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The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition
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Any Flaming Results in a Temp Ban or Worse. Your Choice!!!
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31. July 2008 @ 22:30 |
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31. July 2008 @ 22:45 |
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looking them over the P45 DQ6 looks like the best one. just in my eyes that is.
the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P doesnt look to promiseing.
less sata hook ups. but it does have plenty usb plugins and 2 lan ports. can only run crossfire at 8x8
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31. July 2008 @ 22:48 |
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Sophocles,
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Now here I am again looking at more than 7 hours with all this power. It never ends!
Bloop Ray takes that long? glad I passed on it! LOL!!
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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31. July 2008 @ 22:50 |
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MGR (Micro Gaming Rig) .|. Intel Q6600 @ 3.45GHz .|. Asus P35 P5K-E/WiFi .|. 4GB 1066MHz Geil Black Dragon RAM .|. Samsung F60 SSD .|. Corsair H50-1 Cooler .|. Sapphire 4870 512MB .|. Lian Li PC-A70B .|. Be Queit P7 Dark Power Pro 850W PSU .|. 24" 1920x1200 DGM (MVA Panel) .|. 24" 1920x1080 Dell (TN Panel) .|. This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. July 2008 @ 22:51
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31. July 2008 @ 22:51 |
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31. July 2008 @ 22:54 |
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MGR (Micro Gaming Rig) .|. Intel Q6600 @ 3.45GHz .|. Asus P35 P5K-E/WiFi .|. 4GB 1066MHz Geil Black Dragon RAM .|. Samsung F60 SSD .|. Corsair H50-1 Cooler .|. Sapphire 4870 512MB .|. Lian Li PC-A70B .|. Be Queit P7 Dark Power Pro 850W PSU .|. 24" 1920x1200 DGM (MVA Panel) .|. 24" 1920x1080 Dell (TN Panel) .|.
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31. July 2008 @ 23:02 |
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i was thinking that shaff. just wanted to be sure...ive been looking at that samsung you linked too. ive never had a samsung hdd dont know to much about them but ive heard alot of good things about the F1 and @ $99 for 750gb thats a major steal.
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31. July 2008 @ 23:06 |
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Rob if you're looking to buy I would consider the link that Shaaf posted. I have one of the Samsung F1 750Gb drives and it's performed just fine. Of course it's only about 2 months old or so but NO problems so far. :)
And yes the ES.2 is a server rated HDD. ;)
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31. July 2008 @ 23:27 |
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DAMNIT!!! The stupid Tuniq tower screws. One of them is broken! My temps are 55C(CPU TEMPS, not even CORE!!!) in the BIOS. Damnit, hopefully, I get my replacement screws in soon.
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31. July 2008 @ 23:47 |
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did you buy it new?
i havent heard of a problem with one until yours. maybe your a first in this world?
MGR (Micro Gaming Rig) .|. Intel Q6600 @ 3.45GHz .|. Asus P35 P5K-E/WiFi .|. 4GB 1066MHz Geil Black Dragon RAM .|. Samsung F60 SSD .|. Corsair H50-1 Cooler .|. Sapphire 4870 512MB .|. Lian Li PC-A70B .|. Be Queit P7 Dark Power Pro 850W PSU .|. 24" 1920x1200 DGM (MVA Panel) .|. 24" 1920x1080 Dell (TN Panel) .|.
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31. July 2008 @ 23:49 |
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It wasn't new. I bought it used unfortunately. Anyway, they guy said he has broken screws before as well and Tuniq ships him out new ones. All is well I suppose.
I bit the bullet and installed Vista 64 bit ;)
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31. July 2008 @ 23:50 |
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boozer. im sorry to see what your going through with your build. all i can think of is my own bad luck i ran into....i truely think thats the sole reason im gonna do another build. to prove it was just bad luck..lol
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31. July 2008 @ 23:51 |
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i hope you have better luck with vista 64 than i did. i installed it last week and i got so frustrated i went back to xp. do you have an old stock cooler that you can use until you get the new screws?
GAMING COMPUTER - Intel q9550 @ 3.4ghz | EVGA GTX 260 core 216 | Gigabyte ds3l | 6gb Gskill DDR2 800 ram | Silverstone 700 watt psu | WD 640gb hdd | Seagate 300gb hdd | LG dvd burner | Samsung dvd burner | Antec p182 case | logitech 2.1 speakers | logitech g11 keyboard | Samsung 25.5in 1900x1200 monitor | 19in 1440x900 secondary monitor | Windows 7 64bit | SERVER - Gigabyte 785g motherboard | AMD Phenom 9650 | 6gb ram | three 1.5tb hdd | Seagate 1tb hdd | WD 750gb hdd | two 300gb hdd | Maxtor 200gb hdd | Ark rackmount case | CentOS 5.5
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31. July 2008 @ 23:57 |
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cincyrob,
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i know this has been asked of you before, but. what is the difference in these 2 HDD's?
The AS has some power saving features! I'll take the NS, Thank You! Last place I want the potential for power problems in in my HDD! LOL!!
shaffaaf,
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im pissed off that they didnt overclock..... :(
They don't have one to test! It doesn't exist yet! Most of what you are reading here is speculation based on the hope that it will be good! No one knows yet, what it can do! The last I heard about it was that it will be on the market in February, as a parting shot for the current round of CPUs! Next stop! Still, you'll need the MB and new memory, just to raise your present OC a bit! I'll wait for the new stuff due out Last Quarter 08! The chioces will be more plentiful and the prices lower!
Best regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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31. July 2008 @ 23:58 |
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Rob, thanks. Well as far as experience goes, I have built about 15 computers before this. So I think this is just bad luck as well. Thanks for the encouragement and I hope I can get this sorted out. Cant wait to OC but that will have to wait a bit.
Krj, yes I hope I have better luck also! lol I have a stock PENTIUM DUAL CORE cooler. It's probably not good enough. Seriously though, this is a testament to how good the Tuniq Tower is. I had a Xigamatek in the same position and it had temps upto 70 because it wasn't making good contact. Anyway the computer is FUNCTIONAL(I managed to Install Vista) but I will stop using it till the replacements come in).
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1. August 2008 @ 00:11 |
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Russ, what doesn't exist yet?
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1. August 2008 @ 01:10 |
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abuzar1,
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Russ, what doesn't exist yet?
Apparently the Rampage Extreme! No one has one or has tested one that I can find on the net! Many sites mention reviews only to just supply additional details released by Asus! None are offered for sale yet either! Lots of Rampage Formulas, but no Rampage Extremes! A couple of the links I looked at said February! Asus own site only has the press release from July 8, 2008 and nothing else! There's no date as to when it will be for sale mentioned either!
http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=12040
EDIT: for correct model!
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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1. August 2008 @ 01:25 |
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Oh, alright
Turns out the Tuniq tower's screws breaking is a common problem.
Screw this. I'm going to Lowes tomorrow and buying me some M3 x 30 screws and M3 washers
P.S. Seems like the P5K Pro's power saving feature works, EVEN when OCed!
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1. August 2008 @ 07:20 |
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Ripping BluRays does require some serious meat. If anything I'd say that's what Nehalem is going to be made for.
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1. August 2008 @ 07:49 |
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russ you got the name wrong, its ntot he rampage formula extreme, its the rampage extreme, there is also a rampage formula, which is DDR2.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc...3%20Motherboard
and yes they are up for sale.
and that did have it im sure, as they had pictures of a very extensive bios, and they told us the exact increments of voltages etc withing each option in the bios, for OCing.
MGR (Micro Gaming Rig) .|. Intel Q6600 @ 3.45GHz .|. Asus P35 P5K-E/WiFi .|. 4GB 1066MHz Geil Black Dragon RAM .|. Samsung F60 SSD .|. Corsair H50-1 Cooler .|. Sapphire 4870 512MB .|. Lian Li PC-A70B .|. Be Queit P7 Dark Power Pro 850W PSU .|. 24" 1920x1200 DGM (MVA Panel) .|. 24" 1920x1080 Dell (TN Panel) .|.
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1. August 2008 @ 10:16 |
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abuzar1
I can't say whether or not this will help but when I was mounting my water block I decided to do away with the standard clips and went to the local hardware store and picked up some bolts and nuts to mount it with. This is an early pre boot photo taken right after I finished mounting it and adding some cards. Note the nice shiny bolts.
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proxyRAX
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1. August 2008 @ 10:40 |
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Is it worth it to wait for nehalem? It sounds promising, but it comes out around September and the mobos come around October. It would be expensive considering the switch to DDR3, but is it worth it? I was planning on building a new rig with a q9450 and I would not want it to be obsolete in like 6 months.
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1. August 2008 @ 10:46 |
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Yes, it will be worth it. Nehalem will be MUCH faster than a Q9450.
Oh and Soph, I found out the exact screw size. So I can go buy it now. Thanks though.
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1. August 2008 @ 10:50 |
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Is it worth it to wait for nehalem? It sounds promising, but it comes out around September and the mobos come around October. It would be expensive considering the switch to DDR3, but is it worth it?
That depends on how badly you need a new build. My last build was a very economical one because I was able to recycle a lot of parts. I personally will not consider a complete build at this time for two reasons. The first is the added power that Nehalem has the potential to bring which is needed for Blu-Ray decoding and encoding, and the second is if Nehalem turns out to be more hype than reality. If it turns out to be hype then one should still be able to reap the rewards of reduced prices on current products. My hope that not only will Nehalem be everything that I've heard it is going to be, and a decent overclocker too. I wonder however if having on chip memory controllers will have the effect of lowering overclock potential. If that is true and current processors continue to be overclock champs then Nehalem may not have much to offer in overall performance, but if it is a great overclocker then Nehalem is in my near future.
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1. August 2008 @ 10:53 |
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Originally posted by proxyRAX:
Is it worth it to wait for nehalem? It sounds promising, but it comes out around September and the mobos come around October. It would be expensive considering the switch to DDR3, but is it worth it? I was planning on building a new rig with a q9450 and I would not want it to be obsolete in like 6 months.
if you have the cash and dont mind the extra cost this early, it is worth it. but being the first product out. you will be the testing rat so to say..lol
as for the being obsolete in 6 months. wont be obsolete, but there will be newer products out. it will always be that way no matter what you go with. the Nehalems that are comeing out in sept, 6 months down the road there will be even a different batch of them that will be better(so to say).
myself if I had the need for a quad the Q9450 you are talking about would be the best choice for a build
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