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Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
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New i7-2600k Rig
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06-02-2011 3:59pm#1So as chance would have it I was lucky enough to get the bones of a new Rig as a gift for free, given these recessionary times I would never have been able to lash out on this:
The New
Intel Core i7-2600k
Asus Maximus IV Extreme
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
Prolimatech High End 1155 Cooler, not sure which one specifically as I didn't buy it
The Old
Mountain Mods UFO case
GTX280
4 x 1TB Sata 1
1 x 500GB Sata 1
It's my first run at overclocking without an FSB or a HT, but given the unlocked multiplier, it's pretty straightforward.
I only built it yesterday and as of now I have it Overnight Prime95 stable at 4.7Ghz on a Vcore of 1.368V
Further tweaking to come in the future.
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Get ready to send that board back to the manufacturer for a full refund or replacement with the new revision (which is only coming out in April-May, as far as I know).
The whole Sandy Bridge chipset family (P6x & H6x series) is buggy and Intel is recalling it.
More specifically, it's got a dodgy SATA controller which degrades performance and kills RAID arrays for breakfast
Intel gave the go-ahead to recall the whole line and so far Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Lenovo, HP and Dell have asked their customer to send back their hardware and get their money back.
Intel hurts PC industry with Sandy Bridge recall
Sandy Bridge recall rippling through the industry0 -
Get ready to send that board back to the manufacturer for a full refund or replacement with the new revision (which is only coming out in April-May, as far as I know).
The whole Sandy Bridge chipset family (P6x & H6x series) is buggy and Intel is recalling it.
More specifically, it's got a dodgy SATA controller which degrades performance and kills RAID arrays for breakfast
Intel gave the go-ahead to recall the whole line and so far Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Lenovo, HP and Dell have asked their customer to send back their hardware and get their money back.
Intel hurts PC industry with Sandy Bridge recall
Sandy Bridge recall rippling through the industry
Aye I am well aware of this. Mine has 4 unaffected Sata 6Gb ports, so its not an immediate concern, but I will send it back for a replacement in due course.0 -
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liquid cooled I take it ya got any pics, what was your old CPU 
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