Hello from Downunder!

[sideways60]

Hi, I'm Ian.

New to overclocking but have been building systems for business use for a couple of years. Computers are just my hobby but am really interested in learning more.

Will be upgrading my system in late January, so may ask for your guidance.

Cheers and sorry in advance for any really dumb questions!

A picture of my current rig:

 

[AMDFTW]

you need to make ur sig smaller

 

[Hay11Mac]

Welcome fella

 

[timothyh]

hello and welcome - interesting motto

 

[Tortuga]

Hello from upover? States I meant. Nice to see ya. Is Fosters really Australian for beer?

 

[sideways60]

you need to make ur sig smaller

Roger that! Didn't realise it would be that large.

 

[sideways60]

Hello from upover? States I meant. Nice to see ya. Is Fosters really Australian for beer?

Um, no!

No one in Australia drinks Fosters, we just send it to the rest of the world because they won't stop making it.

 

[tinytomlogan]

On your case you should remove the GPU brace and the other thing on the HDD bay aswell. Will make your rig look cleaner and you dont need them on there at all.

 

[Tortuga]

Um, no!

No one in Australia drinks Fosters, we just send it to the rest of the world because they won't stop making it.

Lol, never tried one. Can't fit my baby hands around those keg cans.

 

[sideways60]

On your case you should remove the GPU brace and the other thing on the HDD bay aswell. Will make your rig look cleaner and you dont need them on there at all.

Thanks for the advice. After I took the shot I did actually take the video card bracket out. I have kept the GPU fan shroud in though as it comes standard with a 120mm fan that seems to move the air out the back of the case really well.

Still playing about with configurations while I wait to buy my new components in late January (after Sandy Bridge - hopefully the prices will drop!).

I will be buying:

I7-950

Asus X58 Sabretooth mobo

Mushkin Radioactive ram

Noctua D14

and then will be playing around with some more overclocking. I have managed to get my i5-750 to 3.8 Ghz but I didn't like the temps that I was seeing so I have it running at 3.2 Ghz for the moment.

One other question: Is it worth going for an SSD yet? If so does SATA 6Gb/s make a big enough difference to wait for newer drives or just bite the bullet and buy an OCZ Vertex 2?

 

[stevej696]

Welcome to the forums mate, nice rig by the way! Good luck with the new build remember to put it on the project logs

 

[benj3]

welcome to the forums

 

[cbiltsouris]

same as me mate

are you in perth or where?

 

[Stryker64]

Another fellow Aussie, welcome to the club

 

[chudley]

Watcha Matey

I did not realise there was that many of you here otherwise I wouldv'e posted this earlier hard luck with the ashes and the series

 

[Jamzieth]

Welcome matey XD nice looking rig i must say XD

 

[sideways60]

Thanks for all the welcomes guys!

After reading some overclocking threads I have a nice stable OC happening. This forum is great!

4.0 GHz on i5-750 CPU, V core of 1.25v, prime 95 temps of around 68 deg C after an hour with ambient temp of 32 deg!

 

[CRAZYCAP]

Good to see another aussie. You are the 2nd I have welcomed today to the TTL forums. The more the merrier I say.

 

[kyle9600]

more cool kids are coming to the forums

Australia is the place to be haha

 

[sideways60]

Another fellow Aussie, welcome to the club

Hey Zeals, love your avatar and your quote! In my previous life I was the fleet manager for a luxury car business. Here is a photo my favorite car that I "just had to run in!".