The (new) Official PC building thread!

hi
@ sammorris
thanks for the tip...but i didn't want to quote the whole thing...just a bit of it

 

You can do that by removing the text you don't want to include in the quote from your reply... ;-)

 

yea....... now you can get an E6600 for about $230 too. I paid almost $100 more for mine but mine has much better binning and will OC much better than the ones you get now. the E6600 was top dog in it's day.

 

Indeed it was. I wonder how many people bought them based on advice from aD. How does it fare up to the E6550 and E6750 for the same overclock?

 

It would perform the same probably wouldn't it?

Hey mort My CPU is at 3.6 Ghz. Why don't we run some program or something? So we can compare performance.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of voltage required, power draw and heat output, but comparative performance tests would also be useful.

 

hi
@sammorris
old habits die hard LOL

 

I would bet the 6750 will outperform the 6600 at same clock but I can't prove that.

here's my SuperPI:

 

That last page or so may have been the most pleasant exchange I've ever seen at AD. KEep it up fellas and they will try to award us some sort of "sportsmanship" pin. hehehe.

Hi gurnard.... hope all is well with you!!

Thanks for the comments guys. You may have pushed me to get something in the wired department, specifically Logitech!!! I have and LX3 mouse right now and it's great but I'm setting up another computer for my wife (so she'll stay the HECK off of mine.....hehehe) and was looking at getting her the "wireless" mouse at least. NOT now tho... seems like almost all like their wired products.

......gm

EDIT:
Just received my sales for today...lol

Blade you might be interested in a couple of these adds....

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) $79.99 after MIR

Corsair 750TX P/S $104.99 after MIR

Verbatim 16X DVD+R $19.99 after MIR

Couldn't let these sales go un-noticed!!

link to sale page

 

@greensman,gurnard,banned and everyone else...lol
that is the one she likes not the one im gonna get...lol and yes once she seen the price she said NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lmao..

CM RC-631 or the RC-690. will be one of the 2

greenie i will be ordering it within the next 2 weeks....slow but steady and ill have it all...lol

 

That's some incredible value stuff there gm, nice finds. I wish we could get stuff that cheap in the UK... $105 for a 750W TX, honestly, they're £100 over here! ($195)
Cincyrob: By all means take your time my friend. Rushing into a big investment almost always ends in disappointment, even if it is "butbut I paid twice that much for mine!"

 

Mort81,
Thanks, good to be back!

My SuperPi is pretty close to yours, in the mid to high 14's and mid 14 min. range for 32MB

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7724/superpifi3.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7638/superpi32mhz4.jpg
My math scores are pretty good too

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5386/p353550mathai3.jpg

As is my memory bandwidth

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9269/p353550mbgd7.jpg

Great MultiMedia too

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5614/p353550mmta6.jpg

It just won't run any faster with my current memory! 3.55GHz! With the Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066 memory it can go over 4GHz, but I won't run the kind of high voltage it takes to get there. I really wished that I had the time to run some benchmarks of it at 3.8GHz but the loan of the memory was only for an hour or so, and sadly he came and picked it up!

Even up, both the E6600 and the E6750 are very similar in performance. Where the E6750 shines is with the extra 2MB of L2 Cache memory. It just does everything quicker. It winds up with faster thruput! I've switched my memory over from program performance to Cache performance and the difference is like night and day! The numbers aren't any faster but the relative realtime performance is improved. All the memory functions are enhanced by the extra cache, so you pick up time that way. I guess it's just faster execution of the programs!

EDIT:Adding the benefits of SP3 for XP-Pro and the faster execution of the programs and it's a noticeable improvement in all around performance!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

Rob,

is this one of the cases you're considering? COOLER MASTER RC-632-SSN1-GP SILVER MYSTIQUE 632 ALUMINUM MID TOWER ATX CASE link that is a damn good price. you can also get it in black or aluminum/SECC. I'm by no means being pushy but I have the silver all aluminum and luv it.

 

here's my benchmarks:

 

@mort81
the one im loking at is the RC-631, but looking at the 632 i like it also...here is a link to the one im talking about
RC-631

 

Mort, I had Speedstep enabled and I got 14 mins and 51 secs. After I turned it off I got 14 mins and 31 secs.

 

abuzar,

what speed is your memory?

edit: nevermind, I looked at your cpu-z validation. appears the 6750 nothes out the 6600 just a hair at the same clock speed.

 

I'm going to have a play with my memory multipliers and see if I can get my system stable at a higher RAM speed. I'm currently running my PC6400 at 700mhz to enable my 3.15Ghz overclock. What's a safe voltage to run Corsair XMS2 at?

 

sam,

2.2 wouldn't bother me a bit. I wouldn't go any higher than 2.3 though.

 

Vid of my build,

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0f9nlZlyPYA

Ill record some benchies soon!