Starting a whole new build....got a bunch of parts in and was testing out the new Z87 chipset Intel Raid on my M6E....So far very impressive..
Windows 8 64 / Intel RST 11.2
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I just built a Monster Sandy Bridge "Beast" Rig....I wanted to run a OCZ Revodrive X2 240, but apparently because of OCZ or ASUS issues the drive will only run at about half speed....each company is pointing the finger the other way....Here is a screenshot of the RevoDrive X2 Atto...
Just updated my rig...Sold off the Core 2 QX9650 / 8800GTX System and went with Core i7 and TRI SLI GTX 280!! Ended up using only one of the Danger Den Backplates...could not get good contact on core... The Bitspower fittings worked nice..Temps idle at 35C and never go above 50C!!
Here are...
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It has been a while since I have posted anything...but I have a few "goodies" I have just received and have begun playing with. I have attached some pictures of the benchmarks so far..
The "goodies":
ASUS P6T Deluxe Bios 0804
Core i7 965XE @ 1.45v
12Gb Patriot DDR3-1333 @...
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Last week I received my 2 Danger Den NV-88 waterblocks for my 2 8800 GTX cards. I installed them into my newly built system over the holidays. I have attached a bunch of pics of the install.
The machine I built is listed in my signature....The rig has two separate water...
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I just completed by new rig (specs below) and I have a question....
I have a huge jump in CPU temp from idle to Load...I am pumping a lot of volts (1.55) through the chip and it is Prime stable at 3.8 Ghz but, the temps (according to AI booster) are this: idle 40C and Dual Priming...
EDIT: Good URL now...Sorry
Ran across this today!
http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=234367
ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition 256MB PCI-E x16 Video Card
149.00 after rebate!!! That is a great deal! even without the rebate....
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Just an FYI....while I as shopping at my local Micro Center, I noticed they have a new dedicated watercooling section that has Danger Den products. I asked an associate about it and he said that Micro Center was the only brick and mortar retailer in the US that carries Danger Den products...
This is one nice chip....still trying to get to 3.0......looks like I will need a bios fix for the MSI platinum sli board to get vcore past 1.48....Has anyone had vcore issues with San Diego and the MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI?? I am using the original 3.0 bios...
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Link to watercooling post...
I have been reading posts here and other places for about a month now...
Thanks to all who have posted some great information!
I have finally taken the plunge and built a new watercooled AMD 64 3700+ SLI system...
System is stable at 2.95 Ghz! Will tweak some more to get to 3.0...
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For all that have a Micro Center near them....A coupon to get Doom 3 for 46.87!! In store only..not for online orders....
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Doom 3 Micro Center Coupon