i put the pieces together and this is what i got.

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I can boot at 5.5ghz with just a voltage increase... but it fails in stress testing.. betting i can get it stable with a little work.



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[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I can boot at 5.5ghz with just a voltage increase... but it fails in stress testing.. betting i can get it stable with a little work.



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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

you can also double post like a pro

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

fu .. i only pressed post once. This forum is as rock solid as my 5.5ghz OC.

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

All this will be useful once a game actually supports anything above dual core. It a good bench rig I guess.

 

[tpmeredith 10+ year member]

All this will be useful once a game actually supports anything above dual core. It a good bench rig I guess.

Perhaps if you're only running a game at once. Now he can be converting videos / audios to different formats, running a server and playing a video game at once and probably only hit 30-40% CPU usage =P Still maybe overkill for some, I call it futureproofing, that build should last him 6+ years or more easy (as long as he doesnt get too powerhungry overclocking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif), especially considering hardware is already ahead of most software

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Perhaps if you're only running a game at once. Now he can be converting videos / audios to different formats, running a server and playing a video game at once and probably only hit 30-40% CPU usage =P Still maybe overkill for some, I call it futureproofing, that build should last him 6+ years or more easy (as long as he doesnt get too powerhungry overclocking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif), especially considering hardware is already ahead of most software

It will not last him 6 years it will be outdated within a matter of months not years. I doubt he has sli 570's for anything other then gaming.. Sure they can be used for other things but mostly just gaming. Nice rig for sure.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

or maybe he did it cuz he got it like that?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

i'm pretty sure it wont be outdated in months lol.. i'm guess it will last somewhere between "months" and 6 years. I'm sure I'll be happy with it for a while.

I got the 570s to fold and cure some disease. Then i'll get a nobel peace prize and me and Obama gonna have lunch and shiz. i got it all planned out.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i'm pretty sure it wont be outdated in months lol.. i'm guess it will last somewhere between "months" and 6 years. I'm sure I'll be happy with it for a while.
I got the 570s to fold and cure some disease. Then i'll get a nobel peace prize and me and Obama gonna have lunch and shiz. i got it all planned out.

Its true, you've done just about as much to promote world peace as Obama.

 

[tpmeredith 10+ year member]

It will not last him 6 years it will be outdated within a matter of months not years. I doubt he has sli 570's for anything other then gaming.. Sure they can be used for other things but mostly just gaming. Nice rig for sure.

Just because something's outdated doesn't mean it blows up or spontaneously combusts when it's outdated. That rig will LAST, keyword last, years easily. In the computer world sure it'll be outdated in a month, even when new/better parts come out and new games it's likely that rig will be able to play them on high or even max settings. I built my last personal gaming rig 5 years ago and I'm just now getting around to building a new one, since then I've added HD space and did a memory upgrade, and it still plays modern games on low/medium settings. I know it's nothing to brag about but I'm just saying it'll last him a good while considering hardware out right now takes about anything you throw at it.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

ok here is a major fking deal.. check this out:

 

I cant believe Amazon is honoring the $204 price for the maximus.. now what should i do? Sell this one or keep it and return the one i got for $365 @ newegg?

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

ok here is a major fking deal.. check this out:

 

I cant believe Amazon is honoring the $204 price for the maximus.. now what should i do? Sell this one or keep it and return the one i got for $365 @ newegg?

 

both

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

me like

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

both

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