New computer build

[Pycno]

With Fermi and 2Gb 5870 released the time has come to buy a new computer. I will be using it for five boxing, gaming on big screen and across three monitors with Eyefinity. Budget is around $4k

List of parts
http://www.komplett.no/k/shoplist.as...E-76BEFDB7F49A


Im waiting for the ssd-drives to come in stock before I checkout, Im fairly happy with my setup but I might have overlooked or missed something and I appreciate comments and tips in particular regarding ram, IMO 6gb is probably enough now - and its easy to insert more sticks at a later date if required.
12gb kits are slower then (fast) 6gb kits, so Ill stick to the faster option if its viable.

PS: Im not aiming for good value or longevity, I just want something fast

[eternaldrk]

Looks good, though you may want to get the 5870 2GB if it's available. You wouldn't need the extra 1GB for WoW, but it would help with AA and other things in more demanding games. It should only be a little more than the 1GB card.

Tom's review of the 5870 2GB: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ity6,2595.html

[Pycno]

Thats exactly what I was thinking regarding the 5870 and why I waited for the 2gb version, but as it turns out its just not something to go for. The extra gigabyte of ram doesnt do anything for performance in 3x1 eyefinity mode as 1gb ram is sufficient already, except for in very few games. Games in the future will require more vram but then the gpu itself will struggle anyway so I dont consider that.
The price on it is almost the same as a 5970, and thats not taking into consideration active display port adapter (I think I would need a total of 3 of them).

5890 would be really nice to have, but I dont know when its going to be released.

[Pycno]

Finally everything has come in stock, I made my order and hope I get the parts before the weekend. I went for the 5970 card instead, hopefully it will be stable in wow in single-gpu mode. The only thing I need now is an active DisplayPort adapter that is confirmed to work with eyefinity, let me know if you find one

[Eloxy]

Hmm the setup seems nice. Leave some feedback on how that processor runs will you? Might consider getting one myself if its worth it.

[Pycno]

One 45 minute national flight, delivery time: 1 week This is what I get for ordering the most expensive shipping method, it takes a full week to deliver. The cheapest method (ground) would have been here today, the train ride is only 7-8 hours. I want to sleep now and have the delivery guy wake me up in a week =p

[botboxer]

wouldn't mind pics after you have everything setup. always interested in how other boxers setup their systems. enjoy your nap btw

[Pycno]

Wuho! Finally received my computer =) This thing is amazing, performs way better then I thought it would.

The interesting stuff;
Dalaran CPU Usage (5boxing) - ~75% (stock speeds)
Dalaran Mem Usage (5boxing) - ~75% (4,5gb out of 6gb)
Loading times are near instant, ~1 sec on slaves and 2-3 seconds on main. Dalaran is almost as fast.
Everything has become way more smooth then it was before, no more stutters and fps-drops/spikes, no more invisible characters that has not finished loading yet etc. Dalaran has become like Goldshire, it doesnt even feel like the computer is working hard.

Shadow graphics were turned down two notches or so as fps was rather low with it on max.

Eloxy, I have no idea if it will be worth it for you, and since I have not tried a quad core I cant know if it worth it over a quadcore cpu. The performance is really good and this extreme intel gives much more value then the earlier ones (more bang for the bucks). I did a cinebench rendering test and it finished in almost half the time as a core i7-920

[Sly]

Wuho! Finally received my computer =) This thing is amazing, performs way better then I thought it would.

The interesting stuff;
Dalaran CPU Usage (5boxing) - ~75% (stock speeds)
Dalaran Mem Usage (5boxing) - ~75% (4,5gb out of 6gb)
Loading times are near instant, ~1 sec on slaves and 2-3 seconds on main. Dalaran is almost as fast.
Everything has become way more smooth then it was before, no more stutters and fps-drops/spikes, no more invisible characters that has not finished loading yet etc. Dalaran has become like Goldshire, it doesnt even feel like the computer is working hard.

Shadow graphics were turned down two notches or so as fps was rather low with it on max.

Eloxy, I have no idea if it will be worth it for you, and since I have not tried a quad core I cant know if it worth it over a quadcore cpu. The performance is really good and this extreme intel gives much more value then the earlier ones (more bang for the bucks). I did a cinebench rendering test and it finished in almost half the time as a core i7-920

Thanks for the feedback on your setup was great to get an insight into performance for the build you chose, as i am probably going for something similar.

although one question: you have the i7 980X six core? you say that its around twice as good as the i7 920 quad.. although the 980 is over 4 times the price.. yet you state that its much better value? or am i perceiving this wrong? i was intending getting the 920.. do you think it would struggle in dalaran quad boxing? or is it more dependant on the GPU?

Thanks again
Sly

[Owltoid]

Thanks for the feedback on your setup was great to get an insight into performance for the build you chose, as i am probably going for something similar.

although one question: you have the i7 980X six core? you say that its around twice as good as the i7 920 quad.. although the 980 is over 4 times the price.. yet you state that its much better value? or am i perceiving this wrong? i was intending getting the 920.. do you think it would struggle in dalaran quad boxing? or is it more dependant on the GPU?

Thanks again
Sly

A number of us have 920's for 5-boxing. I know I don't have any studder in Dalaran, or anywhere in the game really (except at the very end of some WG battles, which I'm convinced is server lag)