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 UL1  Send message Joined: 20 Nov 06 Posts: 118 Credit: 21,406,060 RAC: 0 
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Q: What is the 'bad' thing about building new rigs with a new core-architecture ? A: You can't do anything before you got the CPUs, the motherboards and the CPU-Coolers... Yesterday I received the first really 'new' part for my two lga1366-rigs: the ASUS Rampage II Extreme mobo...and I was really surprised because I was quite sure this one would be one of the parts taking the longest time to be available, something about late next week or even later...and now it's here at all. Sure I was happy...at first... ;) Normally, when building a new lga775-rig I used spare parts or parts from other rigs until all new ordered parts had arrived. That would not be a prob here regarding case, RAM, the graphics card, HDD, PSU, CD-ROM and the coolers. Even the CPU-cooler wouldn't be a prob because in this special case I would 'accept' to use the Intel-stock cooler from the boxed version just to have it running... But even then I would need a CPU here...and the latest delivery dates are saying that the i920 will arrive at my dealer on Monday, so I should have it on Wednesday...and the i965-XE is scheduled for next friday (21st), keeping me waiting until at least tuesday... And I'm not the patient type of guy...so in the end it's a pain to have this mobo here...when the only thing I can do is reading the manual... ;) I never wanted a week to go by so heavy (and wishing that I would have gotten all the parts at the same day)... ;) (Btw: I know that I'm crazy...but only a little bit... ;) ) ID: 831105 ·  |
Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29842 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 
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Q: What is the 'bad' thing about building new rigs with a new core-architecture ? Well Ul1 reading the manual is not that bad an idea. I am still working on 2 rigs that I started building in '07 You might recall my post about an ASUS P5K Dx with a Q6600 that was slower than a P2. I ended up with two of them. Think I am now on first name basis with the ASUS service techs. The MB's have been back to ASUS twice for repair and I just got them back. Got one running and still has the same problem. Only now the cpu is a Q9550. Today I will try to get the second one running. I have had all the parts for over a year, but I cann't get the MB's to work. This is frustrating. 
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dcappello  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 261 Credit: 170,969,320 RAC: 0
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Microcenter has everything in stock and on sale for a new i7 rig. So very tempting. Tempting Add One stop shop, it could be crunching by 6pm..... 
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kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Microcenter has everything in stock and on sale for a new i7 rig. So very tempting. The 3 channel kits of DDR3 seem to be lagging a bit....so far I am not seeing anything in the class of my Corsair Dominator 1800/14400 cl7 in a 3 channel kit.... What's the best you folks have found so far? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster 
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Luke  Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 
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Microcenter has everything in stock and on sale for a new i7 rig. So very tempting. There isn't even one Triple Channel DDR3 kit in New Zealand at the moment, which is a real downer if I want to get estimates of the cost of my machine! - Luke. ID: 831175 · |
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UL1 Send message Joined: 20 Nov 06 Posts: 118 Credit: 21,406,060 RAC: 0
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Carlos wrote:
If I'd be you I'd be frustrated too...but I hope you get this fixed ! KittyMan wrote:
I've ordered these: "3MB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 XMS3 Dominator" and "3MB OCZ DDR3 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 Gold Z3 XTC"... The fastest I found were from Kingston: - 1800MHz 9-9-9-27 (264€) - 1866MHz 9-9-9-27 (269€) - 2000MHz CL9 (284€) ID: 831178 · |
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Mike Davis Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 240 Credit: 5,402,361 RAC: 0 
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Corsair 3GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-14400C9 1866MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1866C9DF) 1866MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair Pre-order TBC ETA: 30/11/08 Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-14400C9 1866MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1866C9DF) Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-14400C9 1866MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1866C9DF) 1866MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair Pre-order TBC ETA: 30/11/08 OcUK Cellshock 6GB PC3-15000C8 Blue Edition 1866MHz (6x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 OcUK Cellshock 6GB PC3-15000C8 Blue Edition 1866MHz (6x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 1600-1900MHz RAM Speed, CAS 8-8-8-20 Timings, 1.6-1.9v VDIMM, 5 Year Warranty with Cellshock. CelShock 6 in stock £399.99 (£469.99) Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D) Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 8-8-8-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair Pre-order £279.99 (£328.99) Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1333C9) Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1333C9) 1333MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.5-1.6v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair 4 in stock £219.99 (£258.49) OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Gold (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Gold (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 8-8-8-24 Timings, 1.6-1.7v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OCZ. OCZ Pre-order £219.99 (£258.49) Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C9 ) Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C9 ) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair Pre-order £219.99 (£258.49) G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ) G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.5-1.6v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with G.Skill. G.Skill Pre-order £204.99 (£240.86) OcUK Cellshock 3GB PC3-15000C8 Blue Edition 1866MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 OcUK Cellshock 3GB PC3-15000C8 Blue Edition 1866MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 1600-1900MHz RAM Speed, CAS 8-8-8-20 Timings, 1.5-1.9v VDIMM, 5 Year Warranty with Cellshock. CelShock 2 in stock £199.99 (£234.99) OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) 1333MHz RAM Speed, CAS 7-7-7-20 Timings, 1.5-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OCZ. OCZ Pre-order £199.99 (£234.99) G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ) G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ) 1333MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.5-1.6v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with G.Skill. G.Skill Pre-order £179.99 (£211.49) Corsair 3GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1600C8D) Corsair 3GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1600C8D) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 8-8-8-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair Pre-order £159.99 (£187.99) OCZ 3GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Gold (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV3GK) OCZ 3GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Gold (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV3GK) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 8-8-8-24 Timings, 1.6-1.7v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OCZ. OCZ Pre-order £129.99 (£152.74) Corsair 3GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1333C9) Corsair 3GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1333C9) 1333MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.5-1.6v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair 5 in stock £119.99 (£140.99) Corsair 3GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1600C9) Corsair 3GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X3G1600C9) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.6-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair. Corsair Pre-order £119.99 (£140.99) G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-3GBNQ) G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-3GBNQ) 1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.5-1.6v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with G.Skill. G.Skill Pre-order £104.99 (£123.36) G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ) G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ) 1333MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.5-1.6v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with G.Skill. G.Skill Pre-order £89.99 (£105.74) Mostly uber expensive :/ ID: 831190 · |
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Mike Davis Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 240 Credit: 5,402,361 RAC: 0
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OCUK Seems to have plenty of the cpus in stock though... might order one on payday... then again dunno! :/ Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Quad Core Technology, 2.66GHz clock speed, 8MB L3 Cache, Intel HyperThreading Technology, Triple Channel DDR3 Controller, 4.8GTs QuickPath, 3yr Warranty. Intel 10+ in stock £234.99 (£276.11) Intel Core i7 940 2.93Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 940 2.93Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Quad Core Technology, 2.93GHz clock speed, 8MB L3 Cache, Intel HyperThreading Technology, Triple Channel DDR3 Controller, 4.8GTs QuickPath, 3yr Warranty. Intel 5 in stock £439.99 (£516.99) Intel Core i7 965 3.20Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 965 3.20Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Quad Core Technology, 3.20GHz clock speed, 8MB L3 Cache, Intel HyperThreading Technology, Triple Channel DDR3 Controller, 6.4GTs QuickPath, 3yr Warranty. Intel 10+ in stock £769.99 (£904.74) ID: 831191 · |
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UL1 Send message Joined: 20 Nov 06 Posts: 118 Credit: 21,406,060 RAC: 0
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...continued... Ups: today I received the case (LianLi V1000+) and the CPU-cooler (Noctua NH-U12P) for the second rig; so I can start 'playing with the toys' a little...starting by exchanging the stock fans for some stormy Scythe Ultra Kazes... :) Downs: I got informed that both the RAM-kits from Corsair and OCZ aren't available yet... :( ID: 831518 · |
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