What is the weak point in my PC build?

[roliath]

DAMN 4 SSD's in RAID.... Your a fucking Baller lol

no not really, just alot of my extra income is tied into my pc.


(4x vertex3 120gb max iops on a adaptec 6805 reads and writes well over 1GB)

[Justa4Banger]

no not really, just alot of my extra income is tied into my pc.


(4x vertex3 120gb max iops on a adaptec 6805 reads and writes well over 1GB)

DAMN!!!!!

I bought 2 IntelX25-m's for a new gaming laptop, Asus G73SW-A1.
I knew the LAptop had 2 HDD's but what i didn;t find out until after i gotit, was that the Chipset in this laptop doesn't support RAID arrays..
the 2 factory drives are using spanning.
So it was point to have 2 160GB HDd's if there was no increase in speed..

It worked out though, because my new new travel laptop needed SSD power...and now it has it... MAybe not the fastest, but for well over a year my first SSD has not had one issue...intel seems to be a bit more reliable, or so people say..

[big_tiger]

Motherboard is your weak point. Spend a little cash and pick up a good ASUS RoG board like this one.

also, make sure the speeds on your memory all match, if you aren't sure post up product #s and I'll check em out for you.

They are both HyperX series, they blue sticks are good at 2000mhz, and the others at 1600 (i believe). I will see if I can find the boxes so I don't have to tear into the unit.
I bought the bigger sticks of ram because I was getting BSOD over and over. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. I tried running one of each blue sticks, and still BSOD. I went to buy new ram, and didn't have the same deal (and didnt have the cash to get matching sticks). When I installed all the ram, it worked, and I quit messing with it.

Question: PCMark7 says my ram is running at 677MHz, should I increase voltage to what the ram can take (of course to the lower ram speed)?

[big_tiger]

Motherboard is your weak point. Spend a little cash and pick up a good ASUS RoG board like this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644

also, make sure the speeds on your memory all match, if you aren't sure post up product #s and I'll check em out for you.

This have a micro ATX build. I know it doesn't look like it lol.

I had the MSI 890GXM BIGGEST POS MOTHERBOARD I HAVE EVERY OWNED. I went thru FOUR of them. It can't handle the 6 core processor, IDK why, but I fried four of them, and a processor lol. I the only other option I had was an 880 chipset board in mATX.

[Tx Redneck]

A lot of the older am3 mobo's that were given a bios update to "support" the hex core chips would burn up for lash of an 8 pin atx connection for the cpu.

[big_tiger]

A lot of the older am3 mobo's that were given a bios update to "support" the hex core chips would burn up for lash of an 8 pin atx connection for the cpu.

I don't really understand that part, but i get the picture, lol. Funny how a 880 board works, but a 890 board burns up.

[Tx Redneck]

It has nothing to do with the xhipset, it's the amount of current being drawn on a single 4pin atx lug that burns the board and likely the chip too.

[big_tiger]

It has nothing to do with the xhipset, it's the amount of current being drawn on a single 4pin atx lug that burns the board and likely the chip too.

Ahh, I understand now. I don't think that MSI board had an 8-pin atx plug. I know this Gigabyte does.

EDIT: Just looked at Newegg, it only had a 4-pin.

[Tx Redneck]

Ahh, I understand now. I don't think that MSI board had an 8-pin atx plug. I know this Gigabyte does.

Having hte 8pin is especially crucial when you start throwin volts at it to oc.

[big_tiger]

My ram:
2X4GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104239&Tpk=KHX1600C9D3X2K2%2f8GX

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/PartsInfo.asp?root=us&LinkBack=&ktcpartno=KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX

2X2GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104179&Tpk=KHX2000C9AD3T1K2%2f4GX

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/PartsInfo.asp?root=&LinkBack=&ktcpartno=KHX2000C9AD3T1K2/4GX

[Jewrrick]

2x2gb = 9-11-9-27 at 1.65V

2x4gb = 9-9-9-27 at 1.65V

The CAS latency could be throwing you off a little bit.

[big_tiger]

2x2gb = 9-11-9-27 at 1.65V

2x4gb = 9-9-9-27 at 1.65V

The CAS latency could be throwing you off a little bit.

I don't even have it set at 1.65V, should I?

[Jewrrick]

those are the default values. what I'm getting at is that although they are both HyperX sets they are different, mixing ram is generally a big no no.

[big_tiger]

those are the default values. what I'm getting at is that although they are both HyperX sets they are different, mixing ram is generally a big no no.

So you recommend I ditch a one set. I think having the 2 4gb sticks would be better; I think.

[Jewrrick]

yes, 8Gb>4Gb Do it and see if you get any better performance.