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[PopcornMachine]

From the benchmarks I posted in my 6800k thread they were less than dissapointing. Probably just NDA reasons.

Cool. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[cadaveca]

We can only take one new disappointing CPU platform per week?

Haswell was disappointing for you? The unfortunate truth is that a faster CPU isn't going to get anything done any quicker for 95% of people right now. Only those doing distributed computing tasks, or heavy encoding need faster CPUs, and more cores answers that need.

That may sound a bit like "marketing-speak", but that fact of the matter is that it's the truth. The changes and benefits offered by Haswell are pretty good, in my books, but I've been using a 3960X @ stock, with 1333 MHz memory, for quite some time now. Maybe 18 months or more...

Still, I did have a lulz at that comment.

I'm not sure why everyone wants so much with every new product these days. I guess the lull in AAA titles for gaming, and decent updates to other apps has enthusiasts looking for satisfaction elsewhere...

 

[PopcornMachine]

Still, I did have a lulz at that comment.

For me, I don't see the need for new mobo and cpu from SB to IB, nor from IB to Haswell. Very small jumps for the expense. I'm happy staying with SB and saving money for a new video card and monitor.

But always happy to leave 'em laughing.

 

[RCoon]

Haswell was disappointing for you? The unfortunate truth is that a faster CPU isn't going to get anything done any quicker for 95% of people right now. Only those doing distributed computing tasks, or heavy encoding need faster CPUs, and more cores answers that need.

That may sound a bit like "marketing-speak", but that fact of the matter is that it's the truth. The changes and benefits offered by Haswell are pretty good, in my books, but I've been using a 3960X @ stock, with 1333 MHz memory, for quite some time now. Maybe 18 months or more...

Still, I did have a lulz at that comment.

I'm not sure why everyone wants so much with every new product these days. I guess the lull in AAA titles for gaming, and decent updates to other apps has enthusiasts looking for satisfaction elsewhere...

After sifting through the interwebs for a few months, I dont think there's anything that could get me to change my processor for a few years. Probably not even GPU, I've had my fun with 144hz monitors. I'll sit and fester while 1200, 1440 and 1600p monitors become standard, maybe invest in a South Korean one in 6 months or so.
Aside from that, APU's interest me merely for the hopes of a GPU-less LAN party rig in a tiny case like the new Bitfenix Colossus M. Hook it up to a H80 or something, as all we do is play CS:GO and LoL anyway.
I havent been disappointed by any releases lately, they all offer a decent performance increase for a larger price margin, or simply refine their architectures at a similar price with a tiny extra on top for our troubles.
The market gets some nice board redesigns, more quirky (sometimes awful) visual designs for different hardware, so we can mess around in our expensive hobby making visually themed systems. Once you're at the high end, all you care about is making it look shiny.
Thanks to this new Intel architecture, we have a truly awesome ROG Mini ITX board we can be happy with at least.

 

[cadaveca]

For me, I don't see the need for new mobo and cpu from SB to IB, nor from IB to Haswell. Very small jumps for the expense. I'm happy staying with SB and saving money for a new video card and monitor.

Yeah, I understand why it's a tough sell from that perspective. At the same time, if you want to have some fun overclocking, Haswell is very much IVB + SB/E, after a training camp.

Anyway, I've said many times in the past, I cannot wait for GPUs to be in board sockets, with the big massive cooling possible in that same area compared to being an add-in card. This is definitely a step in that direction. But in order to have that much horsepower in the socket, with many many processing cores all working in tandem, requires a finely-grain power delivery that just isn't possible without on-die controls in place. Haswell will allow Intel to tune the CPU portion of that, as well as the GPU partially. To me, this is very much a new beginning, so I did not expect huge performance increases, if any. I expected new technology, and I got that.

 

[Jetster]

Excuse me, Corsair lady

 

[dumo]

M6Hero

Quick test DDR3 3000

 

[HammerON]

More hardware coming

 

[RCoon]

http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI2162.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI 3898.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI4.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI5.jpg

More hardware coming

I wish i had cash reserves that big.

 

[DOM]

M6Hero

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4257/screenshot003md.png

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6084/screenshot001xua.png


Quick test DDR3 3000

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Do you know when the rog mb going to hit retail?

I want OCF already

Picked up a mpower max see how it does

http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI2162.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI 3898.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI4.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/130605/MSI5.jpg
More hardware coming

Tri or go home

Cpu/mb ?

 

[Aquinus]

I wish i had cash reserves that big.

Me too, but just one would do me fine.

 

[HammerON]

 

[GamerGuy]

 

[Animalpak]

do you people really need 16GB for your setups ?

 

[cadaveca]

do you people really need 16GB for your setups ?

I do. Photoshop has adjustable options for how much ram it uses, and I tend to open over a hundred images at once. Add in browser windows, messaging clients, and game apps like STEAM and Origin, and ram usage can get fairly high, fairly quickly.

What's nice is that using that much ram doesn't affect performance or "snappiness" of the OS, at all.

Also, thanks to the "T-Topology" tech stuff, clocking ram with 4 DIMMs is now easier than it is with two. T-Topology2, featured on ASUS Z87 boards, brings those benefits to dual-stick configurations now too.

 

[Animalpak]

Thats nice... You are justified...

I just bought this kit at a good price 119 dollars ... I browsing alot but mostly i play for many hours games.

 

[Maban]

Could somebody explain to me what's so great about Dominators versus, say, Tridents? They always seem to be a terrible value.

 

[Animalpak]

Could somebody explain to me what's so great about Dominators versus, say, Tridents? They always seem to be a terrible value.

The fact that they cost more is that they have selected memories and better cared for.

Im looking for longevity and reliability.

I personally bought this kit because I do not like frequent upgrades and keep this kit at least 2 to 3 years

 

[Maban]

For $10 more than that kit you can get Gskill 2600 Cas 10, for $20 less there's a Gskill 2400 Cas 9, and for $45 less there's a Team Xtreem 2400 Cas 10, all 2x4GB. I don't understand the allure.

 

[Animalpak]

For $10 more than that kit you can get Gskill 2600 Cas 10, for $20 less there's a Gskill 2400 Cas 9, and for $45 less there's a Team Xtreem 2400 Cas 10, all 2x4GB. I don't understand the allure.

Yes i see those kits unfortunately Team Xtreem are not available in my trusted shops. Some Gskill yes but i still think they are a bit lower quality compared to Corsair's platinum even if they show great specs...

And no i do not need that much mhz for gaming, plus you have to be sure if your CPU will support 2000Mhz and above...

 

[itsakjt]

Dominators are of much better quality. Also the heatsink the Dominators use are much better and support some specific selected RAM coolers as well. And they have great overclock potential.

 

[15th Warlock]

Dual Titans SCs, EKWB nickel plated blocks, Haswell i7 4770K, MSI Z87-GD65, and Shoryuken!!

 

[Nordic]

I thought this was a cool picture. Its a xigmatek gaia touching the side panel of a really cheap case.

 

[DOM]

Crappy cell pic XD

 

[Shou Miko]

Crappy cell pic XD

http://img.techpowerup.org/130608/1370632799486.jpg

how come it's not a Asus ROG board DOM, u through u needed to try something new? ^^;


i brought this second handed Zalman Notebook Cooler ZM-NC 1000 Black for my dad's laptop bcs his old AGK where the cheap china thin stiff wire broke and this is doing pretty good, testing in gaming the 8600M GT 512mb GDDR2 only reaches max 81c where it before could reach 97c just being in-game...

just a quick shot bcs i am not done testing more pics of the cooler itself will come later

and here u can see temp of the Intel C2D T9300 and the GFX, and the cooling also helps the cpu not getting as hot as normal so it's good...

Some more pictures ^^