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post #1 of 15
7/22/09 at 7:15pm
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I'm making a new i7 rig. Can you guys provide some feedbacks? Like something I should upgrade or if something is overkill.

Core i7 920
Foxconn Bloodrage (GTI or the regular version?)
G.Skill Trident DDR3 2000 3x2GB
Asus Xonar Essence STX
EVGA GTX 285 1GB vanilla

I will also be carrying over the P182, TRUE, Corsair 650W PSU, as well as the harddrives from my current build.

Feedback will be appreciated.
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post #2 of 15
7/22/09 at 8:16pm
GTi if you can get a hold of it.

The ram is preference, but never had luck with Gskill. OCZ for me
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post #3 of 15
7/22/09 at 8:18pm
I have that G.Skill RAM, but I haven't got to use it just yet. Another user, ericeod, has it too, and it seems to work perfectly for him. He managed to get some really nice timings out of it @ 1600mhz.
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7/22/09 at 8:18pm
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Spot on.

If I changed anything, it'd come strictly from my personal preference to other brands, ect.
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post #5 of 15
7/22/09 at 8:52pm
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I think I'll stick with the G.Skill, I've had good experience with them and hear good things about that set. Is there any performance differences between the Blood Rage GTI and regular Blood Rage? I don't really care about SAS support and firewire with the regular version.
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post #6 of 15
7/22/09 at 8:54pm
No problems with my G.Skill RAM here, after replacing my Crucial BalliSUX
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post #7 of 15
7/23/09 at 1:17am
DDR3-2000 is a waste of money.

You'd be hard pressed to see or feel any difference from budget DDR3-1333 on an i7, though 1600 is currently the price/performance sweet spot.
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post #8 of 15
7/23/09 at 1:27am
Bloodrage performance numbers are significantly lower to Gigabyte an Asus rivals.
I'd go for the
Asus P6T vanilla
OCZ Platinum 1600 DDR3
X-fi Titanium vanilla
and that 285.
Sucks.
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post #9 of 15
7/23/09 at 1:30am
Near all DDR3 2000MHz will do 6-6-6-18 timings @ 1600, while 1600MHz marketed memory gives you 7-8 if you're lucky, 8-8 more common.
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post #10 of 15
7/23/09 at 8:09am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blameless View Post
DDR3-2000 is a waste of money.

You'd be hard pressed to see or feel any difference from budget DDR3-1333 on an i7, though 1600 is currently the price/performance sweet spot.
Noted, though RAM is so cheap now a days the flexibility afforded to me by the G.Skill set is worth the $50 to me. To be able to do both 1600@CL6 and 2300@CL9 is pretty sweet.

Quote:
Originally Posted by TXL View Post
Bloodrage performance numbers are significantly lower to Gigabyte an Asus rivals.
I'd go for the
Asus P6T vanilla
OCZ Platinum 1600 DDR3
X-fi Titanium vanilla
and that 285.
I checked out the P6T, is the Deluxe version better for overclocking?

The OCZ platinums are only $30 cheaper, but it doesn't give me the flexibility of the G.Skill set.

X-fi's are pretty much worthless to me. I'll be using the Xonar Essence as internal DAC/preamp to feed my CIAudio headphone amp and T-amp.
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