Post your gaming setup!

[DeltrusDisc]

Cyanotical should read all posts! ^_^ I got a lot of free software from Microsoft now due to my college courses, one being 7 Professional 64 bit, and I believe the 1155 boards can support 8GB modules. :P

[Cyanotical]

Cyanotical should read all posts! ^_^ I got a lot of free software from Microsoft now due to my college courses, one being 7 Professional 64 bit, and I believe the 1155 boards can support 8GB modules. :P

i saw the thing about the software, i get the same thing for being an adviser for cyberpatriot,

and i know they can support 8gb dimms, but there is a difference between certified and capable, most if not all p67's and z68's are capable of running 8gb dimms, but not all of them are certified for it

[DeltrusDisc]

I'll have to look into it.... I think my box at least says something about 8GB modules either being capable/certified or will be....

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Asus will update QVL once the DIMMs are available on the market... I take it that's a BIOS update of some sort.

[Cyanotical]

I'll have to look into it.... I think my box at least says something about 8GB modules either being capable/certified or will be....

its not a huge deal, more of a double check thing, if it says it supports 8gb dimms then you are fine, if not, it will still probably support them, but you do run the risk of them not working

[DeltrusDisc]

P8P67 BIOS 2103
"1. Improve memory compatibility
2. Improve system stability"

I think that's worth flashing for. ;p

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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147

Just go through that and find what you consider satisfying. Realize the numbers are done in a fairly boring environment though. The benches can't hold a candle to a 25man raid after all. The link above says 63.8 fps, but on the other hand the i3 2100 says 94.1 fps. o_O;

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That said, I think we drifted offtopic from your question. O_o;

Personally, the cooler you get with the CPU is fair enough for the time being, imo. It'd be a bigger deal to get a worthwhile graphics card. What are you planning to use the computer for anyway, and what sort of budget are you on, etc?

Loving that link, bookmarked!!

Looks like im going to go for the x6 phenom II 1055t, 68 fps in WoW, I assume that is under heavier load than a 25man? Although im nto too fussed as I hit a max of 6 fps atm. Lol.

Its used for mostly wow and general use, I do want to frapsing more and youtube vids etc.

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Loving that link, bookmarked!!

Looks like im going to go for the x6 phenom II 1055t, 68 fps in WoW, I assume that is under heavier load than a 25man? Although im nto too fussed as I hit a max of 6 fps atm. Lol.

Its used for mostly wow and general use, I do want to frapsing more and youtube vids etc.

Highly unlikely. It says 74 for my CPU at stock clocks and I dip to 30's in 25 mans, overclocked to 4.1GHz.

[Kenshin]

PC Tower: CM HAF 932 Big
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 PRO, Socket-2011
CPU: Intel® Core i7-3930K Processor
GPU: Asus Radeon HD 6970 ( considering buying 7970, but unsure price is worth it yet)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 Hydro Series
RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz 8GB CL9
PSU: Corsair TX750M 750W
HHD: Corsair 3series SSD 120GB + WD Caviar 2TB 7200

Should last me a while I hope ^^

[DeltrusDisc]

So flashing from 1503 BIOS to the 2103 update chopped like 10~ seconds off my boot time, damn... I should do some benchmarking, having updated the firmware on my SSD and this BIOS flash... things are definitely acting more snippy.

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PC Tower: CM HAF 932 Big
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 PRO, Socket-2011
CPU: Intel® Core i7-3930K Processor
GPU: Asus Radeon HD 6970 ( considering buying 7970, but unsure price is worth it yet)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 Hydro Series
RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz 8GB CL9
PSU: Corsair TX750M 750W
HHD: Corsair 3series SSD 120GB + WD Caviar 2TB 7200

Should last me a while I hope ^^

Holy crap. Another Sandy Bridge E build!

The 750 watt PSU though is probably bottle-necking your expansion-ability, however - like I would not suggest adding another 6970 in for Crossfire... definitely not.

[Kenshin]

Holy crap. Another Sandy Bridge E build!

The 750 watt PSU though is probably bottle-necking your expansion-ability, however - like I would not suggest adding another 6970 in for Crossfire... definitely not.[/QUOTE]

I wasnt planning on crossfire. Just replacing the 6970 for a 7970. But im pretty skint after those parts ^^ Bigger PSU i can afford, but when I asked the guys at komplett.no, they said 750w would be enough still for this setup.

[Fuzzykins]

While this isn't my rig...
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x...3/93e6e727.jpg
This exists...
O.o
4CPU's.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1199680/p...l-costin/0_100
Really touching story behind it as well.

[DeltrusDisc]

I wasnt planning on crossfire. Just replacing the 6970 for a 7970. But im pretty skint after those parts ^^ Bigger PSU i can afford, but when I asked the guys at komplett.no, they said 750w would be enough still for this setup.

yeah it's enough, just doesn't give you must extra wattage for future additions, that's all.

[Deleted]

Those benchmarks at full graphics settings you reckon?

[BicycleMafioso]

Holy crap. Another Sandy Bridge E build!

The 750 watt PSU though is probably bottle-necking your expansion-ability, however - like I would not suggest adding another 6970 in for Crossfire... definitely not.

I wasnt planning on crossfire. Just replacing the 6970 for a 7970. But im pretty skint after those parts ^^ Bigger PSU i can afford, but when I asked the guys at komplett.no, they said 750w would be enough still for this setup.

It will be.
It might run close if you overclock all of it through hell and back, but you should have no trouble supporting dual 6970s with that CPU, despite the latter being powerhungry.

Two 7970, not so much though.

A shame you ruined the build with a horrid case, though.

[DeltrusDisc]

Those benchmarks at full graphics settings you reckon?

The little speech bubble next to World of Warcraft says:

Windows 7
1680x1050
All details maxed, no AA

[Kenshin]

I kinda like the tower, I know lots of people say it looks horrid. But people just have different tastes. I really don't like towers that looks too insane. ^^

[Deleted]

Looks like I can safely OC this processor to 3.8 with no stability issues.....might even be able to push it to 4....not too bad, that should up the performance some :P and net more fps.

Thanks for the tips, time for sleep so I can get up early enough to cancel this order, lols.

Halatosis

[Fierae]

Holy crap. Another Sandy Bridge E build!

We're taking over, just you watch.

[Drunkenvalley]

Out of curiosity, can I use my old Gtx 470 as a dedicated PhysX card?

[Fierae]

I'm sure you can yes, but I don't think you'd want to really, there are only a handful of games that even use PhysX:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX#PhysX_in_video_games