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09-07-08, 03:31 PM
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XO
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New Gaming PC, any other suggestions?
ASUS Rampage Extreme LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
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09-07-08, 03:46 PM
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Chief of the Boat
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What sort of budget category are you in :hmm:
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09-07-08, 04:42 PM
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You might want to try the Antec 900 case. I have had a good experience with that
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09-07-08, 04:58 PM
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Vista 64 is the only way to go
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09-07-08, 05:42 PM
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Thx for the info, I want to go with a case large enough for a water cooling system. I could spend around $11,000
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09-07-08, 09:17 PM
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Weps
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Nice pc build, Although I might suggest 2 smaller hard drives in RAID-0. Say maybe 2 750Gb or something? Other than that, I am jealous as to how you got that much money at 15. I'm 14 and I'm getting a new pc myself but it is not as good as yours(although my GFX cards come pretty close).
My new pc: CASE: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133021 Hard Drive: 2 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200 RPM in RAID-0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136131 Monitor: Hanns·G HG-281DPB Black 28" 3ms Widescreen LCD HDMI Monitor 500 cd/m2 800:1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824254026 Video Card: 2 x EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130368 Sound Card: HT OMEGA CLARO 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192 KHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829271002 PSU: COOLMAX CUQ-1200B 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817159067 Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16836121120 Keyboard: Logitech G15 2-Tone 104 Normal Keys 29 Function Keys USB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126034 Mouse: Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical 1600 dpi http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104178 Thermal Compund: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007 RAM: G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231151 Motherboard: XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813141005 CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017 Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116493 RAID Controller: Rosewill Silicon Image RC-209-EX PCI External e-SATA x2/ Internal SATA x4 1.5G HDD Controller Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816132013 CPU Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler 120mm Cooling Fan and Fan Controler/Heatsink http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835154001 __________________________________________________ ______________________ Games Crysis http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832130014 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832133023 Crysis: Warhead http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832130216 Far Cry 2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832138046 (I'm not bragging either I'm just telling people what I'm getting)
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09-07-08, 09:56 PM
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09-07-08, 10:24 PM
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Those are good specs, and this will be my first Gaming PC, I have always used Dell so I am really tired of it. I plan to get one of them awesome and beautiful green water cooling system, so awesome! Should I get Windows Vista or XP? Right now I have 32-bit and alot of compatibility issues with many games..and too much restriction on every d**** folder. XP has always been good for me when I had it. Now theres two tough choices, cause Vista improves the graphics a bit and has awesome backgrounds if you'd notice. |
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09-07-08, 10:33 PM
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When you picked the highest performance hardware on the market what kind of suggestions can someone even make?
Unless you're a millionaire my only suggestion is not to spend that much money. I see no point in spending that much money on something that will be obsolete in 5 years. If you spend $3000 that's already a high end system that could run any game on the market. As you keep going higher, the speed obviously increases, but the value for the money decreases. Also, keep in mind that your interests might change and you might regret spending that kind of money. |
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09-08-08, 01:49 AM
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Agree with Kraut. You don't need to be on the bleeding edge to get the most out of games. Just make sure your system is good enough for upgrades in the future and save the money, or buy me a new computer with the money you save!
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09-08-08, 03:05 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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$11,000 :hmm:
I'd appreciate the loose change, then I'll be able to upgrade my system. 
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09-08-08, 12:05 PM
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Weps
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WTF!?!?! What has that guy done to his computer?
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09-08-08, 12:09 PM
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Weps
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If you are going to get 4gb of RAM, then you should get vista. XP was never meant to be a 64-bit OS. Vista however, Was designed to take advantage of more RAM so it wold be better if you you got a 64-bit edition of vista rather than XP.
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09-08-08, 03:13 PM
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XO
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Yo, thanks. I was planning to get 8 GB of RAM by buying from him twice, as that is probably the highest RAM a game would take and 6 GB is probably the biggest space a game will use. Even in the future, hopefully..yes I may regret but I regret getting Dell PC's for gaming as well, Windows Vista 32 bit is a pain in the ass already
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09-08-08, 03:56 PM
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