Ha ha Yes some might say that

hellshealer

ima have to give you guys some pics of my up comming build :P im building it for a mate of mine sort of budget furture proof with a hint of extreme lol all in one package really :P

so far im goin with the P55sli FTW
i3 530
4gb of G.Skill ram 1600 mhz cas8
2 XFX 250gts
some old Hdd i have in my cuboard and my old 850 watt PSU
he is buying the nvidia edition CM690 case as well should look pritty sick.

i plan to get the i3 hopefully to about 5ghz :P
and OC the 250's to get some decent scores in vantage with em

make sure to update to the newest bios or you wont be able to use the 32nm chip.  other than that your buddy should be very pleased with the build

voklskier4452

make sure to update to the newest bios or you wont be able to use the 32nm chip.  other than that your buddy should be very pleased with the build

How do you update to the newest BIOS if you can't boot with the CPU because it won't work because you need to update the BIOS first? 
 
These sorts of restrictions drive me crazy some times.  It has been a couple times that I have had to do the CPU swap twice for similar reasons because I didn't realize the BIOS restriction ahead of time.  Fortunately for me though, they were CPU upgrades which I was doing so I had a backup CPU which would work with the BIOS on the board.

ty_ger07

voklskier4452

make sure to update to the newest bios or you wont be able to use the 32nm chip.  other than that your buddy should be very pleased with the build

How do you update to the newest BIOS if you can't boot with the CPU because it won't work because you need to update the BIOS first? 
 
These sorts of restrictions drive me crazy some times.  It has been a couple times that I have had to do the CPU swap twice for similar reasons because I didn't realize the BIOS restriction ahead of time.  Fortunately for me though, they were CPU upgrades which I was doing so I had a backup CPU which would work with the BIOS on the board.

That was sort of my point, guess i should have been a bit more direct with it, eh?

nateman_doo


I sold my old 8800GTS 512's.  Long ago before I knew about the bot.  Wish I saved one for some old school benching. 

Yea, I'm just learning to keep all my old hardware.  Especially GPU's....when a new cpu technology comes out, that's when you bench those old GPU's and gain some HWbot points (and cups!).  I'm keeping the mobo's and cpu's too just in case I want to go dice or ln2 in the future...don't want to do first time experiments on my classified! (FTL)

If you're into benching, which we all are, then just keep the stuff if you can afford it.

I still can't get xp loaded on my 780FTW!?  It takes like 4 hours to copy files and hangs at 51%.  Swapped out 3 cpus, 4 ram modules, 2 different dvd/cd burners, 2 different gpus.  The only thing I didn't swap out yet is the HDD, psu, and mobo.  I'm home today so I'll just let it run all day and see what happens.  Want to get some '01 runs in!

lol! I'm glad my XP works perfectly with my X58.. Q56, make sure to update us on your 01 scoring! I'd like to see how we compare.

voklskier4452

ty_ger07

voklskier4452

make sure to update to the newest bios or you wont be able to use the 32nm chip.  other than that your buddy should be very pleased with the build

How do you update to the newest BIOS if you can't boot with the CPU because it won't work because you need to update the BIOS first? 

These sorts of restrictions drive me crazy some times.  It has been a couple times that I have had to do the CPU swap twice for similar reasons because I didn't realize the BIOS restriction ahead of time.  Fortunately for me though, they were CPU upgrades which I was doing so I had a backup CPU which would work with the BIOS on the board.

That was sort of my point, guess i should have been a bit more direct with it, eh?

i have noted this build in a couple of other thread and shamino has informed me that the boards will boot with the new chips but the ram timings are screwy so u can install teh os and update the bois with it

OMG! Look at what I got in the mail! I guess I have an official overclocking shirt for my benching party this weekend!

http://forums.evga.com...078&mpage=1#163078

Hmm.. Game or bench?... I'll bench all weekend so.. I'm gaming tonight, this weekend I'll post all my results.

time to prep my 775 tonight... and maybe have some fun.  I'll be up all night.  it will be glorious!