Frag's spending again... *sigh* Sub-$900 Conroe Build

Max OC for the RAM is what ya mean :p

Damn sweet Fraggles. Not a bad rig to take ya mind of stuff ey? Monitor looks trick too!

Glad to have ya back and OC'ing man!!!:double: :hands: :beerchug: :beer: :ar: :boink: :wavey: :worship:
 
Thanks mate! The monitor is actually darn nice indeed, I'm very pleased with it. No dead or stuck pixels from what I can see so far, backlighting is even all the way across. Haven't had a chance to get it in game yet, I hope it's sexy w/ no ghosting :)
 
name='Ty07allstar' said:
That would be great if there wasn't any ghosting. Maybe we can play some CS:S tonight around 8-9PM?
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Sorry mate I'll be at my folks house watching Lost.
 
NickS said:
Frag, you don't know how good it is to see Windows XP and you together again :D

Awesome rig.
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haha, I've been with it ever since I got my lappy mate :) I still use it for gaming! But I can say that it's definately nice to have it up and running on a real PC again though, it runs darn nice for the price!

Thx.

@Nagaru: Thx mate, not bad at all for the price.
 
name='Nagaru' said:
When are we going to get benchmarks, and final OC?
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Not sure tbh... I would say some time this week but my plate is full this weekend. On saturday I'm going shooting all day with some friends, and then on Sunday I'm going with a friend up to Maryland to go drinking at some old ass pub and watch some real jousting matches.
 
name='FragTek' said:
Not sure tbh... I would say some time this week but my plate is full this weekend. On saturday I'm going shooting all day with some friends, and then on Sunday I'm going with a friend up to Maryland to go drinking at some old ass pub and watch some real jousting matches.
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Sounds fun, sorry didn't mean to rush you or anything just interested to see what this will do, cause I maybe interested in building something similar if I can't afford a Kentsfield.
 
So far I can't gripe about any of the parts in this build... No single thing has popped out as something that needs to be replaced soon. Right now, I think the most discouraging thing is the case. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderfully crafted case and it looks good for the price but it's just too small. I don't think I've ever had a case this small before, usually nothing smaller than a full-tower server sized case such as the PC-75B.

I may consider getting some faster RAM in a month or so just to see how fast I can push this little e6300 on air with a cheap-o mobo.

I am definately thoroughly impressed with the overclockability of the processor itself. I've got it running at stock voltage (1.325v) on its current overclock of ~600mhz and it definately feels like it could go much higher without needing to adjust the voltage. Intel definately hit the jackpot with Core :)
 
FragTek said:
So far I can't gripe about any of the parts in this build... No single thing has popped out as something that needs to be replaced soon. Right now, I think the most discouraging thing is the case. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderfully crafted case and it looks good for the price but it's just too small. I don't think I've ever had a case this small before, usually nothing smaller than a full-tower server sized case such as the PC-75B.

I may consider getting some faster RAM in a month or so just to see how fast I can push this little e6300 on air with a cheap-o mobo.

I am definately thoroughly impressed with the overclockability of the processor itself. I've got it running at stock voltage (1.325v) on its current overclock of ~600mhz and it definately feels like it could go much higher without needing to adjust the voltage. Intel definately hit the jackpot with Core :)
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Core rocks and imo is the only way to go right now, what about graphics, any overclocking on that yet? Midtowers, like you say are a bit small, trying to wrangle an X850XT into one often requires the removal of the slot hold down.
 
name='Nagaru' said:
Core rocks and imo is the only way to go right now, what about graphics, any overclocking on that yet? Midtowers, like you say are a bit small, trying to wrangle an X850XT into one often requires the removal of the slot hold down.
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Haven't had a chance to OC the vid card yet. Will definately be playing around a bit with that tonight once I get back from my parents house, if it's too late then tomorrow morning before I go to work and definately all day after work tomorrow :rocker:
 
Nice man, looks pretty darn good :) So, you think you're going to go for that 22"er? ;) (I know I am, especially since I've managed to sell my extra parts :D)
 
I'm thinkin' about it, we'll see what happens when the time comes :)

@Nagaru: I had a bit of a chance to overclock the vid card last night and was able to take it from 560/700 up to 655/740. Not bad for the measly heatsink that comes on the thing :)
 
name='Ham' said:
:eek: You gonna stick this under the cascade before you sell it on?
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No point in that TBH... The RAM doesn't clock high enough for me to peak the processors potential as it is. I would need the worlds fastest ram on this thing to need a cascade for its max clocks.
 
FragTek said:
I'm thinkin' about it, we'll see what happens when the time comes :)

@Nagaru: I had a bit of a chance to overclock the vid card last night and was able to take it from 560/700 up to 655/740. Not bad for the measly heatsink that comes on the thing :)
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Cool that is a really good overclock considering the puniness of the cooler.
 
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