Katana Posted October 21, 2012 Member ID: 2898 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 62 Achievement Points: 1272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2014 Birthday: 09/02/1954 Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Hey Folks, well i have been saying for months now that i was trying to build a new computer. so after several months and literally buying my new machine one piece at a time i have finally achieved it. so i guess i will start with a spec list ; computer case : coolermaster haf 922 with (2) 200 mm fans front and top and a 140mm fan rear. motherboard : asus m5a99xevo main board up to 32gb of mem @ 1866 mhz amd am3+ socket (2) pci express 2.0 x 16 x 8 (1) pci express 2.0 x 16 x 4 (2) pci express 2.0 x 1 (1) pci slot the motherboard also manages fan speeds and temperature and many other features (it does everything but cook for you) CPU : AMD FX-6100 six core @ 3.3 ghz per core am3+ socket l2cash = 6mb l3cash = 8mb can be overclocked RAM: corsair vengance (4) 4gb ddr3 [16gb total] 1600 mhz with cooling fins can be overclocked to 1866 mhz SATA: (6) 6.0 gb/s (2) 3.0 gb/s VIDEO CARD : nvidia gforce gts250 1gb memory 256 bit user interface this card will soon be replaced with an nvidia gtx580 POWER SUPPLY : viotek 850 watt modular DVD: lite on so thats my new monster. i am still going thru the new machine blues trying to tweek it and getting running the way it should, but it should round out to being a good machine. see ya'll around, Katana p.s. this machine can be built for under $700.00 if you buy it over a timespan and watching the sales or good deals. Edited October 21, 2012 by Katana Blackbart, WolfTiS, Yop and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astronomer Posted October 21, 2012 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted October 21, 2012 Congrats! Once you get the 580 in there, that will be one killer gaming rig. I like your choice of components as well; I too have an ASUS mobo, 16Gb Corsair RAM, Cooler master case etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted October 21, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 21, 2012 damn i been out of computers for way to long.... never even herd of this multiplier. (2) pci express 2.0 x 16 x 8 Sounds like a nice system. Glad you got it all working. I need to build a system to find out what all has changed. hahahahaha oh yea that is right.... most take 1000w or more to run them. Thats why. GhostHunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katana Posted October 21, 2012 Member ID: 2898 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 62 Achievement Points: 1272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2014 Birthday: 09/02/1954 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 hi hxtr, those Pci express slots are set up this way. if you hook up one vid card in slot 1 then it runs with 16 lanes on the slot open if you hook up another vid card in slot 2 then it divides into two sections 8 lanes for slot 1 and 8 lanes for slot 2. slot 3 is a pci express x 4 lanes and is best used for a dedicated SSD setup for gaming and a seperate operating system or a RAID setup. see you, Katana hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted October 21, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 21, 2012 hi hxtr, those Pci express slots are set up this way. if you hook up one vid card in slot 1 then it runs with 16 lanes on the slot open if you hook up another vid card in slot 2 then it divides into two sections 8 lanes for slot 1 and 8 lanes for slot 2. slot 3 is a pci express x 4 lanes and is best used for a dedicated SSD setup for gaming and a seperate operating system or a RAID setup. see you, Katana splits the bus..... got it. I would run just one card then. Would not bother with the expense, heat or power for multi cards. thanks for the info simplemod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyQuest Posted November 6, 2012 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Share Posted November 6, 2012 damn i been out of computers for way to long.... never even herd of this multiplier. (2) pci express 2.0 x 16 x 8 Sounds like a nice system. Glad you got it all working. I need to build a system to find out what all has changed. hahahahaha oh yea that is right.... most take 1000w or more to run them. Thats why. i have a 1050 corsair pro series...lots of juice for the 12 volt rail...i got the 580 sc hope to get another this year,,580's run nice and cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted November 28, 2012 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Now that will play Crysis...hehehe Nice rig.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LaRSin Posted November 28, 2012 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: 44 minutes ago Birthday: 02/25/1951 Device: Windows Share Posted November 28, 2012 Nice rig , congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
deerejon Posted November 28, 2012 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3712 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3150 Achievement Points: 28451 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30 Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted November 28, 2012 Sounds like a nice rig....grats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted November 29, 2012 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4477 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3641 Achievement Points: 36566 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted November 29, 2012 Katana i noticed that psu doesn't give clear stats on 12v rail, whats the amps for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Katana Posted November 29, 2012 Member ID: 2898 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 62 Achievement Points: 1272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2014 Birthday: 09/02/1954 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 here are the specs; Mfr Part Number: PS-VTK-850W-24 Maximum Power: 850W Cooling Fans: 1 x 120mm Fan PFC: Active Main Connector: 20+4Pin with 4-Pin/8-Pin EPS12V PCI-Express: 2 cables with one 6+2-Pin connector SATA: 2 cables with 3 SATA connectors each Four-Pin Power: 2 cables with 3 four-pin Molex and one floppy power connector each SLI & CrossFire: Ready Over Voltage Protection: Yes Input Voltage: 115 - 230 V Input Frequency Range: 50/60 Hz MTBF: >100,000 Hours Dimensions: 5.9" x 3.4" x 6.3" this is coming off the box it came in; watts: 850 +3.3v =40a +5v = 46a +12v1= 46a +12v2= n/a -12v=1a +5vsb=2a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yop Posted November 29, 2012 Member ID: 1719 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1982 Content Per Day: 0.40 Reputation: 518 Achievement Points: 12060 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 8 Birthday: 04/03/1981 Device: Windows Share Posted November 29, 2012 just wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Coorslight Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 3399 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 21 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 5 Achievement Points: 121 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/24/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2017 Birthday: 05/02/1989 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I feel outdated lol had my Motherboard for few years. Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.2GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Hard Drive: 120gb SSD/ 640gb HDD Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6900 Series Monitor: 25" Hanns-G 2ms response 1080P Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Speakers/Headphones: Logitec cheapo Keyboard: Pos gateway Mouse: ahhh HP? Mouse Surface: Lol... gots a birdy on it. Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255) Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 Computer Case: XCLIO Windtunnel/ CORSAIR HX Series 1000 watt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Toes Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted December 22, 2012 heres my xmas gift to myself will be delivered jan2nd iBUYPOWER SUPREME TG908SLC Gaming PC - 3rd generation Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, Liquid Cooling, DVDRW, 800 Watt, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SMOKEMIST, tsw 8.5 and Blackbart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Evil-Monkey Posted December 22, 2012 Member ID: 221 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1864 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 745 Achievement Points: 12302 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 17, 2023 Birthday: 06/10/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted December 22, 2012 Nice rig ..Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
SMOKEMIST Posted December 27, 2012 Member ID: 3655 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 46 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 198 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 53 Achievement Points: 1538 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 17, 2014 Birthday: 09/16/1991 Share Posted December 27, 2012 brah i would get gtx 670ftw it is 359$ after the rebate and you get assassins creed 3 for free. it is faster than gtx 680 stock ones. i have 2 of these beasts. best graphic cards for the money. dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEMIST Posted December 27, 2012 Member ID: 3655 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 46 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 198 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 53 Achievement Points: 1538 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 17, 2014 Birthday: 09/16/1991 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) heres my xmas gift to myself will be delivered jan2nd iBUYPOWER SUPREME TG908SLC Gaming PC - 3rd generation Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, Liquid Cooling, DVDRW, 800 Watt, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit i have bought my rig from them. they are pretty good folks. took them whole 1 month to send it to me though. so far nothing is wrong with my rig. also personally i think 3770k is a bit overkill but sure it is future proof cpu on the market. i ve got 3570k not even running at 70% for gtx 670 FTW sli. Edited December 27, 2012 by SMOKEMIST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHammer Posted December 28, 2012 Member ID: 4101 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 23 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1124 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 792 Achievement Points: 8738 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/05/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Birthday: 07/08/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted December 28, 2012 nice rig Katana and nice playing with you my spec and little hammers specs are Gigabyte mother 990 udp5 amd 980x cpu 3.7 stock running 4.4 ghz 8 gigs ddr2 1200 mem 1x6950 2 gig ddr5 his radeon video card dirx11 bfg 1200 watt power supply 4 hard drives 2 dvd burners turtle beach dx11 headset razor battelrield 3 keyboard mechanicel razor momba mouse windows 7 ultimate64 those are my specs Little hammers msi x58 motherboard I7 920 quad core cpu 12 gigs ddr3 1333 mem 1x radeon 6850 with 1 gig ddr5 mem dirx11 1 120gig intel ssd sata 2 turtle beach headset dx11 win7 home premium 64 Both systems run about 60fps in games good luck and have fun The Hammer007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted December 28, 2012 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted December 28, 2012 Just dropped a second superclocked EVGA GTX 680 into my rig. I pushed the thresholds on the power target to max and added +58Mhz on the GPU clock offset. Next up is to upgrade the firmware on them with hacked versions that unlock voltages, fan speeds (out of the box the fans will only go to 85% of capability to keep the sound low. Dumb idea in my opinion. Let ME decide how much fan noise is acceptable) etc. Then I'll slowly bump the clocks up, find a stable maximum, then back it off a bit from that peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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