Upgraded - now what?

cristoff

cristoff

cristoff

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After extensive advice in here i have upgraded and built (well, my bro has!) my new system.

Intel I7 930 with Asus P6X58D mobo & artic cooling fan
ATI saphire 5850
Corsair 650w ATX
Intel X25-V solid state drive
Corsair XMS-3 3x2GB
Windows 7

i now need to know what to do next?

Should i overclock?
What programme will show me all my temps?
what tweaks could i do to make it better?
What do i do to find out how well everything is running?
Any other advice?

thanks in advance

chris
 
Lets see:

Yes, read some guides and see what speeds you can get out of that thing. :p
Real Temp.
Tweaks... erm well you could OC the graphics card too.
How well everything is running - run some benchmarks, 3DMark, Performance Test, Sisoft Sandra
Other advice - have fun with it and take care when you're overclocking!
 
Should i overclock?

Are you finding that thesystem is bottlenecked? No? Then don't bother.

What programme will show me all my temps?

Speedfan :)

what tweaks could i do to make it better?

Make sure the RAM is setup as dual channel/ganged etc... raid as aposed to single disk is a significant change too.

What do i do to find out how well everything is running?

Erm... sisoft sandra could give you benchmark results for everything

Any other advice?

Yea, if it ain't broke, don't fix it :p
 
1. Yeah give go, see what you can get out of your system.
2. I use Core Temp
3. Keep voltage as low as you can but still stable and good cooling. (in other words keep temps down)
4. I use prime95
5. Read as much overclocking info as you can on your setup.
 
Great stuff thanks, will get some temp monitoring stuff and google the RAM advice and have a play with that then post some benchmark stuff back on here to see what you guys think of it if thats alright?

cheers
 
As above (realtemp, prime95 for stability testing, 3dmark vantage for benching performance), and hang about in the overclocking section. You'll find loads of info on OCing your cpu and RAM. If you want more performance in games, the graphics card section will help you get the most from your card with regards to best drivers to use, how to overclock it etc. Your board is fine and you wouldn't notice the difference unless you were going balls out on the overclocking.
 
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