TheBeast

System Owner: TigerDeath
3DMark Fire Strike: 5,766
3DMark 11: 8,976
Community Score: 19
3DMark Vantage: 34,458
3DMark 06: 0
SuperPi 32M: 8:24

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System Details

Component Type Brand Product

Motherboard EVGA 151-SE-E777-K2

CPU Intel Core i7 3930k

Frequency: 4.2 GHz FSB / QPI: 3200 MHz Multiplier: 42 x Stepping: 7
VCore: 1.288 v VTT Voltage: Default PLL Voltage: 1.8 v

RAM Kingston 4x HyperX 1600MHz

Frequency: 1600 MHz Timing: 9-9-9-27 Voltage: 1.63 v

Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW+

GPU Frequency: 1367 MHz Shader Frequency: Default Memory Frequency: 7010 MHz SLI: No

Case

Rosewill

Thor V2

Cooling

Coolermaster

Seidon 120M

CD/DVD

ASUS

28X DVDRW

Hard Drive

WesternDigital

150GB VelociRaptor (10k RPM)

Hard Drive

WesternDigital

150GB VelociRaptor (10k RPM)

Keyboard

Logitech

G510 Gaming Keyboard

Sound

SoundBlaster

X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro Championship Series

Power Supply

Thermaltake

TRX-750W

Hard Drive

Samsung

512GB 850 EVO

Hard Drive

Samsung

512GB 850 EVO

Notes

This build was spurred out of frustration due to my BF3 game crashing with a DirectX error. I won an EVGA X79 FTW motherboard back in Jan. 2013, and figured "hey, maybe a new computer will make this error go away"... Ok, the thought wasn't that simple - I actually did LOADS of troubleshooting (about 6 weeks worth, actually), and never came to a conclusion. Finally got this rig built and BF3 crashed after 30 seconds - boy was I not-happy when that happened!

In any case, I'm glad I got this beast going finally! My favorite thing about this build are the two Samsung 840 (PRO) SSD's I have in RAID0 (Intel RAID, not Marvel) with the OS and games installed on them. The drives SCREAM!!! The second favorite is the overclock-ability of the 3930k! Super cool! The motherboard gives me all of the options I could ever dream of too, so that definitely helps!
I can't wait to get a better cooler (Corsair H110 - Here I come (when I get some extra cash)!) and start lowering the temps a little more so I can OC a little higher. I'm thinking I will try to bench something close to 5GHz, but will probably lower the OC down to 4.2-4.6GHz for ever-day use.

I do love me some stats, and I would like to say that the 32M SuperPI MultiCore was 5.516 seconds (compared to the 8:24 for the single-threaded SuperPI most use)!!
Give me some feedback guys! I love this thing, and really do enjoy talking about it!
-TigerDeath

Comments

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zophar
09/28/2014
07:58 AM

+1 for you. nice setup.

LazySoft
09/23/2014
11:15 AM

Nice shiney look

bcavnaugh
06/17/2014
08:21 AM

EVGA X79 FTW

dxtremefx
09/07/2013
07:53 PM

Very nice +1

Chrome-M-Dragon
08/22/2013
03:55 PM

No comment, is a comment.

Gold Leader
07/17/2013
08:33 AM

Nice clean Bild, +1 from me, welcome to the MR +1 List on Page 30 of the MODSRIGS +1 topic 8)

TigerDeath
07/16/2013
08:13 PM

Here's some before and after pics of the heatsink (http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=1979522). The "before" picture I had to locate on the interwebz, because I didn't actually have a close-up of mine, but the one in the picture is the same exact texture as mine when I started. It took a lot of work, but IMHO was worth it - I had never done it to that affect before and definitely enjoyed the process. As for temps, they did lower a few C. I do not have exact numbers for you, but I was running 48 at 3.6GHz under 100% load and now I'm sitting at 48C at 4.2GHz but with only a 35% load. Taking it up to 100% at 4.2GHz actually maxes my little Seidon out and I end up killing the stressing application (typically Prime, but I do fold to test and to help too) after about 20 minutes because temps get up to 72C. I did lower my VCore a bit today (1.315) and I think that is helping, but I also keep my apartment at 71F at night. I plan on making things a little better when I get the Corsair H110, and I do plan on lapping that heatsink as well.

IstBarP
07/16/2013
03:22 PM

+1, nice rig.. you should sleeve your cables though! :) would look awesome!.. Did you grind down your Seidon?, difference in temps? :)

TigerDeath
07/16/2013
10:50 AM

Thanks Xtremed! That's the kind of info I was looking for! I did try 1.25, but was getting some stability problems when benching. I'd definitely rather have it cooler than anything else. I need to find a voltage between 1.25 and 1.33 that works. May try 1.29 and increment from there... Thanks for the suggestions!

Xtremed
07/16/2013
10:44 AM

+1, you did a good job with the cable management! also, you should try lowering your Vcore a little for 4.2ghz i think 1.33 it's too much, even for a not OC'er CPU. Enjoy your Rig.

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