Tiger Direct 980's

[Witchdoctor]

Gulies in da house at Tiger


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9461&SRCCODE=WEM2228C&cm_mmc=Email-_-Main-_-WEM2228-_-components


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMVvTl83gWg&feature=related

[thebanik]

Any point in waiting for a price drop?? Though I guess within a month it should drop to say its original 999$??? Or maybe wait for a new rev?? which will oc like rev A0/1???

[GFDuke]

Buy it, bench it, sell it. My plan. I pretty much never plan on keeping anything i buy. Except for my 3570. lol But then again that might change this time around. Time will tell. On its way.

[Witchdoctor]

What cha thinking Duke about a 300 dollar hit ???

Splig was saying something about a Bing discount with Tiger ???

This is so tempting ............ wish I had the funds to play .....

:argh2:

[thebanik]

In India, no overclocker buys a Extreme CPU, only stupid rich showoff guyz buy them who dont even overclock them, and those sort of guyz dont buy 2nd hand stuff.....To sell off a extreme CPU on Indian forums, have to take a 50% hit for sure.......

[GFDuke]

In India, no overclocker buys a Extreme CPU, only stupid rich showoff guyz buy them who dont even overclock them, and those sort of guyz dont buy 2nd hand stuff.....To sell off a extreme CPU on Indian forums, have to take a 50% hit for sure.......

WD, if i turn it around fast enough possibly only a 150 - 200 dollar hit. I'll take one for the team though. Wheel & deal. Its what i do. Ferengi style. I actually made money on my 5970 and 2 - 5870's.

Banik, Ouch that sucks man. Even though the E-bay/PayPal route sucks the life out of your sale, its the best tool to turn around merchandise. But you're in a bad spot there man.

[Witchdoctor]

Yea I hear that but to maximize the bot carnage you have to redo all the 3D as well

that is time consuming. I would imagine though if the speeds are met and the extra threads it will sweep golds on all older cards and will need one to compete with the pending 480 and shore up 5870 numbers

All this will mandate holding on to this chip for at least two months I am thinking ?

[GFDuke]

Well yea its gonna take some time. Probably around 2 weeks if i stick with it. Unfortunately i don't have all of the harware that i've benched with. But i still do have 7 diff. cards to use on it. but only 2 SLI and no crossfire. I have no faith in the 480 series. But time will tell.

[Witchdoctor]

Well bro I am excited for ya bro ... you will have to keep us posted on the canabalistic properties of this chip as it sounds like it will eat the i900 series for lunch ..... :thumbsup:

[thebanik]

I am leaning on buying ebay ES chip, my brain says it would be foolish and will ruin me if it dies but my heart says thats what is needed to be on top of the game, and then it says dont pump more than 1.8V to be on the safer side, :p

[Witchdoctor]

LOL .......... 1.8 .... sickness

and here I am worring about 1.6 in a 920 ........... :ohcrap:

but I am only at -50C :wtfsign:

[Gunslinger]

Rolling the dice on retail from Tigerdirect.......let's pray for no cold bug. :rroulette:

[ReverendMaynard]

looks promising up in Canuckistan.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=51420&vpn=AT809613003543AE&manufacture=Intel

[Neuromancer]

$91.20 cash back buying from Tigerdirect using Bing

[Splave]

bing cashback is $90 so its 1k flat :) what a deal lol not

[ReverendMaynard]

certainly not a buck per boint cpu lol.

[Jor-El]

Bill Me Later FTW :trophy:

Just kidding I still have to start i5 benching some day (lazybum).

[Chuchnit]

Well newegg can lick my sweaty sack :P

$1149 my ass!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223


Edit: Wow in thirty seconds they dropped it $50. It was $1149.99 for a second.

[Witchdoctor]

MC 999.99

in store pick up only .....

There is one only an 80 minute drive away .............. :shock:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0331322

[Assassin48]

4 in stock
at Orange County/Tustin for 18

[Jor-El]

Well newegg can lick my sweaty sack :P

$1149 my ass!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223


Edit: Wow in thirty seconds they dropped it $50. It was $1149.99 for a second.

Wow people find cash on the floor or trees?!

Sold Out!

[RomDominance]

whats kewl is if I hit the refresh button on my browser, I can some how see the original price they entered in a the egg, $969
it shows it as 1149 and then when I click on it, its 1099 but auto notify....
really pays to wait on this fellas

[Chuchnit]

Newegg is about to get on my shortlist quick!! They have been terrible this past year gouging prices. The Antec 1200w was 70 bucks more there for the longest time. It seems like they are getting a little too comfortable with their lead in the market. Plus I bet their China endevour isn't going so well. That means us US customers get to make up for it. :P

[ReverendMaynard]

give ncixus a shot. they price match and the shipping is stellar. Been using them for a while now, never any issues and cpu wise, they seem to get epic batches.

[Kal-EL]

Damn those suckers went like hot cakes eh?

[Witchdoctor]

In Stock MC Philly 999.99

[ocgmj]

In Stock MC Philly 999.99

In stock Tustin CA

[Witchdoctor]

LOL ................. now I just need the 999.99 .................. :ohcrap:

[Chuchnit]

Wow with the prices going around I'm wondering if availability is going to be low for a couple weeks? Prolly just smart retailers though. Damn Amazon wants almost 1200 bucks for theirs.

[Kal-EL]

Wow with the prices going around I'm wondering if availability is going to be low for a couple weeks? Prolly just smart retailers though. Damn Amazon wants almost 1200 bucks for theirs.

They must sprinkle "awesome" sauce on theirs.

[Chuchnit]

Maybe, but they aren't the only one asking so much. I didn't pay attention to i7 965 launch. Was it the same?

[Witchdoctor]

I think so but they also released the 940 and 920 soon after so a lot of us poor bastards waited ..... this will force the hand of enthusiast to suck it up or wait a significant amount of time until an affordable 32nm comes out


I could rough it with a 6Ghz quad 32nm ..... LOL

[GFDuke]

All kinds of bad news today. 980x is on backorder at Tiger Indirect and my LN2 supplier backed out on me. Back to the grind. I'll just have to take another LN2 route. Not as cheap though.

[ReverendMaynard]

dang Duke, why would the LN2 guy bail?

[Chuchnit]

Shoot, I'm having no luck today either. Called the only other two ln2 suppliers in the area to get something cheaper than $1.60L, but neither do transfers. :( Looks like I'm stuck getting raped by the same place.

[GFDuke]

My brother was getting me a 230l Dewar through his work place. Its a big machine shop. He had it all set up through the purchasing agent and from what he tells me the plant manager put the stop on it. He was afraid of the liability of it leaving the plant.

Looks like i'l be paying the same as you Chuch. 160l tank for 160. I was going to get that 230l for 75 bucks. I am sooo bummmed.

[Witchdoctor]

Sorry for the total noob questions here but looking at Ln2 possibly in the future so trying to learn waht I can...

So the question is how far does a liter get you so I can kind of form a bugdet of what type of cost's I will have on top of buying all the supporting hardware such as pots and dawars and all

so if you have a 35 liter Dewar how many hours of benching does that get you .... ?

It would be around 56 bucks to fill

[FACE]

That plant manager's a puss... All he has to do is have you sign a waver or invoice or anything declaring that it is your responsibility...

:thumbdown:

[Chuchnit]

Sorry for the total noob questions here but looking at Ln2 possibly in the future so trying to learn waht I can...

So the question is how far does a liter get you so I can kind of form a bugdet of what type of cost's I will have on top of buying all the supporting hardware such as pots and dawars and all

so if you have a 35 liter Dewar how many hours of benching does that get you .... ?

It would be around 56 bucks to fill

Sorry buddy, my tank sucks. I can't help you much here. I loose alot without using it. I gotta use it as soon as I feel it. I know Buckeye has a good tank and plenty of experience. PM him ;)

[GFDuke]

I agree Face. I had my brother ask him if i could just leave the 230L Dewar on the premisis and fill up a 50L from it to take home and he said no. Douchebag. I'd rather not get into it with him. I dont want to cause my brother any greif on his job. I'll just open my own business account at Airgas and suck it up.

[Jor-El]

Sorry for the total noob questions here but looking at Ln2 possibly in the future so trying to learn waht I can...

So the question is how far does a liter get you so I can kind of form a bugdet of what type of cost's I will have on top of buying all the supporting hardware such as pots and dawars and all

so if you have a 35 liter Dewar how many hours of benching does that get you .... ?

It would be around 56 bucks to fill

Today with chips benching around -180oC is not the size of the dewar that maters anymore. The board will run into condensation problems sooner then in the past when you used to bench around -120oC tops.

So the condensation will shut you down sooner then a small 15L can be emptied :thumbsup: If you have all your settings down right and your using on the cpu only this will be good for 4 hours of benching.



I agree Face. I had my brother ask him if i could just leave the 230L Dewar on the premisis and fill up a 50L from it to take home and he said no. Douchebag. I'd rather not get into it with him. I dont want to cause my brother any greif on his job. I'll just open my own business account at Airgas and suck it up.

GFDuke you have a really nice price man $1.06 is pretty good compared to the rest of USA.

[GFDuke]

Today with chips benching around -180oC is not the size of the dewar that maters anymore. The board will run into condensation problems sooner then in the past when you used to bench around -120oC tops.

So the condensation will shut you down sooner then a small 15L can be emptied :thumbsup: If you have all your settings down right and your using on the cpu only this will be good for 4 hours of benching.





GFDuke you have a really nice price man $1.06 is pretty good compared to the rest of USA.

I agree thats not a bad price. But i was so pumped when i thought i could get that 230 for 75. I was a tough pill to swallow. But there are other good things about doing it this way. One is that its a business account and i can just write it off. :D

[Dentlord]

I just called TD and they said that they are only backordered because they havent shown up in their system, but they do have them in the warehouse and should ship out tomorrow

[thebanik]

Sorry for the total noob questions here but looking at Ln2 possibly in the future so trying to learn waht I can...

So the question is how far does a liter get you so I can kind of form a bugdet of what type of cost's I will have on top of buying all the supporting hardware such as pots and dawars and all

so if you have a 35 liter Dewar how many hours of benching does that get you .... ?

It would be around 56 bucks to fill

Yup as Jor said, if you are benching just after refilling with all the settings known(thats where cascade/ss comes in handy) then you can easily get 5-6 hours of benching out of 35l(depends on the pot and your handling skills as well a bit), else with a new board and CPU(where you dont know the CBB and CB temps), it would be mostly 1 session of knowing the board and CPU and then only during the second session some serious bot damage......

[Neuromancer]

Wow really thats it? I heard alost twice that... Damn really not going LN2 now unlessits a buck a liter.

[GFDuke]

I just called TD and they said that they are only backordered because they havent shown up in their system, but they do have them in the warehouse and should ship out tomorrow

Yea i called to cancel mine because they were out of stock and i heard the next wave might be better batches. the guy told me it was already shipped out and they just hadn't changed my status on the web yet. I checked this am and it will be here on Thurs. I guess i'll give it a shot and see. If its a dud i'll just send it back.

[Gutterz]

To bad no one lived by me I get it for .78 cents a litre. The guy wants me to find more customers for it too.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/staticx04/GEDC1455.jpg

[Dentlord]

christ that is cheap, Im stuck @ $2/l here, miserable!

If anyone can find me ln2 in oklahoma city or tulsa for $1 or less per liter, I will paypal you $50 :D

Not bad for a few minutes on google and the phone eh?

[Splave]

hey dent I can fax you an invoice of what im paying if it would help? thats goes for everyone here.

As far as ln2, it takes about 1.5L to bring the f1 down to negative -175 and start benching. Ive been writting down how much I use. First 2 hour session I used 6L then the 2nd 4 hour session I used 8L so 14L in 6 hours or so.

[thebanik]

Guyz what will you suggest with the bad retails chips out there??? Shall I pull the trigger on an ebay ES sample and hope that its better than the retail chips which mostly it will be, but the no warranty part is scaring me so much.....1000$+ is not a small amount afterall, here in India its almost my months salary......

[Dentlord]

I wouldnt spend the money on an ebay es, too much chance that it has been beaten down already, or they were binning them and selling the losers.

Just my opinion

[Splave]

^ this

[RomDominance]

Hey Banik, don't do it bro. We are goin to start buying and cycling thru these retail chips shortly, just waiting on the stepping change or some retail results from outside the team. Deals on a retail gulfy for you are less than a couple of weeks away, from people you can trust, prices lower than retail, and a verified chip. Just be patient and pm me if necessary.

[kikicoco1334]

that's only $1100!
that is much cheaper than what i was thinking haha

[MaadDaawg]

Newegg has been going up since the intro, up to 1299.00 now and ya gotta buy a Rampage II extreme too ... bastards

Microcenter at 999.99

Heard tales that these may be interim stepping and some patience may be in order though :scared:

Edit: ummm... $24.50 to fill a 35L :blush: that's after tax and all is included... think I'm getting a good deal :cool3:

[Witchdoctor]

Duke said he was paying $ 1.06 a liter so I would say you are getting a heck of a deal bro ....

I agree .... if they come out with DO like stepping for this chip all the early adopters could find them selves getting smoked

[Chuchnit]

Here is a retail result. Not to bad for the first session. :)

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/975367_gunslinger_3dmark_2005_2x_radeon_hd_5870_49 495_marks

[thebanik]

Here is a retail result. Not to bad for the first session. :)

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/975367_gunslinger_3dmark_2005_2x_radeon_hd_5870_49 495_marks

I guess 5.7-5.8Ghz is certainly not bad when it comes with the assurance of warranty, :D

[Chuchnit]

It certainly isn't bad. Nice clock increase over 45nm generation. The problem is the 6.5+ ES results out there. :( Rumor has it though that there is a better batch coming out to retail soon. I think Supes mentioned this.

[Gunslinger]

If my Server '08 32 bit would have played nice, that would have been about 51K or so. The chip ran well with only voltage adjustments until about -145 or so, going to do some more bios tweaking with Shamino's settings to see if it drops lower.

[ReverendMaynard]

Looks like a winner gun, nice work.

[Chuchnit]

If my Server '08 32 bit would have played nice, that would have been about 51K or so. The chip ran well with only voltage adjustments until about -145 or so, going to do some more bios tweaking with Shamino's settings to see if it drops lower.

I'd be more worried about picking up those 4 marks in 06 to take a 2-GPU WR :P

[Dentlord]

This is encouraging to see a b1 performing well!

[ReverendMaynard]

official stamp of approval requires a Vantage run :)

[Witchdoctor]

All 3D @ 5.8 would mean a refresh of all cards though ....

Vantage would be freaking insane boost to be sure though............

Man ..... Hmmmm.... how to justify dropping 1K on a chip ..... ????? :blink:

[FACE]

All 3D @ 5.8 would mean a refresh of all cards though ....

Vantage would be freaking insane boost to be sure though............

Man ..... Hmmmm.... how to justify dropping 1K on a chip ..... ????? :blink:

Just get really hammered and do it. :eek:

Idk man.... I'm waiting for something else to drop out of nowhere for 1/3 the price of the 980. To be sure this will not be the only 32nm x58 chip

[Splave]

maybe a locked multi xeon at like 25 or 27? would be sick

[FACE]

Yes indeed. Xeons tend to perform well. A good locked multi 32nm would rock my socks

[GFDuke]

First run at it on SS and win 7 64.
What was really strange is in win7 32 and XP i only get 8 threads not 12. I do get 12 in Win 7 64. Any thoughts on that?
I had to go and get the newer version of cpu-z to be able to show the mem.
Now after switching my OS back and fourth all of a sudden the dam board wont boot and it keeps hanging on 7F. I cant get into the bios at all. I pulled it off the phase and Im gonna let her sit a while and see. I ahve no clue what 7F is.

[Gutterz]

"7F post error check. Check post error and display them and ask for user intervention"

Thats what the book says.

That pifast score is the same as my 920 at 5Ghz in XP. If you can run in XP. Im curious on how it does

[GFDuke]

Posting now. problem is gone. No sense in benching xp whe only 8 threads are showing.

EDIT: Tried the retail win7 32 instead of tiny 7 and 12 cores are showing

[Splave]

thats really weird, Im beginning to think tiny win7 is clown shoes. I have weird errors with it, maybe just too stripped

[GFDuke]

I agree Splave there is something wrong with tiny 7.

Another pc mark Gold. :) I'm not sure why i got a Global Gold though. This bot is messed up or i messed up . idk.

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/975766_gfduke_pcmark_2005_core_i7_980x_26216_marks

[Kal-EL]

Another pc mark Gold. :)

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/975766_gfduke_pcmark_2005_core_i7_980x_26216_marks
Duke running the gulftown :D

[Witchdoctor]

Sick bro ..... I am so jealous ...... :shock:

great work man ......... :thumbsup:

[Dentlord]

Well I broke down and grabbed one at Micro Center ... have to drive to pick it up though, its in Kansas City lol

They still have 1 in stock I think @ $999 but in store only

[ReverendMaynard]

this is getting interesting....can't wait for some subzero from you lads.

[Splave]

4.8ghz nice on water

[rickss69]

If anyone decides to get rid of their 980 HSF I would like to buy one for my micro-atx build.

[MaadDaawg]

Way to go Dukey... Global Gold Cup dude :clapping:

I'm thinking the bot's screwed up too.. somehow a submission of mine earned me a -0.17 boints :shock:

[RomDominance]

EEErooooosion:micro: