I am considering a new Intel build. Have been doing AMD so long I am not real sure which memory is the best.

Am going with an X58 board and the I7 920.

The primary use for the puter will be video processing but will not rule out gaming.

I know Nick posted about DDR3 but I can not find the post.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi Nick.

Thanks for the reply.

I am going to wait for the next generation chip to hit the market before I make the plunge.

As far as cooling goes, I have talked to Coolit and we are going to build a custom water chiller system for the new build.

In the summer the apartment gets very warm so I decided to go with an upgraded cooler.

As soon as I decide which video cards I am going to use they will order the parts for me.

I have not decided if I want to buy another GTX 295 or go with a 4870X2 with my 2 current 4870s

Any thoughts on the video cards will be appreciated also.

I know this is the Flight Sim forum but FSX will be a minor player on this computer.

Have FSX on my AMD machine and it is working great so........

And yes.. I do plan on playing with overclocking. Would hate to have the option and not use it.

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I already own a 295 so will stick with that.

Discounting FSX and the video card, my main concern is video processing.

Right now it pegs my memory to the max and the CPU, although not maxed out, is working fairly hard.

Was hopeing the I7 with more, and faster, memory might help the cause. (cause mine is bloody slow)

Well, I purchased/assembled the following Parts:

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
I7 920 (CO) w/Coolit Domino ALC Liquid CPU Cooler
6G OCZ3P1600LV2G PC3-8500F
Corsair TX750 Power Supply
Cooler Master HAF 932 Case

With the Domino cooler I am idleing at 34-38 Deg
After an hour of OCCT my highest temperature was 70 deg so am satisfied with that.

The 920 DO was not available here when I made the purchase nor was the 950 but will be upgrading in the near future.

This was my first Intel build and so far am very happy with the results.

I had planned on putting my water chiller on the CPU but am not sure that is necessary with the current temperatures.

As soon as Coolit gets their water blocks for the 295 I plan on switching to water there also.

I believe that was done at 2.8G. Not sure how it got there... all settings are on auto.

The test was done after about 5 minutes of run time total.

will try to clock it up tomorrow and see what happens then.

Well, I tried the overclocking bit but can not get the memory to the right setting.

After any type of overclock and the memory speed selection is higher than the memory specs.

If there is a memory multiplier to change I have not been able to locate it.

I followed the instructions you have posted and could get everything but the memory set.

Hi Nick

I have the V2 board with the latest BIOS installed.

The max CPU multiplier when you overclock is 20 for this board.

I can get it to run at 3.6G with no problem which puts the memory at 540 which is no problem.

Anything higher that that and it quits as soon as I start OCCT.

With the CPU running at 3.6 the NB is at 2.8. Do they have to be the same or is that not a problem.

I can not find a multiplier for memory but it does have a speed select that does not go as low as I need when overclocked above 3.6G

Any thoughts on that would be very much appreciated.

That is strange Richard.. you should have below 1600 available in the dropdown


2.8 NB? Where are you getting that?

The northbridge is IN the CPU. Where do you see that listed?

Lets run down the list..

Disabled these features

Intel SpeedStep Tech Disabled
Intel Turbo Mode Tech Disabled
CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled
PCI Spread Spectrum Disabled
C1E Support Disabled
Intel Virtualization Tech Disabled
CPU TM Function Disabled
Intel HT Technology Disabled <--- Hyperthreading (Note: Enabled for video encoding., disabled for coolest temp in clock as FSX has no i7 type HT support)
Intel C-State Technology: Disable


Set Ai Overclock Tuner to Manual mode

Set QPI/DRAM to 1.35-1.37

Set DRAM to 1.65-1.67

LOAD LINE CALIBRATION = ENABLED


memory is is the orange slots (I think they are orage.. I use the RampageII and do not have the P6T board in front of me)

Bring BCLOCK up to 180

Vcore will probably be somewhere around 1.32-1.35


check and see if your memory speed of 1440 is available


You may wish to review this Video

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/asus-p...cing/12157000/

OCCT v3 or higher. http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download Set the temp limit in the properties of the program to 80c so the test will FAIL and shut down automatically if you hit that value

USE the software REALTEMP v3 http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ or higher to monitor temps on i7 correctly. Set the TJMAX to 100c in REALTEMP so it will tell you where you stand.









EDIT:

WAIT A MINUTE

OCZ3V1600LV2G is their CHEAP'O modules rated @ CAS 8

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_12800_value_series_low...


Is that what you are using? Because the modules you listed are:


OCZ3P1600LV2G <---  notice the P instead of V in OCZ3P  and the 2G indicates 'single modules' not matched package sticks.

Are you sure you have the better DDR3 1600 memory.. these


http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_12800_platinum_low_vol...


OCZ3P1600LV6GK      is the part number for the 3 matched sticks in the package

I am wondering if there is some kind of issue with the memory..  something ended up packaged wrong or is defective. Not sure, just throwing that out