Motherboard Choice ???

[STE\/E]

I looking to Upgrade 9 of my Box's, the other 6 don't need it because their fairly new. Anywho I've sorta narrowed it down to this:

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231569

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121606 or
Motherboard: http://204.14.213.185/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130573

I don't need any PSU's or Case's as what I have will do just Fine, the smallest PSU I'm running right now is 750 Watt's with some 850's & up also. All the Box's I'd be redoing have ANTEC 900 Cases so I don't see replacing them either. I will have to get a few SATA Drives as the IDE's I have in a few Box's I won't have anywhere to hook them up to but that's no big Deal as small SATA Drives are fairly cheap anyway & going to SATA makes for better Air Flow to as the Cables are smaller.

The Intel Motherboard I'm sort interested in because from everything I can tell about it it would run 2 GPU's at x16 unless I'm Mistaken, the MSI Board is the one Triggl posted about & for the price is a very nice board too: Any opinions about either board ? & correct me if I'm mistaken about the Intel Board ... Thanks

[Robert7]

MSI is working very well, better than others, but if you want to participate in POEM, then you do not have a choice, you have to take PCIE 3.0 (Z77).

BTW, very impressive investment! SG should be worried about. :)

[John P. Myers]

Between those 2 boards, you have no choice but to get the Intel since the MSI won't support Ivy Bridge without a BIOS update which can't be done unless you have a Sandy Bridge laying around you can install first. Pain in the ass. But even if it did support IB out of the box, i'd say get the Intel anyway. It has PCIe 3.0 where the MSI only has 2.0. Intel also has 2x more SATA 6Gb connections than MSI and 10-channel sound (you never know what may come in handy). Coronicus found both boards have 1 x16 and 1 x8 PCIe slot.

As for the expense of switching to SATA drives, this may be a bit cheaper and less hassle too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815280001 **Edit: nevermind. Won't let you boot from it :/


Unfortunately, this product is not intended to be sold and bundled with Ivy Bridge processors and we do not plan to recall them at the moment.

Please be advised that the board was originally designed for Sandy Bridge platform using 2nd gen, 2xxx processors and we've added support for existing owners to upgrade to Ivy Bridge processor with BIOS update which was released earlier this year.
Therefore, all Ivy Bridge processor will not work with this motherboard right out of box without a new BIOS update.

[coronicus]

Quoted from intel for that motherboard


Two PCI Express* 3.0 x16 connectors (one x8 electrical)

Supports ATI CrossFireX* and NVIDIA SLI*

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dz77bh-55k.html

[coronicus]

MSI is working very well, better than others, but if you want to participate in POEM, then you do not have a choice, you have to take PCIE 3.0 (Z77).

BTW, very impressive investment! SG should be worried about. :)


Have to agree for the video cards with 3.0 capabilities i would go with the z77 which runs both x16 slot at x8 PCIE 3.0.. Fyi you cannot mix the 2.0 card and still have one running @ 3.0.. the link will drop to x8 PCIE 2.0 standards.

If poem is what your optimizing for then for the video cards that run at 2.0 i would sugest going with the 2011 sandy so you can have two true PCIE 2.0 x16 specially for those beast 2.0 dual gpus imo.

I know there are some motherboards with that PCIE chip that allows more PCIE lanes but i dont understand how that makes things faster when it connects to the same single PCIE lane going to the CPU.. Maybe someone can answer this one

[John P. Myers]

I know there are some motherboards with that PCIE chip that allows more PCIE lanes but i dont understand how that makes things faster when it connects to the same single PCIE lane going to the CPU.. Maybe someone can answer this one

Basically they take advantage of there not being data flowing through the lanes 100% of the time and switch packets from 1 GPU to another. There is some additional latency added to systems that use these chips though, as it takes a moment to decide which GPU the data needs to be sent to, or which it just came from. I don't know how much they've improved lately, but using these chips to change 2 x8 slots to 2 x16 slots will actually slow you down. Their best use is preventing any slots from running at x0, such as on the MSI Big Bang Marshal. Personally i think PLX makes the best PCIe switches, but i'm really only basing that on a hunch. Nvidia and Lucid also make PCIe switches.

[Fire$torm]

WTG Ste\/e! Can't wait to see your production curve... :D

@JPM: Regarding that add-on card you posted about. They note that the card will boot using IB but only after a BIOS update. I would suggest doing the update from a SB system just to be safe.

[STE\/E]

8-} ... Now I'm really Confused, Thanks Guy'z ... ;)

1'st off I don't have any particular Project in mind that I'm thinking of Updating the Box's for, all of them I guess. The Q6600 Quad Cores in them now I've been running for 6 Years as I got them as soon as they came out. Their just old & inefficient power wasters when compared to today's CPU's so it's time to Upgrade them, if not now then when the Haswells come out next year. From what I'm reading about the Haswells though is their not going to be much if any faster than whats being offered now, I'm sure they'll be a little faster in some areas but nothing dramatic.

I knew about the MSI Board having problems with the Ivy Bridge CPU's but should have read more I guess. Here's a MSI Board that might work & is $30 cheaper than the Intel Board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644


WTG Ste\/e! Can't wait to see your production curve... :D

@JPM: Regarding that add-on card you posted about. They note that the card will boot using IB but only after a BIOS update. I would suggest doing the update from a SB system just to be safe.

Probably won't be any more than what it's now, the Upgrades are for the CPU's mainly so my GPU Output isn't going to increase much if any ...

[John P. Myers]

I knew about the MSI Board having problems with the Ivy Bridge CPU's but should have read more I guess. Here's a MSI Board that might work & is $30 cheaper than the Intel Board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644


Much better :) Plus you get some free RAM you can sell off for a few extra $$ too.

[Fire$torm]

8-} ... Now I'm really Confused, Thanks Guy'z ... ;)

1'st off I don't have any particular Project in mind that I'm thinking of Updating the Box's for, all of them I guess. The Q6600 Quad Cores in them now I've been running for 6 Years as I got them as soon as they came out. Their just old & inefficient power wasters when compared to today's CPU's so it's time to Upgrade them, if not now then when the Haswells come out next year. From what I'm reading about the Haswells though is their not going to be much if any faster than whats being offered now, I'm sure they'll be a little faster in some areas but nothing dramatic.

I knew about the MSI Board having problems with the Ivy Bridge CPU's but should have read more I guess. Here's a MSI Board that might work & is $30 cheaper than the Intel Board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644

The free RAM that comes with that last board would help to offset costs. :-bd


8-}


WTG Ste\/e! Can't wait to see your production curve... :D

@JPM: Regarding that add-on card you posted about. They note that the card will boot using IB but only after a BIOS update. I would suggest doing the update from a SB system just to be safe.



Probably won't be any more than what it's now, the Upgrades are for the CPU's mainly so my GPU Output isn't going to increase much if any ...

Sorry Ste\/e, I was confusing the SATA add-on card with the quote JPM posted from MSI. Plz ignore my ignorance.... :P

[Fire$torm]

Ste\/e better hurry on this one!!!

(Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188098&nm_mc=EMC-GD111812&cm_mmc=EMC-GD111812-_-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13188098-E01A)) EVGA Z68 FTW 160-SB-E689-KR LGA 1155 Intel Z68 (Sandy Bridge only :( ) $84.99 w/Free Shipping (Before $25.00 MIR) Sale ends today at 3:00 PM PST!!!!!!

[John P. Myers]

Ste\/e better hurry on this one!!!

(Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188098&nm_mc=EMC-GD111812&cm_mmc=EMC-GD111812-_-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13188098-E01A)) EVGA Z68 FTW 160-SB-E689-KR LGA 1155 Intel Z68 (Sandy Bridge only :( ) $84.99 w/Free Shipping (Before $25.00 MIR) Sale ends today at 3:00 PM EST!!!!!!

3PM PST :)

[STE\/E]

It's Sandybridge & their out of stock already, somebody bought um up & will sell them on e-bay probably ...

If I go now I'll probably go with:

MSI Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644
INTEL 3770K CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
GSkill Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231569

Maybe order just enough of the Memory for 6 Box's, I would get 20 Free Dimm's of Memory with the Motherboards, so that would do the other 4 Box's @ 16gb each & I wouldn't have to bother trying to sell the excess Memory ...

[Fire$torm]

3PM PST :)

Yes, that is what I posted.... after edit :P


It's Sandybridge & their out of stock already, somebody bought um up & will sell them on e-bay probably ...

If I go now I'll probably go with:

MSI Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644
INTEL 3770K CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
GSkill Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231569

Maybe order just enough of the Memory for 6 Box's, I would get 20 Free Dimm's of Memory with the Motherboards, so that would do 4 Box's @ 16gb each & I wouldn't have to bother trying to sell the excess Memory ...

Looks like you a good setup there. Just curious, are you planning on the upgrades soon?

[STE\/E]

Looks like you a good setup there. Just curious, are you planning on the upgrades soon?

Well I have to order the Memory by tomorrow Night or the Deal Expires, also don't know how long the free memory with the motherboards will last. I was hoping to maybe wait & see what other deals might come up before Christmas before ordering, probably between now & Christmas anyway one way or the other ... It'll give me time to rebuild the Box's while it's still winter yet.

[John P. Myers]

Well I have to order the Memory by tomorrow Night or the Deal Expires, also don't know how long the free memory with the motherboards will last. I was hoping to maybe wait & see what other deals might come up before Christmas before ordering, probably between now & Christmas anyway one way or the other ... It'll give me time to rebuild the Box's while it's still winter yet.

There will be other mobo deals i'm sure, but probably not really any better than this one, except for the crazy ones like on that EVGA board that sold out in 20 secs :/ Next time, instead of RAM maybe they'll discount it more, or maybe a discount will just as much but won't include mail-in crap, etc. Basically you could buy that MSI or wait and buy something else of equal performance at an equal value. Only concern is it may turn out to be a brand you don't care for.

[STE\/E]

There will be other mobo deals i'm sure, but probably not really any better than this one, except for the crazy ones like on that EVGA board that sold out in 20 secs :/ Next time, instead of RAM maybe they'll discount it more, or maybe a discount will just as much but won't include mail-in crap, etc. Basically you could buy that MSI or wait and buy something else of equal performance at an equal value. Only concern is it may turn out to be a brand you don't care for.

That's what I'm thinking too, I'm basically getting the Motherboards for $99 if you figure the cost of the Free Memory, I doubt I'd see the Motherboard selling for that any time soon ...

[Fire$torm]

That's what I'm thinking too, I'm basically getting the Motherboards for $99 if you figure the cost of the Free Memory, I doubt I'd see the Motherboard selling for that any time soon ...

Most likely that will hold true. And sorry about not posting that super MSI deal sooner. Hadn't checked my email until after my first post of the day. Which is a bummer since it arrived in my box at 4:31am this morning.... :(

[John P. Myers]

Review of that MSI board just posted today: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/11/19/msi_z77agd55_lga_1155_motherboard_review

Seems pretty decent.

[STE\/E]

Thanks John, I'm still Procrastinating on the Order :rolleyes: I know I need to Upgrade the Box's but I have a hard time justifying the Cost of the Upgrades ...8-}

[John P. Myers]

ehh...probably wouldn't hurt to wait til Haswell. It's only 5 more months. If you upgraded now you'd be feeling the itch again anyway. The motherboards won't be on sale but the CPUs should cost pretty much the same.

[STE\/E]

Yeah there's always something newer on the Horizon, trouble is you can wait forever waiting for the next best thing ... The Haswell CPU's kinda interest me even if the Clock Speed's won't be much if any different than the Ivy Bridge CPU's. There's some serious improvements in the on board Graphics, overclocking ability & other areas that double what the Ivy Bridge CPU's are capable of so it could be worth the wait since I've waited this long already. It's not like the Q6600's & Q6700's I have now are the slowest things going, their just not as fast as the Sandybridge & Ivybridge line of CPU's, so waiting isn't going to hurt me ...


Newegg's been having some good Deals on Ram, like 32gb 4x8 Dimm's for $109, some are listed as Quad Kits, correct me if I'm wrong but one could order a Quad Ram Kit & still use it as Dual Ram by splitting the Kit into 2 4x8 Kit's ??? it's the Motherboard that determines how the Ram runs & not the Ram it's self ???

[John P. Myers]

Newegg's been having some good Deals on Ram, like 32gb 4x8 Dimm's for $109, some are listed as Quad Kits, correct me if I'm wrong but one could order a Quad Ram Kit & still use it as Dual Ram by splitting the Kit into 2 4x8 Kit's ???
That's correct. You can split them up all you want. Since Haswell also will use DDR3 you could load up on the cheap RAM now if you wanted to. Even use some of it elsewhere until after you upgrade.

[STE\/E]

Sigh, just ordered 10 set's on Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489 5 on my Newegg Account & 5 on My Wife's Account ... Didn't think I could get it any lower so rather than miss out I ordered the Ram anyway. Now to wait & see what better CPU & Mother Board Deals come out between now & Christmas ... 8->

[Fire$torm]

:-bd

[John P. Myers]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4215265&SID=skim7136X661691X0dc2c43da2462b12adfbcda9802f27 16
Just saying :p

[STE\/E]

Double Post

[STE\/E]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4215265&SID=skim7136X661691X0dc2c43da2462b12adfbcda9802f27 16
Just saying :p

You think that's a better Board than the MSI Board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130644 ... ??? ... There were some complaints on the Mounting holes being Non-Standard

[STE\/E]

lol ... The Memory order on my Wife's Account fell thru because Newegg refused it because it's the same address mine ... D'oh ... I have to wait 48 Hr's before ordering the same Item again if there's a Limit on how many you can order so I'll have to try again Saturday Morning if their still on sale ...

But I Ordered 5 3770k's this Morn only 5 because of the Limit Rule again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501 Fan Included & Free Shipping ...


Still mulling over my Motherboard options ... :rolleyes: ... EDIT: Okay I broke down & got 5 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330 They took away the Free Memory but dropped the Price by another $20 so it was $30 Cheaper that the MSI Board. I didn't see any difference in the Boards & liked the looks of the ASRock more so went with them even though I have my reservations about ASRock Boards, will give them one more try ... :-ss ... The ASRock Board has a ATX/IDE Connector on it so it'll save me from buying new SATA Hard Drives right now anyway so that's another Bonus Savings. Should really get the SATA Drives, only need 2 but as long as the IDE's are still running I'll use them ...

I figure I saved about $350 by waiting a few days to order Half what I needed. Will maybe order more after the 48 Hr Newegg wait period or may wait until the Haswells come out to do the other 5 Box's that need Upgrading

[STE\/E]

Okay, so far I've Ordered:

3 Set's of G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) @ $99 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231490

5 set's of G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) @ $49 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489

5 ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard's @ $99 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330

5 Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz CPU's @ $299 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

The G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) just came up so I went ahead & ordered 3 Set's, enough to do all 10 Box's. Even if I only do 5 Now I can always run 32gb in them until I do more. I'm seeing if Firestorm can get 1 or more of the $229 3770k's at Micro Center, if he can I'll put an order in for me & my wife both & try to pick them up Saturday. Then all I'll need to get is 2 More 3770k's & 5 Motherboards ... :D .. All Items have Free Shipping too ... :D:D

I haven't ordered any Aftermarket CPU Coolers yet because I want to do a build with a slight Overclock & see how hot the CPU gets. If it's acceptable I'll just go with the Stock Cooler, if not I'll have to buy some Aftermarket Cooler's I guess ...

[Mike029]

Congrats Steve... You going to be putting up a post to sell/donate any of your older hardware? Maybe? (Hint, hint) :p I'm sure there are a few mates out here that can use some of your older stuff. :-bd

[STE\/E]

Double Post

[STE\/E]

Congrats Steve... You going to be putting up a post to sell/donate any of your older hardware? Maybe? (Hint, hint) :p I'm sure there are a few mates out here that can use some of your older stuff. :-bd
I've had a request for at least 1 Combination of Gigabyte DQ6 Motherboard, Q6600 CPU & the Memory on the Board already Corsair 4gb DDR2 800 speed:

I'm willing to let go of the same combinations for $100 Plus shipping, shipping shouldn't be over $15 anywhere in the USA. They come with Aftermarket Coolers too, some are different than others.

I also will have the same Combination only with a Q6700 and 1 Combination with a Q9450.

The Q6700 Combination I'll let go for $125 & the Q9450 Combination for $150.

I can get well over $100 for the Motherboards alone not counting probably $75 or more for the Q6600's, I got $75 for some Core 2 Duo's just last Month so I know the Q6600 will sell for that or more. The Q6700 & Q9450 I can get even more for, I just checked Amazon and the Used Q6600's are going for $89 & up.

So for a Combination Package for the Q6600 for $100 plus shipping is like Donating them almost ... ;)

Anybody that's interested can PM me, I'll leave them together as I take them out. If nobody in the Forum/Team wants them then after awhile I'll list them on Amazom on my Sellers Site & try to sell them that way ...

I'm just getting ready to head down to Detroit & try to pick up 5 of those $229 3770k's @ Micro Center, i have a reservation for 2 of them, will try to talk them into selling me 3 more as there's a limit of 1 Per Household. But they sent me a Confirmation for me &my Wife both so we'll see how it goes.

[Mike029]

I've had a request for at least 1 Combination of Gigabyte DQ6 Motherboard, Q6600 CPU & the Memory on the Board already Corsair 4gb DDR2 800 speed:

I'm willing to let go of the same combinations for $100 Plus shipping, shipping shouldn't be over $15 anywhere in the USA. They come with Aftermarket Coolers too, some are different than others.

I also will have the same Combination only with a Q6700 and 1 Combination with a Q9450.

The Q6700 Combination I'll let go for $125 & the Q9450 Combination for $150.

I can get over $100 for the Motherboards alone not counting probably $75 or more for the Q6600's, I got $75 for some Core 2 Duo's just last Month so I know the Q6600 will sell for that or more. The Q6700 & Q9450 I can get even more for.

So for a Combination Package for the Q6600 for $100 plus shipping is like Donating them almost ... ;)

Anybody that's interested can PM me, I'll leave them together as I take them out. If nobody in the Forum/Team wants them then after awhile I'll list them on Amazom on my Sellers Site & try to sell them that way ...

I'm just getting ready to head down to Detroit & try to pick up 5 of those $299 3770k's @ Micro Center, i have a reservation for 2 of them, will try to talk them into selling me 3 more as there's a limit of 1 Per Household. But they sent me a Confirmation for me &my Wife both so we'll see how it goes.

Have at it family..;)

Thanks Steve..

[STE\/E]

Woot, picked up 5 of the 3770k's for $229 +Tax at Micro Center, going to try for 5 more tomorrow & return the 5 that shipped out from Newegg ... will save $775 on the CPU's alone if I can, already saved $475 on the CPU's even if I can't get 5 More from Micro ...

[Fire$torm]

Woot, picked up 5 of the 3770k's for $229 +Tax at Micro Center, going to try for 5 more tomorrow & return the 5 that shipped out from Newegg ... will save $775 on the CPU's alone if I can, already saved $475 on the CPU's even if I can't get 5 More from Micro ...

Oh yeah baby! I'm sure the Better Half appreciates that :D

[Mike029]

Sweet deal. congrats. I love it when store employees cooperate.:p

[STE\/E]

Woot again, got 5 more 3770k's for $229 +Tax, also meet Fire$torm & talked a little with him ... :cool: ... all I need now is 5 more Motherboards & I'll have every thing I need for the Upgrades to 10 Box's. Going to order them soon, will wait for Cyber Monday in case any better deals come along.

The Sales person at Micro Center got suspicious today, when me & my wife went up to the Online Pickup Center he got my wifes Order then must have seen my name too & checked the address's on them. Then he said we were only allowed 1 Per Household, felt like telling him then why did they sell me 5 yesterday & 2 already today ... lol ... Anywho he talked to the Manager & she said if the Online Order accepted the 2 Orders then take care of the Customer, so he sold them both to us ... [..]

[Al]

Woot again, got 5 more 3770k's for $229 +Tax, also meet Fire$torm & talked a little with him ... :cool: ... all I need now is 5 more Motherboards & I'll have every thing I need for the Upgrades to 10 Box's. Going to order them soon, will wait for Cyber Monday in case any better deals come along.

The Sales person at Micro Center got suspicious today, when me & my wife went up to the Online Pickup Center he got my wifes Order then must have seen my name too & checked the address's on them. Then he said we were only allowed 1 Per Household, felt like telling him then why did they sell me 5 yesterday & 2 already today ... lol ... Anywho he talked to the Manager & she said if the Online Order accepted the 2 Orders then take care of the Customer, so he sold them both to us ... [..]

Ste\/e, I think we all need a "how to" from you on how to get the wives involved...positively. Mine just looks at me a shakes her head. I guess, thinking about it, that is an improvement. =P~

[Mike029]

Ste\/e, I think we all need a "how to" from you on how to get the wives involved...positively. Mine just looks at me a shakes her head. I guess, thinking about it, that is an improvement. =P~

Amen to that. Mine oes a bit more like a few WTF or some ^$%*@, and then she throws a F!@# fit. lol. OK, it's not that bad but seems that way at times.

[STE\/E]

Amen to that. Mine oes a bit more like a few WTF or some ^$%*@, and then she throws a F!@# fit. lol. OK, it's not that bad but seems that way at times.

Me & my wife have had it out a few times too, not so much that I buy equipment because that's my money & she has her money to play with. She gets a little uptight when the Utility Bills start approaching $1500 ... :rolleyes: ... as long as I keep it down around $800 which is still quit high she doesn't say anything ... =; ... She was more than glad though to help me get the CPU's at Micro Center when I told her how much money it would save me Per CPU ... b-)

[Mike029]

Me & my wife have had it out a few times too, not so much that I buy equipment because that's my money & she has her money to play with. She gets a little uptight when the Utility Bills start approaching $1500 ... :rolleyes: ... as long as I keep it down around $800 which is still quit high she doesn't say anything ... =; ... She was more than glad though to help me get the CPU's at Micro Center when I told her how much money it would save me Per CPU ... b-)

A keeper for sure. :p

[STE\/E]

CRAP CRAP CRAP The Coolers came today but I'm still dead in the water, I haven't received any of the Memory shipped on 2 different Orders. 1 Of the shipments arrived at Des Plains Illinois on the 26'th but I still haven't got it. It's shouldn't take over 4 Day's to get to me in Mid Michigan from Illinois. So I can't do anything with the Rebuild yet ... :mad:

I fired off a e-mail to Newegg & let them know what I thought of their DHL Shipping Method ... :mad::mad:

[Fire$torm]

CRAP CRAP CRAP The Coolers came today but I'm still dead in the water, I haven't received any of the Memory shipped on 2 different Orders. 1 Of the shipments arrived at Des Plains Illinois on the 26'th but I still haven't got it. It's shouldn't take over 4 Day's to get to me in Mid Michigan from Illinois. So I can't do anything with the Rebuild yet ... :mad:

I fired off a e-mail to Newegg & let them know what I thought of their DHL Shipping Method ... :mad::mad:

If the shipper is DHL then you should looking for our stuff to arrive in your mailbox. For econo-shipping DHL hands off the package(s) to your local Post Office and they make final delivery. It a method that is slow for sure.

[trigggl]

CRAP CRAP CRAP The Coolers came today but I'm still dead in the water, I haven't received any of the Memory shipped on 2 different Orders. 1 Of the shipments arrived at Des Plains Illinois on the 26'th but I still haven't got it. It's shouldn't take over 4 Day's to get to me in Mid Michigan from Illinois. So I can't do anything with the Rebuild yet ... :mad:

I fired off a e-mail to Newegg & let them know what I thought of their DHL Shipping Method ... :mad::mad:


If the shipper is DHL then you should looking for our stuff to arrive in your mailbox. For econo-shipping DHL hands off the package(s) to your local Post Office and they make final delivery. It a method that is slow for sure.

That's one of the benefits of living 2 hours away from Memphis. Most items from NewEgg are overnighters for free.

[John P. Myers]

That's one of the benefits of living 2 hours away from Memphis. Most items from NewEgg are overnighters for free.

Yep :) Living here in Jackson, TN and when i lived next to trigggl in AR, everything was next day except for the rare cases they didn't have it at their memphis warehouse. Unfortunately i have to pay sales tax in TN, but not when i was in AR.

[STE\/E]

If I order anything before Noon from Tiger Direct down in Ohio I get it the nest day, trouble is their prices are usually a lot higher than Newegg.

If I knew it was going to take this long to get the Memory I would have run down to Micro Center & got the Corsair 16gb 12800 10-10-10-27 Memory they had on sale a few days ago for $35. Even with tax it would have been only about $38.60 which would have been $11 cheaper than I paid for the GSkill Memory from Newegg. I could have shipped the Memory from Newegg back once I did get it. Today's Saturday, so if I don't get the 1'st shipment of Memory it'll be Monday at the earliest before I do get it ...

[kmanley57]

I think they do not like you! I ordered memory the same day and got it yesterday, even using the 'econo-shipping' method.....


But mine came via Fedex, and not DHL.

[STE\/E]

I think they do not like you! I ordered memory the same day and got it yesterday, even using the 'econo-shipping' method.....


But mine came via Fedex, and not DHL.

I know where they live, see how they like that ... >:)

[Duke of Buckingham]

I know where they live, see how they like that ... >:)

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt4/cookiemonster_028/Laughing-1.gif

[trigggl]

I think they do not like you! I ordered memory the same day and got it yesterday, even using the 'econo-shipping' method.....


But mine came via Fedex, and not DHL.


I know where they live, see how they like that ... >:)

Fedex headquarters is in Memphis, so that would explain that. They send memory usually from the West Coast I think and they use DHL from there for some reason. I think I had the same problem. In fact, I think they sent it from the West Coast to Memphis and from there it got shipped South instead of West. It got halfway to Florida before they figured it out and sent it back up to Memphis to go West. I think I got it about 3 days late.

So, I guess the rule of thumb is, unless you live on the West Coast, expect G. Skill to take twice as long as they tell you. :-w

[Fire$torm]

Fedex headquarters is in Memphis, so that would explain that. They send memory usually from the West Coast I think and they use DHL from there for some reason. I think I had the same problem. In fact, I think they sent it from the West Coast to Memphis and from there it got shipped South instead of West. It got halfway to Florida before they figured it out and sent it back up to Memphis to go West. I think I got it about 3 days late.

So, I guess the rule of thumb is, unless you live on the West Coast, expect G. Skill to take twice as long as they tell you. :-w

Booooooooo. Me no likie that :mad:

[STE\/E]

I got both shipments of Memory an hour ago, 1 shipped 3 days before the other one but they both came the same day ... 8-}

Don't know how much time I'll get the next few days to work on the Re-build, promised the wife I'd take her to the movies this afternoon. Tomorrow & Monday it's supposed to get up into the 60's so I might go Golfing, Tuesday I have to take the wife to the Doctor, so it'll be sporadic at best working on the Re-builds ... :rolleyes:

[c303a]

Don't know how much time I'll get the next few days to work on the Re-build, promised the wife I'd take her to the movies this afternoon. Tomorrow & Monday it's supposed to get up into the 60's so I might go Golfing, Tuesday I have to take the wife to the Doctor, so it'll be sporadic at best working on the Re-builds ... :rolleyes:

I can see taking the wife to the Dr. but movies and golfing? I think you have to get your priorities in order. CRUNCHING comes first!!!!>:/>:/>:/:D:D:D

[STE\/E]

I can see taking the wife to the Dr. but movies and golfing? I think you have to get your priorities in order. CRUNCHING comes first!!!!>:/>:/>:/:D:D:D

Maybe I could get the Dr to come to the House, that way I would't lose any Crunching Time ... :p ... ;) ... :D

[Mumps]

I got both shipments of Memory an hour ago, 1 shipped 3 days before the other one but they both came the same day ... 8-}

Don't know how much time I'll get the next few days to work on the Re-build, promised the wife I'd take her to the movies this afternoon. Tomorrow & Monday it's supposed to get up into the 60's so I might go Golfing, Tuesday I have to take the wife to the Doctor, so it'll be sporadic at best working on the Re-builds ... :rolleyes:

"Honey, let me go refill that popcorn for you..."

2 movies later...

"Those were some really long lines..."

:)

[STE\/E]

"Honey, let me go refill that popcorn for you..."

2 movies later...

"Those were some really long lines..."

:)

lol ... Yeah Right

Probably start one rebuild in the morning, I'm wondering whether I'll have to re-install Win 7 or not. I know a lot of times when you change a lot of hardware Windows makes you do a re-install of the OS. That will take longer than the Rebuild it's self ... :rolleyes:

[nanoprobe]

lol ... Yeah Right

Probably start one rebuild in the morning, I'm wondering whether I'll have to re-install Win 7 or not. I know a lot of times when you change a lot of hardware Windows makes you do a re-install of the OS. That will take longer than the Rebuild it's self ... :rolleyes:
If your OS is not OEM you shouldn't have to do a reinstall only a reactivate.

[Fire$torm]

lol ... Yeah Right

Probably start one rebuild in the morning, I'm wondering whether I'll have to re-install Win 7 or not. I know a lot of times when you change a lot of hardware Windows makes you do a re-install of the OS. That will take longer than the Rebuild it's self ... :rolleyes:

Since, from the installed Windows point of view, it will see all new MB hardware, especially CPU, then the answer is YES. Windows may not even boot if it "sees" a different CPU then what it was installed on/with.

BTW, I could build a Win7 installer DVD image with most if not all the current Windows updates already added (aka Slipstreamed) in. Interested? Just tell me which version of Win7 to build. Note that I will not slipstream license keys into any images.

[nanoprobe]

IDK. I've numerous hardware updates including CPUs ,mobos, the works and never had to reinstall. It should boot and ask to reactivate. If it fails to activate online I can show you how to activate by phone.

[Fire$torm]

IDK. I've numerous hardware updates including CPUs ,mobos, the works and never had to reinstall. It should boot and ask to reactivate. If it fails to activate online I can show you how to activate by phone.

OK, but its almost never worked for me and the one or two times it did I ended up with a ton of driver issues and BSODs. Got fed up both times and Nuked the installed Windows and started from scratch.

[John P. Myers]

OK, but its almost never worked for me and the one or two times it did I ended up with a ton of driver issues and BSODs. Got fed up both times and Nuked the installed Windows and started from scratch.

I've had to do a complete re-install myself before. But once a simple "repair" did the trick. Windows seems to be real picky on how it decides how much trouble to cause you.

[somanyroads]

Got fed up both times and Nuked the installed Windows and started from scratch.

I feel better knowing it is not just me that starts from scratch and downloads 150+ updates to Windows 7 SP 1 after a major change to hardware. Could just be wishful thinking, but the boxes seem to be a lot faster after a fresh install of Windows.

Edit: are you saying you do not download 150+ updates but have them saved somewhere?

[STE\/E]

1 down & 9 to go, took about 7 Hr's :rolleyes: but I was dealing with a BIOS that was completely strange to me & a Corsair cooler that I had to pull the Motherboard 3 times to get installed right & a Fresh install of Win 7 but no SP1 yet. The next one should go a lot faster as I now know how the Corsair cooler is installed properly & I won't fiddle around for an hour or so trying to get the Hardware CD for the Motherboard to show up.

The Box would Boot up to the point of going into Win 7 but the a flash of BSOD would show up & it would reboot it's self again. No matter what I did the CD for the Hardware wouldn't come up either, some other garbage would but never the CD. After playing around for an hour or so I just threw the Win 7 CD in and did a re-install of the OS. I've never seen an improvements in time by installing SP! so for now I'll just run it the way it is.

Definitely way faster than the Q6600 that was in it when running POEM, just running at the Stock CPU Speed 3.5GHZ for now to let it break in a little but the times have dropped from around 43-44 Min's to about 25-26 Min's running just 4 with HT turned off. Not quite twice as fast but once I jack it up to about 4.2GHZ it should be twice as fast then. Doesn't seem to like running 8 in HT Mode though, very slow, seemed to run 4 just as fast in HT Mode as when not in HT Mode but when trying 8 it slowed way down. But it only has a single 570 in it, the only other Box I run in HT Mode is my i920, run 8 POEM Wu's in that but it has 2 7970's in it so can't really compare them.

The Corsair cooler H80 works good, about 50c under BOINC Load so that's okay by me, now all I need is a CD with all the SP1 Updates on it so I don't have to spend 4 Hr's downloading over the wireless network out to the garage ... :rolleyes:

[Fire$torm]

I feel better knowing it is not just me that starts from scratch and downloads 150+ updates to Windows 7 SP 1 after a major change to hardware. Could just be wishful thinking, but the boxes seem to be a lot faster after a fresh install of Windows.

Edit: are you saying you do not download 150+ updates but have them saved somewhere?


..........now all I need is a CD with all the SP1 Updates on it so I don't have to spend 4 Hr's downloading over the wireless network out to the garage ... :rolleyes:

This is what I was referring to in my last post. I have all but 9~10 updates plus no SP1. Personally I will NOT install SP1 on any of my boxen because of Windows update #KB971033 and a few others. Certain updates are nothing more then M$ spyware so no go. Now if M$ was willing to do a 50/50 share of the profits generated from that spyware, that would be a different story.

Anyhoot, I can DL and slipstream SP1 and add it to Win7 for someone else if interested. Of course if you want to do it yourself then use the RTse7en lite slipstreaming tool (Link (http://www.rt7lite.com/))

[somanyroads]

Of course if you want to do it yourself then use the RTse7en lite slipstreaming tool (Link (http://www.rt7lite.com/))

http://www.pcworld.com/article/239634/how_to_speed_up_windows_7_installs_with_slipstream ing_and_usb.html

awesome . . . thank you!

[STE\/E]

How do I know which Stand alone Win 7 Installer to download from this page ??? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842

[Mumps]

How do I know which Stand alone Win 7 Installer to download from this page ??? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842

windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe Will be the 64 bit version of the SP
windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe Is the 32 bit version

The rest are Symbol tables to aid in Debugging if you commonly work with Microsoft to troubleshoot errors.

Don't expect you'd ever have run in to the Itanium version. IA64. :)

[STE\/E]

windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe Will be the 64 bit version of the SP
windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe Is the 32 bit version

The rest are Symbol tables to aid in Debugging if you commonly work with Microsoft to troubleshoot errors.

Don't expect you'd ever have run in to the Itanium version. IA64. :)

Okay & Thanks Mumps, I'm in the process of re-building the 2'nd Box so I'll go start the Download will I'm re-building. I suspect I'll have to re-install the OS on this Box too, all of them for that matter so I'll try & build the CD once I'm done with the re-build.

Not happy at all so far with the ASRock Motherboard, Overclocks okay or at least it say's it's overclocked but the times for the Wu's are no different, if anything they run slower. I'm just doing this re-build to see if there's a difference in the MBoards. If I get the same results with Overclocking I'm going to try & return all the Boards and get something different. I really didn't want the ASRock but for the Price figured I'd take a chance. I've had notheing but dismal results with every ASRock Board I've had when it comes to OC'ing ...

[coronicus]

Okay & Thanks Mumps, I'm in the process of re-building the 2'nd Box so I'll go start the Download will I'm re-building. I suspect I'll have to re-install the OS on this Box too, all of them for that matter so I'll try & build the CD once I'm done with the re-build.

Not happy at all so far with the ASRock Motherboard, Overclocks okay or at least it say's it's overclocked but the times for the Wu's are no different, if anything they run slower. I'm just doing this re-build to see if there's a difference in the MBoards. If I get the same results with Overclocking I'm going to try & return all the Boards and get something different. I really didn't want the ASRock but for the Price figured I'd take a chance. I've had notheing but dismal results with every ASRock Board I've had when it comes to OC'ing ...

Dont forget with these new motehrboards when overclocing you have to set the max Wattage for em in two places or the board will down clock the cpu..

[STE\/E]

Second Box is Rebuilt but it's DOA right now, all the fans are working but nothing comes up on the screen. Tried 2 different video cards but nothing, they were a GTX480 & a HD5870, going to try a GTX570 after I eat, I read in the reviews of the motherboard it doesn't want to recognize older cards so maybe a 570 will work. The 1'st build I had a 570 in it soooooooo it's worth a try, if that doesn't work i'll try different Memory. If that doesn't work I'll swap the Motherboard tomorrow, if that works I'll have to ship the Board in it now back to Newegg & hope I get a good one back ... :rolleyes:


Dont forget with these new motehrboards when overclocing you have to set the max Wattage for em in two places or the board will down clock the cpu..

I just used the Overclock Genie that comes with the Board, CoreTemp said it was still running at the Stock 3.5GHZ Speed while RealTemp said it was running at 4.2GHZ. The on board overclocking software isn't noted for it's reliability so I may have to try manually OC'ing it after I read up a little how other guys are Overclocking the Board with the 3770k ...

[John P. Myers]

No CPU-Z? Like windows, i think CoreTemp only reports stock info and will not show an increase when OCd or a decrease when in power saving mode. I could be wrong though..

Nevermind...no you're right. It should show it. Hmmm...

[STE\/E]

No CPU-Z? Like windows, i think CoreTemp only reports stock info and will not show an increase when OCd or a decrease when in power saving mode. I could be wrong though..

Nevermind...no you're right. It should show it. Hmmm...

CoreTemp will show a Overclock because I see it on the Box's I do have Overclocked. That's what was weird, CoreTemp din't show the OC but RealTemp did.

I got the 2'nd build to fire up, changed video cards & Memory but still no good so I ripped everything back out & looked at the Pin's for the CPU. Sure enough one looked like it was split in half, weird. Anywho I got another MBoard out & looked at the Pins first & they looked ok so I re-built it with the different MBoard. Still didn't fire up on the 1'st boot but the second boot it booted almost to windows then re-booted like the other one did. So I'll have to reload Win 7, probably will have to to all of them as I rebuild them ... :rolleyes:

I tried to do a slipstream but the RT7 Lite kept locking up on me before I could do anything with it. Also the SP1 Update umps had me download wouldn't work by it's self, said It wasn't made for the Version of Win 7n I had (Win 7 Pro) ... I'll just do a Win 7 re-install in the morning ...

[Fire$torm]

CoreTemp will show a Overclock because I see it on the Box's I do have Overclocked. That's what was weird, CoreTemp din't show the OC but RealTemp did.

I got the 2'nd build to fire up, changed video cards & Memory but still no good so I ripped everything back out & looked at the Pin's for the CPU. Sure enough one looked like it was split in half, weird. Anywho I got another MBoard out & looked at the Pins first & they looked ok so I re-built it with the different MBoard. Still didn't fire up on the 1'st boot but the second boot it booted almost to windows then re-booted like the other one did. So I'll have to reload Win 7, probably will have to to all of them as I rebuild them ... :rolleyes:

I tried to do a slipstream but the RT7 Lite kept locking up on me before I could do anything with it. Also the SP1 Update umps had me download wouldn't work by it's self, said It wasn't made for the Version of Win 7n I had (Win 7 Pro) ... I'll just do a Win 7 re-install in the morning ...

Well you are making progress so that is good.

The RT7 tool is finicky to be sure. A real PITA at times but it does work. One thing I've noticed, you should not be running any other programs when using the tool. I also shut down all background utils like Afterburner and such. Oh yeah, one more thing. RT7 is a lot faster if you have a second hard drive for it to do the slipstreaming on.

[STE\/E]

Whew, just spent about 4 Hr's Modifying my Full Tower SilverStone Case so I could mount one of the Corsair H80's to the outside of the case. Got it mounted now, will put the New parts in after I eat & install the new OS tomorrow morning ... Got the 3'rd rebuild up & running this morning so the Silverstone will be the 4'th when I get it running ...

[STE\/E]

7 Box's rebuilt & online so far, will get 2 more done probably tomorrow or Saturday at the latest. 1 Box will have to wait for parts, I sent 1 Corsair H80 DOA & 1 ASRock Motherboard DOA back today. The Motherboard will be replaced by Newegg but it'll probably be about a 2 week turn around if not longer. The Corsair H80 I ordered a new one from TigerDirect for $84 with a $15 Rebate to bring it down to $69. Hopefully nothings wrong with the Parts I have left for the 2 Box's I'll rebuild shortly. I know the Coolers are good because I tested them already, so as long as nothings wrong with the 2 Motherboards I have left I should be okay ...:rolleyes:

[Fire$torm]

Great news on the running hardware. For those H80s, that is not a bad average for used/refurbished parts. good luck on the other two systems.

[STE\/E]

Great news on the running hardware. For those H80s, that is not a bad average for used/refurbished parts. good luck on the other two systems.

Yeah, was hoping for 8 or 9 of the H80 coolers to be working ones, looks like 9 will make it. Got the 8'th Box done this morning already, should be able to get the 9'th one done this afternoon. Then I can get back to a normal life again & wait for the parts for the 10'th Box to come in ... :)

[STE\/E]

windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe Will be the 64 bit version of the SP
windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe Is the 32 bit version

The rest are Symbol tables to aid in Debugging if you commonly work with Microsoft to troubleshoot errors.

Don't expect you'd ever have run in to the Itanium version. IA64. :)

I installed SP1 on 1 of the 3770k Box's several days ago using the Windows Updater & the KB976932-X64 is what the Windows Updater installed. But if I Download the KB976932-X64.exe which I did like you said to do it won't install, something about the SP1 Service Pack I'm using isn't the right one for my OS, all I can think is that other things need to be Updated first before I try & install the SP1 Update. Not that big a deal, the Box with the SP1 Update doesn't run any faster than the ones without it ... :rolleyes:

[STE\/E]

Whoopee, got 9 rebuilt & running in 5 days, waiting for the parts for the 10'th rebuild, not bad for a country boy ... :p

[Fire$torm]

Hehehee. Good job.

[STE\/E]

Downloaded this SP1 Update windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe 903.2 MB to a USB Stick & it installed in about 30 Min's, beats downloading Win 7 SP1 to every Box over my wireless Network, takes forever ... :rolleyes:

[Fire$torm]

Downloaded this SP1 Update windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe 903.2 MB to a USB Stick & it installed in about 30 Min's, beats downloading Win 7 SP1 to every Box over my wireless Network, takes forever ... :rolleyes: :-bd


Would like to speed up installing Windows 7? And do have have a 6GB or larger thumb drive?

If you've answered yes to both of these questions, then use WinSetupFromUSB (Link (http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/System/System-Enhancements/WinSetupFromUSB.shtml)) to copy Windows 7 installer DVD to your thumb drive.

[STE\/E]

I give up, I'd love to have a bootable USB Drive but nothing works for me, always can't find something or another. I even tried this > http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/ ... every thing work up until the last command, then it couldn't find the bootsect.exe no matter what Drive letter I used ... :mad:

F:\>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
'BOOTSECT.EXE' is not recognized as
operable program or batch file.

[Fire$torm]

I give up, I'd love to have a bootable USB Drive but nothing works for me, always can't find something or another. I even tried this > http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/ ... every thing work up until the last command, then it couldn't find the bootsect.exe no matter what Drive letter I used ... :mad:

F:\>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
'BOOTSECT.EXE' is not recognized as
operable program or batch file.

Me thinks I know the problem. Not all thumb drives work as bootable devices. More of an issue with USB 1.0 & USB 3.0 sticks. I have a generic Micro Center 2GB stick & a Patriot XT 8GB stick. Both are USB 2.0 and both are used for bootable OS installs. 2GB for Ubuntu/WinXP and 8GB for Win7.

I did some checking and Directron has the Patriot unit, $11.99 + $5.00 Priority Mail Shipping (Link (http://www.directron.com/pef8gusb.html)) and I found one on eBay for the same total (Link (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Patriot-PEF8GUSB-8GB-Patriot-Xporter-XT-Boost-USB-2-0-/271116927270?pt=US_USB_Flash_Drives&hash=item3f1fd40126))

Micro Center has a house branded 8GB unit for $5.99 + $1.00 shipping + tax (MI tax = $0.36) (Link (http://www.microcenter.com/product/280099/8GB_USB_20_Flash_Drive))

[STE\/E]

I may have finally got 1 of my USB Drives to be Bootable, not fer sure though but when I put it in it says it's a ARIS Bootable Drive. I'll find out fer sure when I get the Parts to finish the 10'th Box in a week or two. I had already ordered 2 16 GB Drives fron Newegg before I seen your post, may go ahead and get a few from Microcenter anyway.

Installed Win 7 SP1 on the other 8 rebuilds this morning, took me less than 50 min's to do all 8 lol I just started one then kept going thru the other 7, by that time the 1'st one was done & I defraged the drive & started BOINC back up, did the same to the other 7 ...

[STE\/E]

I'm looking to still Sell Off some of the Parts I took out to do the Rebuilds I just did. no reasonable off will be refused. Please just PM me if

interested in any thing rather than Post in this Thread so this Post stays on top of the Thread ... Thanks

Older Parts:
9 Quad Core Q6600 CPU's
1 Quad Core Q6700 Extreme CPU
1 Dual Core 6800 Extreme

4 Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6 Motherboards
1 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
6 Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboards

1 Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Motherboard
1 ASUS P5W-DH-Deluxe Motherboard

1 Set of Patriot PC2-8500 2x2GB Memory
5 Sets of Corsair 8500 CD5 2x1024GB Memory
28 Dimm's of Corsair 10224GB XMS2 Memory

==========

A little newer stuff I'm still running but willing to sell:

1 Intel i7 920 will include a Monsoon III LT Fan along with original Fan
1 Gigabyte EX58-Extreme Motherboard Original Box & never used Accessories Included

2 AMD Black Edition 1090T CPU's with Original Fan & Box
2 Gigabyte 890FX-UD% Motherboards with Original Box & Never used Accessories Included


Thanks, Steve

[STE\/E]

Got 2 more ASRock Extreme4 Motherboards in last night to go with the 2 3770k's that have been sitting idle for a week now, guess what I'll be doing today [..] Didn't think they were going to come, went to bed & they hadn't arrived yet but when I got up & turned on the porch light there they were. UPS must have come after 10PM ... :rolleyes:

[Draconian]

I'm running an Asus Sabretooth X79 (2011) with a 3930K. Not overclocking at all - but it will EASILY overclock and is stable with 64GB RAM. Cool and quiet - no matter how hard I push it and I'm air cooled.
Know you guys all know this..but - I will say anyway. So many folks have great motherboards - and then they skimp on a budget PS - and then complain that the motherboard isn't stable. Uhh..hello? That 1500 watt PS for 30 bucks that weighs a half pound - is FAR from a bargain! My preference is PC Power and Cooling - however - there are MANY GREAT power supplies out there. Sure - that 30 special is a PS - but - actually...a PoS....

[STE\/E]

You mean people actually spend $30 for a PSU ... :-o

[Draconian]

You mean people actually spend $30 for a PSU ... :-o

Unfortunately - yep. It's 1500 watts - so it has to be good, right?
Damn motherboards are defective - always blowing caps.....bad voltage regulators. I have a 1500 watt PS from Big Lots, that can't be the problem....

[John P. Myers]

Unfortunately - yep. It's 1500 watts - so it has to be good, right?
Damn motherboards are defective - always blowing caps.....bad voltage regulators. I have a 1500 watt PS from Big Lots, that can't be the problem....

LMAO

+1

[Draconian]

LMAO

+1

Glad you got a chuckle, but I see it all the time when I'm called about someone's PC. Good MB, good proc, etc - spent some money. Power it with...K-mart or whatever. Easy money for me - nice to be a consultant. Tell them their problem - and get paid. Want me to build it too - well..that's a different price.
Best fun is when someone buys a regular PC from Wal-Mart or whatever - and crunches. Maybe...for a week...maybe. Wow, this was all on sale for $300, monitor and all. Read some stuff on a forum about how to get the most out of your rig, huh? Were they ALSO running a 200 watt PS? Nothing like seeing a customer - and being able to SMELL the problem....

[STE\/E]

It's done, loading the OS in the 13'th 3770k rebuilt Box, all with $30 PSU's :p Wasn't to bad, only 1 DOA Motherboard & 1 DOA Refurbished Corsair H80 to deal with, coulda been a lot worse ... :rolleyes:

[John P. Myers]

It's done, loading the OS in the 13'th 3770k rebuilt Box, all with $30 PSU's :p Wasn't to bad, only 1 DOA Motherboard & 1 DOA Refurbished Corsair H80 to deal with, coulda been a lot worse ... :rolleyes:

Congratulations =P~ I'd ask how much your credits have improved but that would make me more jealous than i already am >:P



Best fun is when someone buys a regular PC from Wal-Mart or whatever - and crunches. Maybe...for a week...maybe. Wow, this was all on sale for $300, monitor and all. Read some stuff on a forum about how to get the most out of your rig, huh? Were they ALSO running a 200 watt PS? Nothing like seeing a customer - and being able to SMELL the problem....

Lucky you. Back when i used to repair computers mostly all i ever got were laptops. Dells at that. Ugh.

[STE\/E]

Congratulations =P~ I'd ask how much your credits have improved but that would make me more jealous than i already am >:P

Actually I've lost about 10 Million a day lol because I haven't run anything on my GPU's since I started rebuilding the Box's. It's good to get back to your roots once in awhile & forgo all the Phony GPU Credit ... :rolleyes: