MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Upgraded my computer today. Wow!

What did you have prior? Contemplating if it's time to move on from my E6550 C2D.

> I finally took the plunge and upgraded my computer for the first time since 2008.
> I spent about $400
>
> Here's the new parts...
>
> ASUS P8Z77-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131832
>
> Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core
> Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
>
> G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop
> Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
>
> After I got it all put together I decided to give the ASUS automatic overclocking
> utility that comes with the motherboard a try to see what it could do. I clicked a
> button in the windows utility, then waited for about 5 minutes or so while it
> rebooted itself about 20 times until settling on an overclock of 4.28 GHz. That's
> like a 29% overclock.
>
> I'm running a Prime95 torture test at the moment with 4 threads to put maximum stress
> on all 4 cores. All the fans are ramped up and it's hovering around 84C, but it's not
> getting any errors after running balls-out for about 20 minutes. I think I need to
> re-do the thermal paste and possibly crank down the cooler a few more turns to see if
> I can lower the CPU temp, but overall, I'm quite pleased with the results.
>
> Side note, I re-used my old Thermalright HR-01 CPU cooler (with a 120mm fan), but to
> make it work on an LGA1155 board, I needed to pick up a new mounting kit called the
> "Venomous X BTK II" (who names these things?)...
> http://www.nansgaminggear.net/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VX-BTK-II