Hey all, new member here... into gaming

[SMOKKINU]

hello

just joined up, built my rig for CoD WAW and IRacing.

New rig specs are

Intel core i7 920 OC'ed to 3.9ghz
antec 900 case
EVGA GTX 285 x2 in SLI
6gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

 

[AstaLaVista]

smokkinu, if it is not to much to ask, can you tell me what Mobo you have and have much you paid for either you CPU & Mobo as well?

I am about to pull the pin on a DDR2 Mobo/CPU/RAM combo and I want to see how far away I really am from a DDR3 one.

Thanks

 

[SMOKKINU]

smokkinu, if it is not to much to ask, can you tell me what Mobo you have and have much you paid for either you CPU & Mobo as well?

I am about to pull the pin on a DDR2 Mobo/CPU/RAM combo and I want to see how far away I really am from a DDR3 one.

Thanks

I went with the P6T Deluxe from ASUS. I compared it to the Rampage and went with this instead very happy with it, and the expressgate is very cool too!


CPU was $259
MB was $199 but i got discounts on those....

I would go with the i7 and P6T and DDR3... get the 920, cause you can OC it and get the same speed as the 965 extreme i7 and still be very stable.

 

[eggyuk]

SMOKKINU,

Are you using the stock cooler to OC your CPU to that level or something different. What kind of temps do you get.

Oh yeah forgot to say welcome to the forums. Check out the W7 sister site too Seven Forums

 

[AstaLaVista]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

 

[SMOKKINU]

SMOKKINU,

Are you using the stock cooler to OC your CPU to that level or something different. What kind of temps do you get.

Oh yeah forgot to say welcome to the forums. Check out the W7 sister site too Seven Forums

I am using the Coolermaster V8

 

[AstaLaVista]

What PC case do you have? I am getting a Thermaltake Spedo Advance case and if I have some money left, I would love to get the V-8 for some Eye-Candy effect but I don't know if it will fit or not as the thing looks so HUGE.

Also, can you tell me how much you paid for the 6GB Crucial RAM and what speed is it? Again, I am still in the market and I want to compare your Mobo/CPU/RAM combo prices(even if you got them at a discount) with the one I am thinking on buying

On the other side fo the token, how would you compare your combo (Mobo/CPU/RAM) with the one I plan on Purchasing?

DDR2 Combo's

Asus Formula II
Q9550
4GB Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz

or

EVGA 780i SLI FTW
Q9550
4GB Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz

 

[SMOKKINU]

What PC case do you have? I am getting a Thermaltake Spedo Advance case and if I have some money left, I would love to get the V-8 for some Eye-Candy effect but I don't know if it will fit or not as the thing looks so HUGE.

Also, can you tell me how much you paid for the 6GB Crucial RAM and what speed is it? Again, I am still in the market and I want to compare your Mobo/CPU/RAM combo prices(even if you got them at a discount) with the one I am thinking on buying

On the other side fo the token, how would you compare your combo (Mobo/CPU/RAM) with the one I plan on Purchasing?

DDR2 Combo's

Asus Formula II
Q9550
4GB Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz

or

EVGA 780i SLI FTW
Q9550
4GB Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz

I dont know much about what you have listed above.... i have the ANTEC 900 series case....

fits perfect. and the case was about $80


i'd price things up on newegg.com if i were you...

i paid $289 for my memory. but you can get other DDR3 for around $150 easy 6gb

my mem is OC'ed to 2000hz

 

[AstaLaVista]

I had a kick a$$ deal on the TT Spedo Advance and this is why I went for it, otherwise, the Antec 900 or CM HAF932 were going to be my choice.

I doubt I'm going to have money left over since the Quads are so incredible priced at the moment... hopefully later on I can buy the V-8 and get some of that Eye-Candy

 

[mattinahat]

gee, thanks for the welcome. I was just introducing myself...

The store i bought everything from did not have any 295's on the shelf, and the 285's i got for $650 for both (Major discount, my co does alot of business with them) I basically built my system for a lil less then $2000 complete with monitor (24 inch LCD from ASUS)

Sorry if I was insulting, I just wasn't sure what you wanted as you had no question. :D

BTW Welcome to Vistax64.

Sucks that there were no 295's cause it is completely worth it, if you can afford them. $650 (assuming USD) is amazing! Wish I could get them for the same price.

 

[Sharkbite]

Intel core i7 920 OC'ed to 3.9ghz
antec 900 case
EVGA GTX 285 x2 in SLI
6gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

I just have an E8500 (with a TRue black cooler). And plain old DDR2 (corsair dominator set though). And I have been running my rig comfortably at 4.00 ghz through the hot summer days in my un-airconditioned room. (when the 4870x2 is pumping out a jet stream of hot air the temps even higher.. I go out in the sun to cool down ).

When winter comes and my room drops in ambient temp I expect to get around 4.25ghz (the chip stock speed is 3.15ghz). I was running it at 4.25 for a while but OCCTPT and prime95 were reporting issues after about an hour or two.

BTW I have the Antec 1200 case.. looks pretty much same as yours ..only bigger (yeh yeh..i know...epenisy thing ). The good thing about the 1200 is the filters to catch the kilos of dust that the fans suck up from my carpet (saves me from having to vacuum room :D).