EVGA X58 SLI Unboxing and Nehalem Rig Setup

AuDioFreaK39 · Nov 19, 2008

Well..you can guess what just arrived in the mail today.

I got the Core i7 965 Extreme and Patriot memory on November 16th, a day before launch. Now that the board is here, it's time to put it all together.

*Thread will be updated as I make progress. Specs in sig. Enjoy.

(pics taken with iPhone 3G)

By the way, the GTX 280 box was signed by k|ngp|n at NVISION 08.

Here's the included Visual Guide if anyone's interested:

6GB of Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 in triple-channel config on the EVGA X58 SLI

mrw1986 · Nov 19, 2008

Sick setup man! Let us know how it goes.

erocker · Nov 19, 2008

I'm waiting with anticipation.. and drooling. :toast:

DrunkenMafia · Nov 19, 2008

SWeeeeeeeeT man.... That is one nice lookin MB

newtekie1 · Nov 19, 2008

Very nice. I'd like to know how larger coolers fit on the eVGA board, specifically if the TRUE will fit with the big northbridge heatsink and that huge heatsink on the vregs.

hv43082 · Nov 19, 2008

Ah show off...nice rig though.

Fastmix · Nov 19, 2008

Nice hardware, please show us some benches when you are up.

SystemViper · Nov 19, 2008

thats all you :rockout:

mlee49 · Nov 19, 2008

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Please please please moar pics and benchies and screen shots and ...

DrunkenMafia · Nov 19, 2008

With all that gear you should be able to afford one of those liquid metal gizmo gadget thingymabobby coolers.

wolf2009 · Nov 19, 2008

... picks up lower jaw off the floor . .. . .

nice !

ap4lifetn · Nov 19, 2008

Looks great, let us know how high you can push that BCLK, even if you have an extreme

AuDioFreaK39 · Nov 19, 2008

newtekie1 said:
Very nice. I'd like to know how larger coolers fit on the eVGA board, specifically if the TRUE will fit with the big northbridge heatsink and that huge heatsink on the vregs.

The guys at FiringSquad already have some pics of the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme on this board. Hopefully these will give you a better understanding:

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_x58_sli_sneak_preview/

AuDioFreaK39 · Nov 19, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
With all that gear you should be able to afford one of those liquid metal gizmo gadget thingymabobby coolers.

eh, don't assume that to be so. my moneys are depleted now. :ohwell:

Not to mention that I have a Thermalright TRUE Copper on backorder that I'll be using with two Noctua NF-P12s in a push-pull config.

newtekie1 · Nov 19, 2008

AuDioFreaK39 said:
The guys at FiringSquad already have some pics of the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme on this board. Hopefully these will give you a better understanding:

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_x58_sli_sneak_preview/

Thanks, hadn't seen that article. I'm glad it will fit, I was worried with the large northbridge heatsink, glad I won't have to give up my baby when I upgrade. :rockout:

AuDioFreaK39 · Nov 19, 2008

Core i7 965 Extreme was $999 at Micro Center

Patriot memory was $270 at Micro Center.

EVGA X58 SLI was $339 at EVGA.com

EVGA GTX 280 was $649 on June 17th launch day..

At least the box is signed by k|ngp|n.

*update 1*

WOW NO WAY!

I didn't even have to reformat, and I'm in RAID0! :wowzers

I am already thoroughly impressed with this motherboard.

But I'm going to reformat it anyways...just need to pull a few files off the drives first.

This is where I was:

It's weird how the Core i7 CPUs have to be inserted backwards:

This is where I am now. I'm using stock cooling for the next two weeks until my Thermalright TRUE Copper arrives.

Next up (if all goes well) - Benchmarks and Crysis performance.

Solaris17 · Nov 19, 2008

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Castiel · Nov 19, 2008

Wow, so they have LED lights on the stock cooler? This is wicked!

mlee49 · Nov 19, 2008

Castiel said:
Wow, so they have LED lights on the stock cooler? This is wicked!

Thats what I thought. Nice touch for a grand chip!

Wile E · Nov 19, 2008

Very nice setup.

Check in over at this thread: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=76464

theJesus · Nov 19, 2008

That's pretty damn nice for a friggin' stock cooler!

I'm soooo jealous of that board! Why can't they make sli+crossfire on 775? :cry:

_jM · Nov 21, 2008

Damn.. nice rig bro... Now i just wish i had that kinda cash for a set-up like that.

Thrackan · Nov 21, 2008

That must be the sexiest stock cooler I've ever seen

LiveOrDie · Nov 21, 2008

im getting mine in a month but im only getting a 920, aus exchange rates suck

AuDioFreaK39 · Nov 21, 2008

I really wish I had enough money for SLI in time for X58, but unfortunately I was drained from the memory and the TRUE Copper / other accessories I have on backorder.

Oh well, looking forward to it in Q1 next year.

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