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I guess I got moved, sorry to post in the wrong forum. I will probably keep my current pc as is, as a backup or second computer for visitors. This is the list I am starting with. NZTX H630 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO I7 4790K G-SKILL TRIDENT X 16G ASUS DIRECTCU II OC R9290 SAMSUNG 840 EVO 750GB WD 2002FAEX 2TB CORSAIR HX1050 80PLUS GOLD COOLERMASTER HYPER212 COOLER BLUE RAY PLAYER Currently I am using a ASUS VE276Q but may upgrade to higher resolution I plan on using this for gaming. Some mmos but Arma 3 for sure, it's overkill for the specs, but Arma 1 and 2 were hell on systems with required specs. My current pc is ANTEC 1200 ASUS P5Q E8600 CORE 2 DUO WD6400AAKS 640 x2 in raid0 CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB x2 PC POWER COOLING SILENCER Mk II 950 ASUS EAH6950 w disabled shaders. Replaced a defective 4870 x2 that probably was doa but i nursed along till temps got so bad I had to rma it. Its a great card. As it stands the new system is around 2200 without tax. I know can probably cut back on the powersupply and maybe some other stuff but if this is a balanced system i can swing the extra. I'll just put off getting a new monitor for a while. I'd like this to last 6-8 years. I appreciate any input. Thanks

HI folks, been a while (2008) since I built my current pc with your input. (Overclockers guildence was invaluable, and much appreciated.) I think I need to start considering some options but want to start with the basics. I will be building with a budget of approximatly 2k and need to shave money where I can because I want to get close to cutting edge with the vid card and processor. I am looking at ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, I74790K and G-SKILL TRIDENT X 16g Briefly, I looked at memory and downgraded from what the motherboard could handle because this was the biggest price drop. It also is far faster than what i have currently. I dont think it should be a problem. For the motherboard, I like the higher quality onboard sound and it has more than enough features to handle overclocking if I am ever inclined. The ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA is nice but i dont think i need to spend that much more for a sound boost and wifi I probably wont use. The processor probably wont have to be overclocked for a long time, but since it was the bottleneck on my last build i figured I would go high end this time. I will switch to the build forum if I shouldnt have asked about new builds in this one. My current system is still viable so there is no rush. I have ASUS P5Q delux with a E8600 3.33 dual core that I never bothered to oc The only additions/replacements I have made since build is the vid card and added ram Thank you, pup

Hi guys, I had to RMA my eah 4870x2 and asus is offering me ASUS EAH6950/2DI2S/2GD5 as a replacement. It looks like a decent card but I believe it might be more of a midrange card where my old one was high end when I bought it. Should I wait for them to locate my same card or ask for a different possible swap? I have an antec 1200 so the size should be ok, have to measure, but the only rma swaps I have seen are the 5870s. which i followed the link in this thread too, and it shows that the performance of the 5870 and 4870x2 are similar Thanks

Hi again, I guess I got an "I told ya so" comin. I tried to buy gskill to suppliment my cosair memory, and now they are both out of stock and dont work together. Edit: Lol, now I see the cosair is gonna be back in stock in a week. My timing is impeccible. Please let me know if you think getting these to run together is possible. Thanks

Thanks, I'm leaning toward something with the same timing values, but most dont list a T value. If I'm reading the faqs correctly typical values are 3T or 2.5T. If I'm using memory with 5-5-5-15-2t, how important is it that I know the last value before purchase? Also will it matter if the voltages are different. I know I can change them in the bios, but I rather jeep everything at default till I need to overclock. One other thing, Im running an altec 650 w power supply, with the 4870x2 and other basic components Im wondering if adding ram will put me over the top on capacity, or if ram is a minimal power consumer? Thanks again.

Thanks guys, I'll look further into this in the morning. I would love to get the same that I already have, but I cant find them, or get 8 gig and just replace it all but cant afford it. I guess im mostly worried about mixing voltages and timings. Running a p5q deluxe in a 2 year old system I built with guidence mostly from these boards. Its a great system but vista 64 is eating up memory, along with all the memory leaks from some of the games (Warhammer) im running. I keep tabbing-out to find I have no memory free. I really wanted my next upgrade to be a monitor. Thanks again.

Hi guys, I got this 2 years ago and need to add another 4 gb of something as similar as possible. Am thinking about using this. If I could get some input before I buy it would be appreciated. Thanks

Thanks for the reply Rokkaholik, I don't have an extra psu that would handle the system even stripped down. I noticed that the temps were a little high so I removed the heatsink and installed the stock one that came with the cpu. The pushpins on the xigmatek were just not holding up. I ordered the back plate for it and will reinstall when it gets here. I also adjusted the bracket on the video card and got it to seat a little better. The buzzing is gone, but still having some video problems. Star wars galaxies doesnt think i have current drivers but im using the latest (CCC 9.8.) On their site, swg doesnt mention anything about the 4000 ati cards so maybe the game doesnt support it. I had the game running with settings on full in an instance group. As the graphics got more intense I noticed lines on screen and edges becoming jagged. I alt tabbed to check coretemp and CCC temp. Cpu was fine but the vid card was 85c. It was still far from the red zone, and when i tabbed back into the game I had lost the video altogether. I got crysis to use as a test for the card and although it runs fine, I got the same diagonal wavy lines when the video card got hot in swg. Crysis warhead was fixed when I alt tabbed from full screen to windowed mode, and SWG was fixxed when I restarted and turned off shadows. I will keep an eye on the heat and do some long gaming sessions, but I think I may have a problem with the vid card. Thanks again

HI, Im back again I havent overclocked anything yet, but I have run into a little problem. I started getting static type buzzing noises through my speakers whenever I mouse over stuff on my browser, then I started getting some ticking and buzzing in some games. I tried reseating my video card, it's the only thing i have in a slot. Been checking forums but cant find anything that has been answered. One post discribed what I am having but there were no replies to it. The answers I have found range from reseating cards, to a dieing processor. I have all the latest drivers, am running vista 64bit os, and my system stats are a few posts up. I tried unpluging the speakers and using headphones. I loaded crysis and the screen went totally bonkers. I removed the screws to the video card and reseated it. I left the screws out and it loaded ok, although it still made interference noises (buzzing.) I think it might be the brackets arent letting it into the slot properly when i tighten the screws. Should i try bending the bracket a little for a better fit, I dont want to void the warentee. Thanks

Thanks for the help everyone, everything is running great, but still a bit worried about the push pins on the xigmatek cooler, when I was putting on the side panel of my Antec 1200 case the fan mount on it tapped the cooler and loosened it, I had to remove and reinstall it. It seems secure but still makes me nervious. Anyway, all stress tests ran fine with no errors. I still have to run 3dmark bench marks but that shouldn't be a problem. Thanks again, repup

I dont know how I did it but i checked the jumper again, i was looking at the wrong one, somehow I had pulled the jumper off the chassis intrusion pins. (I guess even when you triple check stuff I can still screw up )I found the jumper nearby but also noticed the pins bent over. I replaced it and it didnt help, so I reset cmos and got no operating system message. I had to go back into bios and re assign RAID to the drives, thankfully it let me back in, but now Im worried I losened the pins. Guess I'll start hookin stuff up again tomorrow.

Spent all night gettin all the parts in the case, but now it halts because of chassis intrusion... guess I start takin stuff off, cant figure how to disable it.

Ok got memtest to work off of a floppy, first pass detected an error so I went into bios and checked the settings and they had been reset to auto. I may have reset defaults when I got a message saying overclock failed... I didnt overclock anything, but I had the option for default and i think i picked that one... anyway, I reset the ram and re-ran memtest and on the first 2 passes detected no errors. The one thing i didnt change was the voltage but the range seemed right at auto. /crossfingers Is there any reason i shouldnt enable memory remap on the northbridge? The only posts i have seen said it was messed up in Vista 64? I read (asus forum) that the secondary boot is an error protection measure when you disable express gate, which I did. I haven't found reference to it in the manual but ill keep looking while these tests run. They also stated that it only happens on a full powerdown reset, which I have been doin every time I change settings. A cmos reset also is said to clear up the reboot issue, though i havent tried that yet either. Not sure I want to clear it till after I test the memory again. The manual mentioned that you needed to have windows xp sp1 or higher installed before you can use hdd in sata2, I wonder if maybe that is why the dvd player wasn't being recognized even though it was seen in bios. That will be a problem when I install vista. However; I believe its just not seeing the cd as bootable, Ill cross that bridge when i get to it.

Hi Nate, The updated list I put in my other post is the one im using. There are two 4870x2 cards linked, I used the asus one. I think read somewhere on the asus boards with express gate can do the double boot thing. I have to reread up on it. I hope it isnt anything serious. I have been taking my time cuz this my first build, and following your guide (thanks for that, it's very helpful.) I can try to reburn the disk but its showing the file on this computer when I check the cd. It is finding the dvd player and its set up as first boot priority. I can look to see if there is another key to get into it tomorrow. Maybe i can set up a floppy boot disk or something. I gotta get up early tomorrow for work, but i doubt ill sleep much. Thanks, repup