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jacobvandy (1233)    Jan 12, 2010 - 06:28 pm

yeah, there's a lot of stuff in there.. it took some doing to even flatten out that big bunch on the backside enough to get the panel back on. i don't mind so long as the fans aren't blocked and it looks okay through the window. i haven't tried maxing out the OC because i'm fine with 4GHz. :p » Login to reply to this  FSgeeK (665)   Jan 12, 2010 - 09:51 pm just wondering i got my 920 to max out at 4.4ghz but you have a B so i was wondering if the B's oced abit better. » Login to reply to this  Terrak (782)    Jan 17, 2010 - 07:29 pm you say you dont want to PC game because its too expensive and then you turn around and tell us you have a i7? a high end expensive PC CPU? WTF » Login to reply to this  Terrak (782)    Jan 13, 2010 - 04:35 pm i managed to get it to run at 4.4ghz also but my 1600mhz memory gave up. How do i know it was memory? after it blue screen and rebooted one the BIOS was reporting only 4gbs of ram instead of 6gbs. Anyway im happy running at 4ghz at 1.275volts » Login to reply to this

Terrak (782)    Jan 12, 2010 - 04:39 pm

i have 3 GPUs and an OC i7 920 and its perfectly stable (over night prime 95 tested) on a 750watt Thermaltake PSU. » Login to reply to this  FSgeeK (665)   Jan 12, 2010 - 09:52 pm what speed and blend tested? and pic or it didnt happen lol » Login to reply to this  Terrak (782)    Jan 13, 2010 - 04:32 pm You dont have to believe me if you dont want to thats fine. I would post a pic but i dont know how to upload a pic on this site. » Login to reply to this

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FSgeeK (665)    Jan 12, 2010 - 03:57 pm

What a troll! What kind of rig you got to be knocking his? Jealousy is a bitch. » Login to reply to this  Cool.DK (256)   Jan 13, 2010 - 02:21 pm » :-) Well. The Noctua NH-U12P SE2 cools a Core i7 870 that sits on my Gigabyte GA-P55UD6 main board so it seems to me there is little to be jealous about. » Login to reply to this  FSgeeK (665)    Jan 19, 2010 - 04:33 pm You are a jealous troll. » Login to reply to this

jacobvandy (1233)    Jan 12, 2010 - 02:22 pm

you're probably right about the PSU, and i could've asked for a couple of radeon 5000s just as easily, but why? i don't need the performance, and DX11 software is still next to nonexistent. letting a GPU i already have go to waste would be wrong. being unable to install the second fan on the heatsink is not an issue; it would MAYBE lower the temps by a couple degrees... opening my window would have a greater effect. it wouldn't even be a concern for somebody using a conventional case where aligning it that particular way isn't important. » Login to reply to this  Cool.DK (256)   Jan 13, 2010 - 02:17 pm | Edited on Jan 14, 2010 - 01:32 am » But why? Well I thought the build was meant as a suggestion on how the readers should put together a gaming rig. Can you honestly say that if real money was spend you would have made the same choices? Still I need to acknowledge an important point you made which is often overlooked. You staying away from the P55 platform when more than one graphics card is in play was the right choice (for the reason you gave). Only thing I am not sure of is if it really matters with the highest resolutions. My own rig is P55 based but it's more a work machine than a gaming rig so silent operation is king ergo only one graphics card. Silence is also my reason for choosing the P55UD6 since Gigabyte has done some clever things to keep power consumption down (and make plenty of room for a big CPU cooler). [Note. Post was edited due to bad English) » Login to reply to this

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Terrak (782)    Jan 11, 2010 - 06:11 pm | Edited on Jan 11, 2010 - 06:13 pm

You can run Physx whilst using an ATI card. You just need to have a Nvidia card and a hack. I have it and it works. Fluidmark and Batman AA proved it. I currently have an i7 that can OC safely at 4.2ghz, with 2x 4890 in CF for Graphics and a single 9800gt eco version for Physx should it be required. Runs everything at 1080p with all the trimmings no sweat which is what i wanted. It should be more then enough for atleast 2 years before another upgrade is required. BTW the boost in Vantage is pretty substancial once using Physx. I forget the numbers as i havent tested it recently but lets just say they are significant. Only matters if you care so much about a benchmark, however game wise there isnt much out there that really makes you need Physx. Mirrors edge and Batman AA are the only 2 that interest me. At the moment the 9800GT is disabled as its useless for the current games i am playing » Login to reply to this

jacobvandy (1233)    Jan 11, 2010 - 03:33 pm

i dunno, i wasn't aware that had any effect on vantage scores. » Login to reply to this  p4l1ndr0m3 (469)   Jan 11, 2010 - 04:03 pm Physx will boost an Nvidia card's vantage score because AMD/ATI cards cannot run physx enabled scenes. » Login to reply to this

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