Sandy Bridge adopters -- post your new build.

Wiseguy2001 said:
Wow, I'm amazed so many of you guys are going with 16gig of memory (I'm sure I will go with the same amount in the future). How are you getting on with over clocking as in the past having two dimms per channel has effected things?
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I dunno about the new platform, but I was able to pull a 42.5% overclock on my Q9650 on my Asus P5Q Pro Turbo with 4 DIMMS populated
 
rflcptr said:
Did you remember your GPU? :p
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I already have two 6970s to put into it.

I did, however, forget my SSDs so I just ordered two Corsair CSSD-V128GB2-BRKT V128 Nova SSDs

I'm thinking both of those in RAID0 for the OS should do nicely.
 
With "mainstream" multiplier over-clocking, worrying about DIMM "over-population" should be a thing of the past.

notarat said:
I already have two 6970s to put into it.

I did, however, forget my SSDs so I just ordered two Corsair CSSD-V128GB2-BRKT V128 Nova SSDs

I'm thinking both of those in RAID0 for the OS should do nicely.
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Should be snappy, alright.
 
I'm slowly ordering mine:

CPU: 2500K
Mobo: Asrock P67 Extreme4/Asus P67-M Pro/GB P67A UD3 // can't decide so far and avability of those 3 is tragic in Poland so far
Ram: 2x2 Gskill Eco 1600 CL7 //reused from current build I'l go 4x4 later
GPU: GTX 470 //reused
SSD and HDDs from current build
CPU cooler: Zalman CNPS-10X //reused with replace stock fan with Gentle Typhoon 1850
GPU cooler: Spitfire with GT1850
Case: Raven 2 // will be delivered on 24th :(
 
Wiseguy2001 said:
Wow, I'm amazed so many of you guys are going with 16gig of memory (I'm sure I will go with the same amount in the future). How are you getting on with over clocking as in the past having two dimms per channel has effected things?
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Took my i5 750 from 2.6Ghz to 4Ghz using 4 DIMMs of memory at max speed and timings:1600Mhz CL7. It was a non-issue on my P55 and I imagine the P67 is even more stable.
 
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I sprung for the full 16GB even though I know I'll never use it all. :D
 
fullvietFX said:
I sprung for the full 16GB even though I know I'll never use it all. :D
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Cache baby! Windows 7 uses memory like Linux now. I only have 8GB installed right now while I'm doing some basic testing, but resource manager now shows all 8GB is used with most of it being cache. Only thing actually running ATM is F@H.

I bought a P8P67 Pro, 4x4GB DDR3-1600 Vengeance RAM, and 2500k. I'm reusing everything else including a GTX460 for now. I plan on upgrading the case/PS once USB 3.0 built in front ports are more common. I'm waiting for the next generation of SSDs to hit the market too.
 
I gotta RAM question for y'all. I recycled 4 of the 6 Corsair Dominator GT 1866MHz 1.65v modules from my X58 system for my new SB build (so now I'm using 8GB total). I like these modules because they're fast and are Cas7 . . . however they're too tall for my SB build and I can't do push/pull anymore.

I was thinking about going 4x4gb Vengeance also (even though I don't like the heatsinks on them) and moving the GT's. But I also know that I'll likely go LGA2011 later this year when it comes out. Will LGA2011 be dual or triple channel memory? I'll keep the GT's if I can use them all again with LGA2011 or I'll sell them now if LGA2011 is dual channel like 1155. Or do I remember reading somewhere that it's like QUAD channel???
 
yenniedn said:
I gotta RAM question for y'all. I recycled 4 of the 6 Corsair Dominator GT 1866MHz 1.65v modules from my X58 system for my new SB build (so now I'm using 8GB total). I like these modules because they're fast and are Cas7 . . . however they're too tall for my SB build and I can't do push/pull anymore.

I was thinking about going 4x4gb Vengeance also (even though I don't like the heatsinks on them) and moving the GT's. But I also know that I'll likely go LGA2011 later this year when it comes out. Will LGA2011 be dual or triple channel memory? I'll keep the GT's if I can use them all again with LGA2011 or I'll sell them now if LGA2011 is dual channel like 1155. Or do I remember reading somewhere that it's like QUAD channel???
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Wasn't Q2011 rumored to be quad channel?
 
yenniedn said:
^^^That's going to be nice setup! Viet POWER!!! ;)
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You have a sweet rig yourself. :eek:

Michaelius said:
Why not?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-memory-upgrade,2778.html

Truly rare case of TH article worth reading.
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No swap file it is. :cool:


gunderwood said:
Cache baby! Windows 7 uses memory like Linux now. I only have 8GB installed right now while I'm doing some basic testing, but resource manager now shows all 8GB is used with most of it being cache. Only thing actually running ATM is F@H.

I bought a P8P67 Pro, 4x4GB DDR3-1600 Vengeance RAM, and 2500k. I'm reusing everything else including a GTX460 for now. I plan on upgrading the case/PS once USB 3.0 built in front ports are more common. I'm waiting for the next generation of SSDs to hit the market too.
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I was going to wait for the next SSDs too but I got too good of a deal for mine, the seller even gave me a free Q8400 which I'm using in my HTPC right now underclocked to 2GHz. :D
 
keep the builds coming ... it gets harder and harder not to pull the trigger. I already have a build in carts at about 3 online retailers.

Any Gigabyte UD4 or UD3P + N14/N12 noctura heat sinks have any overclocking results?
 
Pulled the trigger yesterday, should be here by Wed. next week... :D

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W Power Supply
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
XFX HD-695A-CNFC Radeon HD 6950
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Logitech MX 518 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse
MSI P67A-GD65 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb
 
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I don't get why so many people are springing for the 2600k, there can't be that many video editors out there.
 
Godinster said:
I don't get why so many people are springing for the 2600k, there can't be that many video editors out there.
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because it is [H]ard? :)

Asus P8p67 Deluxe
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB (2 x 2GB) x2
Cooler Master Haf X
LG bluray burner
CNPS9700 LED Universal CPU Cooler
Gigabyte 5830 GV-R583UD-1GD
Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
Logitech g500 mouse
Logitech G15 V1
Samsung P2770HD 27" x2

i think that is all
I do plan on upgrading the 5830 to a 6950 and flashing the card to a 6970
 
Godinster said:
I don't get why so many people are springing for the 2600k, there can't be that many video editors out there.
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I'll be honest, I picked the 2600k over the 2500k almost entirely because it had 8 threads for folding. I'm not hard enough to buy a whole new rig for folding, but I will certainly pay a little more for a cpu that has a feature I will see a big impact from.

I think alot of others are picking it up as a bit of futureproofing. We know that there will be 8 core socket 2011 chips and that Bulldozer will present 8 cores to the OS as well. This is the direction sodftware will be going too, and having that extra threading ability will only become more useful as time goes by. I remember the guys buying C2D's asking the same question to those buying Q6600's, yet the Q6600's are MUCH more potent and usable today than any C2D is. Hyperthreading won't have quite as large a performance impact, but its definitely something.
 
I went with the 2600k figuring it would be easier to re-sell later as a used processor vs the 2500k.

New:
Intel i7 2600k
Asus P8P67 Pro

Old (reused):
4x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600
N12 Noctura
Seasonic X650
eVGA 470GTXSC
Intel 120gb G2 SSD
etc.
 
^this


Lender said:
I went with the 2600k figuring it would be easier to re-sell later as a used processor vs the 2500k.

New:
Intel i7 2600k
Asus P8P67 Pro

Old (reused):
4x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600
N12 Noctura
Seasonic X650
eVGA 470GTXSC
Intel 120gb G2 SSD
etc.
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R-Type said:
I'll be honest, I picked the 2600k over the 2500k almost entirely because it had 8 threads for folding. I'm not hard enough to buy a whole new rig for folding, but I will certainly pay a little more for a cpu that has a feature I will see a big impact from.
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++ & eight cores looks cool in task manager
 
Hostile said:
i7 2600k ($279.99 @ MicroCenter)
ASUS P8P67 PRO ($189.99 @ MicroCenter)
8GB (2x) CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600 PC3 12800 ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Intel X25-M 120GB ($244 @ Newegg)
XFX HD 6870 (from old PC)
PCP&C 750w Silencer (from old PC)
CM 690 II Advanced (from old PC)
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My build is done and holy crap is this thing fast. Windows boots so fast there is no loading screen, I go from BIOS to login.

Just loaded up Black Ops, cranked everything to max and it was perfect.

I went to reuse my Dark Knight but realized that it only had a mounting plate for LGA775 (which I was using) and 1366... I guess I have to order a 1156 plate. Grr.
 
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Hostile said:
My build is done and holy crap is this thing fast. Windows boots so fast there is no loading screen, I go from BIOS to login.

Just loaded up Black Ops, cranked everything to max and it was perfect.

I went to reuse my Dark Knight but realized that it only had a mounting plate for LGA775 (which I was using) and 1366... I guess I have to order a 1156 plate. Grr.
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very nice build. isn't the difference in Black Ops amazing? where i used to dip to 30 fps with my Q6600 i'm now dipping into the 80's. most the time i'm pegged at the 91 fps cap. do you play Bad Company 2? big difference in that game too.
 
Porter_ said:
very nice build. isn't the difference in Black Ops amazing? where i used to dip to 30 fps with my Q6600 i'm now dipping into the 80's. most the time i'm pegged at the 91 fps cap. do you play Bad Company 2? big difference in that game too.
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Thanks! I do play BC2 and I can't wait to try it out- I restored the Steam backup but haven't fired it up yet.
 
I finally caved and ordered a build:

I7 2600K
Gigabyte P67A-UD3P
Noctua NH-D14
G.SKILL Ripjaws X 2X4GB DDR3-1333

My current build is a socket 775 E6750 so I am salvaging the following

Sapphire 6950 moded to 6970 (880/1375)
VelociRaptor 300GB
Maxtor 250 GB
Corsair TX 750W

I can't wait to overclock this beast. I will post pics later.
 
Hostile said:
Thanks! I do play BC2 and I can't wait to try it out- I restored the Steam backup but haven't fired it up yet.
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My min FPS went from 20 to 80. Old proc was an e8400 @ 4 ghz. Video is a GTX 480.

I went with:
2600k
P8P67 Deluxe
8 GB G.Skill DDR3 1600

Currently rocking out at 4.5 ghz @ 1.3v, no sweat.

Sandy Bridge, I'm lovin' it!
 
After some research and my 5 year old laptop not cutting it anymore i decided to enter the world of PC building with the Sandy Bridge. Still waiting on a few parts from new egg but am extremely excited to build my first PC

MY Build:

CM Storm Scout case
CM Scilent Pro 700
i5 2500k
CM v8 cooler
ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
8 GB Corsair xm3 DDR3 1600
EVGA 570
OCZ Vertex2 80 GB
Samsung F3 1TB
SAMSUNG DVD Burner SH-S223L
ASUS PCE-N13 IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express Wireless Adapter
NZXT SEN-001LX Sentry LX Aluminum dual bay fan controller
 
^ Thats a good build. Your in for a shock when that boots up, "fucking fast" doesn't do it justice :D
 
Thats what i want to hear! Glad to know my reasearch has paid off (on paper any way). Cant wait to assemble and boot up. I know i may have been able to save some money on the mobo but i just love that black and red theme. The extra cash makes it worth it to me specialy to match my sidewinder keyboard and mouse.
 
2500K @4.5 Ghz (so far...)
MSI P67A-GD65 (both from microcenter)
8 GB Skill 1600 DDR
2x corsair 60GB ssd in raid 0
2x 470 GTX in SLI
and a samsun dvd burner...

all stuffed in a HAF 912 case.. :)
 
My 2600k is at 4.7ghz at 1.36v, looks like its probably as high as I can go while staying in voltage spec. I'm not giving up all hope however, a number of P67 boards received BIOS updates that busted through the 47-48 multiplier wall. My P8P67-M Pro hasn't yet, but I'll push it some more when/if it does.

Currently using Hyper 212+ with Gentle Typhoon 1850's in push/pull and IC Diamond 7 and temps don't break 62C in 8 thread maximum stress IBT. :)
 
I noticed a lot of people going with 1600 DDR as opposed to 1333. What's the advantage to this? Does it allow higher over clocks?
 
xqz2 said:
I noticed a lot of people going with 1600 DDR as opposed to 1333. What's the advantage to this? Does it allow higher over clocks?
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No impact on overclocks, just provides (slightly) higher memory bandwidth.
 
Asus P8P67-M Pro mATX
i5-2500k
hyper 212+ cooler

8gb G.Skill Value 1333 ram (because I prefer ram without heatsinks)
Went with 8gb instead of 4gb because some games, such as HL2 with the cinematic mod, can use more than 4gb.

MSI 6850 until Battlefield 3 comes out

Corsair 520w modular

APEX TX-381-C case (two minutes with tin snips and it'll fit whatever card, with room for two 3.5" hard drives)
It is not a case for dual GPU however.

two 2tb western digital caviar black drives (one is a backup drive...lesson learned!)
Currently waiting on ~60gb C400 series SSD from crucial for my OS

Dell 3008wfp 30" monitor
Logitech G9 mouse
Happy Hacking Pro 2 keyboard


This lady's LSD trip in the mid 50's describes how I feel about upgrading to this from my e5200 - 8800gts - 20" monitor - old 320gb hd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5d4wWGK4Ig
 
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The tri-7 2600K :D

Gigabyte P67A-UD7
i7-2600K @ 4.9 GHz 24/7
Corsair H70 push/pull exhaust
4 x 2 GB Patriot Sector 5 (2400 MHz / run @ max 2160)
XFX Radeon 6970 x 3 @ 935 / 1475 gaming & 985/1500 benchmark mode
Kingwin 1220 Watt Mach 1 + Corsair 850 Watt
Intel X25 80 GB SSD + 1 TB x 2 Caviar Black
Azza Solana 1000 (Red) / 5.1 sound / 24" x 3 5760x1080 / TV Tuner / LG Bluray Burner / 5.25 LCD fan controller / Logitech G9 / Belkin n52te /+ Ostentatious overuse of fans





Side note: only using 4 GB of the ram because one of the heatsinks started to peel off (though it still functions with the rest at P67's maximum speed). Also, to my dismay, the x1 PCI-E slot is obstructed by the nf200's HS & thus can no longer use my tuner :'(. & finally, because I crank the volts on my 6970 when benchmarking, I have the third GPU powered by a secondary PSU. Has helped tons with 3-4 GPU setups.
 
Michael Turbo said:
The tri-7 2600K :D

Gigabyte P67A-UD7
i7-2600K @ 4.9 GHz 24/7
Corsair H70 push/pull exhaust
4 x 2 GB Patriot Sector 5 (2400 MHz / run @ max 2160)
XFX Radeon 6970 x 3 @ 935 / 1475 gaming & 985/1500 benchmark mode
Kingwin 1220 Watt Mach 1 + Corsair 850 Watt
Intel X25 80 GB SSD + 1 TB x 2 Caviar Black
Azza Solana 1000 (Red) / 5.1 sound / 24" x 3 5760x1080 / TV Tuner / LG Bluray Burner / 5.25 LCD fan controller / Logitech G9 / Belkin n52te /+ Ostentatious overuse of fans





Side note: only using 4 GB of the ram because one of the heatsinks started to peel off (though it still functions with the rest at P67's maximum speed). Also, to my dismay, the x1 PCI-E slot is obstructed by the nf200's HS & thus can no longer use my tuner :'(. & finally, because I crank the volts on my 6970 when benchmarking, I have the third GPU powered by a secondary PSU. Has helped tons with 3-4 GPU setups.
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Sweet jesus! Benchmarks please :) lol
Also, why the need for another PSU? 1200watts should be more than enough for Tri-fire.
 
Rossi~ said:
Sweet jesus! Benchmarks please :) lol
Also, why the need for another PSU? 1200watts should be more than enough for Tri-fire.
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:D I'll gladly compile data confirming what little I can post right now & post after I finish work (operate a screen printing business & stay up endless hours, as such). Regarding split PSUs, well the primary reason I opted to divide power was that back when I was running 3dmark 06 with dual 5970s, I would have abrupt system shutdown during one of the pixel shader tests (and arbitrarily at other points, albeit in-often). I also discovered there's only 4x PCI-E connectors on my PSU (6+2 x 2, 6 x 2)! Bizarre, because the build quality of the 1220 Mach 1 is quite good..they just shorted me on it. (what a pun)

1920x1080 resolution

Metro 2033 (1st level, from ladder to cut scene max except DOF) - 84 FPS . (the drop to 30fps was me not stopping bench before gameplay ended :p)




Crysis Warhead Benchmark tool (ambush) Enthusiast & 8xAA: 99FPS, 0xAA: 104FPS (a program opened & totally botched a chunk of the benchmark run)




Alien vs. Predator DX11 Marine - 1st level, 1st 7 minutes / Maxed settings: 249 fps.AvP benchmark/screens

Mafia 2 w/ Maximum settings, benchmark tool: 130.9 FPS



Just Cause 2 w/ Maximum settings, desert sunrise: 185.9 FPS gotta dig this one up, though I have it & all the others without screenshots recorded in a notebook.

Battlfield: Bad Company 2 w Maximum settings, 1st level from boat to cut scene 174 FPS. Another need to to reconfirm @ later time :p My apologies.

3dmark Vantage: P41250, GPU 46694



Heaven 2.1 @ default settings, normal tessellation: 144 fps (gotta dig up the html report)

Clockspeeds: Vantage, Just Cause 2, BFBC2, Heaven 2.1, Mafia 2 @ 925/1450 (i've since raised my daily gaming frequencies). AvP, Crysis Warhead, Metro 2033, @ default Asus 6970 values (890/1375). Future benchmarks will feature all the relevant GPU, CPU, & other evidential data. Sorry for any such admissions here..just hadn't expected to post these numbers.

I've found my maximum stable benchmark clocks for the 6970s are 980/1500. I haven't pushed Sandy past 4.93, but considering load temps & a reasonable bit of voltage flexibility left, I will after a month of experience & comfortability. Oh and I just joined the forum, but it's been a great experience thus far! Nice to meet ya'll.
 
Awesome rig, simply awesome dude :) Can you get a 3D Mark 2011 score for us?

As for the PCI-E, try using a splitter off of a couple of molex connectors, should be fine :) that PSU should be perfectly fine with Tri-fire 6970's. Would save using another complete PSU for a card.
 
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