So I got my 955 up and running.

[dennilfloss]

And it's pretty zippy so far.

 

[richierich1212]

DUDE NO SCREENSHOTS = FAIL! j/p

Congrats! How's the 8GB of RAM running?

 

[Sylvanas]

Nice, now get overclocking

 

[Gikaseixas]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Nice, now get overclocking

yeah, show us what it can do.

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Nice, now get overclocking

There's no need. It's fast enough at the moment. I'll see after I buy W7 in October. Right now, I have to learn to use a new OS and find out how my normal programs agree/don't agree with it. Better to do this at default speed.

(Yeah, I know... I'm no fun... )

As for screenshots...

http://www.imagebam.com/image/34a98343421171
http://www.imagebam.com/image/42cdbf43421826

 

[soonerproud]

Welcome to the club!

 

[crazylegs]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Nice, now get overclocking

There's no need. It's fast enough at the moment. I'll see after I buy W7 in October. Right now, I have to learn to use a new OS and find out how my normal programs agree/don't agree with it. Better to do this at default speed.

(Yeah, I know... I'm no fun... )

As for screenshots...

http://www.imagebam.com/image/34a98343421171
http://www.imagebam.com/image/42cdbf43421826

A little bit of me just died inside...

Nah, just kidding - enjoy the new setup

 

[dennilfloss]

Hey! I used to be young and an overclocking monster too. I'll probably test it just to know it's limit once I have it stable and all my programs installed with the W7 Pro retail. Although I'm sure it'll be 3.6 or 3.8GHz as I'm on air.

CPUZ

http://www.imagebam.com/image/5c5b1543451144

Open-case pics

http://www.imagebam.com/image/1f88aa43452174
http://www.imagebam.com/image/171abe43452175

 

[wolfman11]

Well, in the meantime waiting to overclock it, undervolt it!

 

[dennilfloss]

One thing I don't like is that the guy who installed it made the HS fan blow downwards towards my vidcard. I would think it more normal to make it blow up through the HS so the hot air is picked up by my back fan (which exhausts rather cool at the moment) and my power supply fan. Still, Speedfan 4.38 reports my core temp as 41-42C and that's only a couple of degrees warmer than my 4200+ was with a SI-120 HSF. This in a warm apartment (even with the AC on). The vidcard idle temp is 48C (fan 31%) so it doesn't look like it minds the heat.

Probably better to leave it as is.

 

[Forumpanda]

I think leaving it is just fine as well, that is a good temp for air.

But it also shouldn't be a big deal to simply flip the fan on the HS?
Generally fans are installed to push air into the HS, so maye he just put it on backwards without realizing (I do that all the time).

 

[dennilfloss]

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

As I grow older I adhere to this philosophy more and more, in no small part due to past failures.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Nice, now get overclocking

There's no need. It's fast enough at the moment. I'll see after I buy W7 in October. Right now, I have to learn to use a new OS and find out how my normal programs agree/don't agree with it. Better to do this at default speed.

(Yeah, I know... I'm no fun... )

As for screenshots...

http://www.imagebam.com/image/34a98343421171
http://www.imagebam.com/image/42cdbf43421826

C'mon, at least give the multiplier a bump to 3.4GHz. There's probably around a 99% chance that it'll run 3.4GHz stable without doing anything other than giving the multiplier a nudge.

 

[dennilfloss]

In due time. I just moved from XP to 7RC. Gotta learn the ropes.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I made a very similar upgrade from my s939 4200+ to my current CPU. It was a huge upgrade. Maybe even bigger then my 3500+ to X2 4200+.

 

[dennilfloss]

A 4200+ is what I upgraded from. Going from 3GB to 8Gb of RAM might have also helped. Sure feels a lot faster anyway.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

you had a guy build it for you?

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Wow dude, we went with essentially the same setup and came from similar systems (mine was a X2 3800+) only I cheaped out and got a 1 gig 4850 as my monitor is only 1680x1050. MY psu is a cooler master rs-700-amba-d3 and I'm running 8 gigs of ocz platinum 1600. I haven't tooled around with my oc's yet.

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: OILFIELDTRASH
you had a guy build it for you?

I always buy my cpu+mobo+ram at the same brick and mortar Mom & Pop store since 1999. The owner is now in his 60s. Makes just enough money to keep his store open but that keeps him busy, out of the house and not retired yet.

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: nismotigerwvu
Wow dude, we went with essentially the same setup and came from similar systems (mine was a X2 3800+) only I cheaped out and got a 1 gig 4850 as my monitor is only 1680x1050. MY psu is a cooler master rs-700-amba-d3 and I'm running 8 gigs of ocz platinum 1600. I haven't tooled around with my oc's yet.

I bought my 4870 a few months earlier,when it came out (it replaced a 3870).

 

[nismotigerwvu]

So what was your main push for the upgrade?
I do a lot of video encoding so the quadcore is a beautiful thing
However, tmpgenc xpress keeps crashing on me in windows 7 every time it starts its 2nd pass.
Come to think of it, I think windows media encoder does the same....
I'm using build 7100 (rc i believe), can you try doing a quick check on a vc1 encode and see if you're getting the same thing?

 

[dennilfloss]

Main reason was gaming. Oblivion stuttered when there were too many people in a city. I also plan to start the two IL-2 flight sims that have been sitting on my shelf. Plus I might venture into MMORPG territory.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Stop spamming you dumb bitch. Enjoy the permaban.

edit: Yay, he's gone.

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Main reason was gaming. Oblivion stuttered when there were too many people in a city. I also plan to start the two IL-2 flight sims that have been sitting on my shelf. Plus I might venture into MMORPG territory.

Nice, my old system was so outdated I fell out of the loop a bit. I'm just now picking up stalker.

 

[dennilfloss]

Well, I asked 'Pop' about the fan blowing down and he said he tried it both ways with the case closed and, surprisingly, this gave the better temps.:thumbsup: