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    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

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    that's what I always do, buy the vanilla's then OC it, got my 275 oc'd to 720core, and yes; its stable :luxhello:

     

    as do I, and I guarantee that I will! :P

    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.

    Borderlands

    in Computer Games

    it has a story with an ending im pretty sure, but they made it so there are boss runs u can repeatedly do like any other RPG. It's also not out yet, October 20th i believe is the date, so next month. one of the things that draws me to it is that there are like literally hundreds of thousands of weapons that you can get. So im going to always be in search of that one perfect weapon for each class... :)

     

    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"

    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    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

    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    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

    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    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.

    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    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.

    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    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? :)

    Building Laz a Lynnfield 860-ASAP

    in Tech Reviews, Support and PC Builds

    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?

    Fallen Earth

    in MMOs

    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?

    CSS Dedicated Server

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