So here it is, the fastest PC gaming combo one can ever hope for — Intel’s 6-core processor the Core i7 Extreme 980X @ 3.33GHz paired with an ATI Radeon HD 5970 (as provided by Intel Philippines).
Here’s the basic specs of the rig:
Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X 3.33GHz
ATI Radeon HD 5970 1GB DDR5 RAM
6GB DDR3 RAM
Thermaltake Element V case
The Core i7 Extreme 980X is, by far, the fastest consumer-grade CPU Intel has released. It’s got 6 cores running at 3.33GHz each and has 2 threads for each core effectively working at 12 threads in total.
This model is more like for bragging rights and the really, really hard-core Intel fanboys so expect the price of the chip along to be somewhere in the Php50,000 range.
We got the CPUZ and the GPUZ of the CPU and the video card that came with the rig. The card is running on ATI crossfire so it’s running on 2 GPUs. The video cards could be priced at around Php25k Php29k each so that’s another fifty-k on the total price tag.
Here’s the summary of the PassMark Performance Test benchmarks:
CPU Mark: 10,222.4
2D Graphics Mark: 477.8
Memory Mark: 1,936.2
Disk Mark: 1,079.1
3D Graphics Mark: 2,640.1
PassMark Rating: 2,560.7
The CPU Mark alone is very high at 10k (compared to the Phenom II X6 which is only at around 5k). The 6GB triple-channel RAM also got very good Memory Mark scores.
With Windows Experience Index, the whole rig got a Base Score of 7.5 (highest I’ve seen so far) — the CPU got an all-time high of 7.8. The 7.5 from storage is also high which might indicate it’s running on SSD (have to double check when I get back to Manila — it’s actually an 80GB Intel SSD).
All-in-all, expect to blow some 200k in cold hard cash for this rig.
Update: Here’s the screenshot from Speccy:
Twitter: yizhantech
says:
wow, very high Windows Experience Index… tamang tama to for maya and 3D Studio Max..
thats mindblowing
congrats!
i want 1 for my birthday mom!
but can it run CRysis game smoothly? XD
@Philip
it should without a muscle.
Another question what about “Metro 2033″
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can that rig beat mine?.
my pc specs fyi:
2x intel core i7 980x oc’d @4.5ghz
evga sr-2 x58 mobo
24gb corsair dominator gt3
4way xfx hd 5970 in crossfirex
coolermaster silent pro gold 1200 watts psu
antec dark fleet df-85 full tower casing
2x thermaltake frio cpu coolers
bought them all from NCIX at canada.
d kyang suplayan sa pilipinas lahat nyan.
@kenneth – cool. how much did you spend for your rig?
pricing guide based from newegg.com
2x intel core i7 980x oc’d @4.5ghz
$999.99 x2
evga sr-2 x58 mobo
$599.99
24gb corsair dominator gt3
$1100 coming soon: https://shop.corsair.com/store/item_view.aspx?id=1418696
4way xfx hd 5970 in crossfirex
$1199.99 x2
coolermaster silent pro gold 1200 watts psu
$269.99
antec dark fleet df-85 full tower casing
$99.99
2x thermaltake frio cpu coolers
$55.99 x2
$ 2,000 cpu
$ 0,600 mobo
$ 1,100 ram
$ 2,400 vga
$ 0,270 psu
$ 0,100 casing
$ 0,112 hsf
TOTAL: $ 6,582 or over PhP 300,000
wow nearly impossible and unbelievable setups in short, show us some pics or it didnt happen
grabe na yan ky kenneth over 300k pag sa labas ng pilipinas ka bumili pgdito magiging almost 500k.
@kenneth
post kaya ung rig mo. pra makita namin:)
did it happen? or just a dream rig? show pix nalng po.. i heard i7 980x could reach 6ghz oc’d with LN2.. wafak na talga yang mga ginagawa nang mga benchmarker.. liquid nitrogen pde na pang dexter’s laboratory
oc’d @4.5ghz pa ha!.. labo naman nyan..oc’d with linquid nitrogen nga na subzero temperature na, 4.7ghz lng ang stable system.. piliin nyu na laht ng top of the line hardware tapos angkinin nyu..
sir saan kaya makakabili ng core i7 980x dito sa Pinas? maraming salamat
wow, the scores of this one is near-perfect!!!
(note:the highest score that can be obtained in windows experience index is 7.9)
i want to have a system like this one.
Twitter: Roche Carlos
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@kenneth – that’s cool if it’s real.. but there’s no mobo that supports 2 i7-980X (unless you build one). and the EVGA sr-2 is made for 1366 socket mainly Intel 5520 series.. (http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=663175&mpage=1)
@kenneth
show us the pix or get the “fake” out
Binili po ako ng tatay ko galing sa abroad na cpu intel core i7 extreme 980x din po siya saka po casing niya talagang walang mahahanap po dito sa pnas kasi casing palang pang future na eh ito po pic nung inassemble po namin:
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSLvLdxQ516MYGim4dWuWy2_pPNmK9fcjS2NeMljd7oFFv-92VDGF44wgl7