Mark1

[Fitseries3]

agreed. no need for it really, if you want to burn CDs 1 writer and 1 rom is good enough, thats what i do

shoot... i dont even do that. i cant stand extra stuff in my rig that i dont need. one drive works for me. it only takes me 6-9mins to instert>rip>encode>burn a movie and i think thats plenty fast.

 

[steelkane]

If you think TPU members are giving you a hard time about your setup,, post that list on other forums & see what kind of response you get,, But I can honestly say I agree with fit. He has nothing to gain by telling you the truth

 

[Mark_Hardware]

I have seen the list of hardware fitseries3 has had over the past 3 years and he is not lying about having it all. Concerting the thermal problem you say i7 is having, that blame should be placed more the lack of cooling options made for the chip. Also all the companies that have released, or are planning to release a mounting kit for the LGA1366 socket may not be sufficient. My Coolermaster Hyper 212 that I use with my i7 chip produces temps that are only about 1c lower at idle and maybe a max of 5c underload. The cooling technology, other than maybe water and deffinately extreme, in of itself is old. I do agree with fitseries in that spending that much on a CPU alone when you might not be able to get 4.5GHz with your cooling, and deffinately not be able to achive that for daily use, then it is money wasted. If your rig is mainly for gaming that getting a quad core CPU is pointless in of itself since no games yet are coded for more than 2 threads.

I will actually thank you for this post. I did know that, but it seems like a great many people do not. The other thing is, benchmarks say that there is not a realized, noticable benefit in the i7 "8" cores (yes I know they are 4 cores hyperthreaded) unless you are running more than 5 threading applications at once.

 

[Fitseries3]

Well, the short answer; I tend to overkill. I know I don't need an 1.1 kW PSU. Im not sure if my microwave is 1.1 kW. I won't argue with anybody that says I don't need a QX9770. (except to say that it comes with the stock 1600mhz FSB)
Mebbe its cause I'm from Texas. Mebbe I'm compensating for something, hell IDK. But I'm an American. An SUV drivin, red meat eatin sidearm packin Af*ckinmerican, and I say,
The bigger the better.

bigger is not always better and i know that from experiance.

i TOO live in texas so...

overkill... take a look at my machine in my sig... you can see over 30 pages of insanity of all the crazy things i have gone through just in the past year alone.

you should see my "physx card". its nothing shy of a overvolted EVGA GTX260 216 running dedicated physx.... and better yet... in a machine thats running 2 4870x2s for graphics.

 

[Fitseries3]

I will actually thank you for this post. I did know that, but it seems like a great many people do not. The other thing is, benchmarks say that there is not a realized, noticable benefit in the i7 "8" cores (yes I know they are 4 cores hyperthreaded) unless you are running more than 5 threading applications at once.

benchmarks are just synthetic. have you experienced an i7 in person? i can tell you it just feels WAY faster and WAY smoother than any 775 setup i've ever had.

 

[dark2099]

Benchmarks are a fun way to see how fast you can get your computer to do the specific things that it asks, but as a real world test of the hard ware it kind of useless. Games operate and perform alot differently than the benchmarks do. So where as the i7 chips haven't done amazing increases to ingame performance this is due to the GFX cards being used more that the chip. Most likely all the chip will do other than give a few more FPS is drop load times.

 

[Binge]

And the rated limits of chips are only there as guidelines. The rest is why a lot of us love TPU. Pushing the hardware!

 

[Mark_Hardware]

bigger is not always better and i know that from experiance.

i TOO live in texas so...

overkill... take a look at my machine in my sig... you can see over 30 pages of insanity of all the crazy things i have gone through just in the past year alone.

you should see my "physx card". its nothing shy of a overvolted EVGA GTX260 216 running dedicated physx.... and better yet... in a machine thats running 2 4870x2s for graphics.

It was just a joke man. I live in AZ (I am from TX, but that was lifetimes ago) I don't even own a car, let alone an SUV, and I prefer chicken anyway. just tryin to lighten the mood...

 

[Fitseries3]

well lets keep in mind he has the qx9770 already.

i suggest a x48 if you plan on multi video cards or p45 if you plan on using a single video card

how about the rest of you?

 

[Binge]

Yeah I've had good experiences with my x48. It did crossfire really well, and if I did crossfire again I'd probably do much better since I have a much better idea of what I'm doing

 

[Fitseries3]

It was just a joke man. I live in AZ (I am from TX, but that was lifetimes ago) I don't even own a car, let alone an SUV, and I prefer chicken anyway. just tryin to lighten the mood...

it takes alot to get me angry and your not even close.

we are trying to help you here.

i have asked binge and dark to help cause i am talking to them in gtalk so you can get more opinions here.

 

[KBD]

well lets keep in mind he has the qx9770 already.

i suggest a x48 if you plan on multi video cards or p45 if you plan on using a single video card

how about the rest of you?

for 775 u r right as usual, if you need board recomendations let us know.

 

[NastyHabits]

Wow its amazing there are members that stick around if you give everyone as warm a welcome as this.

Mark,

These guys are not being mean. They just question your choice of processor and motherboard, especially since you're getting a 4870x2. These guys, and I give special props to Fitseries3, have helped me tremendously in making good choices on the equipment I buy. Nobody wants you to not have your red meat, they want you to eat a good steak, and not just a big hamburger.

PS: As far as forums go, this is decidedly "flame-lite".

 

[Fitseries3]

Hardware_Mark1 have you considered buying used stuff? there are TONS of great deals on setups right now. binge is selling a x48 and some great ddr3 sticks, and i believe a few others on TPU have some pretty good stuff for sale as well.

i have found some great deals on Hardforums as well(seems to be the place i find everything lately).

 

[dark2099]

it takes alot to get me angry and your not even close.

we are trying to help you here.

i have asked binge and dark to help cause i am talking to them in gtalk so you can get more opinions here.

And he didn't ask us to back him up, although we may agree it is from much time spent talking with him and getting help from him. Although he may have his preferences of what hardware to use (and by no means is a fan boy), give him any set up and he will produce results.

 

[MKmods]

I just had to stop by and say hello to an obviously a cool guy (from one Mark to another)

 

[steelkane]

I just like Intel chips with Intel CPU's, The only reason I have a nvidia chip now , Is I wanted to try SLI, So I would have to agree, with a qx9770, X48 or P45

 

[Mark_Hardware]

I just like Intel chips with Intel CPU's, The only reason I have a nvidia chip now , Is I wanted to try SLI, So I would have to agree, with a qx9770, X48 or P45

yeah, I was originally was going to go with the intel qx48bt2, but the 790i was much more alluring... especially when they released the FTW with PWM.