New build :)

well now... my poor old BFG mobo had a bit of a hard time when I installed my new GPUs, so I had to go for a total rebuild. Pretty much everything got the treatment. My 88s went to GTX 260s, which caused the prob in the brginning when my mem controller got whacked. To cure it, I went to a new PSU, then a new mobo, which needed new DDR3 mem, and I thought what the hey, so I got a couple of 1TB drives as well.
The new system compoments went like this...

Asus striker 2 NSE Mobo
2 x GTX260 GPUs (SLI)
Absolute 1000W PSU (4 dedicated GPU leads, much easier!)
4Gb (2x2) Corsair DDR3 1600 mem
4 x 500Gb SATA 2 drives, as 2 x 500 and 1 1Tb RAID disk
2 x SATA 1TB disk (Samsung)
Generic floppy drive ( Still use em!)
SATA RAID card
From the old system, I kept
Q6600 CPU
2 x DVD writer (SATA)
Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case
Habu Razor mouse ( I like it!)
G15 keyboard
4 port USB hub

I had my backups, so all was well there. I took out all the olds, installed the new mobo, GPUs, gubbuns, and went for a startup, waiting for the flaws to set it. You know what? It booted perfectly. Eveything recognised. XP went on, no probs, Vista went on, which for some reason gave me a BSOD with the IRQ error, but on restart all went ok.
After that, its installation time for everything.
So, the question. A perfect rebuild, a perfect install. Asus have been restored in my opinion, after a bad bad experience with a striker 1 mobo. Now, has anyone clocked this type of rig yet? Asus have a crazy setting, which I have yet to try, but any thoughts? also, what sort of 3D Mark 06 should I be getting on standard? Cheers all

 

Agreed, nice to know it goes well once in a while! Out of the probably 100+ builds in th elast 10 or 15 years, I think about 5 have gone well. Some down to me connecting things wrong, more often it seems hardware or software getting arsey. Thought it might be nice, in a forum on problems, to put in a good bit of news for a change
I used to love Asus, but after the Striker 1, they seemed to have gone off the rails. the 2 seems a much better board, and much solider.
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