weirdoku Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 You're still running that GTX 260 aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Only for a couple more days, got a gtx660 in the post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 i7 with no iGPU and locked as CPU overclocking does not yield any performance increaseThat's clearly bollocks. Overclocking makes the CPU faster, so improves it's performance.Maybe not gaming performance, but the CPU performs better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 That's clearly bollocks. Overclocking makes the CPU faster, so improves it's performance. Maybe not gaming performance, but the CPU performs better. sorry, you are right, wrong wording I do not use any CPU heavy programs, thus I would not have any performance improvement in software side thanks to the higher performing hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 sorry, you are right, wrong wording I do not use any CPU heavy programs, thus I would not have any performance improvement in software side thanks to the higher performing hardwareBut, but, power is everything! How can you not want a 4.5ghz+ i7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 But, but, power is everything! How can you not want a 4.5ghz+ i7? as it means I need to use a good cooler, maybe WC and those stuff are heavy, and I will not benefit anything from it I am that type of nerd who like to be a power user and would like to use the power for something useful :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) as it means I need to use a good cooler, maybe WC and those stuff are heavy, and I will not benefit anything from it I am that type of nerd who like to be a power user and would like to use the power for something useful :/That's not a type of nerd, that's a just a user. Nerds want to be able to say "I have an i7" or "my rig is overclocked to 9ghz".Thinking of money or how much use you'll get from it is kind of like a trails rider sticking to a t-pro. It is a trials bike that will do nearly all the things you want to do with it, but it doesn't have any bling!Even if you see yourself as a power user, you're still just a user mate. A lad at work is build a hackintosh with essentially the spec I want to build... The b*****d. Edited October 29, 2014 by Muel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 That's not a type of nerd, that's a just a user. Nerds want to be able to say "I have an i7" or "my rig is overclocked to 9ghz". Thinking of money or how much use you'll get from it is kind of like a trails rider sticking to a t-pro. It is a trials bike that will do nearly all the things you want to do with it, but it doesn't have any bling! Even if you see yourself as a power user, you're still just a user mate. A lad at work is build a hackintosh with essentially the spec I want to build... The b*****d. I would say a E3- Xeon 1230 V3 sounds good enough for me, and will be perfect for hackintosh I do have an OC board, and I do have an unlocked chip, I just use this PC too much from critical work, where it must be 100% stable, that I do not want to compromise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I would say a E3- Xeon 1230 V3 sounds good enough for me, and will be perfect for hackintosh I do have an OC board, and I do have an unlocked chip, I just use this PC too much from critical work, where it must be 100% stable, that I do not want to compromisePffffffffffffffffffffffffft "stable". Might overclock mine again... I know it's a damaged chip but if I kill it I have an excuse to build a monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I do have an OC board, and I do have an unlocked chip, I just use this PC too much from critical work, where it must be 100% stable, that I do not want to compromise The whole point of overclocking is to get it stable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 The whole point of overclocking is to get it stable *while the CPU is pushed beyond the factory limits I am not 100% against it, as I would happily OC my 8320 over 4GHz, it is just that I am doing some work that does not need any CPU power, but I cannot risk to lose the files between 2 autosaves. My point here, is that I am not against OC as it can be useful, I just do not like OCing where it can risk something that worth more than +1 GHz clocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Anyone got any preference on thermal pastes? i'm building a silent rig, and need loads for thermal pipes :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Anyone got any preference on thermal pastes? i'm building a silent rig, and need loads for thermal pipes :/ Thermal pipes? I have some Arctic Silver MX-2, they seem to be good quality, not too expensive and with good thermal capabilities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thermal pipes? I have some Arctic Silver MX-2, they seem to be good quality, not too expensive and with good thermal capabilities Heat pipes, ect. Finally gunna build this bad boy up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Heat pipes, ect. Finally gunna build this bad boy up what is this thing? the reason why I was wondering about heatipipes, is because they are usually mounted on heatsink and you apply thermal paste to the base where it meets the processor (okay, there are direct touch heatpipes, but you get me) but then again What is this case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 what is this thing? the reason why I was wondering about heatipipes, is because they are usually mounted on heatsink and you apply thermal paste to the base where it meets the processor (okay, there are direct touch heatpipes, but you get me) but then again What is this case? Its a Zalman zn500af the case is a 25KG aluminum heatsink. You mount the motherboard in, then heatpipes passivly cool the cpu, northbridge, GC and PSU through the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Its a Zalman zn500af the case is a 25KG aluminum heatsink. You mount the motherboard in, then heatpipes passivly cool the cpu, northbridge, GC and PSU through the case. That is interesting, what TDP can it support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 That is interesting, what TDP can it support? if my memory serves me right 100watts, but thats fully passive. The case does have mounting positions for 4 fans though, so you could properly push that a bit further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Got my gtx660, plugged it into my machine at work for a cheeky test in arma3 (installed it here as well to test out if it was my gpu or gpu bottlenecking the fps). The gtx260 @ 280/285 clock speeds could pull about 30-35 fps on moderate settings with a 2km view distance, 1080p with no fsaa, the gtx660 is pulling 60 with very high settings on 5km view distance, 1080p with 2xfsaa and 8xfxaa enabled. Looks blooming lovely it does Will have to test it at home to see how much my i3 cuts the frame rate down compared to this i7, whilst it's clocked faster by 300Mhz it only has half the amount of L3 cache which may start bogging it down once the AI starts running fully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Shoulda said that earlier, I've been thinking of selling my pair of EVGA 660 superclockeds and go back to a beasty single card setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Shoulda said that earlier, I've been thinking of selling my pair of EVGA 660 superclockeds and go back to a beasty single card setup. I am thinking about R9 290, 6 monitor support and pretty beasty, priced at £227... But then again I would rather wait for R9 390 , as I am in no hurry what so ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I was thinking of a GTX 980. And are you actually going to be using 6 monitors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I was thinking of a GTX 980. And are you actually going to be using 6 monitors? I am planning to use 3 minimum ( using 2 at the moment and I would love 3), there might be a 4th coming ( for example you are doing work on 3, 4th can show something like your music playlist and Viber) and who might know, there might be a 5th coming later on for watching TV (like a 32 inch) I would buy this GPU for years, and I want it to be ready if that will be the case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Shoulda said that earlier, I've been thinking of selling my pair of EVGA 660 superclockeds and go back to a beasty single card setup. Ah well depending on the price I may have taken you up on one of them. As it is I only paid 65 quid for this one so can't complain too much It would be handy for arma to be able to to sli a second 660 in, however my second pcie slot is only 4x and my psu wouldn't stand a second card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is out.... probably it will a pass for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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