Post your gaming setup!

[DeltrusDisc]

Shoot, I should have known that was coming! I'll see what I can do, but I've never really OC'd before this CPU/computer. >_< So bear with me. ;P

For the record, the two sides of my case are off and I cannot hear my fans - at all. Big quiet fans ARE AMAZING! <3 One would think no fans were going at all in my case now! XD

[Uggorthaholy]

Shoot, I should have known that was coming! I'll see what I can do, but I've never really OC'd before this CPU/computer. >_< So bear with me. ;P

For the record, the two sides of my case are off and I cannot hear my fans - at all. Big quiet fans ARE AMAZING! <3 One would think no fans were going at all in my case now! XD

That mobo should make the OC process very easy and painless. At stock, what temps do you see idling and under load?

[brolly]

Comments Please

CPU:
2500k 4.7ghz @1.385v (could get a stable 5 ghz with acceptable temps(78° prime95) @1.50v but don't need more than 4.7 ghz for gaming and 1.385v is much better for the chip)

Mobo:
Asus P8P67 PRO B3 rev 3.0

Heatsink:
Noctua NH-D14 (stock fans)

GPU:
Sapphire 6950 2gb (ref design, unlocked) 950/1450@1.160v (could get 1000/1500@1.3v with acceptable fan speed, but the extra 0.14v isnt worth that small difference)

Ram:
2x4GB G.skill ripjaws X 1866 9-10-9-28-2N (stock)

Case:
Haf 922

Optical drive:
some random sony optiarc

HDD:
2x Samsung F3 1TB in raid0

PSU:
Corsair 650 tx v2

Screen:
Acer LED S1 S231HLbd, 23"

Headset:
Roccat Kave

Mouse:
CM Storm Sentinel Advance

Mousepad:
Steelseries Qck+

Keyboard:
Cherry eVolution STREAM XT


I'll get a mechanical keyboard later this year, and I'll wait a bit for the newest gen SSD prices to drop a bit


Some Benchmarks:
3DMark 06: 31035
3DMark Vantage: P24215
3DMark 11: P6144
Cinebench Opengl: 95.51
Cinebench CPU: 7.42

[Drakoes]

.-.
Didn't Corsair buy CoolIt?

Corsair have said that they work with both CoolIt and Asetek for their liquid CPU coolers.

[Antuzin]

Just ordered this:

Cooler Master Storm Scout
Asus 890GX Motherboard
EVGA Gtx 570 1280MB
Corsair 850X
AMD Phenom 1100t
Corsair XMS 8GB DD3 (2x 4GB, 1600)
OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb 7200RPM
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
Asus 23'' Monitor
Razer Naga
Razer Megalodon
Razer Black Widow

Cost me about $1800...how does it look?

[Fuzzykins]

Just ordered this:

Cooler Master Storm Scout
Asus 890GX Motherboard
EVGA Gtx 570 1280MB
Corsair 850X
AMD Phenom 1100t
Corsair XMS 8GB DD3 (2x 4GB, 1600)
OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb 7200RPM
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
Asus 23'' Monitor
Razer Naga
Razer Megalodon
Razer Black Widow

Cost me about $1800...how does it look?

Awful. For that price, cancel your order and go SandyBridge. Unless you have an explicit reason to get a 6 core CPU, 4 cores clocked higher will be superior for gaming.

[Uggorthaholy]

Just ordered this:

Cooler Master Storm Scout
Asus 890GX Motherboard
EVGA Gtx 570 1280MB
Corsair 850X
AMD Phenom 1100t
Corsair XMS 8GB DD3 (2x 4GB, 1600)
OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb 7200RPM
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
Asus 23'' Monitor
Razer Naga
Razer Megalodon
Razer Black Widow

Cost me about $1800...how does it look?

Unless you are doing something outside of gaming that requires 6 cores, then I'd give it a thumbs down on the processing unit selection.

The Intel SSD is more reliable but slightly slower.

Everything else looks pretty solid though.

Fuzzy hiveminded me on the cpu.

[DeltrusDisc]

That mobo should make the OC process very easy and painless. At stock, what temps do you see idling and under load?

I'll be honest, I'm rather shocked at some of the temps right now... though they might drop as the days go by. I did JUST install it with new thermal paste... But I'm mid 40s Celsius right now. =S All I'm doing right now is downloading and installing WoW patches. I'm going to closely monitor these temperatures and if they really seem out of hand I'll be taking it back off, reapplying thermal paste, maybe even less. I used a very small dot, perhaps it didn't like that.

[georgevonfranken]

I'll be honest, I'm rather shocked at some of the temps right now... though they might drop as the days go by. I did JUST install it with new thermal paste... But I'm mid 40s Celsius right now. =S All I'm doing right now is downloading and installing WoW patches. I'm going to closely monitor these temperatures and if they really seem out of hand I'll be taking it back off, reapplying thermal paste, maybe even less. I used a very small dot, perhaps it didn't like that.

According to intel the best way for sandybridge is lines.

[DeltrusDisc]

Okay, just got CPUID installed. As I suspected, I've mostly been around 3.4-3.7GHZ right now, for the dl+installation of WoW's patches. I have read reviews about this Zalman that say at low loads is not where you test it, it's good to be tested at max loads. I think I'll run a quick Windows Experience Index and push it.

---------- Post added 2011-06-14 at 11:34 PM ----------

According to intel the best way for sandybridge is lines.

orly? I did the dot and then finger in plastic to spread it around.

Okay, so just ran WEI, got some iffy results temperature-wise. CPU got close to 70 C at one point, for the most part stayed in the mid 60s or lower. This was all around full load. Might be that I JUST put this heatsink on and it still has very fresh thermal paste or that might not even matter and I just did a terrible job. And stupid SpeedFan 4.43 was only showing one core on the main list, but in the graphs it looks like one or two cores got near 70 C like I said, but none actually passed that threshold. Idk how bad you guys would think that is, for a CPU that was going 3.4ghz-3.7ghz under full load...

---------- Post added 2011-06-14 at 11:35 PM ----------

And lol, apparently my i5-2500K is bottle-necking at a 7.5 Index rating, RAM is 7.6, everything else is 7.9.

[Uggorthaholy]

Okay, just got CPUID installed. As I suspected, I've mostly been around 3.4-3.7GHZ right now, for the dl+installation of WoW's patches. I have read reviews about this Zalman that say at low loads is not where you test it, it's good to be tested at max loads. I think I'll run a quick Windows Experience Index and push it.

Also - a note on the application of thermal paste - there are several methods to madness. Personally, I have seen the best results by applying a super thin layer (spread with a business card or something similar on the entire surface area of the heatsink that will mesh with the CPU. thin enough to see the metal through the paste.

Then, apply a 1/2 BB size dot right in the center to complete the bond. my 13 2100 with stock cooler is now idling at ambient, and under heavy load (wow on high-ultra hybrid for 5 hours or so with a lot of other nonsense in the background) hitting mid 40s C.

Ambient temp also plays a LARGE part in the temps you will see. I have about 22° ambient.

[Deleted]

Thermaltake armor+
Asus P6T deluxe V2
XfX HD5970 Be Limited edition 4GB
Tagan 1300W PSU
Intel Core i7 920 at 3,6 ghz
Corsair XMS 12GB DD3 (6x 2GB, 1333mhz)
Intel SSD 80gb , 150 gb raptor , samsung spinpoint F1 300gb
Skyte Mugen 2
Samsung series 5 46 inch full HD tv
Razer Naga
Logitech G110
Logitech G35
White neon at the sides of case
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS

[DeltrusDisc]

Not sure of my ambient, but I know the house is kept at a cool 70 F typically.

---------- Post added 2011-06-14 at 11:51 PM ----------

Yeah I think my amount still came out thicker than you're suggesting. Maybe I'll redo it tomorrow, I've been up for over 24 hours now, so there's no way I'm doing anymore computer surgery. I just want to oogle at it. :3

---------- Post added 2011-06-15 at 12:07 AM ----------

In the mean-time... I'm just going to ask, I should be able to quite literally max every setting in WoW with the 560 Ti right? AA and MS and fun stuff like that.

---------- Post added 2011-06-15 at 05:12 AM ----------

Bit of an update, so now that WoW is totally installed, CPU has gotten some time to rest, CPU temps are low-mid 30s Celsius.

[Firatha]

Wow never thought I would see still this thread up and going still makes me proud 50+ pages 1k+ posts !

[Deleted]

Just ordered this:

Cooler Master Storm Scout
Asus 890GX Motherboard
EVGA Gtx 570 1280MB
Corsair 850X
AMD Phenom 1100t
Corsair XMS 8GB DD3 (2x 4GB, 1600)
OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb 7200RPM
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
Asus 23'' Monitor
Razer Naga
Razer Megalodon
Razer Black Widow

Cost me about $1800...how does it look?

The razer Cacharias headset it way better than the megladon unless you are only playing FPS'

[DeltrusDisc]

Finally feel comfortable sharing my rig some more with you all. ;p

omg picture spam inc, think people have been missing the mass picture posts! Just after the obligatory computer parts list:

For those who don't know already from my 1,000 computer forum posts or so....

i5-2500K CPU
Asus P8P67 mobo
MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5 video card
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III 6gbps SSD
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 RAM 8GB (2x4GB)
Zalman CNPS 9900 CPU heatsink
Cooler Master HAF X 942 Chassis
NZXT Sentry 2 LED fan controller
Corsair TX 650 Watt PSU
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM HDD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 7200 RPM HDD
random label-flash CD/DVD drive from old Gateway

Peripherals:
Gateway 22"
Dell 17" Square
Razer DeathAdder 1800 Dpi mouse
Logitech G15 version 2(?) keyboard
Logitech THX cert. speakers

yay


So first, a size comparison to my old 9800s with the 560 Ti.... not much of a comparison tbh, thing is about 3x their weight or so and much larger.

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

LeBeauty 560 Ti

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

What I bought a couple days ago....

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

The awesome SSD mounting device that Cooler Master gives! <3 this bugger

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Pic from directly above the motherboard of the Zalman CNPS 9900 and how big it is, full room for large RAM heatsinks.

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Sexy angle shot of the 9900

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Inside case shot #1

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Inside case shot #2

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Inside case shot #3

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Inside case shot #4

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

The back of everyones' case is insane for cables! XD

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

And finally what the computer looks like turned on beside my computer at night, yeah it's dark in the picture, irl a little brighter.

By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

---------- Post added 2011-06-16 at 09:21 AM ----------

Woopsies, just realized I don't have a pic of the whole thing, here ya go:


By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

Please forgive the mess, building a computer creates one. ;p


By phoenix7289 at 2011-06-16

[Deleted]

I noticed in all the pics everyones computers are so clean, HOW?! mine fills up with dust like there's no tomorrow.

[DeltrusDisc]

I noticed in all the pics everyones computers are so clean, HOW?! mine fills up with dust like there's no tomorrow.

Clean it out on a regular basis! Use a mini-vacuum cleaner CAREFULLY. Also, dust filters on fans are REALLY helpful.

[Fuzzykins]

Clean it out on a regular basis! Use a mini-vacuum cleaner CAREFULLY. Also, dust filters on fans are REALLY helpful.

Bad.
Use compressed air, not a vacuum.

[DeltrusDisc]

Bad.
Use compressed air, not a vacuum.

Going to counter you, dear Fuzzy. So long as the vacuum doesn't touch any parts and they keep it at least a couple inches away from parts, it will pick up the dust, but everything will remain intact. It's all about the skeelz and talent!!! Just like in WoW! I got a 2600 1s Vacuum score! ;P

Compressed air, to me at least, just throws all the dust and shit up in the air and that really bugs me, I'm not allergic or anything, I just hate having dust go all over, rather vacuum it up... >_>