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Any suggestions on how to improve upon this build? I know a few myself. Just wanted to see if what I thought was the same as others. It is water cooled with a TT Bigwater 760 Plus. I have 3 120mm fans (top,front,back.) 850watt Corsair PS. Other than that just ask if I missed anything.


System summary:
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 build 7601 (64-bit),
1 x AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor [3613.4 MHz],
7.9GB RAM,
ATI Radeon HD 5870,
233GB HDD, 279GB HDD,
Optical drive,

General:
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Motherboard Name: Crosshair V Formula
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
Motherboard Serial Number: 112264000001692
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: 1301
BIOS Release Date: 03/12/2012

CPU:
CPU manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
CPU Type: AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor
CPUID: Family 15, Model 1, Stepping 2, Revision OR-B2
Physical CPU's: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Hyperthreading: Not capable
CPU features: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 SSE4a DEP PAE AMD64 AES Turbo core
Clock frequencies:
- Measured CPU speed: 3613.4 MHz [Turbo core: 4215.4MHz]
- Multiplier: x18.0 [Turbo core: x21.0]
- Reference Clock: 200.7 MHz
Cache per CPU package:
- L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
- L1 data cache: 8 x 64 KB
- L2 cache: 8 x 2 MB
- L3 cache: 8 MB

Memory
Total Physical Memory: 8136MB
Available Physical Memory: 6202MB

Graphics
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6898)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Memory: 1024MB
BIOS: 113-587XZNF12
Driver provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Driver version: 8.982.0.0
Driver date: 7-27-2012
Monitor 1: 1920x1080x32 60Hz (Primary monitor)

Disk volumes
C: Local drive, NTFS, (232.82GB total, 153.50GB free)
E: Local drive, Raptor, NTFS, (279.46GB total, 140.49GB free)
F: Optical drive

Disk drives
Disk drive: Model WDC WD25 00JS-75NCB3 SATA Disk Device (Size: 232.83GB)
Disk drive: Model WDC WD30 00HLFS-01G6U0 SATA Disk Device (Size: 279.46GB)

Optical drives
DTSoftBusCd00

Network
Intel(R) 82583V Gigabit Network Connection (Speed: 1Gb/s)


USB
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
- Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.7 Mouse
AMD Gaming Rig
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom ll x4 965 Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ATI Radeon HD 5870 Patriot DDR3 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
ThermalTake Water Cooler System Windows 7x64 Dell HD 23" IHome Ipod Dock Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouse
Corseair 850w ThermalTake Kandaulf R.A.T. 7 
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AMD Phenom ll x4 965 Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ATI Radeon HD 5870 Patriot DDR3 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
ThermalTake Water Cooler System Windows 7x64 Dell HD 23" IHome Ipod Dock Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouse
Corseair 850w ThermalTake Kandaulf R.A.T. 7 
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post #2 of 5
I would say a solid state drive for a boot up drive would be a great addition. If I were you I would go with a 120 gb intel one.
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 970 Extreme3 Evga NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Crucial Technology  
RAMRAMRAMHard Drive
Crucial Technology  Crucial Technology  Crucial Technology  Ocz agility 3 240gb 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung Spinpoint F4EG 2 TB SATA2 5400rpm 32 MB... Light-on drive Coolermaster Hyper 212+ Windows 7 Ultimate 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
42 inch 1080p LCD Modern warfare 2 gaming keyboard CORSAIR Gaming Series GS700 700W ATX12V v2.3 80... Cougar Evolution 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Goldensunksy gaming mouse 3 dollar mouse pad from target TV audio 
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 970 Extreme3 Evga NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Crucial Technology  
RAMRAMRAMHard Drive
Crucial Technology  Crucial Technology  Crucial Technology  Ocz agility 3 240gb 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung Spinpoint F4EG 2 TB SATA2 5400rpm 32 MB... Light-on drive Coolermaster Hyper 212+ Windows 7 Ultimate 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
42 inch 1080p LCD Modern warfare 2 gaming keyboard CORSAIR Gaming Series GS700 700W ATX12V v2.3 80... Cougar Evolution 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Goldensunksy gaming mouse 3 dollar mouse pad from target TV audio 
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post #3 of 5
Add another 5870 to make Crossfire
I agree SSD can make a big difference.
OVERCLOCK your FX.... like I did biggrin.gif at 4.7-4.8Ghz it shines with full potential.... and you good to go thumb.gif
but to do so you need decent watercooling setup devil.gif because this chip getting HOT
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
Intel i7 3820 ASUS P9X79 AMD 6970 AMD 6950 Toxic 
RAMHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
G.Skill Sniper 32Gb/2133Mhz/CL11 A-DATA SX-900 256Gb BR-LG BH10LS30  XSPC+EK Custom Build 
MonitorPowerCase
ASUS 24" MS238 CoolerMaster 1000W Pro Corsair 800D 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
FX-8120/4.8Ghz-1.48v ASUS M5A97evo Gigabyte HD 6970 SAPPHIRE HD 6950 TOXIC 960/5800 
RAMHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
A-Data 2000g Vortex 3 120Gb BR-LG BH10LS30 Corsair H100 Mod with 2 water tanks 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows7-64bit ASUS 24"ms238 & ACER19" Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 Cooler Master 690II Adv 
MouseAudio
Laser 2000dpi Audigy 2 Front Panel 
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Intel i7 3820 ASUS P9X79 AMD 6970 AMD 6950 Toxic 
RAMHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
G.Skill Sniper 32Gb/2133Mhz/CL11 A-DATA SX-900 256Gb BR-LG BH10LS30  XSPC+EK Custom Build 
MonitorPowerCase
ASUS 24" MS238 CoolerMaster 1000W Pro Corsair 800D 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
FX-8120/4.8Ghz-1.48v ASUS M5A97evo Gigabyte HD 6970 SAPPHIRE HD 6950 TOXIC 960/5800 
RAMHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
A-Data 2000g Vortex 3 120Gb BR-LG BH10LS30 Corsair H100 Mod with 2 water tanks 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows7-64bit ASUS 24"ms238 & ACER19" Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 Cooler Master 690II Adv 
MouseAudio
Laser 2000dpi Audigy 2 Front Panel 
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I agree with you both. SSD Is my next step. I have it overclocked to 4.2 but with the Bigwater 760 I am scared to go any further because it gets around 49c when I am playing GW2 or Diablo 3. It is very fast at the moment with no complaints from me but I do know I need a SSD to make the OS shine.. Another ? is Windows 7 or upgrade to 8?
AMD Gaming Rig
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom ll x4 965 Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ATI Radeon HD 5870 Patriot DDR3 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
ThermalTake Water Cooler System Windows 7x64 Dell HD 23" IHome Ipod Dock Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouse
Corseair 850w ThermalTake Kandaulf R.A.T. 7 
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom ll x4 965 Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ATI Radeon HD 5870 Patriot DDR3 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
ThermalTake Water Cooler System Windows 7x64 Dell HD 23" IHome Ipod Dock Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouse
Corseair 850w ThermalTake Kandaulf R.A.T. 7 
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Remove your motherboards serial number for safety thumb.gif
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Phenom X6 1055T 4.2GHz NB 3.1GHz ASUS Crosshair V  XFX 7950 DD 1000/1400 8GB G.Skill TridentX 1652MHz CL7-7-8-20-22 1T 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E - 3x HDD's Samsung Blu-Ray Drive Custom W/C Loop Windows 7 64bit 
PowerCase
Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Coolermaster Storm Scout Mod 
CPUGraphicsHard DriveHard Drive
AMD FX 8350 ASUS GTX Titan 6GB 2TB WD RED WD20EFRX 120GB OCZ Vertex 4 
PowerCase
Corsair Digital AX1200i  NZXT Switch 810 Gunmetal Special Edition  
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Phenom X6 1055T 4.2GHz NB 3.1GHz ASUS Crosshair V  XFX 7950 DD 1000/1400 8GB G.Skill TridentX 1652MHz CL7-7-8-20-22 1T 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E - 3x HDD's Samsung Blu-Ray Drive Custom W/C Loop Windows 7 64bit 
PowerCase
Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Coolermaster Storm Scout Mod 
CPUGraphicsHard DriveHard Drive
AMD FX 8350 ASUS GTX Titan 6GB 2TB WD RED WD20EFRX 120GB OCZ Vertex 4 
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