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Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SLI

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Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SLI

Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / Gigabyte X58 / 6GB Dominator XMP / BFG GTX 280 SLI


Some customers have a vision into what the most beautiful should look like.  They select the options on our website and we start to build it.  We then realize just how awesome a computer some of these systems really are.  This system was chosen and configured by an actual customer and we are displaying it here for your viewing pleasure.


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Antec knows how to make a great case.  The Antec 1200 is a nice big case for all the people who need 2+ video cards and overclocked top of the line processors.  Also this case has tons of front mounted expansion slots to fit those numerous hard drives and bay devices.  This system is filled to the brim with extra goodies and the care from our sales and assembly team was able to make this system come together.


 


Ever since the Core i7 came out, the benchmarks will never be the same.  I will forever be used to seeing above 10 GB/s memory transfers and 3DMark06 scores past 20K.  The days of hitting 6 GB/s memory speeds and 10K 3DMarks are gone and will no look out of place.


 


Hopefully the owner of this system comes in for a review.  I have yet to hear how those 150 GB VelociRaptors and the 1.5 TB drives work together.  It will be interesting to see his take on some of the components we put in there.


 


We were able to achieve a 3.86 GHz OC using core multiplier of 24x and bCLK of 160 MHz.


 


Here are the complete specs for all of you look over.


 





























































System Performance:Queen:    32048Julia:  16299
PhotoWorxx:  43590Mandel:  8855
Memory Performance:

Latency:


30.9 ns


Read:


17021 MB/s


Timings:


8-8-8-24 CR1


Write:


14469 MB/s


Video Card Performance:


24242 3DMarks


Case:


ANTEC, Twelve Hundred Black Full Tower Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU


Processor:


Overclocked INTEL, Coreâ„¢ i7-965 Extreme Quad-Core, 3.2GHz, LGA1366, 6400 MT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm, 130W, EM64T EIST VT XD


Motherboard:


GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-EXTREME, LGA1366, Intel® X58, 6400 MT/s QPI, DDR3-2000MHz 24GB /6, PCIe x16 SLI CF /3, SATA 3 Gb/s RAID 5 /10, HDA, GbLAN /2, FW /3, ATX


Video Card:


2x SLI BFG TECH, GeForce® GTX 280 602MHz, 1GB GDDR3 2214MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DVI /2, HDTV-out


Memory:


CORSAIR, 6GB (3 x 2GB) Dominator XMP PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (8-8-8-24) 1.65V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC


Hard Drive:


WESTERN DIGITAL, 150GB (WD1500HLFS) WD VelociRaptorâ„¢, SATA 3 Gb/s, 10000 RPM, 16MB cache


SEAGATE, 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 32MB cache


Optical Drive:


LG ELECTRONICS, GGC-H20L Black 6x/8x/24x BD/DVD±RW/CD-RW Blu-ray Disc™ HD DVD-ROM™ Combo Drive, SATA


SAMSUNG, Super-WriteMaster™ SH-S223 Black 22x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ LightScribe, SATA


Cooling:


THERMALRIGHT, Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT CPU Cooler, Socket 1366, Aluminum


NZXT, Sentry LX Black Aluminum Dual Bay Fan Controller, 5-Channel Fan Controller, 5.25" Bay


CASE FAN, LED Fans Maximum Package, Red


Power Supply:


THERMALTAKE, Toughpower, 80 PLUS®, 1200W Power Supply w/ Modular Cable Management, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, Quad +12V, Quad SLI Ready / CrossFire Certified


Operating System:


MICROSOFT, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition w/ SP1


Other Options:


CUSTOM WIRING, Spiral Wrap Wire Management with Round Cables, Black


LOGISYS, 12" Single Cold Cathode Case Light Kit, Red


System and memory benchmarks performed with Everest Ultimate Edition


Video card performance benchmarks performed with 3DMark 2006 Professional



 


Want to config a system just like this?  Click the link below to go to our system page that was used for this build and select the options to match this system.

CUSTOM GAMING PC, Coreâ„¢ i7 SLI / CrossFireX DDR3 Gaming System:  http://www.avadirect.com/product_details_configurator.asp?PRID=12412 
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    crypt
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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2008/12/23 17:11:52 (permalink)
    Very nice machine congrats. It was nice to see a machine with alot of specs mine will have whenever I can order. I hope a machine with similar specs with Cosmos S case will surface soon.















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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2008/12/24 00:33:50 (permalink)
    So far so good...getting the new PC was awesome even though UPS tried to make it as difficult as possible. It all worked out in the end.
     

    No real hefty impressions to relay as yet. So far I'm just trying to get things working like the last PC. Lots of stuff I'd adjusted over the years that I have to figure out all over again (like turning of UAC for instance). So it's been sort of 'putting out fires' so-to-speak thus far.

     

    I was able to download and install Futuremark Vantage and scored up in the mid 20k range on the PERFORMANCE settings. The CPU scores WAY up there in the mid 40k range. It's the graphics cards that seem to fall WAY below what the top score is (about 1/2 actually). So there is probably something that I'm needing to tweak to get the scores up. I'll have to do some research into that later.

     

    I'll post back when I've actually had time to get used to the PC and gotten the settings all figured out. Hopefully I can get those graphics scores up there. I'm almost guessing that the difference might be attributed to SLI...although the details don't specify wether SLI is present or not. Or it could be the fact that I've got 6 gigs of ram and the top scorer had 2 gigs. I'm guessing that I might score higher with a single stick of ram, but what fun would THAT be!?

     

    I'm off to install a few games and give this thing a proper test-drive! Back later with more.

     

     
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    themandalorian
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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2008/12/24 03:22:52 (permalink)
    Sweet overclock

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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2008/12/24 09:59:53 (permalink)
    Paul,
     

    Those people who score that high are overclocking to 5 GHz on their CPU and overclocking there cards up 20% as well.  However they are using liquid nitrogen setups and fry computers every single day just trying to get the highest scores.

     

    Your not gonna come anywhere close near those scores Paul, its impossible.

     

    However, you can try using RivaTuner to adjust the OC on the cards.  A 5-10% OC on the video cards will lead to a somewhat noticeable increase and should still be stable.  I overclocked a 4870X2 and jumped from a 22,000 to 24,000 in 3DMark06.  Keep your fans at 75% and above though to keep the GPU cool and happy.
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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2009/01/12 02:33:34 (permalink)

    Is it true I7 965 CPu's are best for OC'ing not at standard speed?

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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2009/01/12 13:51:31 (permalink)
    pdwe

    Is it true I7 965 CPu's are best for OC'ing not at standard speed?


     

    The Core i7 965s were designed to be overclocked.  Although the 920, 940, and 965 all come from the same silicon, only the 965 passed the highest of quality standards.  Thus the 965 can more than likely overclock the highest.
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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2009/03/20 00:32:41 (permalink)
    NICE
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    Custom Gaming System - Antec Twelve Hundred / Core i7-965 Extreme / X58 / 6GB / GTX 280 SL 2009/03/20 00:37:09 (permalink)
    I've heard of some well, I don't want to 'problems' but difficulties scoring high with a 280 SLI on graphics benchmarks. I read that in the Adobe forums, I think. I'll try to find it again. I DO know that Adobe doesn't support SLI for now. Not sure why, but that's the only reason I ordered mine with a single 285. In fact, if I can find it again, I'll post it, but I'm sure it's probably due to the OC issue mentioned here. If anyone hears differently, let me know?
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