My New Black shark rig

[AlphaInfinity]

Well guys I finally did it. I ordered everything today from newegg and I added review links:

 

Intel Corei7 920

Asus P6T Delux http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_p6t_deluxe/

MSI N260GTX OC 896M http://www.gamespot.com/features/6202494/p-2.html this review is for the 260 Core 192

3 Gig Gskill DDR3 1600 ...Gonna have to live with 3 gigs right now..ram prices are too expensive at the moment

WD Black 500Gig SATA HD(32mb cache) --I wanted SAS but I am waiting for the prices to come down http://techreport.com/articles.x/15363

Rosewill 850w power supply

NZXT Tempest Case http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...le.php/3790956

Samsung Sata DVD Drive

 

I will be running XP64bit on this box. The only thing left is to order my TrackIR 4. That will have to wait for a couple of weeks.

Edited December 22, 2008 by AlphaInfinity

Ok I'm jealous. Enjoy!

[Prophet]

Enjoy it! You should be able to run it at 3.8GHz with little effort.

[AlphaInfinity]

I think I am going to run pretty close to stock for now guys. I am using the stock CPU fan that comes with the Corei7 retail at the moment.

 

I used to build gaming machines every few years. This is my first one since 2002!!! I did a TON of research on every component to make sure that I had some upgradeability in the future. I will post some frame rate screenies when I get her built!

 

The release of Black Shark finally made me go through with building a new machine. My Core Duo laptop just isnt' cutting it.

 

Happy holidays to all.

[badaboom]

I got my new rig a month ago with the NZXT case,You'll love it! Lots of room to work,plug stuff in without being cramped and see what you're doing.Heck....I think I could park my car in there!!! :] lol

[Focha]

Nice to hear you get a new machine Alpha!

 

See you in combat.

[AlphaInfinity]

Heya Focha! Can you PM your instant messenger or email addy to me? Would love to stay in contact so we can sync up and do some more flying.

[Flyby]

and the monitor used with this grand system is...?:music_whistling:

Flyby out :pilotfly:

[hitman]

Im still waiting on my damn motherboard replacement to show up. Bought it on the 6th, not getting it till the 24th. Last time I buy parts off newegg or online. Im still wondering if my Coolmax PSU will power everything..

[AlphaInfinity]

and the monitor used with this grand system is...?:music_whistling:

Flyby out :pilotfly:

1680X1050

[Krippz]

That is a solid build that you have there! Are you going to put together a build log?

[AlphaInfinity]

That is a solid build that you have there! Are you going to put together a build log?

 

 

Hi Evontroy,

 

I will do my best to take some pictures and post my build findings. I don't know about a "log". I am so excited to get the thing built! :)

 

Another update, my girlfriend ordered the TrackIR 4 for a gift. It should be here sometime next week! :) Assuming that nothing arrives DOA, I should be up and running by the 29nth.

Edited December 21, 2008 by AlphaInfinity

[Krippz]

Building a rig is definitely an exciting endeavor. A log is basically a record of your progress in building the rig; but it seems like your doing that. Good luck, looking forward to your findings because I am currently in the market for an X58 setup.

[hitman]

You go X58, stay away from Gigabytes boards...just fair warning. Wish I could have got the eVGA x58 board myself...

[Krippz]

You go X58, stay away from Gigabytes boards...just fair warning. Wish I could have got the eVGA x58 board myself...

 

I might go with the Intel X58 board or an Asus P6T Deluxe. What's wrong with the Gigabyte X58 board?

[AlphaInfinity]

All my other machines were built with Asus boards in the past, so I decided to stick with them. My last Asus board was a PC800E Delux for those that want a blast from the past.

 

I looked at the at some of the other boards but the Newegg custom reviews from those that bought them were kind of scary. Some had a bunch of DOA's, other manufacturers seemed to have BIOS problems or they were very picky about which triple channel ram you could run. The P6t Delux seemed to have the best overall set of reviews.

[Krippz]

All my other machines were built with Asus boards in the past, so I decided to stick with them. My last Asus board was a PC800E Delux for those that want a blast from the past.

 

I looked at the at some of the other boards but the Newegg custom reviews from those that bought them were kind of scary. Some had a bunch of DOA's, other manufacturers seemed to have BIOS problems or they were very picky about which triple channel ram you could run. The P6t Delux seemed to have the best overall set of reviews.

 

Thanks for the feedback!! I will take that into consideration.

[hitman]

I might go with the Intel X58 board or an Asus P6T Deluxe. What's wrong with the Gigabyte X58 board?

 

I have yet to receive a working one. The intel boards are horrible as well, from what Ive heard. The EVGA board is the best of the bunch so far.

[Krippz]

How's the weather in Denver?

[JG27_Arklight]

I might go with the Intel X58 board or an Asus P6T Deluxe. What's wrong with the Gigabyte X58 board?

 

Go with the Asus P6T. ;)

 

I am not too keen on Evga and motherboards (I was a 780i adopter. lol). I won't buy an Evga mobo. I like their videocards, but their mobos.......

 

The Asus P6T has recieved excellent reviews, is priced very well, is easy to overclock, and for me has been rock solid. I wouldn't change a thing on it to be honest (except for maybe re-organize the PCI slots, lol). The P6T is probably the best "all-around" X58 board out right now (read reviews of it and customer feedback at various sites).

Edited December 22, 2008 by JG27_Arklight

[JG27_Arklight]

The intel boards are horrible as well, from what Ive heard.

 

If Intel could make an X58 board like their Bad Axe 2 LGA775 board, they would be rockin'.

[qrazi]

If Intel could make an X58 board like their Bad Axe 2 LGA775 board, they would be rockin'.

 

Rumour has they are: The Inquirer

[AlphaInfinity]

Go with the Asus P6T. ;)

 

I am not too keen on Evga and motherboards (I was a 780i adopter. lol). I won't buy an Evga mobo. I like their videocards, but their mobos.......

 

The Asus P6T has recieved excellent reviews, is priced very well, is easy to overclock, and for me has been rock solid. I wouldn't change a thing on it to be honest (except for maybe re-organize the PCI slots, lol). The P6T is probably the best "all-around" X58 board out right now (read reviews of it and customer feedback at various sites).

 

Hiya Arklight,

 

What types of frames are you seeing with your corei7? Can you let us know what detail settings you have and also...are you using a trackIR4?

 

 

An update for everyone else:

 

Half of my parts are in Las Vegas and the other half are in Salt Lake city according to UPS.com.

[JG27_Arklight]

Hiya Arklight,

 

What types of frames are you seeing with your corei7? Can you let us know what detail settings you have and also...are you using a trackIR4?

 

 

An update for everyone else:

 

Half of my parts are in Las Vegas and the other half are in Salt Lake city according to UPS.com.

 

All settings maxed except water (normal) and view distance (medium). At 1600x1200x32 8xFSAA and 16xAF I get about 40 FPS with a lot of stuff around (when my processor was at the default 2.66). When I am just flying around, my FPS pretty much stay around 65-85 (85 is my refresh rate). I do not have TrackIR4, but I do have TrackIR3 Pro (havent set it up yet though). For what it's worth, my performance did not change at 1920x1200. My GTX is severly bottlenecking my i7. I really should be running SLI, especially since my processor is running so fast. The i7 scales extremely well with SLI. Note that for this performance I do not have the affinity set to all 4 cores.

 

Since OC'ing I have only checked what my performance is a few times, but I think I picked up another 15-20 fps or so. If I set the affinity for all 4 of my cores my performance is very good and obviously goes up even higher. It seems to run smooth as butter with only a slight jump in the frame rate once in a great while.

 

Needless to say, I am getting quite a bit better performance than my E6600 oc'd to 3.2 ghz. in my old rig. A new videocard should really help. The 8800GTX just can't keep up with my processor.

Edited December 22, 2008 by JG27_Arklight

[AlphaInfinity]

Thanks for the response! In that case, you may want to take a look at this article if you are in the market for a decent mid-level card:

 

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3479&p=4

 

Take a look at what the suggest for a good mid-range card if you are a corei7 owner. :)

 

 

By the way, sharkeyextreme has a review on the NZXT Temptest case that I ordered. It is a pretty interesting read:

 

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/article.php/3790956

Edited December 22, 2008 by AlphaInfinity