My new build log:

Essexraptor · 23 Dec 2009 at 22:29

^^^ I just hide the invoices....lol

toon_mad · 24 Dec 2009 at 02:16

Essexraptor said:
^^^ I just hide the invoices....lol

good build. but you know you cant hide anything from women, they always seem to know what we are up to

MrCSW · 24 Dec 2009 at 09:48

Last night i finally cracked 3.83ghz 100% stable.
2 hours of occt,
10 hours of prime blend. max temp 49*c.

Only problem is i had to set ram to 6/6/6/18

MrCSW · 30 Dec 2009 at 19:58

Got My 5770's in today..
Slight confusion with crossfire,
Do i need to use both crossfire bridges?. also.. as im running dual monitors. do i run them off the primary card?.
Pics soon.

(oh..i hid that wire too lol)

antipacker · 30 Dec 2009 at 20:00

tower looks cool. good cable management

MrCSW · 30 Dec 2009 at 20:11

The old GTX

A bit smaller

Cover On.

MrCSW · 30 Dec 2009 at 20:42

Not overly impressed by the 3dMark score, or Win7 rating.... maybe i need to play with some settings?

MrCSW · 16 Jan 2010 at 12:19

few new touches...

stealth drive bay cover....idea from 'NEM's build thread.

new keyboard, headphones + monitor.

complete set of scary ruby dolls.

chipps101 · 16 Jan 2010 at 12:33

i'm loving the cable management on that case, thats the one thing my stacker 831 doesn't do well, mine is like spaghetti junction on the inside

toon_mad · 16 Jan 2010 at 13:08

windows experience index score are pants anyway.

im not sure on your asus board, but if they are good like the gigabytes you should be hitting 4.0ghz-4.3ghz rather easily. mine doesnt break a sweat, have had it up to 4.46ghz but testing only, required more voltage then i dared to use 24/7

MrCSW · 16 Jan 2010 at 21:23

Impressive!.. it may be down to the board, or possibly my lack of overclocking knowledge lol.
Im happy ive got a stable 3.8, which is plenty for me. It seems the ram is holding me back,that'll be next on the upgrade list.

toon_mad · 16 Jan 2010 at 23:51

you have the E0 stepping (same as me) which is good, requires slightly less voltage and better temps.

to be honest the differences from say 3.8ghz-4ghz or 4ghz-4.2ghz is not that noticeable and 3.8ghz is a very good overclock. thats nearly 50% free power compared to stock

Essexraptor · 17 Jan 2010 at 01:36

csweatherston said:
Got My 5770's in today..
Slight confusion with crossfire,
Do i need to use both crossfire bridges?. also.. as im running dual monitors. do i run them off the primary card?.
Pics soon.

(oh..i hid that wire too lol)

no... you don't have to use both bridges for crossfire

MrCSW · 17 Jan 2010 at 02:24

^^ read a few reviews after i posted that question... some results have shown 2fps extra from using both bridges!!!! lol