This is my current build, what would you improve for better gaming performance?
cpu - amd phenom ii 965
mobo - asus crosshair iii formula
ram - 4gb corsair 1600 (8-8-8-24)
hdd - prim: 1tb wd caviar black, sec: wd 1tb cav green
gfx - ati gigabyte 5870
psu - corsair 850hx
case - antec 1200
ssd
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AMD Phenom II X6 1055T | MSI 790FX-GD70 | Dominator 1600 C8 8GB | 4770 CF | 2xWD640GB Raid0 | 2xWD1.5TB Raid1 | Corsair HX850 |Lian-Li PC-7FW
Enzotech Luna Rev.A | 2 x MCW60 | MCP-350 | XSPC Dual DDC Res | TFC Monsta 420/360 Limited Edition
Canon EOS 7D | EF-S 17-55 F2.8 IS | Nissin Di866 | D-Lite4 | 17" MiniSoft | 53" Midi-Octa | 7" Reflector + 20º Grid | Explorer XT SE | Crumpler 6MDH
mmmmmmmmm
keyboard, mouse and Monitor
Another couple more 5870 and a few more monitors for eyefinity. And a few SSD in raid0.
Aaron___________________________Wife________________________ HTPC
intel i7 2600k_____________________AMD5000+ BE @ 3ghz___________AMD4850+ BE @ 2.5ghz
stock cooling______________________CM Vortex P912_______________ Foxconn A7GM-S 780G
AsRock Extreme 4_________________ GB GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G_______OCZ SLI 2gb PC6400
4gb 1600 DDR3___________________ OCZ Plat 2GB PC6400___________Avermedia A180 HDTV tuner
MSI 48901gb 950/999______________Tt Toughpower 600w___________ Saphire 4830
Corsair HX620____________________ inwin allure case___________ ___ Coolmax 480w
NZXT 410 Gunmetal________________Acer 23" 1080p________________ LiteOn BD player
X2gen 22" WS________________ ________________________________ nMediaPC 1000B case
get samsung f3 drives they are quieter than the green 7200rpm and faster than the WD black
5930k, R5E, samsung 8GBx4 d-die, vega 56, wd gold 8TB, wd 4TB red, 2TB raid1 wd blue 5400
samsung 840 evo 500GB, HP EX 1TB NVME , CM690II, swiftech h220, corsair 750hxi
Another 5870
C3 Phenom II 965 BE (0941CPMW)
Msi 790Fx-GD 70
2x2 gb OCZ AMD Black Edition 1600mhz DDR 3
2x MSI HD 5850's OC edition X-fire
2x Western Digital 250gb 16mb cache Raid-0
1x Seagate 1 TB Data
SILVERSTONE|DA700 700W RT Power Supply
Koolance INX-720 (Koolance 345 block)
LianLi pc-60fwb
Some SSD's in raid 0, 4 raptors in raid 5, 2x4gig memory, a good sound card.
AthlonII 620 @ 3.6+ 1.5v+ / 8GB G.Skill 6400 / PNY 9800 GT EE 512 / Biostar TA790GX A2+ (HEPC) | 905e @ 3.2+ 1.35v / 2GB G.Skill 1333 MSi / 785GM-E65 (HTPC and AM3 testbed)| Kuma 7750BE @ 3.2+ 1.35-1.45v 6GB Kingston 667 Sapphire 3850 512 Biostar TA790GX (AM2\2+\3 testbed) | Gateway lappy Tl 52 2GB | Athlon XP @ 2.4 2GB Mushkin DDR 400 Shuttle AN25N Ultra Sapphire 2600Pro 512
All crunching and Folding from time to time
CPUs are like stock, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RETURNS-in other words, Expect No OC and be happy if you can OC!!!!!!!
RAID 0 some SSD's definitly...the Intel X25-M G2 or the OCZ Vertex turbos
lower timing memory like 6-6-6 or 7-7-7
raise the NB clock to like 2600mhz +
up the voltage in yur 5870 for OC +
Win 7 64-bit
FX-8350(1249PGT) @ 4.7ghz 1.452v, Swiftech H220x
Asus Crosshair Formula 5 Am3+ bios v1703
G.skill Trident X (2x4gb) ~1200mhz @ 10-12-12-31-46-2T @ 1.66v
MSI 7950 TwinFrozr *1100/1500* Cat.14.9
OCZ ZX 850w psu
Lian-Li Lancool K62
Samsung 830 128g
2 x 1TB Samsung SpinpointF3, 2T Samsung
Win7 Home 64bit
My Rig
More hardware,volts, and water lol.
Gigagyte Z68X-UD3P
i7 2600k@4.6/1.35v
GSkill Rippers 2133
MSI 7870@1275/1450
Antec Kuhler 920
SSD and higher voltage!
SweClockers.com
CPU: Phenom II X4 955BE
Clock: 4200MHz 1.4375v
Memory: Dominator GT 2x2GB 1600MHz 6-6-6-20 1.65v
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
GPU: HD 5770
Helium
Vishera 8320@ 5ghz | Gigabyte UD3 | 8gb TridentX 2400 c10| Powercolor 6850 | Thermalight Silver Arrow (bench Super KAZE 3k) | Samsung 830 128gbx2 Raid 0| Fractal case
Thanks guys.
ASUS Xonar D2X
2 x Samsung F3 1TB in Raid0
Logitech Z2300
Water Cooling (If You Can Afford It)!
SSD Drive for O.S (1TB Drive For O.S is Pointless and a Waste)!
Hitachi 1TB Drive for Storage (Over WD Junk)!
Let me Know if you are going Water Cooling I have a brand New Black Ice Extreme 260 & Black Ice Extreme 360 Rads and also a Brand New Danger Den AMD MC Brass CPU Block all components were used for about 2 weeks then Upgraded to FESER RADS and EK Supreme Block so I could use compression fittings on my CPU Block for my Alien Liquid Lab Build ......Pics of the Alien Liquid Lab Build are Here on my Website>>>>http://www.communitycomputerrepair.c...g-systems.html
Last edited by Brother Esau; 10-15-2009 at 08:50 AM.
SuperMicro X8SAX
Xeon 5620
12GB - Crucial ECC DDR3 1333
Intel 520 180GB Cherryville
Areca 1231ML ~ 2~ 250GB Seagate ES.2 ~ Raid 0 ~ 4~ Hitachi 5K3000 2TB ~ Raid 6 ~
Seagate is great as well, and it is hard to beat a pair of raptors.Originally Posted by Brother Esau
AthlonII 620 @ 3.6+ 1.5v+ / 8GB G.Skill 6400 / PNY 9800 GT EE 512 / Biostar TA790GX A2+ (HEPC) | 905e @ 3.2+ 1.35v / 2GB G.Skill 1333 MSi / 785GM-E65 (HTPC and AM3 testbed)| Kuma 7750BE @ 3.2+ 1.35-1.45v 6GB Kingston 667 Sapphire 3850 512 Biostar TA790GX (AM2\2+\3 testbed) | Gateway lappy Tl 52 2GB | Athlon XP @ 2.4 2GB Mushkin DDR 400 Shuttle AN25N Ultra Sapphire 2600Pro 512
All crunching and Folding from time to time
CPUs are like stock, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RETURNS-in other words, Expect No OC and be happy if you can OC!!!!!!!
Unless we can get some idea of a budget, and preferably an indication of location so we can gauge local hardware prices and availability, the question is meaningless, as we can suggest improvements that would cost several thousand.
Rig specs
CPU: i7 5960X Mobo: Asus X99 Deluxe RAM: 4x4GB G.Skill DDR4-2400 CAS-15 VGA: 2x eVGA GTX680 Superclock PSU: Corsair AX1200
Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
Yes I have 2x 250gb Seagate ES.2 Drives running Raid 0 on my Areca 1231ML Raid Controller and they are great drives indeed.
Hitachi makes excellent drives I have 6X 250GB Deskstars running Raid 6 for 3 1/2 years now with 0 Issues and have had 4 of the 6 drives for 1 /12 prior to running them in Raid 6 on the Areca ControllerI have 2x 74gb Raptors and they died in less then a year (Both of Them)! Have the replacements but they are loud as hell in Seek time but as far as speed is concerned they are great but for a Enterprise level drive I am not that impressed with them dying in the first year for $160.00 throw! Regular W-D Drives I wrote off a Loooong time ago they run Hot and have always died on me.
The DeathStar was IBM Drives not Hitachi! Hitachi really does make superior drives them and Seagate are all that I buy for Builds
Last edited by Brother Esau; 10-15-2009 at 09:44 AM.
SuperMicro X8SAX
Xeon 5620
12GB - Crucial ECC DDR3 1333
Intel 520 180GB Cherryville
Areca 1231ML ~ 2~ 250GB Seagate ES.2 ~ Raid 0 ~ 4~ Hitachi 5K3000 2TB ~ Raid 6 ~
Soundcard and a nice 5.1 system imo. Also, new monitor perhaps?
Asus Crosshair IV Extreme
AMD FX-8350
AMD ref. HD 6950 2Gb x 2
4x4Gb HyperX T1
Corsair AX1200
3 x Alphacool triple, 2 x Alphacool ATXP 6970/50, EK D5 dual top, EK Supreme HF
+1 on the heat!!!
I use Seagate and WD. I know Hitachi improved on the old IBM crap but I have never brought myself to try one but, I will for my next HDD.
AthlonII 620 @ 3.6+ 1.5v+ / 8GB G.Skill 6400 / PNY 9800 GT EE 512 / Biostar TA790GX A2+ (HEPC) | 905e @ 3.2+ 1.35v / 2GB G.Skill 1333 MSi / 785GM-E65 (HTPC and AM3 testbed)| Kuma 7750BE @ 3.2+ 1.35-1.45v 6GB Kingston 667 Sapphire 3850 512 Biostar TA790GX (AM2\2+\3 testbed) | Gateway lappy Tl 52 2GB | Athlon XP @ 2.4 2GB Mushkin DDR 400 Shuttle AN25N Ultra Sapphire 2600Pro 512
All crunching and Folding from time to time
CPUs are like stock, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RETURNS-in other words, Expect No OC and be happy if you can OC!!!!!!!
2x 300gb velociraptors in raid0?
1090T | CH4F | HIS HD5850 | TT EvoBlue 750W | TT Spedo Advance | CM Aquagate Max | Samsung S27A350
I bought the system the other day.. some things forgot to include but not very important..
monitor - asus vk266h
kb - razer arctosa
mouse - razer copperhead
Looking at upgrading my speakers next and I'll leave water cooling and SSD's for further down the track.
Speakers I'm considering are Edifier S550.
Also take a look at this set:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/sp...s/224&cl=us,en
I know it's logitech and not some big fancy "speaker only" brand, but Logitech do make some outstanding speakers.
Also, a headset...if you can afford the Sennheiser PC350's I'd get one of those.
Smile
I don't think you really NEED any more graphics cards at only 1900x1200 resolution. I would think a 5870 should easily handle anything, even crysis. Really surprised that with that setup, you don't want to consider a 160gb X25 G2 for you OS drive. Would make level load times much shorter. If I could afford one, it would already be in my system.
Aaron___________________________Wife________________________ HTPC
intel i7 2600k_____________________AMD5000+ BE @ 3ghz___________AMD4850+ BE @ 2.5ghz
stock cooling______________________CM Vortex P912_______________ Foxconn A7GM-S 780G
AsRock Extreme 4_________________ GB GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G_______OCZ SLI 2gb PC6400
4gb 1600 DDR3___________________ OCZ Plat 2GB PC6400___________Avermedia A180 HDTV tuner
MSI 48901gb 950/999______________Tt Toughpower 600w___________ Saphire 4830
Corsair HX620____________________ inwin allure case___________ ___ Coolmax 480w
NZXT 410 Gunmetal________________Acer 23" 1080p________________ LiteOn BD player
X2gen 22" WS________________ ________________________________ nMediaPC 1000B case
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