Nm, just missed it lol
oh
my
god.
I'm going insane.
There is this very very low rapid clicking noise ( as if something is ever so slightly touching a spinning fan ), I mean low as in lower than the sound of anything coming out of my pc at idle but I can hear it and it is driving me mental.
- Checked the case fans, they are unobstructed and spin freely
- Checked the psu fan, silent as a whisper
- Cpu, gpu 1 and gpu 2 fans are all unobstructed
- HDD firmly in place no vibrations
- No vibrations on loose powercables, i.e no connectors vibrating towards anything
- everything sits firmly and tight on the motherboard
Jesus H christ almighty what is making the noise?!
Yay, finally finished with my new build.
LOVE Love love working on the Raven 03, such an awesome case. So quiet and keeps all the components very cool.
I blacked out the gold trims with carbon fiber vinyl, not too shabby I must say!
Specs is the below:
Intel i5 2500k / Asus P8Z68-V LX / 16GB G Skill RipJaw 1600Mhz / Galaxy GTX570
Patriot TorqX 2 64GB / WD Black 1TB / WD Green 2TB / Asus Xonar DX / Corsair 700GS
With Nvidia dragging their asses, it's so tempting to pull the trigger on a 7970 CF setup and a pair of Accelero Xtremes.
Off I remember correctly, 7970 is only 4% faster than a 7950 when they are at the same clocks. and 7950's OC just as well so... do you really to pay $200+ for 4-6% more performance? heh
Yay, finally finished with my new build.
LOVE Love love working on the Raven 03, such an awesome case. So quiet and keeps all the components very cool.
Specs is the below:
Intel i5 2500k / Asus P8Z68-V LX / 16GB G Skill RipJaw 1600Mhz / Galaxy GTX570
Patriot TorqX 2 64GB / WD Black 1TB / WD Green 2TB / Asus Xonar DX / Corsair 700GS
i see ya big dawg
nice avy too..can't wait until they play heat on sunday. dat tension
oh
my
god.
I'm going insane.
There is this very very low rapid clicking noise ( as if something is ever so slightly touching a spinning fan ), I mean low as in lower than the sound of anything coming out of my pc at idle but I can hear it and it is driving me mental.
- Checked the case fans, they are unobstructed and spin freely
- Checked the psu fan, silent as a whisper
- Cpu, gpu 1 and gpu 2 fans are all unobstructed
- HDD firmly in place no vibrations
- No vibrations on loose powercables, i.e no connectors vibrating towards anything
- everything sits firmly and tight on the motherboard
Jesus H christ almighty what is making the noise?!
oh
my
god.
I'm going insane.
There is this very very low rapid clicking noise ( as if something is ever so slightly touching a spinning fan ), I mean low as in lower than the sound of anything coming out of my pc at idle but I can hear it and it is driving me mental.
- Checked the case fans, they are unobstructed and spin freely
- Checked the psu fan, silent as a whisper
- Cpu, gpu 1 and gpu 2 fans are all unobstructed
- HDD firmly in place no vibrations
- No vibrations on loose powercables, i.e no connectors vibrating towards anything
- everything sits firmly and tight on the motherboard
Jesus H christ almighty what is making the noise?!
Whatever you do, don't get a non-reference card that you're planning to OC. The heatpipe designs do not like the 90 degree rotation at all. Nice build tho!Yay, finally finished with my new build.
LOVE Love love working on the Raven 03, such an awesome case. So quiet and keeps all the components very cool.
Specs is the below:
Intel i5 2500k / Asus P8Z68-V LX / 16GB G Skill RipJaw 1600Mhz / Galaxy GTX570
Patriot TorqX 2 64GB / WD Black 1TB / WD Green 2TB / Asus Xonar DX / Corsair 700GS
What is your current setup? Card/Case/CPU/heatsink/mobo? What games are you looking to play? Looking to play them with 3D, eyefinity, or 120hz/fps?Planning update my graphic card, have about $1200 to spend. what should I go for?
Was thinking of Dual AMD 7970's
I have a 2GB Radeon 6950 with unlocked shaders (at 6970 clock speeds), but I've been wanting to try nVidia for a while. Would it be a step down in any way if I swapped it with one of these?
Yay, finally finished with my new build.
That's a really different setup, I like it. How is the air flow moving? Are the two bottom fans pulling air in or out? It looks like the cpu heatsink fan and the two bottom ones are blowing air at each other.... or is the cpu heatsink fan only pulling air away and upwards? I thought with aftermarket coolers you had the option to add a second fan, but one should always be blowing at it? That just makes sense to me, I have no idea though.
The cases are designed to work with thermodynamics, pulling cool air through bottom and pushing hot air out of the top. If the fan on the heatsink is indeed pushing air over it, then it is working against the airflow in the case. Can't tell from the picture though, so it may be pulling.
Uh. Read OP?someone needs to start a budget PC gaming thread. when I read someone has $1200 to spend on a graphics card, makes me feel this is a brag thread or a 1% thread. We should have 2 separate threads high-end and low-med end.
someone needs to start a budget PC gaming thread. when I read someone has $1200 to spend on a graphics card, makes me feel this is a brag thread or a 1% thread. We should have 2 separate threads high-end and low-med end.
You just sound bitter and jealous.
Yay, finally finished with my new build.
LOVE Love love working on the Raven 03, such an awesome case. So quiet and keeps all the components very cool.
someone needs to start a budget PC gaming thread. when I read someone has $1200 to spend on a graphics card, makes me feel this is a brag thread or a 1% thread. We should have 2 separate threads high-end and low-med end.
If you are unhappy with your current performance, it is a decent jump, especially if you are up for OC'ing the card.Worth upgrading a 5850 to 7950?
70-80%.If you are unhappy with your current performance, it is a decent jump, especially if you are up for OC'ing the card.
This is mostly a budget-minded thread. Anytime anyone asks if they should get something, something more worth their money is suggested if possible. I wouldn't spend $1200 on two 7970s this close to the next generation of Nvidia cards coming out, and not when the 7950 is apparently a lot less for not much worse performance.
someone needs to start a budget PC gaming thread. when I read someone has $1200 to spend on a graphics card, makes me feel this is a brag thread or a 1% thread. We should have 2 separate threads high-end and low-med end.
The 7950 has slightly more OC headroom over the 7970 though.The 7950 is not 'a lot less' than the 7970, definitely not around here. Then again, I'm from another part of the world. The difference is over 15% both on stock. Then you overclock the 50 and close the gap, then you overclock the 70 and the gap is gone again.
It all equals out I'd say.
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/22542
Sounds like Ivy Bridge has been pushed to June and even that's no longer guaranteed.
The 7950 has slightly more OC headroom over the 7970 though.
So mSATA. The 311 is way too expensive for what it is so what to use to hybridize a bigger drive?
I was looking at the OCZ Nocti which appears to have pretty good sequential writes and a reasonably priced 60G version.
Any others I should be considering?
Reading a little deeper, the quote is “I think maybe it’s June now,” and it's unclear if he's referring to the whole lineup or just ultrabook parts (which were already slated for June anyway).
That's great to hear. I know the 2100 is a very capable chip, but matching it with a quad in GTA makes me feel a lot more comfortable.System has been up and running for over a day now. I'm pretty impressed by this chip. While it only scores a 7.1 for the CPU index on Windows Index (compared to 7.4 for my old Q9400) it beats the Q9400 in graphics and gaming graphics by a score of 7.6 vs 7.5.
The 2120 (8GB RAM, 2 HD, DVD, GTX 460, 4 120mm fans, 1 80 mm fan, and 80 plus power supply) system idles at 64 - 67 watts vs 98 - 100 for the Q9400 system (4GM RAM, 2 HD, DVD, GTX 460, 3 120mm fans, 1 92mm fan, 1 80 mm fan, and 80 plus power supply).
With both cores of the 2120 running at 100 percent, I'm still a little under 100 watts drawn.
For graphical intense games, I'm GPU limited just like with the Q9400 (although I've seen enough benches to know the i3 2120 is a little better).
Running the GTA IV Lost & Damned Benchmark with settings as high as my 1GB VRAM would allow, the i3 2120 was about 5 percent faster (although both had the GTX 460 red lined at 99 percent utilization). The difference was the Q9400 system benchmark peaked at 262 watts vs the i3 2120 system peaking at 203. After the benchmark ended and the opening mission started, the games was consistently in the low 180s (compared to 240 - 250 for the Q9400).
Haven't played around with undervolting too much. Randomly choose 1.04 volts (running at around 1.0 volts) and no issues. Haven't played with the kill-a-watt too much. Not sure where the land of diminishing returns is yet.
Like a previous poster said, Windows 7 booted up. Although I reformatted and did a clean install. Windows requested an automated telephone activation, but aside from having to enter in 50 numbers, it was very painless.
$5(6)00 rig in the OP will play a large majority of games at 1080p at 60fps med-hig settings.someone needs to start a budget PC gaming thread. when I read someone has $1200 to spend on a graphics card, makes me feel this is a brag thread or a 1% thread. We should have 2 separate threads high-end and low-med end.
Whatever you do, don't get a non-reference card that you're planning to OC. The heatpipe designs do not like the 90 degree rotation at all. Nice build tho!
That's a really different setup, I like it. How is the air flow moving? Are the two bottom fans pulling air in or out? It looks like the cpu heatsink fan and the two bottom ones are blowing air at each other.... or is the cpu heatsink fan only pulling air away and upwards? I thought with aftermarket coolers you had the option to add a second fan, but one should always be blowing at it? That just makes sense to me, I have no idea though.
That's great to hear. I know the 2100 is a very capable chip, but matching it with a quad in GTA makes me feel a lot more comfortable.
Definitely. GTA IV was the game the most hammered home that my dual core e6750 just couldn't cut it any more and I needed a quad core replacement. The fact they've now made the 2100 series 4 threads is a massive boost to the budget line. Even the Core 2's weren't struggling that much because they weren't powerful enough, it was the 2 threads that killed them in certain games.
It's the reason I'm skeptical of investing too much before next gen. If the new consoles go too many threads, it'll be a port bottleneck again.
If you are unhappy with your current performance, it is a decent jump, especially if you are up for OC'ing the card.
You too.so you're saying yes it is worth it then
Don't buy your GPU until nVidia launches imo. Might see some price competition.
You too.
Wait 3-4 weeks.
So, in a few weeks I'll finally do this. I'll go from a:
Core 2 Duo E7400
4 GB RAM
HDD 120GB/500GB
GTS 250
Asus P5KPL-CM
to:
i7 2600k
16 GB RAM
HDD 2 TB
Radeon 7970
Asus P8Z68-V Pro