I has Sandybridge - Excellent service OCUK

Montala · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:14

Just looking at the on screen 'icons'... are they from Asus, or something special?

Oops... just seen MSI underneath... now I know!

Helios1234 · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:16

thecomputerguy · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:18

fantastic

lucky to get it early well done

Boozebeard · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:21

Whoa, those aren't just military class components, those are military class II components... *facepalm*

Devrij · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:21

Jealous! Keep us informed mate, looks great

dave_beast · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:21

Lucky is not the word, Friday evening beers and benchmarks tomorrow

the1gooner · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:22

Well I can see this thread being popular, keep the updates coming.

Orange · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:25

Nice one!

Will be ordering my parts soon

Hows the geil memory coping btw?

rchads89 · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:28

Are intel still doing magic batches now days were the B batch is more likely to be a better overclockers than the A batch or they all the same now?

ShaolinDreams · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:45

tea and curry? is that the new crazy way round your area

roughlad · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:49

How? i cant see the cpus for sales yet.

Devrij · 6 Jan 2011 at 21:01

roughlad said:
How? i cant see the cpus for sales yet.

They were put up in a moment of confusion, but OcUK are sending the orders that were made. The rest of us have to wait

RJC · 6 Jan 2011 at 21:02

Nice setup

dave_beast · 6 Jan 2011 at 21:52

3D Mark 11

i7 2600k @ 3.4 no turbu XFX 6870 Black Edition 1050/1250/1.25v

Check out the physics score!!!!!!!!!

3DMark Score
P4838
Graphics score
4490
Physics Score
8432
Combined Score
4580
GraphicsTest1
21.58 FPS
GraphicsTest2
22.23 FPS
GraphicsTest3
27.32 FPS
GraphicsTest4
13.0 FPS
PhysicsTest
26.77 FPS
CombinedTest
21.3 FPS

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/367860;jsess...7603EFD4D5CD97

nlel1975 · 6 Jan 2011 at 21:56

dave_beast said:
3D Mark 11

i7 2600k @ stock XFX 6870 Black Edition 1050/1250/1.25v

Check out the physics score!!!!!!!!!

3DMark Score
P4838
Graphics score
4490
Physics Score
8432
Combined Score
4580
GraphicsTest1
21.58 FPS
GraphicsTest2
22.23 FPS
GraphicsTest3
27.32 FPS
GraphicsTest4
13.0 FPS
PhysicsTest
26.77 FPS
CombinedTest
21.3 FPS

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/367860;jsess...7603EFD4D5CD97

I hope you are going to overclock that puppy!

thecomputerguy · 6 Jan 2011 at 21:58

do it overclock it to the max we want to see the score then m8

get another 6870 and your results will be huge

mine although i could up the cpu more

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/138480

Br4d · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:44

Boozebeard said:
Whoa, those aren't just military class components, those are military class II components... *facepalm*

LOOL

MSI Bios is looking Good

Enjoy it mate

the1gooner · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:45

So not that much of an increase in the graphics tests in 3dmark11 then with a 6870.

With my i3 540 at 3.8Ghz and 6870 I get:-

GraphicsTest1 - 20.41 FPS - i3 540 3.8Ghz
GraphicsTest1 - 21.58 FPS - i5 2600K

GraphicsTest2 - 20.67 FPS - i3 540 3.8Ghz
GraphicsTest2 - 22.23 FPS - i5 2600K

GraphicsTest3 - 25.96 FPS - i3 540 3.8Ghz
GraphicsTest3 - 27.32 FPS - i5 2600K

GraphicsTest4 - 11.84 FPS - i3 540 3.8Ghz
GraphicsTest4 - 13.00 FPS - i5 2600K

Small increases and they are probably down to your 6870 being overclocked.

Based on that I'm not going to waste my time upgrading to an i5 2600K for gaming if I am running a 6870.

Think something much more powerful is needed for that processor to show it's worth.

dave_beast · 6 Jan 2011 at 23:19

Ok, just stuck a 40 multiplier on it, upped the voltage a bit, running 4ghz. There were a few things turned off in the bios earlier so it meant that the cpu was maxxing out at 3.4ghz. Going to run 3DMark11 now.....

thecomputerguy · 6 Jan 2011 at 23:20

shibby keep us posted

try 4.4ghz next