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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
Ok, so's I will bore anyone that once to bother to read...
Normally, I do my major upgrading around this time of year. However, I got my new EVGA 780i in late December, shortly after release. My Intel Core2 Duo E6600 is performing great at 3.24 ghz, and don't want to replace it till the new 45nm quads are released. However, I ain't happy unless I am tinkering every now and then, so here is what I have done and am doing: I added 2 more gb of Corsair Dominator PC8500 ram, last Friday, bringing my total to 4gb running at 1066 mhz . I received this week, while out of town, a new CoolerMaster Evolution case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119122 I also ordered a few extra 120 mm fans, 4 for the side panel, and one to exhaust out the top, to go along with the intake and exhaust fans already supplied. I hope to get all my parts moved into the new case, sometime tomorrow. With the better cooling scheme, I hope to get my overclock on my E6600 up somewhere between 3.4-3.6 ghz. Then, all that is left I want to do, is order Vista Ultimate 64 bit ( which is why I wanted to increase my ram to 4gb), and another sata hard drive to devote to it, and dual boot with XP Pro. I am curious to do a comparison, of FSX on XP Pro, and Vista running in DX10. Hey, I think I have seen where some on here, are dual booting and running FSX on two operating systems, any problems doing this with one copy of FSX, regarding activation? -- Don |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
Oops, sorry all, meant to post to another group.
-- Don "Don" wrote in message ... Ok, so's I will bore anyone that once to bother to read... Normally, I do my major upgrading around this time of year. However, I got my new EVGA 780i in late December, shortly after release. My Intel Core2 Duo E6600 is performing great at 3.24 ghz, and don't want to replace it till the new 45nm quads are released. However, I ain't happy unless I am tinkering every now and then, so here is what I have done and am doing: I added 2 more gb of Corsair Dominator PC8500 ram, last Friday, bringing my total to 4gb running at 1066 mhz . I received this week, while out of town, a new CoolerMaster Evolution case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119122 I also ordered a few extra 120 mm fans, 4 for the side panel, and one to exhaust out the top, to go along with the intake and exhaust fans already supplied. I hope to get all my parts moved into the new case, sometime tomorrow. With the better cooling scheme, I hope to get my overclock on my E6600 up somewhere between 3.4-3.6 ghz. Then, all that is left I want to do, is order Vista Ultimate 64 bit ( which is why I wanted to increase my ram to 4gb), and another sata hard drive to devote to it, and dual boot with XP Pro. I am curious to do a comparison, of FSX on XP Pro, and Vista running in DX10. Hey, I think I have seen where some on here, are dual booting and running FSX on two operating systems, any problems doing this with one copy of FSX, regarding activation? -- Don |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
"Don" wrote in message ... Oops, sorry all, meant to post to another group. -- Don That's OK, we all love to hear an upgrade story. :-) I'm in the middle of upgrading to a 6600 from an Opteron 185, although I went with the P35-DSR3. I've been running it at 3 GHZ stock and 1 GHZ memory, but I really haven't done any stress testing yet. I'm really surprised by the speed jump from the Opteron, almost 2.5 times. The only disappointment is the video, I went from a 7800GT to a 8600GTS with almost 0 gain. But I'll likely go to an 8800?? when I upgrade to a 45 nm chip. What CPU cooler are you using BTW? |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "Don" wrote in message ... Oops, sorry all, meant to post to another group. -- Don That's OK, we all love to hear an upgrade story. :-) I'm in the middle of upgrading to a 6600 from an Opteron 185, although I went with the P35-DSR3. I've been running it at 3 GHZ stock and 1 GHZ memory, but I really haven't done any stress testing yet. I'm really surprised by the speed jump from the Opteron, almost 2.5 times. The only disappointment is the video, I went from a 7800GT to a 8600GTS with almost 0 gain. But I'll likely go to an 8800?? when I upgrade to a 45 nm chip. What CPU cooler are you using BTW? Good to hear, I am using a Zalman 9700 NT. Seems to do a pretty good job. -- Don EVGA 780i MB Intel Core2 Duo E6600@ 3.24 ghz Zalman 9700 NT heatsink/fan BFG 8800 GTS 640 mb CoolerMaster 830 Evolution Case 4 gb Corsair Dominator PC8500 DDR2 |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
Don wrote:
Oops, sorry all, meant to post to another group. -- Don Oh, bummer!!! I've been sitting here pressing F5 over and over for days and thought we finally had one... |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
"Fishface" ? wrote in message news:60Etj.97$wK4.67@trndny01... Don wrote: Oops, sorry all, meant to post to another group. -- Don Oh, bummer!!! I've been sitting here pressing F5 over and over for days and thought we finally had one... Ok then, since there were some interested, below are a couple of pics of my new case after I got everything installed and up and running: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...00223Large.jpg http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...00222Large.jpg Since moving to the new case, it dropped my temps overall about 5-6c for system and mb, and about 2-3c for cpu cores. Also, I replaced the tim and modded the pad a little, as it was not aligned good, on the heatpipe for the NB and SB, and replaced the tim on the mosfets, brought my MCP temp down by about 20C. I have been tweaking my E6600 for a better overclock, have it up to 3.4 ghz now with more headroom I think, and am running my ram at 1066 mhz. -- Don EVGA 780i MB Intel Core2 Duo E6600@ 3.24 ghz Zalman 9700 NT heatsink/fan BFG 8800 GTS 640 mb CoolerMaster 830 Evolution Case 4 gb Corsair Dominator PC8500 DDR2 |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
"Don" wrote in message ... Ok then, since there were some interested, below are a couple of pics of my new case after I got everything installed and up and running: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...00223Large.jpg http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...00222Large.jpg Since moving to the new case, it dropped my temps overall about 5-6c for system and mb, and about 2-3c for cpu cores. Also, I replaced the tim and modded the pad a little, as it was not aligned good, on the heatpipe for the NB and SB, and replaced the tim on the mosfets, brought my MCP temp down by about 20C. I have been tweaking my E6600 for a better overclock, have it up to 3.4 ghz now with more headroom I think, and am running my ram at 1066 mhz. Holy Crap! Look at all those fans; what case is that (can't quite read the name)? |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
Bill Stock wrote:
Holy Crap! Look at all those fans; what case is that (can't quite read the name)? It's in his sig... |
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Ahhh, upgrade time again...
"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "Don" wrote in message ... Ok then, since there were some interested, below are a couple of pics of my new case after I got everything installed and up and running: http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...00223Large.jpg http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...00222Large.jpg Since moving to the new case, it dropped my temps overall about 5-6c for system and mb, and about 2-3c for cpu cores. Also, I replaced the tim and modded the pad a little, as it was not aligned good, on the heatpipe for the NB and SB, and replaced the tim on the mosfets, brought my MCP temp down by about 20C. I have been tweaking my E6600 for a better overclock, have it up to 3.4 ghz now with more headroom I think, and am running my ram at 1066 mhz. Holy Crap! Look at all those fans; what case is that (can't quite read the name)? Cooler Master Stacker 830e ( Evolution ). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119122 It came with a 120mm intake fan in front bottom, blowing over hard drive bay, and a 120 mm rear exhaust fan. In addition, I added 4 ea 120 mm fans for the side panel, and a 120mm fan exhausting out the top. I also have the power supply flipped ( the supplied bracket works both ways), to where it's fan exhausts to the top. -- Don EVGA 780i MB Intel Core2 Duo E6600@ 3.24 ghz Zalman 9700 NT heatsink/fan BFG 8800 GTS 640 mb CoolerMaster 830 Evolution Case 4 gb Corsair Dominator PC8500 DDR2 |
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