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[Deleted member 178884]

Not 24/7 I couldn't care less if it dies.

Going to push it to it's max over the next few weeks.

 

[Tomgang]

Not 24/7 I couldn't care less if it dies.

Going to push it to it's max over the next few weeks.

That poor cpu. So killing it to get a i7 cpu, that is more scary to think of than a good horror movie.

That... thats murder and cpu abuse

But i guess its cheap to replace if it dies...

 

[Deleted member 178884]

That poor cpu. So killing it to get a i7 cpu, that is more scary to think of than a good horror movie.

That... thats murder and cpu abuse

But i guess its cheap to replace if it dies...

Oh it hasn't suffered - YET I'm pumping max 1.6v into it and I've got my alphacool eisbaer 360mm cooling beast - It smashes my nh-d14 through the wall.

 

[Tomgang]

Oh it hasn't suffered - YET I'm pumping max 1.6v into it and I've got my alphacool eisbaer 360mm cooling beast - It smashes my nh-d14 through the wall.

Some one save this abused cpu, before its to late

As a person that is very fond of x58, this hurts my soul to witness.

 

[Outback Bronze]

You guys are making me want to fire up the old girl : )

 

[RealNeil]

You guys are making me want to fire up the old girl : )

Fire away! I love to see old gold in action.

 

[Tomgang]

You guys are making me want to fire up the old girl : )

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You guys are making me want to fire up the old girl : )

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Let it rock again. Just sitting there and collect dust is a real shame. Get it back to life

 

[Deleted member 178884]

You guys are making me want to fire up the old girl : )

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Why is it sitting around? Fire it up and overclock that

 

[Outback Bronze]

Why is it sitting around? Fire it up and overclock that

Semi retired. Its waiting for some inspiration..

I'll probably never sell it either. Its definitely been one of my favourite rigs!

 

[Tomgang]

Semi retired. Its waiting for some inspiration..

I'll probably never sell it either. Its definitely been one of my favourite rigs!

There is not such thing as semi retired for x58. It needs to work, be used for some thing...any thing.

How about a retro gamer pc or a server. Maybe a pc for when your friends come over to play online or something. The last part is my plan to do with my own x58 rig as a part gamer for when friend comes by and part backup pc for if the new one fails and cant boot. The only way my x58 rig will be come use less is if cpu or motherboard desides to go to hardware heaven.

 

[Outback Bronze]

There is not such thing as semi retired for x58. It needs to work, be used for some thing...any thing.

How about a retro gamer pc or a server. Maybe a pc for when your friends come over to play online or something. The last part is my plan to do with my own x58 rig as a part gamer for when friend comes by and part backup pc for if the new one fails and cant boot. The only way my x58 rig will be come use less is if cpu or motherboard desides to go to hardware heaven.

Just found some old pics. I think the cards were 7950's with universal blocks : )

 

[Deleted member 178884]

Just found some old pics. I think the cards were 7950's with universal blocks : )

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That's INSANE! Custom loop that pc again.

There is not such thing as semi retired for x58. It needs to work, be used for some thing...any thing.

How about a retro gamer pc or a server. Maybe a pc for when your friends come over to play online or something. The last part is my plan to do with my own x58 rig as a part gamer for when friend comes by and part backup pc for if the new one fails and cant boot. The only way my x58 rig will be come use less is if cpu or motherboard desides to go to hardware heaven.

True - my x58 rig is a backup pc to be honest, I've got a 6600k rig as the main and I'm getting an x299 board for my 7740x

 

[Tomgang]

Just found some old pics. I think the cards were 7950's with universal blocks : )

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That looks great. Clean for wires and other things. A shame you took that thing a part. It just needed, SSD, new GPU and you where good to go. maybe more ram?

That's INSANE! Custom loop that pc again.


True - my x58 rig is a backup pc to be honest, I've got a 6600k rig as the main and I'm getting an x299 board for my 7740x

You are getting a X299 board for a 7740X. If i where you, i would seriously sell the I7 7740X and get a CPU with more cores for that platform. 7740X is just a rebranded I7 7700K with only dual channel ram support even throw its on X299 that supports quad-channel memory. A I7 7800X would be a great replacement. I mean that CPU has more cores, more PCI lanes, quad channel ram support only clock speed pulls it down over 7740X but thats what overclock are for. But that is up to you off cause. Even your old X58 has more cores than X299 if you keep that CPU.

else i would sell that I7 7740X and forget a X299 board + sell that I5 6600K and get a I7 6700K and get that X58 going again if you need 2 PC´s. Just an idea off cause. Its up to you. or sell I5 6600K + board and sell I7 7740X and get a CPU with more cores for that X299 board you are getting and get X58 back to use. I mean if you Arent gonna sell it any way, why not put i back to good use and cut also be a good excuse for getting X58 going again and still have a new PC that has the grunt X58 might not have for every thing you need by getting X299 with a higher core count CPU.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

That looks great. Clean for wires and other things. A shame you took that thing a part. It just needed, SSD, new GPU and you where good to go. maybe more ram?



You are getting a X299 board for a 7740X. If i where you, i would seriously sell the I7 7740X and get a CPU with more cores for that platform. 7740X is just a rebranded I7 7700K with only dual channel ram support even throw its on X299 that supports quad-channel memory. A I7 7800X would be a great replacement. I mean that CPU has more cores, more PCI lanes, quad channel ram support only clock speed pulls it down over 7740X but thats what overclock are for. But that is up to you off cause. Even your old X58 has more cores than X299 if you keep that CPU.

else i would sell that I7 7740X and forget a X299 board + sell that I5 6600K and get a I7 6700K and get that X58 going again if you need 2 PC´s. Just an idea off cause. Its up to you. or sell I5 6600K + board and sell I7 7740X and get a CPU with more cores for that X299 board you are getting and get X58 back to use. I mean if you Arent gonna sell it any way, why not put i back to good use and cut also be a good excuse for getting X58 going again and still have a new PC that has the grunt X58 might not have for every thing you need by getting X299 with a higher core count CPU.

Although it's a valid point - I disagree, yes the 7740x is a rebranded 7700k BUT the thing is I found one for £125 of cex with a 2yr warranty used. I paid £10.80 after vouchers I had - the 7700k costed around £220 there so the 7740x was a better buy. It also means I can keep my 6600k - there is no point selling it when I paid £213 for it - I would get half that for it no to mention selling my z270x gaming 7 at a loss too. I considered the 7800x but the 7740x is king of single thread which turn based games love - It also clocks high and will hit the 5ghz I'm aiming for. Like my x58 system I puchased it to be upgradable in the future - x299 offers this, by getting the i7-7740x I'd be able to grab the top end i9 7980xe for a few hundred and get a massive multi threaded boost and grab a 2nd top end gaming cpu alonside it. Selling the 7740x will be pointless as I'd sell it at a loss to be honest since cex won't take returns. I'd rather keep all 3 systems and keep happy with them.

That looks great. Clean for wires and other things. A shame you took that thing a part. It just needed, SSD, new GPU and you where good to go. maybe more ram?



You are getting a X299 board for a 7740X. If i where you, i would seriously sell the I7 7740X and get a CPU with more cores for that platform. 7740X is just a rebranded I7 7700K with only dual channel ram support even throw its on X299 that supports quad-channel memory. A I7 7800X would be a great replacement. I mean that CPU has more cores, more PCI lanes, quad channel ram support only clock speed pulls it down over 7740X but thats what overclock are for. But that is up to you off cause. Even your old X58 has more cores than X299 if you keep that CPU.

else i would sell that I7 7740X and forget a X299 board + sell that I5 6600K and get a I7 6700K and get that X58 going again if you need 2 PC´s. Just an idea off cause. Its up to you. or sell I5 6600K + board and sell I7 7740X and get a CPU with more cores for that X299 board you are getting and get X58 back to use. I mean if you Arent gonna sell it any way, why not put i back to good use and cut also be a good excuse for getting X58 going again and still have a new PC that has the grunt X58 might not have for every thing you need by getting X299 with a higher core count CPU.

Only downside of x299 is that intel failed by not releasing xeon platinums to the chipset and unlocked ones at least. In 10 years they would be had for under £300. But no intel had to have no support for them and pull the same "c" chipset crap.

 

[StrayKAT]

The 7740 would have made sense at one point. It would have been a good choice for someone looking for a fairly future proofed board (compared to z270), but didn't want to jump to Skylake X just yet. But then Intel immediately released Coffee Lake.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

The 7740 would have made sense at one point. It would have been a good choice for someone looking for a fairly future proofed board (compared to z270), but didn't want to jump to Skylake X just yet. But then Intel immediately released Coffee Lake.

Coffee lake is good but will only support up to 8 cores then it's as good as dead.

 

[RealNeil]

and I'm getting an x299 board for my 7740x

What board are you getting? Have you bought it yet? 'cause I have one to sell.

EDIT: never mind. I see you are quoting prices in the pound. shipping won't work out.

 

[agent_x007]

@Tomgang Windows 10 :

Going nutz with IMC :

And combining both

 

[Deleted member 178884]

What board are you getting? Have you bought it yet? 'cause I have one to sell.

EDIT: never mind. I see you are quoting prices in the pound. shipping won't work out.

I'm getting a x299 i9 xe by asrock - not purchased yet though.

 

[Tomgang]

@Tomgang Windows 10 :

Going nutz with IMC :

And combining both

Not bad. You are getting close to my score of 1103 multi score and 144 single score. You will need to bump core clock up some more. I got that score at 4.75 ghz.

 

[agent_x007]

I can't do more sadly
Going beyond Vcore ~1,53V is impossible at this moment (cooling can't do much when I got ambient temp of ~30C :/).

 

[Tomgang]

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I can't do more sadly
Going beyond Vcore ~1,53V is impossible at this moment (cooling can't do much when I got ambient temp of ~30C :/).

Yeah i know how you feel, its the same here for me. Temp around 30 c give or take. Not optimal for high overclock and good scores in benchmark. Thats why i take it easy right now wirh benchmark.

 

[natr0n]

 

[StrayKAT]

Coffee lake is good but will only support up to 8 cores then it's as good as dead.

Well, I'd go for a 7820 personally.. if starting low and looking towards the future. It's tough for me to see the point in getting something that doesn't take more advantage of what the x299 offers.

Actually, it's what I just did

edit:

Currently using 7700k until the Skylake ships, but I didn't exactly want to do this. Kaby Lake is perfect for me so far, since I just mostly game. But my board's thermal sensor for the PCH is screwed.. All the other temps are fine, so I doubt there's an actual problem.. but little things like this drive me nuts... and then I impulse buy a new setup. lmao. And now it's hard to find similar z270 boards with U.2 ports. Easier to find them on x299.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

Well, I'd go for a 7820 personally.. if starting low and looking towards the future. It's tough for me to see the point in getting something that doesn't take more advantage of what the x299 offers.

Actually, it's what I just did

edit:

Currently using 7700k until the Skylake ships, but I didn't exactly want to do this. Kaby Lake is perfect for me so far, since I just mostly game. But my board's thermal sensor for the PCH is screwed.. All the other temps are fine, so I doubt there's an actual problem.. but little things like this drive me nuts... and then I impulse buy a new setup. lmao. And now it's hard to find similar z270 boards with U.2 ports. Easier to find them on x299.

Your on u2? I've got a z270x gaming 7 and it has a u2 port - very solid board and supports thunderbolt with a add in card that you need to buy irritatingly.