Bought a new rig from DS, tell me what you think!Post Date: 2009-02-07 |
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Alpha_Omega69 
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 Topic: Bought a new rig from DS, tell me what you think!Posted: 07 Feb 2009 at 9:43pm |
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Hey guys I officially bought my system on Jan 30. Tell me what you guys think of the specs!
Case: HAF Case Lighting Theme: Red LED Fans with Red lights and Black liquid. Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 3.2GHz (Quad Core)(Oc'ed to 4.0 ghz hopefully) Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) RAM: 6GB DDR3 1866MHz OCZ Platinum Edition PSU: 1200W PC Power & Cooling HDD: 2x Two (300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) in Raid 0 DVD/CD Drives: 2x Two DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) GPU: 3x GTX285's in Tri-SLI Cooling: Dual loop H2O setup, one for the CPU and one for the GPU's. (Special request for bigger radiators, ones used are single slot. I opted for double slot radiators, but they didn't have them so we went with triple slot radiators. basically 2 360mm radiators.) Edited by Alpha_Omega69 - 08 Feb 2009 at 5:24am |
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<8) slunK parade
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Posted: 07 Feb 2009 at 9:48pm |
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sick as f**k, exactly what i would get , except i wouldnt get the HAF ;) but cases are preference
Black liquid FTW! that sh*t looks sick |
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jtspectra2
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Posted: 07 Feb 2009 at 9:50pm |
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nice!
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Q9650 @ 4.2Ghz( Liquid Cooled), 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3, GTX280 SLI, VRaptor,HAF 932
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DST4ME
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Posted: 07 Feb 2009 at 9:51pm |
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I will disagree and say HAF was a great choice.
congrats   Edited by DST4ME - 08 Feb 2009 at 2:24am |
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Dsnewb210
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Posted: 08 Feb 2009 at 2:22am |
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Why 2 raptors in raid 1?
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 08 Feb 2009 at 5:23am |
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Whoops, I meant raid 0 my bad
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LDLD
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Posted: 08 Feb 2009 at 10:17am |
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That's basically what I ordered:
Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 3.2GHz (Quad Core) (Extreme Performance) Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Extreme (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1866MHz Corsair Dominator DHX (High-Performance) Power Supply: 1200W PC Power & Cooling (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 2x Two (300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (Extreme Speed) Set 1 Raid Options: Configure Hard Drive Set 1 in a Raid 0 Stripe (Requires Two Hard Drives) Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (Extreme Speed) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Writer/Reader (Burn Blu-Ray discs and play them) Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition) Internet Access: Linksys Wireless-N 300Mbps (Supports 802.11n/g/b) Video Card(s): 3x SLI Triple (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB) (Includes PhysX Technology) Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion (Includes Front I/O) (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: Specialized FrostBite Separate Dual Loop System for CPU & Three Video Cards Chassis Mods: 950Si Case Only: Processor & Video Card Area: Drill and Mount Two Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Holes Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts) (what do you guys think our FPS would be in Crysis?D:) I also ordered that 30 inch Dell. Sorry for the thread semi-hijack, i figured I'd post since our systems are identical. I'm in Stage 2 atm! |
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 08 Feb 2009 at 10:37am |
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Mines currently in Stage 3. Can't wait until its done. As for me I wanted to get a few things you got but blu-ray player, I own a PS3 so I so no need for that. Was gonna get a sound card but I am hooking up this system to my HDTV so I just need 1 audio jack out. I might get a SC later on. But yeah our systems are very similar. What sort of color scheme did you go for?
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GrogX
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009 at 12:52am |
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Very Nice, you will freak on the frame rates!
950Si
EVGA X58
i7 965
6Gb Corsair Dominator 1600MHz
2x 300Gb Velociraptors Raid0
3x GeForce GTX 280
H2O Stage3 Frostbite
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Samael
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009 at 2:14am |
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Almost similar to yours just I have 2x295s. I am hoping driver support gets a bit better on the quads. Other than that AWESOME SYSTEM!!!! show pics and benches when it gets here.
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Why do they blame me for all their little failings? They use my name as if I spent my entire day sitting on their shoulders, forcing them to commit acts they would otherwise find repulsive - Lucifer
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Onkel_Ken
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009 at 7:34am |
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Those of us in phase 5 need pictures just to get through the wait. Appears you have a nice configuration for your new machine.
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009 at 9:09am |
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There is a phase 5? *cries* DS told me my rig should ship by the end of the week and its still in stage 3.
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Onkel_Ken
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009 at 9:44pm |
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Just got the email !!!!
STAGE 6 !!!
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009 at 2:05pm |
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How long did it take with you Onkel?
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Sodius
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009 at 3:31pm |
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Stage 5 can be a long process mine was 5 days. They test pretty heavily and if all goes well than it probably won't take longer than 3-5 days.
My guess anyway.
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Rich Z
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009 at 5:50pm |
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Man, you guys are making me jealous.... I'm still researching what I want to buy.... Plus I am hesitant because of that new EVGA motherboard coming out real soon...
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009 at 8:54pm |
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Well guys my rig is stuck in stage 3 for a while. I told them I would rather wait until the GTX285 waterblocks are in stock again with DS rather than them putting the rig together and then taking it out to put the waterblocks on. So it might be another few weeks which is fine by me. I still have my voodoo to keep me company :D
Man was it a beast in its time :P Still considered a beast by todays standards as well, runs pretty much everything. 2 8800GTX's in SLI (H2O) QX6700 @ 3.2ghz (H2O) 4GB DDR2 Crosair Ram 800mhz. :D |
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LDLD
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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 at 4:40am |
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ya me too. what's the wait on those waterblocks again? 2 weeks? ;;;
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 at 8:57am |
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Roughly, yep. James told me about 1 to 2 weeks.
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scaner
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Posted: 14 Feb 2009 at 9:35pm |
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LDLD
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Posted: 18 Feb 2009 at 8:33am |
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Does it still look like the waterblocks are coming in at the end of this week?
Side-question: I had ordered the speedy processsing so does that mean within next week the rig could be possibly finished and shipped? I ask because I'd like the rig to be safely OC'd to the limit and I read in another thread that that would make the process a lot longer. |
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Samael
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Posted: 18 Feb 2009 at 9:31am |
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Yes it might take a longer the more complicated you make it. I would say not to hurry them, bleeding edge stuff takes a while to get stable and stuff, so I am not even worried about mine. Ordered it mid-end Jan, I just hope it gets here next week.
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Why do they blame me for all their little failings? They use my name as if I spent my entire day sitting on their shoulders, forcing them to commit acts they would otherwise find repulsive - Lucifer
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LDLD
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Posted: 18 Feb 2009 at 10:51am |
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how far could a i7 965 go? and 3 285s in tri sli? via DS OC'ing standards? I have watercooling and the works btw.
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 18 Feb 2009 at 11:26am |
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Yeah LDLD from what DS told me they should be getting them by the end of the week.
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LDLD
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Posted: 19 Feb 2009 at 10:32am |
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soooooooo close yet sooo far
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 19 Feb 2009 at 4:08pm |
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Agreed
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LDLD
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Posted: 20 Feb 2009 at 7:35am |
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Friday!!!!!! Home stretch kinda? Maybe? Hopefully? I'm considering cryogenic freezing until my dream machine is ready..!
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 20 Feb 2009 at 10:18am |
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OMG OMG OMG I HOPE ITS TRUE! I can't wait!
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LDLD
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Posted: 22 Feb 2009 at 6:18am |
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Stage 4 !
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 22 Feb 2009 at 6:39am |
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So that means you got the water blocks? If so then lucky you...still waiting for mine to leave stage 3
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 12 Mar 2009 at 9:40pm |
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Well guys my rig finally made it to Stage 6. I cannot wait until it ships and gets here :D
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issues1975
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Posted: 12 Mar 2009 at 10:06pm |
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You're almost there!
Congrats!
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Alpha_Omega69
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009 at 7:18pm |
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Well its finally done with QA! Should ship this Monday from what I am told!
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