So yeah, that is it. As in, that is the PC. And it is a lot bigger than I expected.
Here are the full specs:
i7-950 @ 3.3ghz Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard Antec 1200 Case 850W Modular PSU GTX 460 (1GB SC) 6GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz (Not at that atm (lower), need to edit stuff in the bios) 2TB (2x1tb) 7200.12 Seagate Hard Drives Blu ray ROM/DVD RW in one Ultra-120 eXtreme Heatsink with 1000rpm 120mm fan
Other stuff One thing which I didn't expect is that the case fans are all Molex connectors. Nothing to go to the motherboard. It is very quiet though on low settings (you can ajust it), and sounds like a jet engine on high.
Benchmarks Haven't done very many... but I've done 3dmark06 a couple of times. Heres the result of the one I did now (I've got a little higher):
Temperatures and stuff On high fan speeds, with F@H running and a couple more programs, here are the temps:
With F@H off, it drops right down. Believe me. Running 3d mark or a game, the temps for the cores are 30-50 and GPU is about 50-60.
CPU-Z
Oh yeah, any voltages/whatnot where set by the program I OCed to 3.3 with... I haven't done it in the bios yet. I was just raising it to get over 20k for 3dmark with the mobo's software... anything which looks high?
Other Pictures
(Tempted to say Benedict's build, but that makes me sound like... dunno.)
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SSDs arent THAT great. okay sure, they have fast boot times and loading times, but thats all they are good for. even then, after two or three years, the performance starts to degrade significantly.
im guessing you overclock, yes?[/div]
obviously with a setup like that Yes.
Oct 06, 12 at 12:31pm
hiigaran
SSDs arent THAT great. okay sure, they have fast boot times and loading times, but thats all they are good for. even then, after two or three years, the performance starts to degrade significantly.
im guessing you overclock, yes?
Oct 06, 12 at 11:02am
Benedict
I was thinking of a i7 3930k, GTX 690/equivelent, both watercooled, for something that will last ages and would look and be awesome. No idea on a budget yet - but over £1000. I made a lot of mistakes with my first PC, eg lack of an SSD, memory isn't the best, etc.[/div]
Oct 05, 12 at 2:44pm
hiigaran
those are designed for workstation purposes, so they arent as optimised for gaming as mainstream video cards.
even if they do perform better in games, the jump in price would most certainly not be worth it.