Global points?
 

Hey,
I'm wondering what you guys recommend, as I now wanna see if I can get me some globals points, as i've hit the HW limit, and have gone a bit over, so thought it might be fun :)
But am wondering what route I should take to try to get them :/
Any suggestions? Best ways etc
Thanks

wprime32 1core
wprime32 2core easiest
wprime32 core sooo expensive
wprime32 6core expensive

add wprime 1024 :D

Yah, simplest is 2 core + some cold.

wprime don't care about ram too lol

If you have gobs of cash burning a hole in your pocket, picking up one of the $1700 32nm i7 quads is the easiest way to get global wprime scores. WR's still aren't easy, but you are competing against all the 45 nm quads and can crush them for their global boints.

1156/clarkfield setups and some LN2 will get you global wprime 32, wprime 1024 and pi 1M.
980x is the ticket for Global pi, pifast and pi32.

E8600/Rampage Extreme/and GTX 280/285/275 lightning are the ticket for 3D01 globals.

A stellar 980x and a great 5870 or GTX 480 are necessary for AM3, 3D06, 3D05 and Vantage.

A good GTX 480 is the ticket for 3D03. A great 980x or E8600 is very helpful, but not as crucial as it is for AM3, 05, 06 and Vantage.

Significant global points generally require money, subambient cooling, voltmods, dead hardware, and an endless hunt for cherry GPU's and especially CPU's.

is that mean i can have a really fast cpu but shittyest ram on earth and i am still good? :laughing: something like that?

very close .... yep

hells yeah! :thumbsup:

Err, thanks patch, not sure if that was sarcasm or merely brutal truth :P
Yeah honda thats what I thought 1 and 2core wprime
May be getting access to LN2 soon, so cold should be ok
So it looks like for globals, a rather large upgrade is needed, s1156 seems to be the sensible option?
(since I don't have cash burning holes in my pocket, as otherwise I wouldn't need advise for getting globals, as I could just get the best stuff :P)

Lol, George. You got it, healthy mix of sarcasm and brutal truth it is! :blink:

1156 and single core are far and away the most affordable route for racking up globals.

If you have LN2 coming you're golden. That's the biggest hurdle in the global game.

One nice thing about high end hardware is that stuff sells pretty readily. :thumbsup: Especially if you buy GPU's at release, bench em, then sell 2-3 weeks later when they're out of stock everywhere. I've even made a profit a few times doing that with flagship cards.

Damn, I need to get my eyes checked, I thought that it was some sound advice :keeporder:
:laughing:

I have cycled through 6 retail 980x's thus far just looking for one that will do 3d at 6GHz+, the seventh arrives thursday. If this was the sarcastic part of the post I would have to differ....I don't think I could have said it any better than patch did in the entire post. To boil it down, if you get a 980x (preferably a B or F batch), a decent gtx480, a RE3 mobo, a cpu and gpu pot and some good ram, you should be good for at least 200-300 global I would think.

Best of luck, and we are always here ready to assist if necessary.:thumbsup:

Fair play, but I was mainly asking how to get started
So, while I know you guys have spent thousands trying to get the good ones
I don't need the good ones (yet), as I'm not aiming for top 10 kinda thing yet
I'd be happy with 100 global points, very happy tbh :P
Cos atm, I have 0.9 globals, and the most powerful thing I have is a 9800GX2 which is in for repair :P
So atm, I have literally no chance of getting any

don't worry i think you already got the wprime tip :D with ln2 sp1m is the next step...

if the cpu doesn't boot..check the socket..for burns :D i just saw one this weekend :D

Would 2000mhz CAS 9 RAM, a gigabyte UD5 and an i5 680es be a decent i5 setup?
Or would it be better to go for a cheaper cpu, such as a 530?

looks good to me, wprime 32 1024 and spi 1m will be great :)

And as far as I'm aware (I have no idea when it comes to intels newer stuff), its a good deal at 200quid (315USD roughly)??
Will see how much it is without the cpu, as there may be someone else who has a 670 for sale. Will check.

Or ofcourse I could get 20 cedarmills and a p5b for the same price. But thats a more limited setup no?

the 530 won't get you any global...unless you find the super cherries that some are doing @ around 6.7ghz with crazy blcks....

i'll be selling my 670 and 680 for half the price if you're interested...

Half what price?
Remember I'm in the UK.

i rember sending sofoklis from greece a gpu pot for only 13$ lol...

Oh right, nice.
Well, let me know prices and I'll see how much the other guy wants for board and RAM, without the cpu :)

i'll pm you tonight...i have something that must be done...one 680 is cb free:thumbsup:

Ok cool. Not sure what time it is over there, but ah well :P
Oooh, niice, do what must be done ;)

Hey George I have a asus formula with teh cbb mod done on it and two 655k's which both clock 6ghz+ on ln2....lets talk pm style if your interested.