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Core I7 Here I come!!!!!!! 920 based rig specs

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Let me get this straight. I wanted to build a rig that would maximize the performance potential of a triple crossfire Radeon 4850s with 512 megs of RAM. So I thought these components would be a sensible choice that would leave nothing back as far as performance potential in a happy median between raw CPU power and GPU power and not need a nuclear power center to stay stable. I'm salvaging some parts from an AMD Spider based rig to complete the project.

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128366

What more could you want? Up to 24 gigs of crazy DDR3 RAM and 6 friggin memory slots!!! Well one more PCI express slot maybe for quad crossfire but that is not worth the extra $100that cost with the X58 boards and if you switch to SLI you won't need that 4th slot.

Processor: Core I7 920 2.66ghz An absolute great performer!!!! Better than even the fastest Core 2 Quad!!!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

A great article on performance of I7 with multi GPUs.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i7-multigpu-sli-crossfire-game-performance-review/

The gap between I7 and anything else is substantial.

System Memory: 12 gigs of Crucial DDR3 1066 Triple Channel Memory. You can never have two much as far as I'm concerned.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148246

Video Cards: 3 Visionek Radeon 4850s in triple crossfire I bought a while back

Monitor: HP LP3065 30" IPS Monitor 2560 * 1600 resolution
Yes I will have to limit FSAA due to a 512 meg frame buffer limitation but at 4 million pixels FSAA above 4X is really overkill and even off looks just fine.

Sound Card: Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer

Hard Drives: 2 Western Digital 500 Gig Sata 2 drives in Raid 0.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178

Case: Antec 300: Why go with anything else? Well, the 900 has the front fans already installed so maybe you might want that one.

Power Supply: XCLIO 1000 watt power supply with 2 35 amp 12v rails

I don't have the system together yet. I will get the parts to complete the build early next week. I've been an AMD supporter and builder for so long and the performance with I7 was just too much to resist. And with rumors of a Deneb delay it seemed like the right thing to do. What do you guys think?
 

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that PSU sucks, get a Corsair 1000W, PC P&C 1000 or 1200, Silverstone DA 1000 or 1200, Ultra X3 1000 or Enermax Galaxy 1000w Xfire.


also, get a bigger case, if you like Antec, i recomend the 1200
 
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It works.

that PSU sucks, get a Corsair 1000W, PC P&C 1000 or 1200, Silverstone DA 1000 or 1200, Ultra X3 1000

I can't replace it at this time. It has 70 amps on the 12v rails and has been running a quad crossfire 3870 setup with a 125 watt CPU for quite a while 100% stable. (That is over 500 watts on the 12v rail LOL) Sure others might be better but it does work and for the current config it is satisfactory. Thanks for the quick response. I will consider your advice if a problem arises.

I love the Antec 300. I never have temp issues. Airflow is great. I can't see a need for another.
 

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I can't replace it at this time. It has 70 amps on the 12v rails and has been running a quad crossfire 3870 setup with a 125 watt CPU for quite a while 100% stable. (That is over 500 watts on the 12v rail LOL) Sure others might be better but it does work and for the current config it is satisfactory. Thanks for the quick response. I will consider your advice if a problem arises.

I love the Antec 300. I never have temp issues. Airflow is great. I can't see a need for another.

i didnt realize you had the PSU already if it worked for you then it should be ok, but i just dont trust that brand
 
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but i just dont trust that brand

Im with KBD here. I wouldn't trust that PSU either. Yeah it has the ratings, but not sure how clean and trustworthy that power is. I really only trust PSU's which are rebagged Seasonics, such as Corsairs, some Antecs, PC Power and Cooling, and of course Seasonics.
 
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do not go with 3 way crossfire, drivers are not so pulished to have a significant gain, instead go with 2 4870 and a nvidia cheap card for pysics
 
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do not go with 3 way crossfire, drivers are not so pulished to have a significant gain, instead go with 2 4870 and a nvidia cheap card for pysics

Agreed. Better performance and less power draw.
 
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do not go with 3 way crossfire, drivers are not so pulished to have a significant gain, instead go with 2 4870 and a nvidia cheap card for pysics

He already has the graphics cards :p


Nice rig :)
 
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Haha, nice suggestion Littlelizard. I love this build and not to sound to gaay but I love that color of the Gigabyte board. Let us know how well it clocks, it looks like it has tons of options and connections.

Xclio isnt a well known brand, but if it works for you, that is good. However, with it possibly not being one of the better ones out there, it may give issues when trying to go for higher clocks.

@Squirrely, I wasn't aware that PC P&C were rebadged Seasonics, thought they made their own.

Awesome build and me being a loyal AMD supporter cannot fault you for going this way.
 
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@Squirrely, I wasn't aware that PC P&C were rebadged Seasonics, thought they made their own..

At least some of them are made by seasonic, but that doesn't mean a whole lot..
Either way they are epic psu's.

As for the build, if you want a stripe get some 10k's, 7200's just are not worth it unless you only "need" write/read speeds because in normal use you wont gain a whole lot, and you will pickup a nasty little overhead, plus an added latency.

Seasonic is a big oem, I'm sure if you made a design and sent it to them and wanted 25,000 of them they would make them for you, so it being assembled by seasonic means nothing.
 
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Thanks guys I do have 2 4870s as well

He already has the graphics cards :p


Nice rig :)

Well 1 4870 with another matching one on the way. It was supposed to be for another build for my bedroom in a Phenom 9600 spider rig. I figure they would scream at 1920 * 1080 with 8X FSAA.

I was debating wether to run the I7 with either the two 4870s or the 3 4850s. In theory the max performance of the 3 4850s should be a bit faster than 2 4870s in crossfire. (After all you have 3 gigaflops compared to 2.4 processing power and 2400 shaders verse 1600 and 120 verse 80 texture units) (The 4870s also have 512 megs of RAM thank Newegg open box for $200 4870s) The advantage the 4870s have is with memory bandwidth and clockspeed but I don't think it is enough to win the performance crown. I guess the only way to know is to try it out. I'm almost positive that with max scalabilty like COD4 or Devil May Cry 4 the 3 4850s should beat the 2 4870s. Anyhow it should be real close. The peak power usage for both setups will be about 320 -330 watts for the graphics so it strictly comes down to performance and reliabilty. I've been using both quad crossfire and triple crossfire 4850s for quite some time and the performance is stellar where the CPU is not messing up the performance. I swear there is something funky going on with FEAR with Phenom processors. The performance is so jerky fast than hiccup that it drives you nuts!
 
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Haha, nice suggestion Littlelizard. I love this build and not to sound to gaay but I love that color of the Gigabyte board. Let us know how well it clocks, it looks like it has tons of options and connections.

Xclio isnt a well known brand, but if it works for you, that is good. However, with it possibly not being one of the better ones out there, it may give issues when trying to go for higher clocks.

@Squirrely, I wasn't aware that PC P&C were rebadged Seasonics, thought they made their own.

Awesome build and me being a loyal AMD supporter cannot fault you for going this way.

So hopefully my power supply will be just finel. It can't be any worse than an Apevia Warlock 1100 watt that went dead after a few days. <>__<>

When you see that the performance so much greater the choice is so easy. I will still use my AMD rigs but for the best experience in my gaming theater it will be the I7 platorm for quite some time.
 
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I will consider 10000s later

At least some of them are made by seasonic, but that doesn't mean a whole lot..
Either way they are epic psu's.

As for the build, if you want a stripe get some 10k's, 7200's just are not worth it unless you only "need" write/read speeds because in normal use you wont gain a whole lot, and you will pickup a nasty little overhead, plus an added latency.

Seasonic is a big oem, I'm sure if you made a design and sent it to them and wanted 25,000 of them they would make them for you, so it being assembled by seasonic means nothing.

Maybe a secondary RAID just for the games could be in order then again when you have 12 gigs of System RAM how much hard drive performance is really going to be necessary?
 
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the only time I ever hear the term "gigs" (gÄ­g, geeg) are by those who dont know much about computers, but maybe we are just in different demographics. Speaking of which, is 12 "geegs" really necessary? Looks like a solid build.
 

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the only time I ever hear the term "gigs" (gÄ­g, geeg) are by those who dont know much about computers


i use the term "gigs" a lot :laugh:
 
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the only time I ever hear the term "gigs" (gÄ­g, geeg) are by those who dont know much about computers, but maybe we are just in different demographics. Speaking of which, is 12 "geegs" really necessary? Looks like a solid build.

I don't know if that much memory is really necessary but I'm going to find out.:)
 
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I don't know if that much memory is really necessary but I'm going to find out.:)

the point in your rig is that 12 gigabytes of ram is pointless. for gaming, 4 gb is more than enough, i cannot think in any apps that uses the full 12gb of ram (except benchmarks to show how awesome you are :D)
 
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Well some people like flames on their cars

the point in your rig is that 12 gigabytes of ram is pointless. for gaming, 4 gb is more than enough, i cannot think in any apps that uses the full 12gb of ram (except benchmarks to show how awesome you are :D)

I'm not one of them but has anybody tried that much RAM for games? Well soon we shall see how it works anyhow.:D
 
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I'm not one of them but has anybody tried that much RAM for games? Well soon we shall see how it works anyhow.:D

i dont think it would make a huge difference while playing, but when loading scences :rockout::rockout::rockout::rockout::rockout:
 

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12 "GIGS" (not Geeegs) should be enough for 20 years of upgrades :roll:

I think it would help with gaming and doing 50 things at once and still not be fully utilized.
 
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I had the 12 in mind for.....

i dont think it would make a huge difference while playing, but when loading scences :rockout::rockout::rockout::rockout::rockout:

When scenes load in Oblivion and Fallout 3 and in MMOs or RTS where a whole lot of action is occuring on the screen. Hell, if it just stabilizes the difference between min and max framerate I'll be happy.
 
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System Name BACKTOTHEFUTURE
Processor Stock I7 920
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4 BIOS F6
Cooling 4 120mm 1 140mm top fan
Memory 12 gigabytes of DDR3 1333 RAM
Video Card(s) EVGA GTX 780ti
Storage Samsung 1.5 terrabyte Steam Drive and 2 Samsung 750 gig Sata 2 in Raid 0
Display(s) HP LP3065 30" Monitor
Case Antec Three Hundred
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar DS
Power Supply Solid Gear Neutron 750 watt
Software Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
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System Name Back to Blue
Processor i9 14900k
Motherboard Asrock Z790 Nova
Cooling Corsair H150i Elite
Memory 64GB Corsair Dominator DDR5-6400 @ 6600
Video Card(s) EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3
Storage 4TB WD 850x NVME, 4TB WD Black, 10TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
Display(s) 1x Samsung Odyssey G7 Neo and 1x Dell u2518d
Case Lian Li o11 DXL w/custom vented front panel
Audio Device(s) Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 -> DBX DriveRack PA+ -> Mackie MR8 and MR10 / Senn PX38X -> SB AE-5 Plus
Power Supply Corsair RM1000i
Mouse Logitech G502x
Keyboard Corsair K95 Platinum
Software Windows 11 x64 Pro
Benchmark Scores 31k multicore Cinebench - CPU limited 125w
i use the term "gigs" a lot :laugh:

Same here...... Been saying gigs for like erm ... Since the first over 1gb drives were made.
 
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