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To P55 nevermore?

Im thinking the ud6 is a great air/water board for a gamer but classy p55 is made for ln2.

Question is, do I dump my p55 and focus on x58 and 3d or do I grab another classy p55? I have like 5x1156 chips too so... Do I just sell? :shock:

Im thinking the 32nm quad core xeon might be an option for wprimes if I get rid of p55.

the westmere xeons look pretty win to me. Also, the new gulptown should drop next month, so that may be worth waiting for ;)

I kinda gave up on wanting to bench p55.... I barely have time for the crap I already have.. It's easier to focus if you only have one platform in front of you. :thumbsup:

exactly, Im like a pingpong ball 965 to x48 to x58 to p55 all sitting in my dinning room.

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Originally Posted by Splave (Post 46010)

Its a good question man. I mean with a great GT you are gonna destroy any scores you are gonna get with any i5. Plus like FACE says it is totally easier to just bench one platform. I am just going to play i5 because its cheap and I just want to. Plus I should be able to rack up some hw boints for the team.

What is your thoughts on the Giga for sub-zero? Do you have any idea what the dealio is? I mean there are tons of great subs on the bot with the UD6. Is the bios less user friendly than the classy? Honestly the reason I won't get the classy is because I can only afford used and evga has started blocking the d/l's for eleet and such. Plus I really want to try something different than evga for a change. If the board sucks it will be a great upgrade for the the inlaws from their 5yr old Dell :P

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Originally Posted by Splave (Post 46012)

exactly, Im like a pingpong ball 965 to x48 to x58 to p55 all sitting in my dinning room.

imo, as active as you are in benching, I would keep the 965, x48 and x58. Dump the P55 to keep it simple. x58 for 90% of your benching, 965 for when you are in the cpuz mood, and x48 when you are feeling a little love for 01 :)

HEHE, whenever I get to benching s775 again, I'm tempted to take all the big caps off the e762 so I can't use it until I'm done.

I get the same way with gpu's too.... It gets hard to focus on just one, especially if the session isn't going my way.

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Originally Posted by Chuchnit (Post 46015)

Great post

Idk whats up with the gigabyte :eek: maybe its a bios thing im not sure. I tryed 1.85vcore 1.45-1.55vtt and 5.9ghz was my ceiling on a known 6.4 chip the 661, i680 hit the same exact limit so its def a board issue or 1 key setting im missing.

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Originally Posted by Splave (Post 46019)

On my old e760, 250 bclk was the max limit no matter what chip I used as far as 920's go. Brick wall when I set 251. I chocked it up to nb limit after I tried everything I could think of....

Maybe a different ud6 would yield better results? or maybe a 7?

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Originally Posted by Splave (Post 46019)

Ya know I haven't played with P55, but I do have a giga P45 in the daily. I tried overclocking it a little, but the bios was like japanese to me. That's why I keep wondering if its a seat time thing. I mean be honest. You know the P55 classy like the back of your hand. ;) Hell you figured out the high memory straps when guys were still having issues. I am just wondering what you could do if you still had a phase changer to get to know it a little more? Still though it would be wise to think real hard about if you are spreading yourself too thin on platforms and limiting what you can do by doing it.

you're reading my mind chucher! scary.
I wish I had a little SS unit for doing just that :( I mean yes guys are using this board to do epic things I just maybe dont have the patience for it when I know the evga so well.

I too am getting bogged down by too many platforms.

5's a crowd right now all sharing the main living room comp so the P55 is getting put into a kid's rig. Cause they really need watercooled i5 670 and a voltmodded 5870 to play Spore and do homework. :green5:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8596/dsc0037sd.jpg

Was researching cases and realized I don't want to look at another case in the living room. Built into desk with wall mounted monitor will be much more visually pleasing. Hmm.......should do a build log....