CplMOFO Posted January 23, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Well, It's really nice to know that your build is doing fine. You'll have plenty of time to wait for BIOS revisions and overclocking tips (learned the hard way by early ginea pigs), then you'll have everything needed. The 8 threads is nice, useful for encoding and other applications. Not useful for gaming yet, but if you keep your CPUs long enough, it will eventually pay off.. I'm still debating on whether I'll grab a 2500K or 2600K, just to have the option to divert $100 to another component. NCIX.com has the 2500K + a noctua HSF for $269....it's really good pricing... anyway, enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Kemble Posted January 24, 2011 Member ID: 432 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 658 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 23, 2019 Birthday: 07/26/1978 Share Posted January 24, 2011 My 2600K, Asus P8P67 Pro, and 8gb 1600 DDR3 is running real real real nice. I'm now loading into new map rotations as the 1st or 2nd person in. Before with my duo core I wouldn't load in until someone had 2-3 kills already. I'm also noticing it in my scores as well, no more lag when I turn around corners or when someone runs around the corner on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted January 24, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Nice rig! What do you have for GFX card (s)? Also, please list your memory kit model number, it's important info!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cygon Posted January 24, 2011 Member ID: 415 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 374 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 12 Achievement Points: 2018 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/16/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 29, 2014 Birthday: 02/07/1984 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I feel so noob when I read about these rigs u guys have and are building...my core 2 duo 6850 @ 3.0 ghz and 4 x 1.0 gb ddr2 @ 667 seem...incredibly weak. Yet still I can play Crysis wars with decent frames as long as the servers have less than about 15 players. Maybe by this fall I'll be looking at an upgrade myself...just maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CplMOFO Posted January 24, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hey! Noob? I don't think so! Maybe you're the smartest of the bunch...I usually upgrade every year, but I could do something else with that money... Your E6850 could be comfortable at 3.6Ghz, to give you a little extra headroom, if you get an aftermarket cooler. I OCed my buddy's E6850 easily to 3.6, on an arctic cooling Freezer 7 pro. Today, the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus is the one to consider for the price (for your application). It can be found for below $30 if you search carefully. Computers with 4 sticks of RAM (all slots filled) are a little finicky to OC, but it's feasible... If you need help, just PM... For the price, right now, Sandy bridge offers a tremendous amount of computer POWAAR for a dude coming from a Dual-core.... IF you look at upgrading this fall, it's gonna be pretty interesting times!!! AMD will have their new "Bulldozer" 8-cores CPUs on a new AM3+ socket. Also, the Sandy bridge bigger brother, the IVY BRIDGE in socket 2011 will be coming out also...IVY will be more expanse than Sandy, but will be available in 6 and maybe 8 cores...... IT NEVER ENDS!!! Now, you need a big screen to play Crysis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Shrapnel Posted January 25, 2011 Member ID: 418 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Here's my specs if anyone is interested in knowing. CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe RAM: GSkill RipjawsX DDR3 - 1600 PC3-12800 CL7-8-7-24 8GB (2 x 4GB Sticks) CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS 9900 Max Video Card: eVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Power Supply: Corsair HX850W Modular Case: Cooler Master Cosmos S Silent Full Tower Monitor: ASUS VE278Q 27" LED LCD - 2 ms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrapnel Posted January 25, 2011 Member ID: 418 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Kemble My 2600K, Asus P8P67 Pro, and 8gb 1600 DDR3 is running real real real nice. I'm now loading into new map rotations as the 1st or 2nd person in. Before with my duo core I wouldn't load in until someone had 2-3 kills already. I'm also noticing it in my scores as well, no more lag when I turn around corners or when someone runs around the corner on me. I know what you mean as I had the same issues that you were having but all is good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted January 25, 2011 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.11 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Kemble My 2600K, Asus P8P67 Pro, and 8gb 1600 DDR3 is running real real real nice. I'm now loading into new map rotations as the 1st or 2nd person in. Before with my duo core I wouldn't load in until someone had 2-3 kills already. I'm also noticing it in my scores as well, no more lag when I turn around corners or when someone runs around the corner on me. What vid card did you go with?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted January 25, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Shrapnel, how do you like your ASUS 27" display? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Shrapnel Posted January 25, 2011 Member ID: 418 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2011 CplMOFO Shrapnel, how do you like your ASUS 27" display? Just got it today. It's nice but I miss one of the features of my old Samsung monitor which is the automatic brightness adjustment based on what was on the screen. Other than that the colour looks ok and there is very little backlight bleeding along the edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChknFngr Posted January 31, 2011 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Share Posted January 31, 2011 NEWS: Intel has stopped shipping its 6-Series chipset—used with new Sandy Bridge processors—after finding hard drive and DVD performance-degrading defects. eww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Gump Posted January 31, 2011 Member ID: 1060 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1120 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Share Posted January 31, 2011 For those who have motherboards with the new 6 series chipsets,have a look at this news from Intel; http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/01/31/intel-identifies-chipset-design-error-implementing-solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CplMOFO Posted January 31, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Yes guys, got that too...OUCH INTEL!!!! Gigabyte, Newegg stop selling Sandy Bridge mobos http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20329 Well, if INTEL rushed this chipset out, just to beat the disclosure of AMD BULLDOZER, well, AMD HQ is probably hosting a party right now!!! PASS this on to everybody you know that might be interested in buying this!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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