Intel Core i7 Thread

[j.o.s.h.1408]

PSU: only 360w...

jesus, stop right their LOL i would never touch a i7 system copped witha half decent gpu in it if it the psu was that powerful lol.

diddnt i read somewhere how a i7 cpu draws over 200w on load on its own?

[GSte]

wow thats impressive! im looking to get a 920 into 3.2ghz in air and it seems like it will be very easy to do so!

Does it with hardly any voltage increase.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Does it with hardly any voltage increase.

probably with the stock fan too!

[Robscure]

how much would an equivilent i7 cpu/mobo/ram bundle cost if bought as an updrade? £600ish? more?

so buying a pre built i7 box for £600 looks to be better value at the mo, as it comes with case/psu/hdd etc... unless im missing something.

i even considered (for 5 seconds mind), to but the dell box, put the mobo/cpu/ram, upgrade the psu and graphics card and flog them and the case on ebay...
and it would be far cheaper than buying the componants seperately? no?

Mobo: Gigabyte x58 £193
CPU: i7 920 £231
RAM: 6GB Corsair £194

£618

This is what you could upgrade your PC to. If you already have a Hard Drive, which you should, and a case, and a good GPU, etc... Then you can get this hardware upgrade for £100 cheaper than the Dell. Albeit you're not getting their case, their 9800 gpu, their 2x 500gb harddrives... which as mentioned could be sold... making it a bargain...

So I stand corrected, it does appear to be a good deal, but...

How can they afford to sell products en masse like that unless the hardware you're getting is cheap? Not to mention the cost of labour?

EDIT: Take into account that the base system is like this: http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...=D12SX08&s=dhs

To upgrade to 6gb ram and the 4850 is an extra £200 on top of their £660... so... £800 total...

[j.o.s.h.1408]

£800 doesnt seem to cheap now then lol :S

[kalniel]

How can they afford to sell products en masse like that unless the hardware you're getting is cheap? Not to mention the cost of labour?

It's the same cheap hardware you're buying separately, but they're not being ripped off and have one of the largest distribution networks to leverage down prices.

You're also getting a case, hdd, dvd, Vista(!), assembly costs, disks, manual AND a warranty.

[this_is_gav]

How is the UD5? I was thinking of going with gigabyte again but thought i'd go with Asus this time

It's nice.
[...]
I was calling the UD5 every name under the sun for the problems, as I genuinely thought it was that and a dodgy BIOS which was causing the problems, but have to retract that now.

You know sometimes you just wish you'd never said anything?

Come home tonight, switch PC on, and it's on a constant loop of 2 seconds on, 2 seconds off, 2 seconds on, 2 seconds off, etc. It's not the rest of the RAM and I'm fairly sure it's not the PSU, so I'm down to motherboard and CPU. Doing some searching this seems to be quite a common problem for various Gigabyte boards pre-i7, but whether it's the boards themselves which is causing the problem or another component which causes it, I've no idea. There's no clues as to what is the problem.

Motherboard, CPU and RAM are all going back to Scan and I'll let them work out what's going on. Unless they fancy sending me out some spare kit to test stuff with.

Most frustrating build I've ever done. There's at least 2 things broken/not quite right of the 3 I replaced.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

You know sometimes you just wish you'd never said anything?

Come home tonight, switch PC on, and it's on a constant loop of 2 seconds on, 2 seconds off, 2 seconds on, 2 seconds off, etc. It's not the rest of the RAM and I'm fairly sure it's not the PSU, so I'm down to motherboard and CPU. Doing some searching this seems to be quite a common problem for various Gigabyte boards pre-i7, but whether it's the boards themselves which is causing the problem or another component which causes it, I've no idea. There's no clues as to what is the problem.

Motherboard, CPU and RAM are all going back to Scan and I'll let them work out what's going on. Unless they fancy sending me out some spare kit to test stuff with.

Most frustrating build I've ever done. There's at least 2 things broken/not quite right of the 3 I replaced.

glad i diddnt rush and buy it then i think your just unlucky, however it is to early to tell what the bugs/issues are atm. wait anotehr month and we will all get the clear picture on the issues with the i7's

[this_is_gav]

glad i diddnt rush and buy it then i think your just unlucky, however it is to early to tell what the bugs/issues are atm. wait anotehr month and we will all get the clear picture on the issues with the i7's

Oh, I don't for a second think it's a problem as such. I've just got something(s) which aren't working properly. I've not seen another x58 board show these symptoms, Gigabyte or otherwise, so it's presumably just bad luck.

[Robscure]

Oh, I don't for a second think it's a problem as such. I've just got something(s) which aren't working properly. I've not seen another x58 board show these symptoms, Gigabyte or otherwise, so it's presumably just bad luck.

I hope I don't have any problems like that with my i7... although I'm getting the Asus P6T Deluxe... gav, you're making me hesitant!