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[ruffrider]

so at stock 3.5GHz it runs at 31c

Its overclocked to 4.4GHz and its still at 31C

Guess its just my ambient temperature

I still have to get a anti-virus before i get a stress test to really see the temps for overclocking.

If anything when you stress test it you might see like 5c rise in temps at most they don't usually get too hot mine over locked from 3.5 to 4.5ghz only went from 25c to 29c but it also has alot to do with your cooling

 

[backyardagain]

how does this look?

• Case
  (NZXT Phantom 410 Desktop Chassis, White)
• Motherboard & Processor
  (AMD FX-8350 BPU)
• Memory
  (iBUYPOWER 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3 SDRAM Memory Module)
• Hard Drive
  (2TB 7200RPM Hard Disk Drive)
• Graphics Card
  (NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 Ti 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card)
• Optical Drive
  (24X DVD+/-RW DL Optical Drive)
• Operating System
  (Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit Edition)

that one was built on walmart and now im going on tiger direct and newegg and basing it off of that. that build was over 1k at walmart but i guessed on most parts.

 

[RyanTheRhino]

that CPU has some really good marks, and that graphics card will let you play anything, maybe not on the highest settings for the newest games but you would certainly be able to play them

 

[backyardagain]

yeah so far im still deciding on either this set up
mobo- Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX/SB950, DDR3 1866 MHz, SATA III (6Gb/s), RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, PCIe 2.0, CrossFireX Ready with AMD FD8350 FX-8350 Eight-Core 4GHz AM3+ Processor - AM3+, Eight-Core, 4GHz, 16MB, 125W, Unlocked

or the same cpu with GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AMD 900 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX Chipset, 2000MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX/SLI Ready but so far ive noticed they dont support a hdmi cable so i cant hook it up to my tv.

 

[backyardagain]

ive decided the sabertooth. but now i cant decide on a sound card any suggestions?

 

[RyanTheRhino]

I though the motherboard already has a sound card?.

If not I am pretty sure the video cards have sound in them if they have hdmi , which is all new ones

 

[backyardagain]

ill throw up a link when im done getting everything picked out. in like 5 mins. just need to find video/graphics card powersupply and possibly some fans/heatsinks

 

[backyardagain]

here it is all minus the sound card which im not sure if i need looking at the mobo it didnt look like it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/cgi-bin/ShoppingCart.asp?cm_sp=Masthead-_-ShoppingCart-_-NA

 

[ruffrider]

here it is all minus the sound card which im not sure if i need looking at the mobo it didnt look like it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/cgi-bin/ShoppingCart.asp?cm_sp=Masthead-_-ShoppingCart-_-NA

All good Mobos have on board sound usually line in , line out, mic there colour coded . If you use HDMI for video then that will output sound as well

 

[Rancho Cucamonga]

I though the motherboard already has a sound card?.

If not I am pretty sure the video cards have sound in them if they have hdmi , which is all new ones

Damn right, I use the HDMI from my single 6950 2GB(use to have two in crossfire) to my Yamaha and klipsch 2,000 watt system and what amazing sound.

 

[backyardagain]

what you guys htink about this?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7636105&CatId=7718

i can always upgrade the cpu and graphics. i think its pretty decent i got a few more also.

 

[StealthySteve]

someone may have said this because i did not read the entire thing but 32gb just seems like to much ram..what could you possibly be doing that will utilize 32gbs of ram? id only put in half of that and use the money you save to upgrade something else. just my opinion...either way sweet build man!

 

[RyanTheRhino]

someone may have said this because i did not read the entire thing but 32gb just seems like to much ram..what could you possibly be doing that will utilize 32gbs of ram? id only put in half of that and use the money you save to upgrade something else. just my opinion...either way sweet build man!

ramdisk ....

And I use computational software that can easily take up 8 gigs filled with just numbers

 

[Rancho Cucamonga]

someone may have said this because i did not read the entire thing but 32gb just seems like to much ram..what could you possibly be doing that will utilize 32gbs of ram? id only put in half of that and use the money you save to upgrade something else. just my opinion...either way sweet build man!

Most pc's that are built to perform(pc games) that have a 8 or 16 GB ram setup will perform the same or better than the same system with a 32 gb set-up any day of the week. It's a complete waste of money. Unless you are running a server or massive graphic programs that 32 gb of ram will never be used.
Also if you plan to use "ramdisk"(virtual hard drive that runs purely from ram/speed purposes only) as Ryan has said he is, that would be the only other reason for massive amounts of ram.
If you don't know what ramdisk is don't feel bad, most don't.

 

[RyanTheRhino]

I mean its cheap enough

price differences for 16gb to 32gb was only $50

 

[StealthySteve]

go for it then

 

[RyanTheRhino]

Gahhhhh!!!!!

software still takes forever .

but I'm up to 1.5 million calculations. Much more accurate results


900,000k. Memory in use

 

[RyanTheRhino]

LMAO i am up to 13 gigs of RAM usage, and they said it was pointless


I am noticing that this software could be better written, It is only really using 1 core at a time