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[unknownuser200]

Time fo a new rig for unknown...

his current rig is as following

asus rampage 1 extreme

470gtx windforce

q9550

8gb 1600mhz muskin redline

prolimatech megahalems

storm sniper case

ocz 1000 watt psu (actually not bad even though its ocz)

revo drive x2 240gb

wd green 1tb storage

starting to have some issues... such as my cpu will no longer hold an oc getting alot of lock ups ,sometimes it wont boot saying overclock failed when its at a stock clocks. cpu fan fan missing, tryed all sorts of bios updates, and roll backs... diffferent psus... in the end i think the motherboard just had enough. on top of this i do alot of modeling on google sketch up for work and this system cannot keep up for any larger sized files. so help me spec a computer now that i finnally have money.

every day use + gaming + 3d google sketch up <3d rendering? idk what that counts as? my resoluition is 2560 x 1600 (dell u3011)

either a 3930k or a 3770k

rampage 4 formula or rampge 4 maximus

either using current ram or doubling it up

psu may keep this one or going fro a corsair ax850

video card either a single 690 or 7990 (water cooled)

case storm striker

updating ssd as well maybe vertex 4's being they write data different the sandforce?

think that covers everything... im not sure if i should go socket 2011 or not.. idk if it will be a big advangtage or just a waste of money

 

[tlowr4]

Gonna want to go 3930K if you've got the money, or just stick with a 2600K (my recommendation). Ivy Bridge is just a hotter, smaller version of Sandy, personally I'm dissapointed.

690s and 7990s don't exist dude, might want to wait untill they do...

 

[unknownuser200]

i know they dont , and i know the release date for both they are suppose to both be out in a week and a half... not a very a long time

 

[tlowr4]

^^ Seriously? Hmm, well, there you go

Still, I'd suggest saving a quid and picking up a Sandy chip instead of Ivy, ivy overclocks horribly and the heat hits the fan like a bucket full of shit as soon as you dump just a slightest bit of voltage into it.

Although, 2011 (3930K) would be great if you had the money. X79 boards are very expensive, and, obviously, so is the chip ($500+), and Quad channel memory (around $100).

 

[unknownuser200]

the difference with ram is a whopping 350 us saying i got quality boards with both, i was just wondering if the extra cores/ ram will do anything for my case,as i dont mind spending money as long as it actually does something

 

[Master&Puppet]

2011 will do wonders if you do a lot of 3d rendering

 

[sharplucas]

I'm thinking

X2 7970/ x2 Gtx 680 Or Gtx 690 or 7990

I7 3930k

2Tb 128gb Ssd or more and a Rampage x79 board 16gb's or more and

850w or 1000 (But that would be Overkill!

 

[killablade]

^^ Seriously? Hmm, well, there you go

Still, I'd suggest saving a quid and picking up a Sandy chip instead of Ivy, ivy overclocks horribly and the heat hits the fan like a bucket full of shit as soon as you dump just a slightest bit of voltage into it.

Although, 2011 (3930K) would be great if you had the money. X79 boards are very expensive, and, obviously, so is the chip ($500+), and Quad channel memory (around $100).

Sigh, way to overreact!

Ivy Bridge doesn't "overclock horribly". It's just not as good as Sandy Bridge. You do realise you can still easily get 4.6 Ghz on almost every 3770k (HT on) I've seen using 1.3v, or sometimes even less volts?

It will use around 30W less power than the sandy equivalent at those clocks. Also, two of my mates both have 2600k's, one of them gets 4.8 Ghz out of it and the other 4.9 Ghz. This is with top-end aircooling. So yeah, SB clocks better, but the difference isn't huge. Oh, and to get SB to those speeds you'll need a top-end cooler which you won't really need with IB because it actually runs very cool if you don't go over (roughly, depending on your chip) 1.3v. I'm not saying IB dumps on SB, because it simply doesn't, but for most people (everyone except those that want to overclock to the absolute max) IB is better. It has more features, generally runs cooler, is more power efficient, etc. Anyway, rant over, moving on.

If the machine will often be used for rendering you will most definitely be better off with a 3930k. However, if you mostly play games but occasionally render something, then I'd say save some money and go with a 3770k.

 

[unknownuser200]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148563

hmm maybe 2 kits of this?

 

[tlowr4]

Sigh, way to overreact!

Ivy Bridge doesn't "overclock horribly". It's just not as good as Sandy Bridge. You do realise you can still easily get 4.6 Ghz on almost every 3770k (HT on) I've seen using 1.3v, or sometimes even less volts?

It will use around 30W less power than the sandy equivalent at those clocks. Also, two of my mates both have 2600k's, one of them gets 4.8 Ghz out of it and the other 4.9 Ghz. This is with top-end aircooling. So yeah, SB clocks better, but the difference isn't huge. Oh, and to get SB to those speeds you'll need a top-end cooler which you won't really need with IB because it actually runs very cool if you don't go over (roughly, depending on your chip) 1.3v. I'm not saying IB dumps on SB, because it simply doesn't, but for most people (everyone except those that want to overclock to the absolute max) IB is better. It has more features, generally runs cooler, is more power efficient, etc. Anyway, rant over, moving on.

If the machine will often be used for rendering you will most definitely be better off with a 3930k. However, if you mostly play games but occasionally render something, then I'd say save some money and go with a 3770k.

Whoah mate, settle, settle. Take a second, read my post, and see that what I meant with overclocking is how the heat starts dumpin' in as soon as it sees more voltage. That's because it's a more energy efficient chip (only 95W TDP, instead of 125 of somthing like a 2500K). No need to jump around.

 

[unknownuser200]

the 2500k is 95 w as well so is the 2600k and the 2700k ... what people dont release is... the first gen sandy bridge had alot of issues.... it ran hot overclocked horrible.. had allot of controller problems for the sata ports to the point the recalled it... ivy bridge needs a refresh to see its teal potential atleast id think

 

[simsimma4]

I been told ivy bridge clock at 4.5 would be equivalent to sandy bridge clocked at 4.7.

So don't worry if the numbers aren't the same. The benefit of ivy bridge has been said before, and that's power saving. So it overclocks to the equivalent speed to sandy bridge, but more efficiently.

 

[killablade]

Whoah mate, settle, settle. Take a second, read my post, and see that what I meant with overclocking is how the heat starts dumpin' in as soon as it sees more voltage. That's because it's a more energy efficient chip (only 95W TDP, instead of 125 of somthing like a 2500K). No need to jump around.

My point is still valid. Your post made it seem like Ivy was a horrible chip (have a look at the words you used) compared to Sandy.

Ivy doesn't need a lot of voltage to run at higher clocks, it will only need that if you want to push it to its limits.

Also, Ivy has a TDP of 77w, Sandy has 95w.

 

[Master&Puppet]

I hate to get in the middle of an IB/SB debate but it's kind of redundant to unknown who needs a 3930k for his uses guys!

 

[sharplucas]

^Man's got a Point