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My new workstation...


Stu

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Had some disposal income so thought i'd treat myself... current box is Q9300 based so this is a fair bit on from that:

 

Intel DP67BG Motherboard

http://benchmarkreviews.com/images/reviews/motherboards/intel_dp67bg/intel_dp67bg_motherboard_box_board.jpg

 

Intel i7 2600K 'Sandy Bridge' CPU

http://techcnt.sakuhetu.com/uploads/2011/01/Core-i5-2500K-and-Core-i7-2600K-Review-614x614.jpg

 

Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Memory

ME-C4G3V16X9x2.jpg

 

OCZ 100GB Revo Drive X2 SSD - Solid State Drive

http://static.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/1353212-a.jpg

 

Pioneer BDR-205BK World's First x12 BD-R, x8 DVD±DL x16 DVD±R x6 DVD±RW Writer

http://static.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/1146755-a.jpg

 

650W Corsair HX Series, Modular, 80 PLUS Bronze, 85% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 120mm Fan PSU

http://static.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/1063010-a.jpg

 

 

I already have a case and video card:

 

Akasa Eclipse-62 Case

http://static.letsbuyit.com/filer/images/uk/products/original/141/12/akasa-eclipse-62-case-ak-bkcse-01v2-14112225.jpeg

 

XFX Radeon™ HD 5670 1024 MB DDR5 Heatpipe Video Card

http://xfxforce.com/ecms.ashx/45bf44cd-3b99-4c67-85ac-e8e7ab365111/RelatedGraphicCardSeries_RelatedGraphicCardModels1/DSC_0042.jpg

 

 

.. and already realised i've forgotten a couple of bits :)

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What work will you be doing on it?

Not much to be honest. I have a big development project to do throughout this year but that doesn't really require this kind of power :)

 

 

How much does that kind of gear cost? 16GB RAM, wooof!

About £1500 without the case and video card.

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I want it to last a good few years.

 

Hmmm really not sure about this sandy bridge stuff... seems like it going to limit those of us who like to fiddle.

 

I'm intending to run it at a conservative 4ghz.

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they've had that new sandy bridge CPUs up at 5Ghz stable on air, Very impressive :O

I'm waiting for the 2011 boards to come out before I upgrade anything of mine (mostly because ive just built mine :roll: )

I think an SSD will be on the cards for me at some point too, Im waiting for the new OCZ vertexs to be released

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Extra power, extra cooling and more control... sorted! :pancake:

 

Surprised you didn't go for something as insane as this:

 

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2010/07/evga-shamino-dual-xeon-sr-2-motherboard/evga-sr-2.jpg

 

Dual Skt1366

 

Slap two of these hexa-cores on there:

 

http://www.motherboards.org/images/reviews/motherboards/2024_p1_1.jpg

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Had to update the motherboard BIOS before it'd even POST.. I didn't expect it to resolve the issue, but it did!

 

And some numbers.. standard CPU clock, 1600 Mhz RAM:

 

http://i.imgur.com/DhZ84.jpg

 

 

I'll probably look at upping the CPU to 4 Ghz as fully loaded at 3.49 Ghz (turbo mode) it's only getting to 49C temp with the cooler above.

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What cooler did you go for?

 

Oops, forgot to mention:

 

http://www.corsair.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/h/7/h70_angle.png

 

Corsair Hydro Series™ H70 Dual-Fan CPU Cooler

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