I'm pleased to announce that I've joined i7-2600k club
Even on idle it runs colder than my previous Phenom
Still need to reinstall all apps including fan control ( without it fans run on minimum on rad all the time making gpu go over 60 on load( don't like it)
Keith W said:
So now I've got pc upgrade fever and I'll probably order a new rig tomorrow
That's a nice setup, massive SSD!I've got a new set up here just waiting to be built, three weeks now
I7 3770, Asus P8Z77 board, 8GB 1866 crucial and a sandisk 240gb extreme ssd. Tie that up with some of the existing components and it should be fairly rapid
i would've exploded by now, waiting that long to build it..
ah well, built it, no post, not even a beep.
Didn't have too much time so transferred back in my old stuff. And no post. Right now I haven't a clue what the problem might be, on either of them.
A 128G OCZ vertex 3 to replace the system disk (90G OCZ Agility 2 which isn't very fast) and a 256G Corsair Performance Pro as my data disk. Profiling the way lightroom works, as you move around the browser it can be reading 20+ images simultaneously. As my data drive is on a HDD, it slows to a crawl (relatively) so I wanted a drive that would handle compressed data as well as uncompressed (RAW files are not very compressible). The Sandforce based drives (all the ones that aren't powers of 2 sized - i.e. 60G, 120G, 240G) just don't do that. Will report back tomorrow....
dod said:gut feel on the new build is a bad board, not even getting system fans spinning up.
Not sure about the old one, no beeps at all which suggests GPU. DOn't have a spare to test just now so looks like I'll be spending tomorrow
arad85 said:Ooh... you lead such an exciting life...
ZoneV said:
, you seem to be getting there in the end.
It came with his SSDs. You won't be able to power a full HDD with it though - only a laptop drive. 3.5" drives take too much current that the USB device can't power.
It's been an enjoyable read Neil, despite going down a couple of blind alleys, and taking the odd scenic route
I've been using an i7 system for a couple of years, mainly put together to cope with the huge file sizes of a 1DS MKIII, my system is obviously older than yours, built on an Asus PSP55D Deluxe board, with i7 860 @2.8GHz, 8GB corsair XMS3 DDR3 memory.
Like you I used the built in autotuning facility to overclock to 3526Mhz, which has been stable for the last two years, which runs at around 40C (using 'core temp' to constantly monitor).
The whole setup has run without a glitch, except for once getting a series of BSOD, which was caused by either the CPU fan working lose or the heatsink compound drying out (or perhaps both) causing the CPU to overheat (this was before I installed Core Temp), since I sorted this out with an upgraded fan, it's taken everything thrown at it. My most beneficial upgrade was to install A SSD(Intel 128GB) as a system drive and a CS scratch disk, not so noticeable improvement was increasing memory from 8GB to 16GB.
Probably the weakest link in my set up is the graphics card, Geforce 9500GT, but as I'm not a Gamer, I can live with it's limitations.
I do like the raw power an I7 gives you, I can run what I want in Photoshop without the wait (or pauses) I had previously, I can open any amount of applications, programs, or run multiple tabs on multiple browsers without any strain, and comfortably run a 30inch & 24 inch monitors at the same time.
You only really notice just how good and fast things are on an i7 when you try working on an older machine (like my dual core laptop) where you can go away and make a three course meal while waiting for a PS action to finish.
So come on Neil, what is Lightroom performance like with a second SSD as staging space?not yet, next batch of images will be an event next weekend so i'll let you know
I know the feeling...
I know the feeling...
