Build Vs Buy (the new computer quandry)

[dmendenjr]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="BuddyBoy" data-source="post: 1891301" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1891301" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1891301">BuddyBoy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> They were C0. I&#039;m not too concerned, all I wanted to do was run at 3.2GHz on the stock cooler and I&#039;m able to do that. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />bought my Core i7 920 at microcenter today for $199, marked SLBEJ (D0) that was a pleasant surprise!<br /> <br /> So, I have about everything figured out just trying to narrow down the motherboard and GPU; motherboard wise, I am down to one of these three: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">EVGA SLI X58 LE</a>, <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Asus P6T Deluxe V2</a>, or <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128362" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5</a>. On the GPU front, I&#039;m leaning toward the GTX275, but would be just as happy with a Radeon 4890. If any of y&#039;all have experience with these parts, I&#039;d love to know what you think of em...</div>

 

[Ramy]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="dmendenjr" data-source="post: 1900002" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1900002" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1900002">dmendenjr said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />bought my Core i7 920 at microcenter today for $199, marked SLBEJ (D0) that was a pleasant surprise!<br /> <br /> So, I have about everything figured out just trying to narrow down the motherboard and GPU; motherboard wise, I am down to one of these three: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">EVGA SLI X58 LE</a>, <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Asus P6T Deluxe V2</a>, or <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128362" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5</a>. On the GPU front, I&#039;m leaning toward the GTX275, but would be just as happy with a Radeon 4890. If any of y&#039;all have experience with these parts, I&#039;d love to know what you think of em... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> I wish I had bought that Gigabyte board instead of the one I got, because it has 2 ethernet ports.</div>

 

[navychop]

<div class="bbWrapper">Are you on two networks?</div>

 

[dmendenjr]

<div class="bbWrapper">I think I read that with the two ethernet ports; you can also connect two connections to the same network and see a nominal performance bump.</div>

 

[diogen]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="dmendenjr" data-source="post: 1900345" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1900345" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1900345">dmendenjr said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I think I read that with the two ethernet ports; you can also connect two connections to the same network and see a nominal performance bump. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I don&#039;t think NIC teaming is supported on these consumer level motherboard onboard ethernet.<br /> Even if they do, you&#039;d need a switch/router with the same features and that ain&#039;t cheap.<br /> <br /> But you can benefit if running a few virtual machines on your system, the hardware will certainly be able to support it.<br /> Or if you run something mission critical and need redundancy...<br /> <br /> Diogen.</div>

 

[dmendenjr]

<div class="bbWrapper">Final Build Specs (with the bulk of the parts showing up on my door step first part of next week):<br /> <br /> CPU: Intel i7-920 D0<br /> Mobo: EVGA X58 SLI LE<br /> GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 275<br /> HD: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache<br /> RAM: Corsair 6 GB DDR3 1600 RAM<br /> PSU: Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750 Watt 80+ Silver PSU Modular<br /> CD/DVD Drive 1: Samsung SH-S203N L-scribe DVD-R 22X/CD-R 48X SATA<br /> CD/DVD Drive 2: Samsung SH-S223F DVD-R 22X/CD-R 48X SATA<br /> Case: AZZA Solano-1000 Full Tower Case<br /> HSF: Xigmatek S1283V Dark Knight<br /> OS: Microsoft Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit (w/ Win 7 Coupon)<br /> Mouse: Logitech G5 2000dpi laser mouse<br /> Keyboard: Logitech G11 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard<br /> <br /> I&#039;m hoping the sum will be as good as the total of the parts going in... after I get everything will try to get it build and post some pics on Wednesday.</div>

 

[dmendenjr]

<div class="bbWrapper">Well, she&#039;s build and stable. Wasn&#039;t able to fit the CPU cooler in my case without removing the side fan; so RMA to newegg and use the stock cooler for the time being. VERY rewarding experience. Posted on the first try, run the bettter part of 12 hours today without a hiccup. Thanks again for the help that y&#039;all have been through this process!</div>

 

[JAG72]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="dmendenjr" data-source="post: 1911836" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1911836" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1911836">dmendenjr said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Well, she&#039;s build and stable. Wasn&#039;t able to fit the CPU cooler in my case without removing the side fan; so RMA to newegg and use the stock cooler for the time being. VERY rewarding experience. Posted on the first try, run the bettter part of 12 hours today without a hiccup. Thanks again for the help that y&#039;all have been through this process! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Glad it all worked out for you. <br /> <br /> <br /> Unless you are going to over clock the CPU the stock heat sink will work just fine for you.</div>

 

[dmendenjr]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="JAG72" data-source="post: 1911878" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1911878" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1911878">JAG72 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Glad it all worked out for you. <br /> <br /> <br /> Unless you are going to over clock the CPU the stock heat sink will work just fine for you. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I really want to push it to 3.2GHz, that mixed with the ambient temp of the room... I think aftermarket would be better (of course it is still lightyears ahead of my 4 year old rig that now graces my wife&#039;s desk)</div>

 

[wallypa]

<div class="bbWrapper">Mean lookin rig. Congrats!</div>

 

[BuddyBoy]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="dmendenjr" data-source="post: 1911900" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1911900" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1911900">dmendenjr said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I really want to push it to 3.2GHz, that mixed with the ambient temp of the room... I think aftermarket would be better (of course it is still lightyears ahead of my 4 year old rig that now graces my wife&#039;s desk) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> If your case has decent air flow you won&#039;t have problems running a 920 @ 3.2GHz on the boxed CPU cooler. I&#039;m 75 minutes into an H.264 encode which pegs all four cores at about 85% CPU usage, and I&#039;m only at 54 degrees C. My case is a Sonata Designer (yeah, the totally sissy white and blue case, but it is quiet) and I&#039;ve dressed the cables so I get good airflow.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="11168386.png" data-src="http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4078/11168386.png" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4078/11168386.png" data-url="http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4078/11168386.png" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="11168386.png" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy" /> </div></div>

 

[dmendenjr]

<div class="bbWrapper">Well, Arctic Silver 5 and the Cooler Master GeminII S cooler seem to do the job. <br /> (course these are more idle temps than load temps)<br /> <br /> <div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="Dwm%202009-08-09%2013-27-22-56.bmp" data-src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Edougmenden/pwpimages/Dwm%202009-08-09%2013-27-22-56.bmp" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Edougmenden/pwpimages/Dwm%202009-08-09%2013-27-22-56.bmp" data-url="http://home.comcast.net/%7Edougmenden/pwpimages/Dwm%202009-08-09%2013-27-22-56.bmp" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="Dwm%202009-08-09%2013-27-22-56.bmp" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy" /> </div><br /> <br /> and a few more pictures....</div>