Search results

no, it is a pair of 3870's in crossfire. I got them from newegg for 79 shipped per card.

here is my budget build:

well you have a choice of what multiplier to use with your memory, if you run 200x20 on the processor, you could run x6,x8,x10 on the memory to have 1200(200x6), 1600(200x8) or 2000(200x10) MHz memory speeds. I run 200x20 for daily use, and since my memory is some cheap DDR3 1600 at 9-9-9-24...

I had the vcore as high as 1.64 for the 215x21 runs I have it set to 1.375 for 200x20 use

much thanks, what do you run yours at daily? so far I think I am going to leave mine at 200x20 with turbo turned off (hyperthreading on of course) it seems to run like a champ, idling in the high 20's/low 30's and gets into the low 60's when doing some serious crunching.

nice! I was using a windows install from an older computer with my first runs. I did a fresh install and noticed that my computer was more stable, and even better superpi would run about a tenth faster. I tried to go 215 and it is approaching the 9 second barrier. I will try to go higher...

are you considering a core i7? what is your price range on the total investment, and what components do you already have to use?

microcenter is a pretty reputable company. they seem to always have great deals on CPU's.

my fastest superpi is done with the multiplier at 20 (but with turbo on to give a 21X multi on single-threaded programs). I may try the 19x multi and try for faster than 210 bus speed. I still haven't actually tuned many of the settings that I have on auto yet. I'm thinking if I can get to...

my latest build, 24/7 4+GHz stable on air i7-920 last pic is with some very quick overclocking to see what it would do. eventually I will fine tune the settings and go for a max clock on air with this setup. I have a pair of HF3870's on the way to replace the single 8600GTS currently in the...

Personally, I would go i7 here is my i7 build and it's specs: i7-920 - $229 plus tax at Frys Gigabyte EX58-UD3R - 199 plus shipping at newegg G.Skill 3x1GB DDR3 1600 RAM ( 9-9-9-24 timings) - 99 shipped newegg 8600GTS - 50 bucks newegg deal (I have a pair of HD3870's to run in crossfire due to...

I have some of the cheap G.Skill 3x1GB DDR3 1600 running 9-9-9-24. For 99 shipped (and 199 for the motherboard) I figured I would give a budget setup a try. It runs 4GHz no problems without turbo at 200x20, but the vcore has to be jacked up a lot once I start overclocking more than 4 GHz...

haven't really had a chance to extensively OC this setup, but here is 210X21 superpi

Gigabyte EX58-UD3R i7-920 on air with a TRUE

newegg is based out of the USA as far as I know. and assembly is not difficult. picking out the right parts to order is, though.

building a computer in today's world is simply assembling the parts. you could save 1000-1500 buy building instead of buying. And in doing so you would have much better parts. If you would like a list of parts to buy from newegg, I can make out a shopping cart for you.

when the new stuff comes out hopefully the prices drop on the old stuff. I want to pick up a Q9650 or perhaps a Q9550 if the Q9650 still costs an arm and a leg.

I have an E8400 and Gigabyte P35-DS3R that I've been thinking about replacing with a quad core and a mobo that uses DDR3. If you want it I will sell for 240 plus shipping. Lemme know if you want it and maybe we can work something out.

nope

that's pretty hot.