Need some comments on this deal - Page 4

**Rakeesh** · 07-08-11, 12:00 PM

Honestly I don't remember the model of my case; it's about 5 years old but it's pretty big yet light and made out of aluminum. The ventilation is good in the case itself, however being in Phoenix Arizona during the summer the ambient temps are relatively high.

Still though that shouldn't matter too much as I've used stock coolers before in this setup and never had a problem.

**Rakeesh** · 07-08-11, 07:32 PM

Well I just installed this thing (H60) and holy crap, dropped my temps by 20C. We'll see if it stops crashing...

**mullet** · 07-08-11, 08:53 PM

Good deal, if I ever saw my CPU @ 83c I would freak. That's high even if Intel says it's okay.

**Rakeesh** · 07-08-11, 10:12 PM

Well, it didn't stop it from crashing. I'll wait til I get my new SSD tomorrow and see if a fresh install fixes it.

**mullet** · 07-09-11, 07:19 AM

I bet that fixes your issue not to mention you will freak when you see how fast this thing boots. My system with a slow SSD boots so fast I am still amazed.

**mullet** · 07-09-11, 08:23 AM

Well the Vertex 3 is a lot faster but I am a Intel fanboy at the moment.

**mullet** · 07-09-11, 08:40 AM

True I loaded up everything I ever use and I am at 50GB on a 120GB drive so I am just using the SSD only. I am very happy especially with photoshop.

**Rakeesh** · 07-09-11, 10:28 AM

SSD hasn't arrived yet (still early in the day here) but I figured out what was causing the crashing. The memory I have, for whatever reason, detects as 1333mhz. I overrode that by using the overclock setting. While this works fine for memtest, it apparently has some kind of compatibility issue with the motherboard, where something else (I don't know what, I just read about this somewhere that it's not going to work) causes instability.

Apparently to get it to 1600mhz proper, I'm supposed to enable a setting in the UEFI called XMP, and doing so clocks it to 1600mhz, without causing the crashing.

Whatever, it works. Stable at a 4.2ghz overclock for 6 hours so far.

**mullet** · 07-09-11, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slaWter

Even your data or multimedia files? Can you store everything on the SSD?
Or do you exclusively use a NAS/server for that?

Well my HTPC has 2TB of storage for all of my movies and about 2GB of music. I have all of the stuff I use every day on my SSD, steam, photoshop, Office and so on. If I loaded all of my music and all benchmarking software I guess I could get to 60GB out of 120GB but that is pretty much maxed out.

**mullet** · 07-09-11, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakeesh

SSD hasn't arrived yet (still early in the day here) but I figured out what was causing the crashing. The memory I have, for whatever reason, detects as 1333mhz. I overrode that by using the overclock setting. While this works fine for memtest, it apparently has some kind of compatibility issue with the motherboard, where something else (I don't know what, I just read about this somewhere that it's not going to work) causes instability.

Apparently to get it to 1600mhz proper, I'm supposed to enable a setting in the UEFI called XMP, and doing so clocks it to 1600mhz, without causing the crashing.

Whatever, it works. Stable at a 4.2ghz overclock for 6 hours so far.

WOW what are your temps with the water? How many times have you looked by the front door for your newegg box? LOL

07-09-11, 12:06 PM

Nice rig

Looking forward to hear what you think about the speed with SSD

**mullet** · 07-09-11, 01:19 PM

Yeah and take some pic's of the inside of the case with all the goodies.

07-08-11, 12:00 PM	#37
Rakeesh Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 6,853	Re: Need some comments on this deal Honestly I don't remember the model of my case; it's about 5 years old but it's pretty big yet light and made out of aluminum. The ventilation is good in the case itself, however being in Phoenix Arizona during the summer the ambient temps are relatively high. Still though that shouldn't matter too much as I've used stock coolers before in this setup and never had a problem. __________________ Want to listen to audio without your computer going to sleep? Try this. Core i7 2600k 4.4Ghz 1.385v \| Corsair H60 \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 8-8-8-24 \| MSI P67A-G45 \| OCZ Vertex 3 \| Sapphire 7850 OC to Max settings

07-08-11, 07:32 PM	#38
Rakeesh Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 6,853	Re: Need some comments on this deal Well I just installed this thing (H60) and holy crap, dropped my temps by 20C. We'll see if it stops crashing... __________________ Want to listen to audio without your computer going to sleep? Try this. Core i7 2600k 4.4Ghz 1.385v \| Corsair H60 \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 8-8-8-24 \| MSI P67A-G45 \| OCZ Vertex 3 \| Sapphire 7850 OC to Max settings

07-08-11, 08:53 PM	#39
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: Need some comments on this deal Good deal, if I ever saw my CPU @ 83c I would freak. That's high even if Intel says it's okay. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

07-08-11, 10:12 PM	#40
Rakeesh Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 6,853	Re: Need some comments on this deal Well, it didn't stop it from crashing. I'll wait til I get my new SSD tomorrow and see if a fresh install fixes it. __________________ Want to listen to audio without your computer going to sleep? Try this. Core i7 2600k 4.4Ghz 1.385v \| Corsair H60 \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 8-8-8-24 \| MSI P67A-G45 \| OCZ Vertex 3 \| Sapphire 7850 OC to Max settings

07-09-11, 07:19 AM	#41
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: Need some comments on this deal I bet that fixes your issue not to mention you will freak when you see how fast this thing boots. My system with a slow SSD boots so fast I am still amazed. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

07-09-11, 08:23 AM	#42
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: Need some comments on this deal Well the Vertex 3 is a lot faster but I am a Intel fanboy at the moment. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

07-09-11, 08:40 AM	#43
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: Need some comments on this deal True I loaded up everything I ever use and I am at 50GB on a 120GB drive so I am just using the SSD only. I am very happy especially with photoshop. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

07-09-11, 10:28 AM	#44
Rakeesh Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 6,853	Re: Need some comments on this deal SSD hasn't arrived yet (still early in the day here) but I figured out what was causing the crashing. The memory I have, for whatever reason, detects as 1333mhz. I overrode that by using the overclock setting. While this works fine for memtest, it apparently has some kind of compatibility issue with the motherboard, where something else (I don't know what, I just read about this somewhere that it's not going to work) causes instability. Apparently to get it to 1600mhz proper, I'm supposed to enable a setting in the UEFI called XMP, and doing so clocks it to 1600mhz, without causing the crashing. Whatever, it works. Stable at a 4.2ghz overclock for 6 hours so far. __________________ Want to listen to audio without your computer going to sleep? Try this. Core i7 2600k 4.4Ghz 1.385v \| Corsair H60 \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 8-8-8-24 \| MSI P67A-G45 \| OCZ Vertex 3 \| Sapphire 7850 OC to Max settings

07-09-11, 12:06 PM	#47
PeterJensen Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Need some comments on this deal Nice rig Looking forward to hear what you think about the speed with SSD

07-09-11, 01:19 PM	#48
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: Need some comments on this deal Yeah and take some pic's of the inside of the case with all the goodies. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •