PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ agreed, I don't plan on running this system overclocked unless I really need to

all I've used so far is the automatic Auto Tune mode in the ASUS suite. Basically its just a button click and the system checks for the most stable overclock levels - in my case I got the CPU to 4.43Ghz on air.

[captainjrr]

Thanks Duane, Asus it is then

[M_2NR]

holy sh~t @ 4.43

thanks guys good to know. I'm not a fan of OC'n as i said earlier but i liked to know.

[Chiney]

4.43 is nice!!!!!!!!!


jus came from some cod4 online via steam..

get orn like somebody owe me money yes!

yall dont game online again?

[M_2NR]

yeh playing that a lot lately... mostly on LaW and on ESW a lil bit. i actually use xfire for it... never used steam... i should try it... hrmmm

[marlo5]

jus came from some cod4 online via steam..

get orn like somebody owe me money yes

LOL @ chiney.........didn't know Asus started making their own overclocking utility....did the cd come with that model board??

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ yes the AI Suite II and the Management Interface came on the CD for the mainboard

the board is US$259 on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

that's where I bought it

[jm3]

i like the look of the revolution duane i didnt know that one existed good price for 4 pcie slots as well. the heatsinks look sweet first time ive seen a heat pipe from south bridge to the mosfets. i unfortunately cant get my 1155 stuff for awhile now though car troubles i knew that would happen lol as soon as i got all the money together the car is like hey wait thats mine biatch.

[firstchoicett]

nice set up they Duane.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ first time I built a PC from scratch for myself. I knew what went where and what is for what but never actually did it myself.

bought the parts on newegg, amazon and tigerdirect

Called a pardner a few times to make sure I didnt screw anything up during the actual build but turned out to be pretty simple - the hardest thing was cleaning out the case I had to reuse it with these parts.

[firstchoicett]

Yea its pretty simple.
well enjoy your build.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

ok pics as promised - excuse the mess of cables - will sort that out when I get some time

took these two off the net since I forgot to take pics after unboxing it


CPU Cooler is HUGE!!!!


these are all the parts I bought off of Amazon, TigerDirect and Newegg and shipped via skybox - they all came together in about 5 days


i7 2600K
ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Workstation SATA 6GB & USB3 mainboard (the Deluxe was out of stock)
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
Corsair A70 CPU Cooler
EVGA GTX-460 1024MB DDR5 SSC (super-superclocked)
Intel X25 120GB SSD
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum Chassis
Thermaltake 750W Toughpower PSU

Running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Also running two WD 500GB 7200rpm drives - will set up a RAID soon







now for some numbers



ran ASUS AI Suite II and clicked the "Auto Tune" button and got this





Running all the case fans off one connector - will prolly change that soon


Minesweeper running bess!!!! lol

seriously though it was built to run Adobe CS5 which it is handling really well.
Yet to put it through a serious test but Lightroom 3 is flying!!!

[speedaholic]

hmm very nicee duane!! well done!

[Chiney]

looking real shitty duane..

meet me at the betham in 15mins. just bring the pc alone

[marlo5]

^^Lmao....he jus on sheit eh!!...he know it hard....jus hide them wires a lil more and yuh done....it look good

[Virus]

HIDE WIRES MY ARSE ent it working ? Looking Bess Chiney again and check the meet point, how long before you see a post Evo 7 and Wingroad getting scrapped on the Betham w/ PICS

[speedaholic]

bahahahaha!

[TK!]

motherf--r...
i needs an i7 now...

[Chiney]

lol..virus i dont have the wingroad again bro

unless de evo 7 have shatter resistant tint or glass.. with de help of big stone i driving off wid a new pc and a evo 7 rim!

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ lol

marlo5, did you build you system as yet?
interested in knowing how the Intel 510 SATA III SSD working out

[Chiney]

between the intel 510 and the crucial c300...... tops SSDs tested.

i want that crucial c300 128gb for my desktop soooo bad!

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ surprisingly that is only US$254 on Newegg

my Intel X25 SATA II SSD is a 120GB
it is showing up as 111GB
I am already using 46GB of that - but I have everything I need installed already and all the work files, data, photos, archives etc are on a 500GB 7200 HDD

boot time is not a real issue for me as my PC is always on.
Apps opening fast is a plus but with 16GB ram I dont really need to close anything! lol
So the SATA II SSD is working just fine
I am also using that SATA SSD as a scratch disk for the Adobe apps too - so I was thinking of getting a small SATA III SSD specifically for that.

Like this Crucial 64GB for US$134
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820148357

[Chiney]

^ seems to be a good idea.

but

u really shud have waited the extra and get a sata 3 setup

all the wait and reviews and blah blah into the sandy bridge decision.... i well say u heading the sata 3 route one time... wat waz the reason u didnt?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ cause at the time the SATA II drives were much more expensive - then they just dropped in price after I bought the SATA II SSD

my fault really I just didnt check the SATA III prices when I was buying, I just figured the SATAII would be overpriced

[Virus]

Duane 3NE 2NR
Chiney

But did you guys see how close the read and write speeds are when you compare the SATA II and SATA III on SOME drives like a few MB off

But i like how the prices are going down i will for the moment stick to SATA II because how i use my pc i may not even notice the difference am already so used to SSD's, Still in love with the Vertex 2 over my Intel x25

[Chiney]

^^ yeh u are right

but!

wen the controllers on MOBOs improve for sata 3 n so forth as what WILL happen in the very near future, you guys will sell those sata2 SSDs

[Virus]

And MOBOs too

[M_2NR]

For those who dont know what a scratch disk is, you can read it up here:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photos ... chdisk.htm

[Ronaldo95163]

New case from cooler master

[Chiney]

fail..steupssssssssss

same chassis different shell

wait eh




* grabs egg from fridge and looks for yellow paint*