Recon's - 3XS X58 Core i7 Build

[Philipp]

More pictures to follow shortly

[RECON]

Cant wait to see it

Fingers crossed , hope my Red/Black colour scheme turned out OK

[nordwars]

I just ordered an X58 system today with a red & black colour scheme - great minds think alike! We'll definitely start a new trend here. As you may guess, I'm new here. Perhaps some pictures of my system will be up next week or so, but its a much more modest rig than most of these - I'm just too sensible (i.e. stingy) for my own good.

One question - if your build day is today, when did you place your order? I'm trying to get an idea when I can expect mine to arrive at the front of the queue...

[RECON]

Hi Nordwars

What spec did you go for, do you have a list of parts you can post up ?
Red/Black is a great choice, Ill keep an eye out for your pictures

My timeline so far
2nd . placed my order
3rd . Got a confirmation from the build team about checking parts are in stock
8th . Confirmation that stock was Ok and a build date given, also estimates the delivery as 16th
9th . Build started
11th . Today was memory test day, and the picture "table of stuff" went up too

Looking at the tracking page still have a few stages to go
Software loading
24hr burn in
quality check
System built
Despatch courier

Hope that helps you work out your dates

[Philipp]

Originally Posted by nordwars

I just ordered an X58 system today with a red & black colour scheme - great minds think alike! We'll definitely start a new trend here. As you may guess, I'm new here. Perhaps some pictures of my system will be up next week or so, but its a much more modest rig than most of these - I'm just too sensible (i.e. stingy) for my own good.

One question - if your build day is today, when did you place your order? I'm trying to get an idea when I can expect mine to arrive at the front of the queue...

Hello Nordwars,

Can you email your invoice number to philipp@scan.co.uk so I can ensure you get some pictures taken and posted up

Cheers

[nordwars]

Thanks for the info Recon. That's not bad a turnaround I guess - I know the guys are busy. It's gonna be tough to wait 2 more weeks tho!

Here is my spec - as I said its not as hard out as a lot on here - operating volume and cost were major factors for me, and I can always bung in another gpu in future I figure! From the millions of reviews I have read, the GTX 275 should be good enough for today's games, especially since I can only run them 1680x1050 because of the monitor (although the 3D will roughly halve that framerate).

Please post up your impressions once your box is finally delivered Recon! Must be any day now!

Akasa Omega - Black Aluminum Case
3XS X58 Core i7 System
Asus P6T Deluxe V2 - Intel X58, Sok 1366
1 Intel i7 920, 2.66Ghz, 4.8GT/s QPI, @ 3.8Ghz+ with 20% OC (D0 Step)
1 Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 - (Quiet Option)
1 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600) CAS 8
1 896MB XFX GTX 275, 640MHz GPU, 240 Cores, 2268MHz GDDR3
1 850W Corsair HX Series Modular ***** Listed as pre-order, if delays likely please use 850W Be Quiet Dark Power PRO BN075 Modular PSU
1 320 GB Samsung Spinpoint F1, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache ***** System drive
2 1TB (1000 GB) Hitachi 0A38016 ***** Storage drives
1 Akasa Multi Memory Card Reader & USB 2.0 Port
1 Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±R, 12x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6
1 Edimax 300Mbps 11n Wireless USB Adapter
2 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, Ultra Quiet and Long life with NO LEDs ***** Please install in side of case (not top) unless you have a good reason
1 Sharkoon 4" Red CCFL 2in1 Kit
1 Microsoft Office 2007 - 60 Day Trial
1 CyberLink PowerDVD 8 Standard Movie/Audio Player & Decoder
1 NVIDIA Geforce 3D Vision Bundle - Samsung 2233RZ 22" LCD + NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Glasses
1 Standard 3XS System Warranty - 2 Years (1st Year Onsite / 2nd Year Return to Base)

I plan to run Windows 7, hopefully its not crap!

Philipp - invoice number sent.

[RECON]

Thanks go out to PaulM @ Scan and the awesome Scan build team

I have some images to show







Heres the basic specs from my other post
Case
Silverstone TJ07B-W V2 Black Aluminium Full Tower Case with Window

PSU
1000W Corsair HX Series PSU

Motherboard
Foxconn Blood Rage, iX58

CPU
Intel Core i7 920, D0

Heatsink
Coolermaster V8

Memory
6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator GT, DDR3 PC3-(1866)

GPU
2GB EVGA GTX 285 SSC ( Two of these in SLI )

Soundcard
Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer PCI 7.1Ch

Hard drives
300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor ( main drive )
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 ( Storage )
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 ( Storage )

DVD/BluRay drives
Pioneer Blu-Ray Writer / DVD±RW Writer
Pioneer DVD

LCD Display
SilverStone LCD Display

[slinger]

That's making me salivate more than my bacon barm! Looks a beauty!

[RECON]

System arrived today

Took the afternoon off work to unpack the boxes and set the system up
Booted up
Installed my new mouse drivers
Installed my new g19 keyboard drivers
Shut the system down to go and eat my dinner/read some of the manuals

After dinner hit the power button and got this


Will be phoning tech support from work when I get the chance

[Paul Boy]

hi, have you looked at 3XS Overclock Core I7 Systems you may just have to select a profile

[Infinite]

Originally Posted by Paul Boy

hi, have you looked at 3XS Overclock Core I7 Systems you may just have to select a profile

Thats just for Asus boards i think.

[Ben @ Scan]

Hi

we have just spoken on the phone, the Foxconn Bios is different and uses a Quantum Bios Profile

To Access this please restart the system and Tap Del to goto the Bios

Goto Quantum Bios on the Right and Press Enter
Goto the Storage Gear Section and Press Enter
Select the Storage Gear 1 - It will have been named something slightly differently (this is the Overclock)
If you wanted to run the system at Non Overclocked you can load Storage Gear 2

Once loaded please save the settings by pressing F10

I will email you the screenshots of the Blackops Bios we have here its very similar

Regards

Ben

[Ben @ Scan]

Hi

I have also spoken to Rick and we will email you the overclock settings for your system later today in case you ever need to manually enter them

Regards

Ben

[RECON]

Thanks Ben

Muddled my way through the bios last night

Its all back up and running at the overclocked settings

[Paulm@scan]

Phew my heart missed a beat then.....

[Ben @ Scan]

Hi Recon

Glad its all working now and if you have any more issues feel free to contact us through your original query and we will assist where we can

Regards

Ben