[m-Que]

Wow! What a wonderful thread - 'building the i7-based machine'; Everyone wants one
Now I'm just curious about fan/cooler thing: Lots of people overclock their i7 up to around 4.0 Is this fan/cooler enough to go for it, or to be more exactly - what is the best & cheapest (well, at least not too expensive) solution to keep things coooool and preferably quiet?

[sandykoufax]

cheapest solution is a water cooling.

[ivox3]

Modular allows you to only use the cables you need: http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/20 ... W_jack.jpg

Non-modular: old style spaghetti mess. lol.. http://bestpcreviews.com/images/psu/pow ... onic43.jpg

[sandykoufax]

Modular power is very good but expensive too as I know.

[polynurb]

999.99 ....... just under 1k

i'm waiting until a dual socket mother board is available before i embark on the build...

Have a seat ......

This was from October 08, ..and a little bit on the optimisitic side, .....there's still some waiting to be done.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15647

chris.. that is what i was hoping for too... but i have bad news for us.. can't find the link now, but there have been official statements that intel will NOT release a new skulltrail plattform themselfs. ( skulltrail was one big advertisment.. not that they made any profit with it.. so it seems they are saving some bucks this year )
Now a 3d party (like asus ..) might still come out with one.. but i highly doubt that we will ever see a natively OC'able dual soket 1366 mobo....

[mashium123]

finally my overclocked i7 920 (3.8ghz) system arrived today. just setting it up a bit... looking forward to benchwelling that thing

[Leonardo]

finally my overclocked i7 920 (3.8ghz) system arrived today. just setting it up a bit... looking forward to benchwelling that thing

details, details, DETAILS!!!

what MB? how are you keeping it cool???

[mashium123]

mobo: asus pst deluxe v2
cooler: scythe mugen2
gainward gtx285, 1gb
3*2gb elite ddr3 kit
2*1tb samsung (7200)
combat power cp750w power supply
case: silverstone raven rv01
vista64 home premium

1850€

super silent

btw: i'm expecting being boosted... have a look at my config till now in my signature

[mashium123]

uuh... cinebench10
opengl: 6773
single: 5461
multi: 21954

[yolk]

processor lithography in the sub 60 nanometer category is very tricky. i suggest you buy the processor from intel instead of trying to build your own i7.

[m-Que]

mashium123, did you test it with something like SpeedFan for temperatures, while in action?

[mashium123]

mashium123, did you test it with something like SpeedFan for temperatures, while in action?

no, not yet... still trying to put up everything before running stuff.

[mashium123]

ok. ran benchwell scene once:
1305.01
08m:06s

cpu normal temp: 47c, full: 68c
mobo normal temp: 46c, full: 47c

btw: with this result, i made it from the very last page up to the very first...

[sandykoufax]

mashium, IMHO your temp(cpu,m/b) is somewhat high.

[ivox3]

Read 'em and weep.

And no, .. I don't understand the BM number at all, ...but this test was ran 3 separate times with a stopwatch plus MW's timer --- result = same.

No secrets revealed ---- i7 920 | Vista Ultimate x64 | 12GB's |