[manaox2]

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Budget Gaming Rig:
 
[size=9pt]MOBO: [/size][size=9pt]ASRock 990FX Extreme4 P1.10[/size]
[size=9pt]CPU: [/size][size=9pt]AMD Phenom II x4 960T 3.8 GHz @1.35v[/size]
[size=9pt]GPU: [/size][size=9pt]Sapphire Radeon HD 6870[/size]
[size=9pt]PSU: [/size][size=9pt]Corsair Builder Series V2 CX500w[/size]
[size=9pt]RAM: [/size][size=9pt]Patriot Signature 8GB (4x2) DDR3-1600[/size]
[size=9pt]CPU Cooler: [/size][size=9pt]Stock[/size]
[size=9pt]HDD: [/size][size=9pt]Hitachi 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache[/size]
[size=9pt]OS: [/size][size=9pt]Win 7 Home x64[/size]

 
My first custom build from the ground up, grand total: $698 shipped ^_^ My 960T unlocks to 6 cores with perfect stability! Just too hot to run OC'd on the stock HSF. I can get it to like 3.2GHz but it starts running at ~60C under Prime95 load. Granted, it never reaches those temps irl, but I'll wait to get an aftermarket cooler to switch to 6 cores so I can still get a decent clock rate.

60C on load doesn't sound bad at all to me. As long as its stable at the temps it hits, you probably can go higher safely. Just don't try getting above 80, or 75 to be reasonably safe. Clock rate matters a lot more than number of cores in most apps and gaming anyway.
 

 

[Szadzik]

ShirukenShiruken
MoBo: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe Gen/3
CPU: Intel i7 2700K
GPU: Radeon HD 6870
PSU: Seasonic X-760
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600mHz
CPU Cooler: Scythe Shuriken
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3
HDD: Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB 64MB
OS: Win 7 Ultimate x64
 
Screen to be bought - Dell U2711 or Asus VK278Q.

 

[Blisse]

AMD HD5850

AMD Phenom II 905e

Corsair A70

2x2 G.SKILL, 2x4 Kingston

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P

650W OCZ ModXStream

Fractal Design R3

BenQ G2420HD, LG L192WS

What temp do you get for the northbridge on your motherboard?

Its a nice bang for buck set-up there.

Sorry about that, went back home for break and didn't bring the tower. For some reason everything is lower now, off two monitors... o-o Might be because my room temperature's a lot colder. Also, I think it's 600W, not 650W. Pulled out the 2x2GB because it was causing blue screens. 8GB is plenty for my needs.

On idle, Motherboard 22, CPU 21, GPU 50, HDD 30. GPU is running at 33%.

Gonna note I have 2xCorsair, 2xFractal and 2xNoctua fans in the case. Still very quiet.

 

[Mdraluck23]

 
 
CPU: AMD Fx6100 @ 4.2ghz with Cooler master N520. Idles at 19C tops out at 43C. I may bump it to 4.4 or so.
RAM: 16gb Corsair DDR3 1600mhz 4x4
GPU: Sapphire HD 6870
SSD: Samsung 64gb
HDD: Seagate 1TB 7200rpm
Case: Cooler Master E430 case.
MOBO: MSI 990XA-GD55
 
Need some quieter fans.... Recommendations for unlit 120's?
$560. I'm paying it off already with CAD productivity. I should have gotten a CAD class card... I can upgrade. They're very very expensive.

 

[kylezo]

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60C on load doesn't sound bad at all to me. As long as its stable at the temps it hits, you probably can go higher safely. Just don't try getting above 80, or 75 to be reasonably safe. Clock rate matters a lot more than number of cores in most apps and gaming anyway.
 

+1 that! But from everything I've read about this chip (and other Thubans) 62 is about as high as you want to go...71 is the tjmax and that's after adjusted core temp readings, which would add about 7-12C...so at 60 core temp I'm looking at 67-72C if my thermal info is correct (and the numbers come from AMD). Nevertheless, the silicon won't start melting till 97C > hahaha. 

 

[CrucifixationOfFaith]

 
 
CPU: AMD Fx6100 @ 4.2ghz with Cooler master N520. Idles at 19C tops out at 43C. I may bump it to 4.4 or so.

Where do you live ? In an igloo ?

 

[noway]

My CPU is an Intel E8700.  I know they are quite rare and in the time since I bought it I have become more conservative with electrical costs so I am running it stock at 3.5 GHz.  (I know this is heresey!)

 

[KyungMin]

The setup is a little old now but...
Antec 1200 case
Core I7 950 3.06ghz
Asus Rampage II
6gb patriot
Intel 80gb SSD
samsung 2tb
WD 2tb green
WD 1 tb
Seagate 1tb
Seagate 1tb external
EVGA GTX 570
Antec 1000 watt PSU
Corsair H70 CPU cooler
LG bd-rw
LG dvd-rw
Asus 27" monitor 2ms
Sony Bravia KDL-46NX810 240hz 3D (for my movies)
Sound blaster 7.1 (for my ASUS)
Yamaha RX-V567 w/ Infinity TSS-800 7.1 (for the sony)
apple wired keyboard
Logitech G700 mouse
 
Pretty much just use it to watch anime I don;t game much...
 

 

[Szadzik]

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The setup is a little old now but...
Antec 1200 case
Core I7 950 3.06ghz
Asus Rampage II
6gb patriot
Intel 80gb SSD
samsung 2tb
WD 2tb green
WD 1 tb
Seagate 1tb
Seagate 1tb external
EVGA GTX 570
Antec 1000 watt PSU
Corsair H70 CPU cooler
LG bd-rw
LG dvd-rw
Asus 27" monitor 2ms
Sony Bravia KDL-46NX810 240hz 3D (for my movies)
Sound blaster 7.1 (for my ASUS)
Yamaha RX-V567 w/ Infinity TSS-800 7.1 (for the sony)
apple wired keyboard
Logitech G700 mouse
 
Pretty much just use it to watch anime I don;t game much...
 

Your Asus 27" is it VE278Q by any chance? 
 

 

[UnityIsPower]

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Where do you live ? In an igloo ?

LMAO... I'm building my next PC ATM. Waiting for the Ivy Bridge and then I'll finish it up.

 

[Rebel975]

Intel is coming out with the i7 3820 (quad core) in mid-February. It's not a K model, but apparently it can get to 4.6GHz effortlessly.

Estimated price is $280.

I want the PCIe 3.0 and the 40 PCIe lanes. I want to give each of my future GTX780's sixteen PCIe lanes. Total investment would be around $600 if you include a motherboard. I'd probably pick up a SSD at that time since I will have to reinstall Windows anyway.
 
A used 2600K sells for $150+ on eBay. My motherboard? I'll be lucky to get $50 for it. So I should have around $200 off on this upgrade.
 
If they come out with an affordable, unlocked, 6 core CPU then I'd upgrade within the same generation. Otherwise I'll have the same CPU till X89 comes out.

 

[hien34]

Waiting to move to build a desktop gaming rig again, but I've currently got:
 
Alienware M11X R2 -
Core i5
Nvidia 335/Optimus
8gigs 
500gig hd
 
Alienware M17X R3
Core i7
8 gigs DDR3 1600
Radeon 6990
Crucial M4 256gig SSD
500gig hd
1080p
KillerN wireless
Blu-ray
 
I want to build a new rig with dual monitors (one of my Dell 20s just died after....5 years?), i7-quad and probably a single ATI 7970 

 

[music_man]

i know this is silly but i hoped some one could offer advice. old amd64 3400+ venice.. stock is 2.4ghz. runs fine. i can get 2.64 on stock vcore at 11,11.5 or 12. runs linpack half an hour(didn't go longer). agp and pci are fixed on k8ne. radeon 3850. 4gb matched @400. any 3d app crashes in seconds.

question: i do not understand how it runs linpack and agp is not o/c'd but 3d crashes instantly? the o/c is not that big.

i know this is kind a waste of everyones time but if anyone had a quick idea i'd appreciate it.
thanks

edit: never mind i fixed it. thanks. apparently it says pci bridge is fixed but not exactly. at a multi of 12 i can get 2.8ghz with half a volt more than stock. you would be surprised what a machine this old can do. or maybe not.

edit again: i guess this is why they call it old technology lol. the k8ne. i can get half a volt more or it jumps right to 1.5 volts more ouch! glad that did not blow it though. i will certainly not run it it that. hit 70c at idol duh.

 

[kylezo]

Why do you have 7TB of storage?
 
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The setup is a little old now but...
Antec 1200 case
Core I7 950 3.06ghz
Asus Rampage II
6gb patriot
Intel 80gb SSD
samsung 2tb
WD 2tb green
WD 1 tb
Seagate 1tb
Seagate 1tb external
EVGA GTX 570
Antec 1000 watt PSU
Corsair H70 CPU cooler
LG bd-rw
LG dvd-rw
Asus 27" monitor 2ms
Sony Bravia KDL-46NX810 240hz 3D (for my movies)
Sound blaster 7.1 (for my ASUS)
Yamaha RX-V567 w/ Infinity TSS-800 7.1 (for the sony)
apple wired keyboard
Logitech G700 mouse
 
Pretty much just use it to watch anime I don;t game much...
 

 

 

[skree]

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Why do you have 7TB of storage?
 


 

probably the same reason I've got a similar amount for my absolutely ancient Socket A AMD Athlon rig. All my media is stored on hard drive. All. barring a few console games on DVD I haven't been able to back up. I am not so good at looking after DVDs and CDs, but with a decent hard drive array plugged in i've not lost any data for years.. moved a lot off to an external stack recently.
 
I get my cd or dvd, rip it to the computer, put it back in its case and put it away in big plastic boxes. Then there are the (legitimate) downloaded things i own.
 
few hundred gig free spanned across six drives lol