i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[filosofem]

Yeah, personally, as I did, go ATi HD 5400 series (512 MB) as the drivers are more current. AMD go through Video Cards like underwear.

[Kachunk]

I'm having random lock-ups in Windows. It also does not do well recovering from sleep or hibernate. Anyone have any ideas what the problem is? Below is my Sandra.
Thanks for any help!

Kachunk

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SiSoftware Sandra
Computer
Model : Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : Kachunk-PC
User : Kachunk
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Speed : 2.8GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing
Computer
Mainboard : Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
BIOS : Award (Phoenix) FI 03/11/2010
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3
Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 532MHz (1GHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Video System
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (320 SM4.1 750MHz, 1GB DDR3 2x850MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (320 SM4.1 750MHz, 1GB DDR3 2x850MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
STREAM Processor : ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (320SP 8C 750MHz, 1GB 2x850MHz)
Storage Devices
Seagate ST3500410AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223B (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : 100MB (NTFS)
Hard Disk (C:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500410AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223B (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8720F
Audio Device : Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Audio Device : Hightech Information System RV730XT Audio device [Radeon HD 4670]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ADS Technologies TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : TI TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : Brother PC-FAX v.2.1 (200x200)
Printer : Brother MFC-7840W Printer (1200x1200)
Scanners and Cameras
Scanner : Brother MFC-7840W LAN (Scanner, 600x2400, USB)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Wireless Adapter 1 : 802.11n Wireless LAN Card (802.11g (ERP), AES-CCMP, 24Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

[Bim]

I'm having random lock-ups in Windows. It also does not do well recovering from sleep or hibernate. Anyone have any ideas what the problem is? Below is my Sandra.
Thanks for any help!

Hi Kachunk;

I would begin by unplugging the scanner and USB devices that are not relative to PT.
Bim

[Dan Presland]

I brought this today:

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbs
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200RPM 32MB SATA 3Gbs

Intel Core i7-950 / 2.80GHz / 8MB Cache / LGA1366

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel Mainboard - 6x DDR3 / 6x Sata Raid / 1x IDE / Gigabit Lan / LGA 1366

Corsair CMP6GX3M3A1600C8 6GB (3x XMS3 2GB) PC3-12800 (1600MHz) XMP DDR3 Ram

Corsair TX-650 650W ATX Power Supply

antec 900 case

Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX470 video card

can't wait to see how it runs!

[Empireofthesun]

Hey People

I wanna upgrade to Icore from my current system so any help on what core to get and what motherboard would be great

my current system is



Intel Dual Core processor


Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
16MB 7200RPM

Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP, P35, Socket-775,
DDR2, WIFI, ATX, GbLAN demo

Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7203A,
LabelFlash, Multirecorder(Ram), IDE, Black

Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5
Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's

Running windoxs xp
PT 7.4

Thanks

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by Kachunk

I'm having random lock-ups in Windows. It also does not do well recovering from sleep or hibernate. Anyone have any ideas what the problem is? Below is my Sandra.
Thanks for any help!

Kachunk

===================
SiSoftware Sandra
Computer
Model : Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : Kachunk-PC
User : Kachunk
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Speed : 2.8GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing
Computer
Mainboard : Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
BIOS : Award (Phoenix) FI 03/11/2010
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3
Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 532MHz (1GHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Memory Module : OCZ OCZ3G1600LV2G 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-8500U DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-16 4-26-8-4)
Video System
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (320 SM4.1 750MHz, 1GB DDR3 2x850MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (320 SM4.1 750MHz, 1GB DDR3 2x850MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
STREAM Processor : ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (320SP 8C 750MHz, 1GB 2x850MHz)
Storage Devices
Seagate ST3500410AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223B (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : 100MB (NTFS)
Hard Disk (C:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500410AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223B (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8720F
Audio Device : Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Audio Device : Hightech Information System RV730XT Audio device [Radeon HD 4670]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ADS Technologies TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : TI TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : Brother PC-FAX v.2.1 (200x200)
Printer : Brother MFC-7840W Printer (1200x1200)
Scanners and Cameras
Scanner : Brother MFC-7840W LAN (Scanner, 600x2400, USB)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Wireless Adapter 1 : 802.11n Wireless LAN Card (802.11g (ERP), AES-CCMP, 24Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

It's recommended to disable sleep/hibernation.

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by Empireofthesun

Hey People

I wanna upgrade to Icore from my current system so any help on what core to get and what motherboard would be great

my current system is



Intel Dual Core processor


Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
16MB 7200RPM

Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP, P35, Socket-775,
DDR2, WIFI, ATX, GbLAN demo

Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7203A,
LabelFlash, Multirecorder(Ram), IDE, Black

Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5
Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's

Running windoxs xp
PT 7.4

Thanks

Read pages 1-2 of this thread.

[Gordabega]

I'm FINALLY getting into the game. i have been picking up parts here and there, and now that 7 is supported, i am going to go that route.

I have an Evercase 4 RU case, intel i7 930 CPU, Giga UD3R mobo, Noctua CPU cooler, OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3X1600R2LV6GK, some Caviar Blacks (1 TB and 500 GB), and an ASUS video card.

I think i have it all plugged in together right, but i am waiting on my Win 7 to get delivered. should be in wednesday, i think.

it looks like i have a lot of things to check on (drivers), so i think i'll go check those out now.


i have been reading some of the initial posts over and over again, and i am concerned about ram timings and frequency. i want a fast and stable computer to run pro tools on. it sounds like i will undoubtedly get one once this build is complete, but i don't know if i want to (or need to) overclock it. i am a newb as far as builds go, so i don't know if this is a need issue. i will most likely need help in setting some of that up, and i have a few local guys that could help me if our schedules collide... but a giant THANK YOU goes out to the guys who blazed this path last year. i am very grateful for all of the direction and help you have given, making this task a lot more attainable.

[harosha]

Hello All,

Thanks for sharing all the information about i7 here. I have been reading through this thread last couple of days and decided to upgrade my Q6600 based machine to an i7, mainly because the motherboard I currently have is not qualified to run Windows 7 and I have started to have some issues with system locking up more often than I can handle. I have already ordered the CPU, RAM, and MB, based on many recommendations. I am planning to use most of the other items from my current setup and upgrade only if I have to. Here are the items that I will have:

Motherboard - Gigabyte LGA1366 SATA3 ATI CrossFireX ATX Motherboard GA-X58A-UD3R
CPU - Intel Core i7 Processor i7-930 2.80GHz 8 MB LGA1366 CPU, Retail BX80601930
RAM - Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 Core i7 Memory
HD 1 - System - HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
HD 2 - Audio - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
HD 3 - Backup - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
FireWire - SIIG 3-PORT 2 Ext. & 1INT.FIREWIRE - NN-440012-S8
Power Supply - Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Power Supply
Video Card - EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR e-GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB PCI-Express Graphics Card
Case - ENERMAX ICS443SB Silver/Black Aluminum / Steel 4U Rackmount Aluminum 4U Rackmount Case
OS - Windows 7 Professional 32bit

Here are some questions:

1 - The Windows 7 32bit OS I have was purchased as a Vista Business Upgrade and only came with a 32 bit DVD. I understand that the license key is the same for both 32 and 64 bit system. Is there a way to get a 64 bit Windows 7 Professional install disc? I would like to wipe out the HD and start fresh with a 64 bit system.
2- Anyone else using the video card I have? will there be any issues after i upgrade to 64 bit OS?

Thanks!

Shaz

[harosha]

OK, after an hour of transferring my calls, MS finally sent me a DL link to Win7 64bit, so I am downloading it now.

Can someone please comment on the video card "EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR e-GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB PCI-Express Graphics Card" and let me know if there would be any issues with the configuration?

Thanks in advance!

Shaz