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Old 03-02-2012, 11:37 AM
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Hi Guys,
Since its almost 4 years since I started the last Pc and Overclocking topic, I reckon its time to do a new up to date one.

Have just built a new system comprising of the following components:

Main Pc Specifications:
  • Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830.
  • Fans: 3x 120mm
  • PSU: XFX P1-1250 Black. 1250W
  • Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V-Pro/GEN3
  • CPU: Intel i7 2600K
  • CPU Cooler: Corsair H80 Water Cooler Kit.
  • Ram: 16Gb Corsair Vengeance DD3 (1800mhz)
  • Video: 2xRadeon HD 7970 with 3GB DDR running in Crossfire.
  • Monitors: 3x Dell U2410 LCD monitors (All 24")
  • HDD 1: OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (240GB)
  • HDD 2: Seagate Barracuda 500GB. (7200rpm)
  • HDD 3: Seagate Barracuda 1TB. (7200rpm)
  • HDD 4: Seagate Barracuda 1TB. (7200rpm)
  • Sound: Onboard
  • Mouse: Microsoft Razor Habu optical.
  • Keyboard: Saitech Eclipse II.
  • Network. Gigabit LAN cabled through whole house.
  • OS: Windows 7 64bit.

Backup Solution:
HP Mediasmart EX495 running windows server 2003 with 7TB Of Storage.
This backs up both my main PC's and my laptop every evening and provides a one click restore function for any drive or whole system as required.


Benchmarking,
Lets all use the same things, that we can get free so anyione can join in the topic and see what different machines do.

Monitoring:
I use these programs to monitor my settings for safety.

CPU Z (click to download)
GPU Z (click to download)

I will be running some more overclocking tests tonight to see what is what, but so far its loooking good. Ran heaven and Super Pi tests at 4.7GHZ already, and the results are as follows: ** UPDATED **

Super Pi. 7.66 seconds.


3DMark Vantage: P41876


Heaven 2.5. = 3355


PC Mark 7 = 5936

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A setup i can only dream about.
Old 03-02-2012, 12:49 PM
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Not built a system in years now this was my last one, did manage 4ghz out of it, but it wasn't to stable every week or so it would decide to crash so settled on 3.6/7 ghz









and of course the dump of a corner in the spare room


Best monitor ever made for gaming

Not a patch on yours stu but was pretty decent in 08/09
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Still is pretty decent mate, those results are good.
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I think we need to see some HQ gaming screenshots stu
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Originally Posted by danneth
I think we need to see some HQ gaming screenshots stu
Wait till my 3rd monitor and 2nd 4970 arrive Monday and will get some of it running on three screens.
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Just seen your HD tune program, never seen that, will go look for it to test my SSD!
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Just seen your HD tune program, never seen that, will go look for it to test my SSD!
Ive seen the results of the SSD's !
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Originally Posted by danneth
Ive seen the results of the SSD's !
Mine is actually down on rated performance, just looking for new drivers!
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super pi 24.42 +



i soo need to overclock this thing .. stillll

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Its all unpacked, assembled and looking good now. Ended up buying that damn Skyrim too thanks to another topic over on SN.
Oh well, will be downloaded within the hour... hope its as good as the trailer suggests!

Here she is finished, hooked up to my 3x 24" Dells....


Benchmarking to follow.
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Its all unpacked, assembled and looking good now. Ended up buying that damn Skyrim too thanks to another topic over on SN.
Oh well, will be downloaded within the hour... hope its as good as the trailer suggests!

Here she is finished, hooked up to my 3x 24" Dells....


Benchmarking to follow.
Fuck me that's a awesome setup

Battle field 3 is your next best buy

http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3

It's like playing the film black hawk down online
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got to say bf3 would be awesome on that stu....
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Just done some benchmarking and updated the main post with my final spec and benchmarks, but here they are:

Super Pi. 7.66 seconds.


3DMark Vantage: P41876


Heaven 2.5. = 3355


PC Mark 7 = 5936
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Originally Posted by avid-fan
Battle field 3 is your next best buy

http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3
Still loving Crysis 2 at the moment mate.
For anyone who hasnt seen Crysis 2. Its still the best looking game in the world bar none I think.

http://youtu.be/ON8fU2RWyK4?hd=1
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At the minute my spec is

Core 2 duo 1.8
GT430
2Gb RAM
XP Pro
Barracuda 250Gb
250W supply I half inched from an old PC


It was really to see if I got into it and I've gotten completely hooked. Have just finished some of the classics, COD, Half Life, Far Cry etc. It's in bits on the kitchen table being built into a new case. New spec is:


Batman Case
i3 3.1Ghz
4Gb RAM
GTX 550
500W supply
Win7 64bit Pro
Twin 80mm rear fans
Same DVD player and HDD carried over.

Will post some pics up when its all together.
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Someone should bump this post in 10 years and I bet we all have phones that perform the same by then, lol


Cool setup Stu
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That things flying stu,

Have you messed with the ram timings?

the only thing its missing for me now is a proper sound card and some speakers?
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Originally Posted by mobb-black
It was really to see if I got into it and I've gotten completely hooked.
Will post some pics up when its all together.
Good man.

Originally Posted by Chip
Someone should bump this post in 10 years and I bet we all have phones that perform the same by then, lol
So true. LOL

Originally Posted by danneth
That things flying stu,
Have you messed with the ram timings?
Been tweaking it all week, its a long process but got her at 4.8GHZ stable at the moment and heading for 4.9 tonight if it passes its 3hr intel stress test.

the only thing its missing for me now is a proper sound card and some speakers?
Its on a full 7.1 surround system with subwoofer mate (Thats the black box under table to right), Doh... I missed those out of the specs didnt I?
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Had a couple of minor updates...





Oops...
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Seriously lol at this pic, is this really for you or NASA?

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I'm still on the same level as for years ago...

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
OCZ Titanium XTC 4GB DDR2-800 CL4 kit
XFX Radeon HD 4890 850M 1GB
2x Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA2
Samsung Spinpoint T166 250GB 16MB SATA2
Western Digital Raptor 150GB
Lite-On DH-16D2S-04
Lite-On LH-20A1S
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Antec Nine Hundred
Thermaltake Toughpower 600W
Scythe Mugen
Samsung SyncMaster 2333SW

CPU clock 3400 MHz
CPU multiplier 9 x
FSB clock 378 MHz
CPU Voltage 1.328 V
Memory clock 378 MHz
Memory timings 4-4-4-15
Memory voltage 2 V

Cinebench 9.5 1807
SuperPi Mod 1.5XS/1.6TPU 1M 15.424 sec.
Cinebench 10 13704





Don't have any recent pics of my setup itself.
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I have absolutely no idea what the fuck any of you are on about
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Originally Posted by miller3
I have absolutely no idea what the fuck any of you are on about
me neither but it all looks nice,love the 3 monitors stu
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