ukildme Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 1923 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 10/07/1967 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Took the plunge and ordered the parts to upgrade the old workhorse. When everything arrives, I'll be running: Corsair Force 60GB SSD ASUS P8P67 Pro DDR3 Mobo Intel Core i5 2500k quad core Ripjaws X F3 8GB DDR3 RAM 2 x 500 GB HD (my current HD's) for storage still running my GTX 275 GFX card for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweatnbullets Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 819 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 517 Achievement Points: 5644 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 06/06/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted March 30, 2011 How Much is this gonna cost? Sounds Fun ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ukildme Posted March 30, 2011 Member ID: 1923 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 10/07/1967 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Not toooo bad. $715 total. NCIXus had some items bundled together in sales and Newegg had the SSD at a pretty good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CplMOFO Posted March 30, 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 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Godspeed on the new build ukildme... That setup will surely give you a good boost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted April 5, 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 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Hey dude what's going on? Is it ready yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BoomSlang Posted April 6, 2011 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 553 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 3749 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted April 6, 2011 In other words, in the face of the new Core i7-2600K Intel created some sort of diversion that from the inside totally messes up the company’s marketing strategy in the upper price segment. And now, as we can see, there is nothing they can do about it. Even the increase in the clock frequencies of their top-of-the-line six-core LGA1366 Gulftown processors doesn’t really help. As our tests showed, the recently launched Core i7-990X Extreme Edition processor with maximally increased clock speed can only compete against Core i7-2600K in a few individual cases – in those few applications that create heavy load that could be well-paralleled.In fact, the most expensive processor in the market, the 1000-dollar six-core Core i7-990X Extreme Edition, can be titled the today’s fastest CPU only during video processing and transcoding, final rendering and a few specific tasks, such as encryption and batch image processing. As for the majority of general-purpose applications, including contemporary 3D games, it yields significantly to Core i7-2600K. Although the latter CPU has a smaller L3 cache, it can boast much higher relative performance per core. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-2600k-990x_13.html#sect0 This is my new build Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard .G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL 300gd raptor H/D 480gtx SC V/C 8800gtx S/C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted April 7, 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 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Nice rig Boomslang! Do you have it put together yet? PICS!!! 16Gb of RAM? Yummy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
2_MANY_BEERS Posted April 7, 2011 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 107 Topic Count: 1048 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 8812 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 3298 Achievement Points: 62176 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 29 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted April 7, 2011 I went from this 64 to a 128 and this Commodore is smoking let me tell you. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukildme Posted April 7, 2011 Member ID: 1923 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 10/07/1967 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 I'm sure it's a beast Beers. Thought about the 2600k originally, but looking at price vs performance gained I felt the 2500 would do everything I needed. Parts are arriving tomorrow, then we'll see how big of a disaster I can create by putting it all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRSin Posted April 7, 2011 Member ID: 45 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 68 Topic Count: 981 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 9028 Content Per Day: 1.68 Reputation: 3558 Achievement Points: 65933 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 02/25/1951 Device: Windows Share Posted April 7, 2011 Is there any benifit in going with 16 gig of ram compared to 8, But the better question is wouldn't it be better to have 2x4 or 2x8 then 4x4 as far as performace ? anyways here,s mine: intel 2600k Bought it used. asus motherboard P8P67 I Tb Sata 3 Seagate HD. The rest came from mine,Up and running . ati 6950 video card 2 gig of ram 1 TB sata2 seagate HD Corsair 4 gig kit of ram 2x2 will get a 2x4 or 2x8 kit later . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BoomSlang Posted April 7, 2011 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 553 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 3749 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted April 7, 2011 In general, once you have 'enough' memory for the programs you run, having more memory won't increase performance any further. However, multitasking will be quicker and smoother. Plus, loading the games themselves and game levels will be quicker. Less graphical anomalies in games as well. With more memory comes greater graphical detail levels in games too. Why would more system memory affect graphics performance? Because graphics cards can reserve system memory for texture storage and such. My system's GTX 570 has 1280MB of its own, yet still reserves 2815MB of system memory, for a total of 4095MB of available graphics memory. I only got it -it was on sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted April 8, 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 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Well, with that huge amount of RAM, you're "covered" for a long time...when it's time to buy, you got to buy. RAM is really affordable these days, but when a price hike hits, prices are going thru the roof...so nice move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BoomSlang Posted April 10, 2011 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 553 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 3749 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2011 I do have a PC that will run ddr2 or 3. only have 4 gigs ddr2 in that one. I might put 8 gigs ddr3 in that one if I see no performance gain in my new one. Had to RMA the m/b I had it when parts fall off. LOL Should be back in the game next week end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ukildme Posted April 10, 2011 Member ID: 1923 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 10/07/1967 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well, all up and running. Thanks to my wingman mofo for a lot of assistance...hours and hours of assistance. Oh, and Dell; a hearty FU. Halfway into the rebuild, with the insides of my PC spread all over my office, Dell bit me in the ass. Parts of the case/components appear to be proprietary just for Dell. So, after multiple attempts at some workarounds, and 2 trips to CompUSA in between coaching rugby games, I added a Coolermaster 690 V.2 case and a new 850W power supply. Running smooth at 4.33 Ghz. total rebuild time, about 13 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Turkey Posted April 10, 2011 Member ID: 681 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 61 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 07/18/1977 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Dam man , 13 hrs , sounds like a nightmare! Mine took around 1hr build time , couple of hrs installed shite then a couple of hrs messin in the bios clocking and stuff. I have the same ssd as you and same memory I think , both run very nice. Am sure you will be real happy with your new rig. Glad its all running sweet now. Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacobill Posted April 10, 2011 Member ID: 2366 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 76 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 41 Achievement Points: 665 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7 Birthday: 08/27/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2011 I hate trying to fix some of that old dell stuff. Some of it is ok, but i don't like it when they make a special power supply connector that is only made by them. Some of the older Dells tried the ole BTX form factor, which is a pain to upgrade some stuff, and RD ram which is wierd too. But they have been getting away from some of that. They don't make much anymore, PSUs, some motherboards and cases....but it seems like they are getting away from motherboards and ram etc... I was gonna upgrade a XPS400 one time, and quickly squashed that idea. lol. Seemed easier to start from scratch. I recently worked on a couple year old Alienware (bought by dell) and it had XFX motherboard and corsair ram....nothing dell...lol. They couldnt figure out the BSOD the guy was getting. Replaced his mobo, ram, psu, and vid card. lmao. It still blue screened. I switched my corsair ram with his (different model, timings) and no more BSOD. I thought that was funny. He got some free new stuff anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ukildme Posted April 11, 2011 Member ID: 1923 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 10/07/1967 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Turkey, if it hadn't been for that Dell crap, I'm guessing 2 hours or so; it was my first rebuild, so I was moving slow. Then just reloading everything from my backup drive. Should have been an easy night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CplMOFO Posted April 11, 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 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Well, Now that you had the chance to build your first custom rig, with a few parts that will outlast your current setup, you never look back... Pretty good case, that Coolermaster 690 Advanced II and great Corsair TX850 Watts single rail... A lot of little things to work on at first, but really rewarding in the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Goinbigger Posted April 11, 2011 Member ID: 2388 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 76 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 8, 2012 Birthday: 02/03/1981 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Sounds similar to my new build. i5-2500k w/ Cogage Arrow CPU cooler Gigabyte UD4 mobo 8GB G-Skill Ripjaws RAM Crucial Real SSD 64GB SSD Caviar Black dual head 7200 RPM 2TB Hard drive for storage 2x EVGA GTX 470SC in SLI Silverstone 850W PS Coolermaster HAF X case Gigabyte K8100 keyboard R.A.T. 7 mouse Westinghouse Monitor Still waiting on the new MOBO, and caviar black to put it all together. I hope mine goes together smoother than yours did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeBetta Posted April 11, 2011 Member ID: 1608 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 411 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 2639 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 30 Birthday: 11/12/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted April 11, 2011 Im guessing your going to use 64bit right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ukildme Posted April 11, 2011 Member ID: 1923 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 10/07/1967 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yeah, windows 7 64-bit. I used one of my western digital 500 GB for storage with a 1.5 TB external for back up. The 60 GB SSD is a bit small, but it will do for now. I'll upgrade that next year. At some point I'll upgrade the GTX 275 graphics card and possibly a new internal HDD for storage. My only problem is my external HDD keeps dropping out and the comp can't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CplMOFO Posted April 12, 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 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Ukildme, Try this: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/53445-usb-hard-drive-keeps-disconnecting-disappearing.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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