i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[mykhal c]

Originally Posted by Kris75

My ram is at 1066.

I can't figure out how to change it though. Any tips?

gimme a sec and i'll post back

[mykhal c]

Originally Posted by Kris75

My ram is at 1066.

I can't figure out how to change it though. Any tips?

check your email

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by albee1952

Wh at do the experts think of this mobo?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20GA-EX58-UD3R
Its nearly 100 bucks less than the Asus and has a TI firewire with 3 ports(2 on a backplane).

that is the exact board kris and i are using!! go for it!

[mykhal c]

Originally Posted by albee1952

Wh at do the experts think of this mobo?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20GA-EX58-UD3R
Its nearly 100 bucks less than the Asus and has a TI firewire with 3 ports(2 on a backplane).

sunburst and i had a looooooooooong conversation today regardin' triple channel memory. bottom line...if you are planning to be prepared to use W7 64bit (one day) then we'd go with a 6 slot mobo for ram. that way if you go with a single triple-pack of ram or 2 packs of a triple pack you will always be in triple channel mode when you use either 3 slots or 6 slots. using an odd number of slots 'does' change the thru-put. but this mobo has both kris75 and guitardom happy!! a good choice!!

EDIT: i actually have a memory link in my first post that is a good read for the i7.

[Kris75]

By changing my ram speed, I now get 311 Dverbs at a buffer of 64 @ 48k:e ek::e ek::e ek:

Mykhal. I think I love you.

[Kris75]

WARNING

DO NOT USE INSERTS 6-10. YOUR DVERB COUNT WILL DROP BY ABOUT 15-20 NOT SURE WHY, BUT AVOID AT ALL COSTS

[mykhal c]

Originally Posted by Kris75

By changing my ram speed, I now get 311 Dverbs at a buffer of 64 @ 48k:e ek::e ek::e ek:

Mykhal. I think I love you.

SMOKIN'!!!!! man i'd luv to tune you and guitardom's rig!!!!!! and dude...your rig is in trot mode!!!! it ain't even workin' yet!!! it's smokin' a blunt and talkin' about you behind your back!!!! these systems will provide soooooooo much headroom with stability that you've only begun to touch the surface!!! BIG CONGRATS!!! 311 @64 f'n ridiculous!!!! once the QPI is opened up...OMG!!!! i'm jealous!!!!

[Kris75]

We're the native youth gone wild and HD is now the old man.

Roll it.

DA DA......DA DA DA.

Gota love skid row! LOL

[Kris75]

Originally Posted by mykhal c

SMOKIN'!!!!! man i'd luv to tune you and guitardom's rig!!!!!! and dude...your rig is in trot mode!!!! it ain't even workin' yet!!! it's smokin' a blunt and talkin' about you behind your back!!!! these systems will provide soooooooo much headroom with stability that you've only begun to touch the surface!!! BIG CONGRATS!!! 311 @64 f'n ridiculous!!!! once the QPI is opened up...OMG!!!! i'm jealous!!!!

I'm so happy right now I am almost crying. The one thing I've noticed tonight so far is that PT is super fast at responding. I have had no crashes since disabling Hyper Threading and at a buffer of 64 I am running mixes that my old tyan quad could barely handle, with a CPU usage rate of %26. They must have made some changes to how PT handles loads at a buffer of 64, that or this CPU is freakin crazy
I think intel should be given the Nobel peace prize right now. They are saving marriages, bands, and engineer/producer relationships by the miniute!

[sunburst79]

Great results guys. The huge Dverb scores are kinda academic at 1024 any more but Damn! 311 at 64 is really impressive. Thats real world horsepower.


Just a note to the early adopters. Microcenter is running a special in the I7 920 boxed processer for 229.00. It's in store only but thats 50 bucks cheaper than Newegg and frankly that doesn't happen all that often.