The "New Toys" Thread

finally...
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ZeDestructor said:
Overclocked i5-2500K (4.4+GHz on air) is faster than an overclocked i7-980X/990X (~3.8-4.2GHzGHz max on air), despite having two cores less and no HyperThreading. Especially in games where games hardly use more than 3 cores orso.
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Also, CPU and GPU performance levels don't need to be about equal anyway. For gaming, a C2D is still usually fine, and as more and more CAD and photo/video editing programs improve support for hardware acceleration, massive CPU performance is becoming less of a requirement there, too.
 
ZeDestructor said:
Overclocked i5-2500K (4.4+GHz on air) is faster than an overclocked i7-980X/990X (~3.8-4.2GHzGHz max on air), despite having two cores less and no HyperThreading. Especially in games where games hardly use more than 3 cores orso.
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What he said.
Although I'm not overclocking my 2500k just yet, but in the not so distant future I'm planning on upgrading the system with watercooling before overclocking it to ~4.5GHz

Edit: here she is up and running (yes the cables in the background are a mess, I need to sort those out)

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smib said:
Also, CPU and GPU performance levels don't need to be about equal anyway. For gaming, a C2D is still usually fine, and as more and more CAD and photo/video editing programs improve support for hardware acceleration, massive CPU performance is becoming less of a requirement there, too.
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Pretty much that, you are not going to be taxing CPU much in most games (some are more CPU dependant than others but nothing an i5 couldn't handle)
 
This weekend I be getting new components.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67A-USB3-B3
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
Memory: Kingston PC1600 4+4GB DDR3
Storage: 1x Kingston SSD 64GB V100PC; 1x Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200 32MB 1TB
Graphics: Geforce GTX 470 (already have)

:drool:
 
IceBone said:
This weekend I be getting new components.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67A-USB3-B3
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
Memory: Kingston PC1600 4+4GB DDR3
Storage: 1x Kingston SSD 64GB V100PC; 1x Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200 32MB 1TB
Graphics: Geforce GTX 470 (already have)

:drool:
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You know that a H67 board is not as easy to overclock as a P67/Z68. I think its technically possible, but much harder, and your 2600k will be choked by a cheap board.
 
public said:
Do a lot of welding in your spare time? :p
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yes, actually how did you know :eek:

on another note, need to open the box that contains my new fan :O

ps. last time i did welding was 9 years ago
 
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IceBone said:
This weekend I be getting new components.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67A-USB3-B3
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
Memory: Kingston PC1600 4+4GB DDR3
Storage: 1x Kingston SSD 64GB V100PC; 1x Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200 32MB 1TB
Graphics: Geforce GTX 470 (already have)

:drool:
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Like RaptorJesus says the mobo really doesn't make the rest justice. + No OC.
 
Since you are going for a SSD, the Z68 platform supports caching. On Tom's Hardware everyone touts the ASRock Z68 Extreme4 as a great budget Z68 board. I like the bit of extra warranty that comes with a ASUS board, but if you can find a combo deal with the 2600k and any z68 board jump on it.
 
Because someone is about to suffer a humiliating and unimaginably painful death.
 
IceBone said:
This weekend I be getting new components.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67A-USB3-B3
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
Memory: Kingston PC1600 4+4GB DDR3
Storage: 1x Kingston SSD 64GB V100PC; 1x Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200 32MB 1TB
Graphics: Geforce GTX 470 (already have)

:drool:
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h67 boards do not allow overclocking as a fact, you have to have a P or Z "class" board to overclock. If you don't plan to overclock go with a i7 2600 non K model you will save your self $15-$20. It is the same chip just with the locked multiplier(unlocked is what allows overclocking)
 
I think it is 2600. That's what it said on the invoice and I just assumed the dealer made a mistake (writes the invoices himself in word, he's old school like that).
 
so this old tv:
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got replaced as it had some effects in the picture (and seems like the effects are from the dvb-t -device instead of the tv uups :? ).

so now we have this:
Samsung LE40D585 :eek:

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I just got a nice new and shiny Crucial M4 SSD (128GB) to replace my old Intel X25-M (80GB) that I sold to a friend.

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Man that thing is fast!

The cloning from the X25 to the M4 was actually pretty fun to watch, running at speeds around 200MB/s to 250MB/s with both installed in my MacBook Pro :-d
 
wohoo... my SSD actually gets bottlenecked by the damned SATA 6Gb controller on my mainboard which doesn't deliver what it promises...
but hey, it's still insanely fast, especially when coming from a normal hdd :)
 
so TechZ wanted better quality pic and ZeDestructor wanted comparizon pic "for teh lulz" and here is the result!

So a comparison between 40" hdtv vs. 15.4" hp laptop vs. Nokia 5800XM

https://pic.armedcats.net/v/vi/viilaaja/2011/06/02/HPIM3409.JPG

and for TechZ, this is the best quality i can do, unless you wanna lend me better camera with a photographer :p
 
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