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Aww, I'll get one of these for christmas and we'll see about that NV

Well I kind of got my system running; although not quite the same system. I had an old Asrock motherboard from 2008 so I just bought a used Core2Duo E7500 and got everything back together. At least I was able to hook in my SATA drives and one GTX 460 so I can play some games until I get enough cash to purchase a new Haswell CPU and motherboard.

Anti-Ultimate Wrote:Then tell me why people delid those cpu's then if they run that cool anyways.

Same reason people run phase change systems or polish their IHS. They like the thrill of extreme overclocking and are willing to do something dangerous to OC a little bit higher.

If you actually look at the results of the people you're referring to you'll see that it only makes a few degrees of difference. Hardly enough to make up for the massively lower TDP.

Anti-Ultimate Wrote:There is several proof all over the internet, just google.

You're being very stubborn right now. I did not say that delidding doesn't improve temperatures or that using TIM instead of fluxless solder has no effect. In fact I said the opposite. I said that it is outweighed by the lower TDP and that you are essentially worrying over nothing. Refusing to buy a cpu for the sole reason that it doesn't use fluxless solder even when it is objectively superior to its predecessor in every measurable way that matters including temperatures is stupid. Plain and simple.

Please post some of this proof you keep talking about and state how it discredits my statements. Because I haven't seen any overclockers report higher temperatures on haswell than nehalam when at the same clock rate. With or without delidding.

I'm looking for suggestion on a decent socket 1150 motherboard that has support for SLI. My goal is to get a Hadwell CPU + motherboard and a GTX 780 once I get enough cash. Later on I may get another 780 or two once the price drops. For a motherboard I am looking into durability and top of the line components, not something that will break on me within a year or two.

1. Go to newegg
2. Find Z87 motherboards
3. Sort by best rating
4. Buy the top rated one

^^

So we have 2.5GHz Quad Core Snapdragon 805 . Next Processor will reach 3GHz soon ?

So I put together what I think is a very cheap yet powerful emu-console. I really don't want to wait for Intel's Bay Trail NUC to come out in Q1 '14, and I'm still having doubts about the performance of the upcoming, revamped Atom CPUs. I'm still looking at Celeron CPUs, but these ones already have a proven track-record on Notebookcheck as being faster than my old T3400 (my baseline for performance). I was going to just shell out the cash for a Lenovo Q190, but one of the Gigabyte Brix models caught my eye. At $170, it's only $30 more expensive than the estimated price for the NUC DN2810FYK while being a whole lot faster. I came up with these components:

GIGABYTE GB-XM14-1037 Intel NM70 2 x 204Pin Intel HD Graphics Integrated by CPU BRIX / Ultra Compact PC kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856164005
$169.99

G.SKILL 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9S-4GBSQ
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231266
$38.49

Mushkin Enhanced Atlas Series MKNSSDAT60GB-DX mSATA 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W014A9506
$75.99

Total : $284.47

Cheaper than the Lenovo Q190 (which is about $299) and even slightly faster, at the cost of 440GB of storage. The thing is, I don't build systems, so I need advice about the components themselves. First, Intel says that this should support DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600, and Newegg says it supports DDR3 memory. The stick I'm looking at says the voltage is 1.5, so this should work correct? Apparently newer Haswell NUCs need DDR3L, which has a voltage of 1.35, but the older ones like mine should support 1.5v, right?. Just want to make sure I've got this right and that the memory is compatible.

Lastly, the SSD. Size isn't the issue; I can always upgrade later, but I'm only going to throw at most 20GB of data at this thing (ripped PSX games will take up the lion's share) + 6GB or so for the OS. Anyway, I'm wondering if the SSD I chose is compatible. The NM70 should support SATAIII if I understand things correctly, but I'm a bit paranoid about all of this. So if anyone would have a look over it and tell me if they see something that "won't work" with the Gigabyte Brix model I chose, that'd be great.

Again, this is going to be a dedicated emulator-machine for NES, SNES, Genesis, GBA, and at most playing PCSX-R and Mupen64Plus (no Dolphin :p).

According to this the memory should:

http://ark.intel.com/products/71995/Intel-Celeron-Processor-1037U-2M-Cache-1_80-GHz

intel Wrote:Memory Types: DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600