It's Alive ....muhahahahahahahaha!

Nforce

I'm just finished my latest....and last:o monster PC build. Everything went together without issue, apart from a faulty mobo that was swiftly exchanged for a spare one .
I've just completed a Vista Ultimate 64bit install (complete with updates),flashed the mobo to the latest bios and carried out a little overclocking.

PC specs:

Lian Li V1010 black pc case
Overclocked Intel QX9770 3.2ghz Extreme processor
Tuniq Tower cooler
Evga 790i Ultra motherboard
8GB of PC1333 DDR3 memory
2x Samsung 64GB SSD hard drives
2x Samsung F1 1tb hard drives
Thermaltake 1.2kw PSU
2x Evga 9800GX2


Here's some results:

CPU-Z



Real Temp



I'm installing 3DMark06 at the minute and will update with a score asap.:cool:

tramoredude

nice! How much did it cost?!

I guess €5500 or so? You're a crazy person

Nforce

Cost was ....rather high

Here's my first run of 3DMark06



Not overly impressive...though that's probably because it can't cope with quad sli. I'll download Vantage and clock up to 4.2ghz to see how I get on:cool:

Sqaull20

Crysis tests please, see can you get very comfortable fps (no under 30fps )?

1900x1200, Very High, No AA

skuzzb

I was wondering why the lights dipped earlier!!!
I told you that 8gigs of ram would be a bottleneck......16gb minimum
How fast is the boot time with those SSD's?

Nforce

I'll run Vantage first (d/ling at the min) and i'll fire up Crysis tomorrow.

Why no AA? On my old (overclocked E8500@4.2ghz) system I run FSX (flightsim)on max with 1900x1200, 16x AA and never drop below 30fps

Nforce

Boot time is ~ 20 seconds from hitting the switch. I'll be upgrading the ram to Corsair pc1600 asap :D


PS...i'm running at a stable 4.2GHZ now

Sqaull20

Nforce wrote: »

Why no AA?

Some bug with the Quad sli drivers that affects AA badly, might been fixed now..

Nforce

Ahh...cheers for that.:cool:


Been playing with the bios a 'lil bit more.....

TerrorFirmer

Sweet PC, I know you can't keep waiting indefinitely because something new is always around the corner, but the new cards out in the next few weeks....surely would have been worth holding on for?

Supposed to be bit price cuts on Intel CPU's around the end of summer or so, isn't there - I know there was specific talk about the high end CPU's taking massive cuts. Making September an ideal time for building: price cuts and allow the new cards to settle in, get a little cheaper and readily available and so on....

Nforce

I'll probably get 2 of the next gen cards when they're released. As you've said yourself...there's never a right time to build in the PC world as there's alway's something new/ground-breaking around the corner.
I've been collecting bits for this build since Xmas....so now is as good a time as any to throw it together.:)

tramoredude

You sure SLI is working? 20k is a pretty disappointing score for that setup, considering an overclocked 9800GTX with the same CPU gets ~17k

To the driver mobile!

requiem1

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Sweet PC, I know you can't keep waiting indefinitely because something new is always around the corner, but the new cards out in the next few weeks....surely would have been worth holding on for?

Supposed to be bit price cuts on Intel CPU's around the end of summer or so, isn't there - I know there was specific talk about the high end CPU's taking massive cuts. Making September an ideal time for building: price cuts and allow the new cards to settle in, get a little cheaper and readily available and so on....

GTX 280 $649 and GTX260 $449, i think it'll take a while for these to get cheap

Nforce

tramoredude wrote: »

You sure SLI is working? 20k is a pretty disappointing score for that setup, considering an overclocked 9800GTX with the same CPU gets ~17k

To the driver mobile!

Yep....quad sli was enabled. I'm going to try the latest beta drivers today:)

skuzzb

Ya gonna post us a few pics?? How did you manage to fit the SSD's in?

Nforce

I'm waiting on some mounting brackets for the SSD's......until then, they are flopping loosely about in the case :eek::p:D

PogMoThoin

Pathetic 3DMark score for the amount of money spent :mad: meh

Come on, U can do better than that

Nforce

Ahhh....but it wasn't for 3Dmark that this machine was built .........if so i'd have kept my 8800 Ultra cards:)




Edit: Haven't even looked at the new system today yet...i've orders to upgrade the TV card in my htpc so that we can record programs from the Sky Box

challengemaster

seems like a waste imo

PogMoThoin

Nforce wrote: »

Ahhh....but it wasn't for 3Dmark that this machine was built .........if so i'd have kept my 8800 Ultra cards:)

What else is quad sli for?

A 2.4Ghz core2duo & single 8800GTS can max absolutely any game except Crysis

Get some pics up when ya get it tidyed m8, wanna see this beast, also can ya post a screenie of hdtach, wanna see how those ssd's perform in raid 0

Anti

pics of the pc or gtfo !

tramoredude

No pics yet and a 20k 3dMark score? I think he just has a q6600 and a single 9800GX2 and hes frantically looking for another one before he posts pics!

TerrorFirmer

requiem1 wrote: »

GTX 280 $649 and GTX260 $449, i think it'll take a while for these to get cheap

2 GX2's isn't exactly cheap either and will be slower then 2 of the newer cards.

Nforce

Firstly let me say....Vista 64bit + Quad Sli + buggy drivers leads to one heck of a pizzed off pc builder. This build has been,and is the buggiest that i've ever thrown together. I've been running into loads of issues today....and have almost decided to do a complete rebuild using a P5E3 mobo and some ATi 3870X2's!:eek:
However....i'll persevere with this rig as new improved (:rolleyes::mad:) drivers and mobo bios' should come out soon enough. Anyhoo...enough of my bitchin':p

I managed to run Vantage today with a score of 13,238. I've pics of the system on my camera and i'll resize and upload them later.
Adios,
Nforce:cool:



Edit: Pics as promised......


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Flaccus

Congrats on the new build Nforce. If you remember I built something very similar not so long ago (bar the SSD's) but alas had to sell up. Don't listen to the detractors. If you can afford it, build it I say Unfortunatley I couldn't :eek: Quad sli is a bit finicky allright but I didn't have any performance issues to be honest. I wouldn't bother upgrading the memory though, or if you do, then 1600mhz I believe is the most you can use if populating all 4 slots. 790i gets funny with 1800mhz and higher if talking 4gigs.

Sqaull20

tramoredude wrote: »

You sure SLI is working? 20k is a pretty disappointing score for that setup, considering an overclocked 9800GTX with the same CPU gets ~17k

To the driver mobile!

Scores look ok..

http://www.maxishine.com.au/documents/9800gx2_quad_sli.html

Are you going to put some game benches Nforce..

Want to see AoC and Crysis max'ed out

Nforce

I'll be throwing on a few games in the coming days,hopefully. Memory upgrade and eventually GFX upgrades are in the pipeline too;):D


PS...the reason for the low 3DMark06 score is down to the fact that it doesn't support quad sli afaik

Nforce

Flaccus wrote: »

Congrats on the new build Nforce. If you remember I built something very similar not so long ago (bar the SSD's) but alas had to sell up. Don't listen to the detractors. If you can afford it, build it I say Unfortunatley I couldn't :eek: Quad sli is a bit finicky allright but I didn't have any performance issues to be honest. I wouldn't bother upgrading the memory though, or if you do, then 1600mhz I believe is the most you can use if populating all 4 slots. 790i gets funny with 1800mhz and higher if talking 4gigs.

Thanks Flaccus.....yep,i'll probably get 1600mhz ram with all slots populated.When i've this rig performing at it's best I may be tempted to sell up too....:(:eek:

PogMoThoin

Nforce wrote: »

I'll be throwing on a few games in the coming days,hopefully. Memory upgrade and eventually GFX upgrades are in the pipeline too;):D


PS...the reason for the low 3DMark06 score is down to the fact that it doesn't support quad sli afaik

Apologies on the score comment, was expecting alot more, didn't realise the probs. Maybe game benches would be a better comparrison.

Nforce

Will find out soon enough,Póg
I'm rma'ing my mobo's as it seems that i've bought a from a dodgy batch. Should have the new boards soon ...and then i'll start overclocking in earnest;):D

TonyM.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06/04/asus-rampage-extreme-niche-new-features/1

If you really want to overclock get the x48 Rampage Extreme all 790i/680i boards are unstable they overvolt the memory .I can play any game i want with the one 9800gtx. for now .