Thanks crashmax, It will be here wendesday!! I had the guys put on a water cooler as well.i7 950bfg gtx 285 oc6gb ocz i7 tripple channel ram CL7p6t v2 moboshould humm along pretty good eh? I cant wait! I will post some results next week!

Looking at basically the same rig but waiting for Windows 7 so I only have to install the OS once. I do think that I'll need the CL6 DDR3 1600 though. I'm looking at Mushkin Redline http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820226052Are all of the 950's D0 stepping? If not, how can I tell that I am getting that version when purchasing from Newegg or Tiger Direct?Also, what do you think would be the best I could expect from air cooled? I have never had a water cooled rig. Is there a lot of maintenance involved with water cooled?

Looking at basically the same rig but waiting for Windows 7 so I only have to install the OS once. I do think that I'll need the CL6 DDR3 1600 though. I'm looking at Mushkin Redline http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820226052Are all of the 950's D0 stepping? If not, how can I tell that I am getting that version when purchasing from Newegg or Tiger Direct?Also, what do you think would be the best I could expect from air cooled? I have never had a water cooled rig. Is there a lot of maintenance involved with water cooled?

Hello Jeff950 and 975 are all D0's. Only the 920's have C0/1 and D0 stepping's.If you buy a good air cooler you should be able to reach 4.2 - 4.4GHz. Of course it depends on many factors, like your MoBo, RAM's and the right CPU, since every CPU, even with the same model-number, is different if it comes to overclockability.Greetings

Great Hardware! Do you have the 2000MHz OCZ Blade?Have installed new ASUS GTX-285 Matrix. Will see how it run FSX. Perheaps a bit better than my old GTX-280. Have to sell two GTX-280 for the Matrix Waiting for your result... :(

Hey crashmax, No it's not the blade, it is ocz3x1600lv6gk If that means anything to ya! I will be upgrading down the road. just dropped 2500 on it, need to recover from a few months before I dump more into it! 2 days away now. I cant wait!!! :(

Looking at basically the same rig but waiting for Windows 7 so I only have to install the OS once. I do think that I'll need the CL6 DDR3 1600 though. I'm looking at Mushkin Redline http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820226052Are all of the 950's D0 stepping? If not, how can I tell that I am getting that version when purchasing from Newegg or Tiger Direct?Also, what do you think would be the best I could expect from air cooled? I have never had a water cooled rig. Is there a lot of maintenance involved with water cooled?

I got a cool it domino self contained watercooler so there is no maintenence. As for break downs and blown pumps...... will have to let you know how it goes when I get it!

Hey crashmax, No it's not the blade, it is ocz3x1600lv6gk If that means anything to ya! I will be upgrading down the road. just dropped 2500 on it, need to recover from a few months before I dump more into it! 2 days away now. I cant wait!!! :( I got a cool it domino self contained watercooler so there is no maintenence. As for break downs and blown pumps...... will have to let you know how it goes when I get it!

Hey RickYou wrote that you have ordered the OCZ 1600 CL7 but the Part number you gave me is for the OCZ 1600 with 8-8-8-24. If the Part number you gave me is correct and you can, I advise to change the memories for this OCZ3B1600LV6GK or Mushkin 998729 or the best Mushkin 998691.If it is not possible to change the mems then that's no big deal, your System will run FSX great anyway!cheers

Some impressions of our CPU :(

Your CPU is almost five times faster than mine with 1M numbers of Pi lol

Hey RickYou wrote that you have ordered the OCZ 1600 CL7 but the Part number you gave me is for the OCZ 1600 with 8-8-8-24. If the Part number you gave me is correct and you can, I advise to change the memories for this OCZ3B1600LV6GK or Mushkin 998729 or the best Mushkin 998691.If it is not possible to change the mems then that's no big deal, your System will run FSX great anyway!cheers

Hey crashmax.... sorry I gave you the wrong part number! I have been told by several to go with the mushkin ram. I just need a little time to pop a few bucks on my credit card before I turn this into a monster!! the numbers look great!!! once I get it (wednsday) I will post my impressions. Thanks for the tips man! look forward to flyin this sucker

ah, looking goog! :(I'm keen for your first impressions!

Your CPU is almost five times faster than mine with 1M numbers of Pi lol

Super Pi is a very cache-bound application. At the 1 million digit mark its entire data set can fit within the L2 cache of most any modern processor. At that point performance becomes about how quickly you can retrieve the information from cache. Intel beats AMD soundly in both these areas, having both larger and faster caches. IOW: Super Pi isn't a great measure of performance anymore, at least not at the 1M level. Try 32M.