The ULTIMATE i7 RIG!!!!!!!!!Watercooled, Overclocked, SSD Drives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iam99x]

I didn't notice that. I thought 72.4c was the highest you could go and remain stable.

[shinnoobi]

I didn't notice that. I thought 72.4c was the highest you could go and remain stable.

I dont know much about the resistance of i7's but im sure it shouldnt be hitting 75-80 celcius. LoL, thats like 170 F. You could bake a pizza on the surface of that chip

[dtmcnamara]

I didn't notice that. I thought 72.4c was the highest you could go and remain stable.

first processor I had I ran all the way to 113 C on all 4 cores and it is still running great. These new processors will take the abuse and still run great.

As far as running at 70 being hot please go look at overclocks for the i7. The temps on these things raise EXTREMELY FAST. Literally one vcore bump in the bios will raise temps as much at 20 degrees Celsius. 70 degrees is EXTREMELY cool for these numbers.

Matter of fact it is almost 25 degrees cooler than my first setup at the same speed because it is on water.

Also I dont mean to be a dick but how can you build a better system for half? Please post up specs and prices. I can guarantee you cannot

[shinnoobi]

first processor I had I ran all the way to 113 C on all 4 cores and it is still running great. These new processors will take the abuse and still run great.

As far as running at 70 being hot please go look at overclocks for the i7. The temps on these things raise EXTREMELY FAST. Literally one vcore bump in the bios will raise temps as much at 20 degrees Celsius. 70 degrees is EXTREMELY cool for these numbers.

Matter of fact it is almost 25 degrees cooler than my first setup at the same speed because it is on water.

Also I dont mean to be a dick but how can you build a better system for half? Please post up specs and prices. I can guarantee you cannot

My deepest apologies then. I dont know to much about the i7's as im still on the C2D and its treating me fine. I assumed that since the C2D's are in the danger zone at 50 that you're really killing your processor. I did mention that I dont know the amount of abuse it can take tho.

As for building it for half, ok maybe not possible. But for less definately possible. There are places in your build that I feel would have been better with different parts. But maybe cause im a Western Digital/Seagate fan. Also overlooked that your ram was DDR3, which is pricey as fuck.

GLWS tho. I may have to look into upgrading to i7 if im able to OC that much. Time for a new beast.

Again, sorry for crapping in your thread.

[dtmcnamara]

Again, sorry for crapping in your thread.

Thats cool. Yeah I do know that some parts are so-so, thats why the video cards getting pulled soon and switching it to two 5850's. Also the hard drive is literally there JUST FOR STORAGE now. I am running the 80GB Intel X-25M ssd for the OS, a 30GB Vertex for most of my programs, and my 30GB Core for other things. I also have a few 64GB cores, Vertex's and some ONY and Kingstons I am thinking about putting in, but they are probably going to be placed in pairs in my laptop.

Updates will need to happen soon as some parts have changed already.