Stu Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 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 Motherboardhttp://benchmarkreviews.com/images/reviews/motherboards/intel_dp67bg/intel_dp67bg_motherboard_box_board.jpg Intel i7 2600K 'Sandy Bridge' CPUhttp://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 OCZ 100GB Revo Drive X2 SSD - Solid State Drivehttp://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 Writerhttp://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 PSUhttp://static.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/1063010-a.jpg I already have a case and video card: Akasa Eclipse-62 Casehttp://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 Cardhttp://xfxforce.com/ecms.ashx/45bf44cd-3b99-4c67-85ac-e8e7ab365111/RelatedGraphicCardSeries_RelatedGraphicCardModels1/DSC_0042.jpg .. and already realised i've forgotten a couple of bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Not cheap by the looks off things! What work will you be doing on it? Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 How much does that kind of gear cost? 16GB RAM, wooof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hmmm really not sure about this sandy bridge stuff... seems like it going to limit those of us who like to fiddle. Why have you gone for 16gb of ram? what are you doing that requires that much? especially if your running a decent sized SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) they've had that new sandy bridge CPUs up at 5Ghz stable on air, Very impressive I'm waiting for the 2011 boards to come out before I upgrade anything of mine (mostly because ive just built mine )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 Edited January 15, 2011 by scottg17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 I must be more careful when buying stuff online. I somehow managed to buy two power supplies, two water cooling kits and two fan controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Extra power, extra cooling and more control... sorted! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Because that would have been about 3x the cost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 hey its nice to know you've got extra performance room when your on facebook / using word eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 I don't have a facebook account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 What cooler did you go for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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