide better overclocking results out of the box. However, keep in mind that no overclock is guaranteed (as it is very CPU-dependent) and even having one of those boards would not guarantee 4GHz (an overclock of 50% over stock speeds).
 
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