Laz.e.rus

Totally stock/ just built / nothing OCd 3dMark06 scores: 16981, then 172xx something The turbo is giving me some issues. Not leaving 2.8Ghz so far. Hmmmm.

Awesome! Good to see ya!

Well, its up and running with Vista 64 right now. Still doing some little stuff (cables, case wires, etc). Looks great! Someone wanna set me up with some linkies for today's software to benchmark it? Question: How has Win 7 been doing? I got a free copy of Win 7 home coming to me, and by the sounds of it I'm going to like it, but has there been too many issues with it? I don't wanna be O/S gimped for 6 months while they figure out drivers and such. Pics details etc later.

Hey! I just realized something.. I use ITE Smartguardian to control all my fans and monitor my temps on my current system, and Ive loved it. I have no idea what to use for monitor and control on this new intel. Any one have any suggestions? ITE:

as do I, and I guarantee that I will! With the rebate it was the exact same price as the vanilla, so I figured I'd take EVGAs headstart for free, and "maybe" theres actually something different internally with it. Thermal paste or fan quality or something. Shrug. Looks like those Lynnfield 860s are hitting anywhere from 3.6 to 4.2 for the OC without getting too extreme. Im sure someone will put some some crazy phase-cooled number pretty soon. I honestly havent deciced how I want to handle it yet. This thing OCs itself to 3.5 or so on its own while running a single core. OR, I can disable that and OC it manually so that all 4 cores run equally fast. Hmmm.

Roger that....I can see it now: Wife: "Hey, are you coming to dinner?" Laz: "Sure thing babe, just wanna get this one modification I was looking for..." Wife: "MmmmHmm" 7 hours later: Wife: "Erm...Gnight"

Tell him Laz said Hiya, and I still say I taught him everything he knows about the p90

Just bought a 275 896MB superclocked for $260 + $20 mail-in rebate. Yay! So.. total cost including OS: About : $1500 After reading a bunch of reviews, the 275 with some OCing comes in just BARELY under the 285 1GB (which is about $90 more). So, I feel that was a decent deal and helped make up for the extra I spent. The goal was to keep it under $1500

Hmm. Maybe instead of raiding them, Ill set a 640 to C, and a 640 to D separately. Yeah, I was going to buy a 285 1GB, but they went out of stock the day before I ordered. I ended up spending a little more than I planned, so I might go with a 260 to make up the diff. So far, WITHOUT the video card and with the $110 I had to shell out for Vista 64 (till 7 comes out), Im at about $1250

Just bought all of the above at Newegg

When I checked into it, its giving me Win7Pro (x64 or x86 versions) DVD Download for free. I chose x64 wow

Mmmk. That psu didnt seem to have the 8 pin cpu connex I needed. So, I made some changes and here is what I have, except for Vid card: CPU Cooler: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835233029 Power: Modular 850: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817139011 HDD: 2 of these 640's: Does any one know much about these? Thinking raid 1 ... with that much data I'd want the redundancy over performance (I THINK). Not sure though, maybe raid 0 (shrug). QUESTION: Does partitioning even make any sense any more? Ive regretted it on my current raid0 setup (Win XP) since I ended up with a too-small system C drive. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136319 Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811129058 Mobo: Went back to the midrange EVGA: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813188055 CPU Lynnfield 860: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115214 Ram: Dropped to 4GB ram and upgraded the quality to Dominator Gts with the fan. Lost 4 GB ram, saved $100 (again - shrug) http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820145268 So, if any one could answer any of those questions above, thatd be awesome. Im still planning on the Evga 285 - Out of stock rt now though. For the Video Card, don't forget that Evga has the step up program... for 90 days or whatever I can trade it in for a 300 series if their out.

So...do they? Or is it creative-only for the front extensions? Thanks!

Nice! Grats!

So..its co-op. Is the game perpetual? Like WOW it just never ends, or does it have a story and an ending like a single player?

ah gotcha. Did it then? Were you able to run that X-fi out to the case's front sound jacks?

does that sound card connect to front case-based mic/phone jacks? Or does Creative still make it so that you have to buy their extension bay thing in order to have any front jacks?

Hmm. Can't decide on soundcard and HDDs. The fatality with the control unit that fits in the slot looks interesting, but too much money. Whats good nowadays for reasonable $? Creative still having driver issues? Hows about HDDs? Looking at this for Cooling: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835106123 Not many choices yet for the 1156 socket. Hope it fits in a 900-2 ! Going Blue on mine sedah. Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130238 Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145267 ( I think. May go 4 gig for $$ reasons. same case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058 Keeping blue led fans. Looking at the Corsair powers. BIG price difference between 850 standard, 850 modular, and 1000 modular. For $100+ dollars difference, I might just go with the 850 standard (850TX i think) from corsair. Any issues with the 850s only having single rails? That was a big no-no back when I built this 939 sys.

so, what is left, and will the psu work for my p55

corrected title to "Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP" Im buying this in a couple days. 300 gen is out. Any input on the PSU/ram etc?

yeah, thanks. I know bout the 300;s but I never buy #1. The last one I built was an Opteron 165 @ 2.8 (on it right now - stock rating is 1.8 Ghz) on air with an 8800gt dual slot. I build for: CPU = 2 gens, vid card = buy two of em in its life. Im using an OCZ 750watt for this system, never had a problem. But I just dont know what is P55 acceptable. Last time I looked, all I needed to know was # of rails vs. amps/rail. I dont even know what some of the newest codes are..... EMS? 6+1 PWM? 12+2? Does that relate to power? Or is it a description of the shape of the northbridge? Do they still have a northbridge?

So far, here is what I am thinking for my P55 rig: Any input? Ram: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820145267 Mobo: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813188055 Video: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130480 CPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115214 PSU: Absolutely NO IDEA WHATSOEVER. This is one of the most important parts of the system I feel, but I don't know what to get or what is compatible. HELP? Case: Looking at a few. They all have different pros/cons, so not sure yet. (Any that come with a PSU will have the PSU sold on craigs or something) http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811129058 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811129021 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811156062 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811108185 HDD: Are there still a lot of problems with the 1TB drives, or are they pretty much stable now?Or should I go smaller?

Kind of reminds me of STALKER/Chernobyl. Looks interesting. That video showed some crazy lag it looks like. I remember when I played Planetside (FPS/MMO) that was their biggest problem. How is it with this game?

Thanks Preacher. Any idea what 12+2 PWM or 6+1 means?

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