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New build...

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Jeffman

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Well...what was supposed to be a simple processor upgrade is turning into a new build.

I just bought a 980x combo with a Sabertooth x58 board and 24GB of RAM from The Cobra on here. I was going to sell my current 970 and the memory to a buddy, and then use the board and RMA my current Sabertooth due to some problems with it.

Then I decided that I needed a new power supply. At that point, I figured I should probably do a new case and a new cooler too. Having gone to buy that, I figured I should get some extra fans for the case, and I ended up getting a new cooler for my 7950 too. While I was at it, I got some new cables and such.

Here I am...pretty much with a new PC...

Parts I'm reusing:
48GB Crucial Ballistix 1600MHz
Asus blu-ray burner
3 Dell U2313HM UltraSharp monitors
5.25" Memory card reader
Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
(4) Seagate 2TB 7200RPM drives (RAID 0)

Parts I just bought and have:
Corsair C70 case (Military Green)
Corsair AX860i
Corsair H100i
(2) Corsair AF140 fans

Parts on the way:
Intel i7-980X
Asus Sabertooth x58
(10) Corsair AF120 fans
Arctic Accelero Hybrid Air/Liquid Combo Ultimate
Random cords and a few new power strips

I'll be doing push/pull on both rads (VGA and CPU), as well as replacing all the stock fans in the Corsair case plus adding a few.

Honestly, I don't think there's anything else I need. I won't be needing any upgrades for a LONG TIME!

Thoughts? Am I missing anything?? :D
 
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Is a 120GB Samsung 830 SSD enough for you as (I assume) a primary drive?
 
It's been fine so far, only have 66.9GB on there as I'm typing.

I wouldn't mind an upgrade so I can install some games on it. Something to consider, but for now I need to leave it. I've spent WAY too much.
 
Looks solid, really nothing bad about it
Must say I'm jealous of that powerhouse honestly
 
Totally jelly over the displays.

48 GB RAM...really? And I thought I was silly sticking 16 GB in my last build. But, maybe you're doing some serious number-crunching or whatever.

I like the drive bay multi-card reader. When finances allow, I'd like to purchase a USB 3.0 version for my latest desktop build.
 
^Yeah, I'm a little nuts. I got the kits for a really good deal, and sold the 24GB I had in there. It ended up costing me less than $100 out of pocket for the 24GB extra I got. Not using it for anything at the moment, though I feel like I should start running some VM's or something to use it a little.
 
Jeffman said:
^Yeah, I'm a little nuts. I got the kits for a really good deal, and sold the 24GB I had in there. It ended up costing me less than $100 out of pocket for the 24GB extra I got. Not using it for anything at the moment, though I feel like I should start running some VM's or something to use it a little.
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I believe that you should have kept the 24GB that you had sold. Why? Because Intel does not officially support the use of 8GB unbuffered sticks of RAM on its first-generation i7 (LGA 1366) platform. As such, the 48GB of RAM is "not guaranteed to work" with that system (and do not confuse "not guaranteed to work" with "guaranteed not to work" - "not guaranteed to work" means that the RAM might or might not work on that system while "guaranteed not to work" means that the RAM will certainly not work at all on that system). And 4GB sticks of RAM that are to be compatible with LGA 1366 should only be double-sided (however, most 4GB sticks manufactured recently are single-sided, which poses the same compatibility issues as 8GB sticks of RAM).

So, if your new system refuses to boot at all, or if only half the RAM is detected, then you have nobody but yourself to blame.
 
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Thanks for the heads up, but it's already been running with 48GB for weeks. This is just a new processor.

Not to mention that there are tons of different people that have done the same thing with no issue. You're right, "not guaranteed to work" and "guaranteed not to work" are different. As in, they won't support it if it doesn't work, but it'll probably work fine.

E4g1e said:
I believe that you should have kept the 24GB that you had sold. Why? Because Intel does not officially support the use of 8GB unbuffered sticks of RAM on its first-generation i7 (LGA 1366) platform. As such, the 48GB of RAM is "not guaranteed to work" with that system (and do not confuse "not guaranteed to work" with "guaranteed not to work" - "not guaranteed to work" means that the RAM might or might not work on that system while "guaranteed not to work" means that the RAM will certainly not work at all on that system). And 4GB sticks of RAM that are to be compatible with LGA 1366 should only be double-sided (however, most 4GB sticks manufactured recently are single-sided, which poses the same compatibility issues as 8GB sticks of RAM).

So, if your new system refuses to boot at all, or if only half the RAM is detected, then you have nobody but yourself to blame.
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I'm glad it works for you. After my RAM problems last summer, I don't know what to think.

In a nutshell: I used RAM chosen directly from ASRock's qualified vendor list, but still had random bluescreens/crashes/failures to boot. After ruling out other causes, and having some failures in memory test software, I RMA'd both pairs of RAM sticks; everything's been peachy since.
 
Objekt said:
I'm glad it works for you. After my RAM problems last summer, I don't know what to think.

In a nutshell: I used RAM chosen directly from ASRock's qualified vendor list, but still had random bluescreens/crashes/failures to boot. After ruling out other causes, and having some failures in memory test software, I RMA'd both pairs of RAM sticks; everything's been peachy since.
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Crummy, glad you got it figured out. :)
 
Thanks. Lately my "problem" is finding games to play on this wonderful hardware (listed in sig).

In just the past few months, I've already plowed through:
-Crysis 3
-All three Bioshocks
-Skyrim
-GTA IV
-A smattering of Modern Warfare type games, all of them so similar to each other I can't even recall the names

Maybe it's time to pick up something from Steam. L.A. Noire is under $10 supposedly, and I thought it sounded kind of neat.

I don't have a joystick, flight controls, driving wheel, or plans to acquire any of the above, so that's a few genres I'm not going to get into. Not really into MMORPGs either (or anything else where you have to pay a subscription fee).

Sorta wish they'd make a sequel to Star Trek: Bridge Commander.

I still play Day of Defeat: Source occasionally. I was not amused to find it still have the random/occasional stuttering problem, even on Windows 8.

Speaking of which, that's a major change I made recently. I've begun using Windows 8 in earnest. I have a Win 7/8 dual boot on the desktop being discussed here. I slapped Classic Shell on the Win 8 install and frankly, I don't yet see what all the complaining's about. :)
 
Skillz said:
Get the new Tomb Raider.
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+1. Haven't played it yet, but I have it. You can find it cheap enough in the FS forums. I also just got Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire, it was on sale on Amazon a week or two ago - both for $10.
 
AH-HAHAHAHAHA!! (Evil Laugh)

It's alive!!

Took a while to get the AC hybrid cooler installed on the 7950, but it's in. Wow, I used to get all sorts of hot air from my computer. Everything is all cool right now. I like it so far. New board, no problems with 48GB of RAM. Everything is working great. Now to move my 4 HDD's over and see if they RAID stays together. Data is backed up just in case, but I'm thinking it'll work.
 
What's some good software I can use to stress this thing, and monitor temps? I want to OC a little with the new coolers...
 
Aida64 and PC Mark 7 seems to be getting some high remarks for stress testing.
 
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