Project : XcOM

[XcOM]

yea, and the gfx is SUPER OVERCLOCKED, and i looked it up, which is why i chose that card, it offers the peformance of the Nvidia 285 for the price of a modest 260, and beats every other 260 and 275 on the market,

Also the Q8400 is supposed to be a beast of an overclocker, so i am getting the freezer 7 pro so i can overclock it a bit, i plan on trying to get 3GHz atleast, maybe 3.2 if i can, Was looking at the Core i5/7's but the 7 series is miles out of my budget and the 5's have an overclock limiter on them, and also there a bit more expencive,

[x88x]

Looks good. That's actually about my main systems specs too Only main difference is I have a Q9450 instead (Penryn instead of Yorkfield, two more cores, and I think twice the cache). IDK how well Yorkfields handle overclocking, but I've seen people online who have gotten the 9450 up to 4.0 stable...on air.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice new toys mate, very nice. Personally I would invest in a slightly better CPU cooler though.

[XcOM]

Originally Posted by x88x

.... two more cores, and I think twice the cache). IDK how well Yorkfields handle overclocking, but I've seen people online who have gotten the 9450 up to 4.0 stable...on air.

Didnt think anyone has released a 6 core CPU yet? and that was my plan, they OC very well.

Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz

Nice new toys mate, very nice. Personally I would invest in a slightly better CPU cooler though.

I was going to invest in a better one at a later date, the cooler was on offer if i buy the CPU, can get it for £5

[The boy 4rm oz]

Ah ok.

And no, the 6 core CPUs will be the core i9 early next year.

[x88x]

Whoops, sorry, I misread that; thought I saw E8400.

There are a few 6-core CPUs out though; and actually been out for a while. Only thing is that they're server chips:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=&srchInDesc=

There's the Opteron Istanbul core, and I swear there's a 6-core Xeon that come out about a year ago, but it's apparently not for sale on NewEgg anymore (probably nobody bought it..iirc it was ~$1500).

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah I should have said "commercial" 6 cores lol. The i9 will hardly be cheap though, hardly makes it commercial haha, will easily be more expensive then the i7 on release.

[x88x]

I think you mean consumer; commercial just means it's possible to buy them (granted they're ungodly expensive, but still, it's possible).

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah that's what I meant, not my day for words today, so god damn tired lol.

[XcOM]

UPDATE:

Yay, been a while, very slow considering how fast this thing started off,

Time to rip the guts out, the patient is on the operating table:

Removed the guts:

Nice new fan hole:

Now this case can't quite fit a GTX260 as its slightly too long, but with a slight modification it can now fit a GTX295 (Used brothers for measuring)

Not bad primer:

And i found an old PCI extractor fan so that has to be painted to match, stripped, painted and reassembled:

Now its the turn of the USB hub

Painted the back of the case, hasn't turned out too bad:

And im really pleased with the top of the case, came out better than expected:

^see it in real life, it looks like a pro's done it!

Usb hub in its current state (Thats wet paint by the way)

I haven't finished yet, need to sand and give a good cover to get rid of the old lables.

And on a side note, while i was out i saw the mystery machine complete with scooby in the window!