Intel Core i7 Quads!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nairi]

SO... has any lucky peoples try these babies out with multiboxing 8o ??????????????????????????

[Multibocks]

I'm about to order, just waiting on an email response from vigor gaming. Anyways my setup:

SPECIAL PROMOTION 1 $100 Instant Rebate
SPECIAL PROMOTION 2 $50 Instant Rebate
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™i7-965 Extreme Edition Quad-Core Processor at 3.20GHz, 6.4GT QPI, 8M Cache
RIG Vigor Mammoth Screwless Chassis powered by Antec w/TyphoonTM Air Ventilation System
RIG COLOR Black
RIG STYLE Metal Mesh Side Window for Improved Ventilation
RIG COOLING Vigor MonsoonTM III LITE Cooling System with Dual 120MM CPU Fan
RIG POWER Cooler Master Real Power Pro nVidia-SLI Certified 1250Watt Power Supply
RIG DIMENSIONS 8.40" Width X 20.20" Depth X 22.90" Height.
MB CORE LOGIC Intel DX58SO "SmackOver" Intel X58 Triple Channel DDR3 w/1600MHz & Gen 2 Crossfire
MEMORY 3GB Kingston HyperX KHX11000D3LLK3/3GX CL7 DDR3 1375MHz Memory (3 X 1024MB)
OPERATING HARD DRIVE 1 WD VelociRaptor 150GB WD RAPTOR S-ATA 10000RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive
OPERATING HARD DRIVE 2 WD VelociRaptor 150GB WD RAPTOR S-ATA 10000RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive
RAID SETTING RAID 0 Performance - Striped Drives (2 or More Identical Hard Drives Only)
DATA HARD DRIVE 1 None.
HARD DRIVE COOLER 1 Vigor iSurf II Hard Drive Cooler w/dual fans
DATA HARD DRIVE 2 None.
HARD DRIVE COOLER 2 Vigor iSurf II Hard Drive Cooler w/dual fans
RAID SETTING RAID 0 Performance - Striped Drives (2 or More Identical Hard Drives Only)
VIDEO CARD CROSSFIRE SLOT 1 ATI Radeon HD4870 X 2 2GB Xtreme Edition @780MHz w/PCI Express, DVI and TV Out
VIDEO CARD CROSSFIRE SLOT 2 ATI Radeon HD4870 X 2 2GB Xtreme Edition @780MHz w/PCI Express, DVI and TV Out
OPTICAL DRIVE 1 SONY/NEC Internal SATA AD7200S 20X Dual Layer DVD+/- RW + CDRW Rewritable Drive
OPTICAL DRIVE 2 None.
RECORDING SOFTWARE Bundled DVD/CDRW Software
SOUND Digital High Definition 3D 7.1 8-Channel Sound
NETWORK PORT Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000Mbps) PCI Network Card
WIRELESS NETWORK PORT None.
I/O PORTS 1 Parallel, 1 Game/Midi, 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire and 6 to 10 USB ports (Varies by Motherboards)
MONITOR None.
SPEAKERS None.
KEYBOARD Standard Black Internet Multimedia Keyboard
MOUSE Standard Black Optical Wheel Mouse
EXTERNAL FLOPPY DRIVE None.
OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit w/Original DVD
SERVICE Standard 3 Year Limited Parts and Life-Time Labor Warranty
STORAGE MEDIA None.
SOFTWARE BUNDLE None.
ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE None.
Price: $4439.00

I run on a 30" monitor if anyone was wondering about all the money spent on the GPU setup. We will see, also they are having problems as 3GB is the only option selectable for memory.

[Chaosomega]

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™i7-965 Extreme Edition Quad-Core Processor at 3.20GHz, 6.4GT QPI, 8M Cache - ok, i clock my e6750 stock 2.66 up to 3.2 and it does wonders for my multiboxing, the secrurity of running 3.2 stock is amazing. And really 8m cache, eek.
Quad core even still, my e750 is just a dual core. BUT, theres one question, im kind of out the new i7's, (lost my subscription to CPU magazine) but, is the i7 part of the nahalem series? Do the cores talk to eachother in the actualy cpu or do they have to go out to the FSB and then talk to eachother that way still, until they talk to eachother within the cores themselves im not gonna buy a quad core.

OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit w/Original DVD - Dont do it!, honestly the only thing windows vista gives you is directx10 and wow dosent even use that, so meh. Vista has only been a pain in the butt for wow, errors left and right, Lord knows the amount of times ive talked to GM's and they told me my probelm was windows vista. I recommend going with XP with windows 7 comes out, or hell just go to unbunto (unbuntu??)

Price: $4439.00, i know my parts pretty well, I'm a huge comp geek, custom build and mod them myself (infact hopefully i will start to sell my mods this summer?) But, whats making that cost so high? i haven't done a new egg search for the new i7's but are they that expensive or is it that tv/monitor that has the price so high.

[Heenan]

Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 3.2GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 Quad-Core Processor - Retail
Experience the New Core i7 Technology

$1,069.99
Free Shipping*

[Chaosomega]

just looked up i7's on newegg

$1,069.99 for the 3.2ghz quad, the one below that was 599.99 @ 2.93 ghz, honestly if its a difference of 400 dollars, i would learn the art of overclocking and spend 50 more on the mobo to be able to oc it as much as you want, either that or wait 2 weeks lol.

[algol]

Just get a Q6600. I believe these new ones are the ones that die if you don't give them the exact right memory settings. Somehow I don't much like that feature. And they're kinda several times the cost, so they'd better be DAMN good in comparison.

[Nairi]

Intel Core i7 920 is $300-400 8o

[emesis]

I'm about to order, just waiting on an email response from vigor gaming. Anyways my setup:

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MB CORE LOGIC Intel DX58SO "SmackOver" Intel X58 Triple Channel DDR3 w/1600MHz & Gen 2 Crossfire
MEMORY 3GB Kingston HyperX KHX11000D3LLK3/3GX CL7 DDR3 1375MHz Memory (3 X 1024MB)
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Price: $4439.00
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gief more RAM plz, ok?

[Bollwerk]

Not worth the money, IMHO. If you have money to burn, go for it. As for me, the setup listed is overpriced and overkill in some ways, while underkill in others. (proc and 2x 4870x2 is overkill, 3gb ram is underkill)

[algol]

Intel Core i7 920 is $300-400 8o

Q6600 is $180. I assume that's the cheap i7 quad or you wouldn't have brought it up. But it still matches what I said, so what's your point?


Also, yes, 3GB RAM is wtflol small for a $4500 computer intended to multibox - you're doing it wrong. 4x2GB is like $100 these days. Excuses, you has none.