CM Scout Gamer

[rickss69]

Following in DrNip's footsteps with a slight twist. I have been messing with the 1090T Thuban for awhile in my game rig and just have not been satisfied with it so I have decided to venture in another direction.

I will take the recently wounded/revived 980X and install it in the Scout case to become the 24/7/Gamer. Since it appears I will be the permanent owner of this chip with no hope of rma imaginable, she will be put out to pasture in this rig with hopes she will continue to function in a less stressfull setting. I fear putting to much voltage to it benchmarking would lead to it's final demise. The OCA contest currently running will be her last hurrah...she has served me well. ;)

Parts to be used will be updated as I move along :

CM Scout mid-tower
Intel 980X
Evga X58 SLI Micro mb
WD 1TB hdd
SuperTalent 32GB ssd
Silverstone HDDBoost
Corsair HX1000w psu
LiteOn DVD burner
Saaphire 5870

I may go with the stock 980X hsf on this one.
For memory I am hopeful to win these GSkill's soon... http://www.benchtec.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=6951

[thebanik]

build looking great, as far as winning memory is concerned I will say, dont count your chickens before they are hatched, simply because in this case it will hurt to lose. Ofcourse you should win because of the undying dedication in both the comps. but what can I do I am a pessimist(but I consider it as a positive trait, :P)

[rickss69]

Nothing is counted yet brother...key word was "hopeful". ;) (the Fat Lady has yet to sing)

[DrNip]

Nice!

[Kal-EL]

How'z the hddboost thing workin for yah?

[Witchdoctor]

Look like a sick gaming rig bro ............ :thumbsup:

If you do win the memory, My PI Blacks have served me well ....

Plus they are just bas ass looking RAM to boot .... great for a hot rod gamer for sure

Black Ops and Crysis 2 on deck FTW ........ :)

F1 2010 is due out any day now if racing sick nasty fast cars is in your blood

[rickss69]

How'z the hddboost thing workin for yah?

That HDDBoost is slick Kal - Everytime I have used it in a pc it has outperformed any ssd alone in boot times and generally just makes everything snappier in everyday use. :good: http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3083

[Witchdoctor]

HD boost ???

link a brother up ..... that is how you are getting those insane restart times ...... :thumbsup:

[rickss69]

Here ya go WD... http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/29176-silverstone-hddboost-review.html

[Neuromancer]

Interesting. I assumed that the only reason I was impressed with the Vertex2 was because of write speeds. (I have had 250MB/s read drives before). Might have to look into that a little for upgrading old POS systems.

Build looks pretty incredible for SFF. The 980X pretty cool running at stock?

[rickss69]

It is great for older systems Neuro - I use a cheaper SuperTalent 32GB with the HDDBoost.

The 980X is pretty cool running overall...much like the i3/i5 chips are.

[DOM]

i ran 4ghz on mt stock cooler

[rickss69]

10-4 DOM - I will probably run close to default settings on this one...I have noticed no gains to be had overclocking the cpu for online gaming anyway. :good:

[Chuchnit]

Sounds like a slick build you are gonna have Rick. Care to share your frustrations with AMD for a gaming platform? Was there a noticable performance difference? Stock clocks or overclocked?

[rickss69]

Probably a combination of things Chuch. The Thuban is presently sitting in a ASUS Crosshair III Formula with a Saaphire 5870...it just seems overall sluggish compared to recent Intel builds. Hard to pinpoint really, but very annoying to me. The snappiest rig to date for me has been the i5 670 coupled with a Gigabyte or MSI mb.

[Chuchnit]

Probably a combination of things Chuch. The Thuban is presently sitting in a ASUS Crosshair III Formula with a Saaphire 5870...it just seems overall sluggish compared to recent Intel builds. Hard to pinpoint really, but very annoying to me.

Interesting. I built my grandparents a little AMD dual core rig last Christmas. To this day I think it feels snappier than any X58 rig I've put together. Now just yesterday I put the in-laws a P55 together and that focker was snappy all around. I still want to build me an AMD daily gaymer rig. Just to be different I guess.

[rickss69]

I think it is probably just a quirky combination of parts that give it that feel. On the other hand every i3/i5 rig has been outstanding in every way. Who knows, this 980X may be the biggest dud of them all lol.

[Neuromancer]

Sounds interesting. As snappy as X58 feels, I am running a AthII 240 right in a HP till my CHIII comes back. IMC is everything!

It is WAY snappier than my X58

(hmm well no... the X58 at 4.5 GHz 6-6-6 ram at 1740MHz and the OCZ veretxII does put up a good fight....)

[rickss69]

Is "snappy" to become the next buzz word in the pc world? Hahaha! I'm a big fan of snappy I am... :D

[Chuchnit]

Sounds interesting. As snappy as X58 feels, I am running a AthII 240 right in a HP till my CHIII comes back. IMC is everything!

It is WAY snappier than my X58

(hmm well no... the X58 at 4.5 GHz 6-6-6 ram at 1740MHz and the OCZ veretxII does put up a good fight....)

Yah I meant stock clocks. I gaymed on my classy for a month or so last fall. Of course when I was cruising at 4.35ghz for a daily clock it felt a little faster than the AMD rig. There is one big difference though. AMD rig is running Win7 and I was running vista.

[rickss69]

I'm really considering going back to XP for this. Can anyone give me cons as to why I should not?

[Neuromancer]

cuz xp turns to poo every few months?

[rickss69]

Just sick of the constant reactivate messages after a hardware change...

[ReverendMaynard]

Just sick of the constant reactivate messages after a hardware change...

grab an activation killer.

[Witchdoctor]

I'm really considering going back to XP for this. Can anyone give me cons as to why I should not?

I like 7 better seems the interface is quicker.

Maybe it is just me though?

[Neuromancer]

grab an activation killer.

:thumbsup:

Yeah, just validate first and block the hotfix that detects them.

[rickss69]

:thumbsup:

Yeah, just validate first and block the hotfix that detects them.

Never heard of it...any link or more detailed explanation? :blink:

[Neuromancer]

Never heard of it...any link or more detailed explanation? :blink:

Um no... :thumbdown:

open forum?