It's alive!

nikimcbee · 01-30-11, 11:20 AM

...my new beast lives!

AMD althon x2 quad core 3.07
win 7 HE 64 bit
1 tb HD
6 gb DDR3 RAM
1 Gb DDR5 video card

I can play Rise of Flight at near max settings.

I can play Napoleon TW at max settings. OMG! OMG, OMG

Background story: Nevermind the, highend, computer, I converted a low-end one with a few minor changes. I noticed on my kid's computer, that it wasn't that bad of computer, just no graphic's card and whimpy power supply. So last week I found a low end computer that was pretty much the same situation. The only thing you can add is a graphic card. So, I took the power supply out of the old computer that I build (400 w) and swapped it out. Put a GC in it instead of the onboard GC. Viola, awesome computer!

So, this take me back to my AMD v intel argument. For me, it's all about the price/ performance ration. If this were an intel computer i5 comparison, this would have cost ~>$800.

botton line, it does what I want to do, and I built it for $300 less.

...and does Rise of Flight look awesome!

Gerald · 01-30-11, 11:25 AM

Congratulations on your new friend,

nikimcbee · 01-30-11, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Congratulations on your new friend,

Just lock me in the bunker, bring me food once in a while, and I'm good to go.
...must remember to go to work.

kiwi_2005 · 01-30-11, 04:40 PM

Nice one

CCIP · 01-30-11, 08:43 PM

Awesome! Sounds very similar to my rig - all I'd need to do to mine is change the processor to a quad core (I have a fast, but dual-core, Phenom II 550), a bigger HD, and an extra two gigs of ram, and it'd be like an exact copy of yours.

It is indeed pretty amazing what you can do on a budget. Also happy to hear Rise of Flight runs well on your system - I've been hesitant to get it because I wasn't sure how my PC would deal with it, but sounds like it should do fine.

Have fun with it

Castout · 01-31-11, 12:26 AM

Congratulation, enjoy that!

Forget high end computer these days you could get decent gaming rig for 1,000 or less. If you spend more it will just not worth the money unless money is of no issue.

I purchased a Voltage regulator yesterday after some suspicion that the old one wasn't working anymore or wasn't working properly. To my surprise the humming in my speaker is now gone after replacing that voltage regulator and now I have a cool looking black digital voltage regulator sitting atop my desktop. Never knew Voltage regulator could give you joy. Living in a third world country means you have to deal with voltage drain and seeing the digital reading to read 218V output at all time is a relief and a joy in itself as my old one was an analog.

(It's smaller than you think as this is a close up snap. It's about two fist tall. In fact it's smaller than the old analog one that it is replacing for about the same price. I finally found reason to love China Yay)

I'm waiting for a new ergonomic office chair too(the all black is arriving this week). I've had a spine injury so I thought having a comfortable office chair would help to prevent future issue with my spine. I actually tried almost all the office chairs at local furnishing retailer. I lost my faith in almost all of the high end office chairs because they were not quite ergonomics hence not quite comfortable to sit in for extended period of time though they looked deceptively comfy. I settled for a 100 buck chair which I found to my joy to be the most comfortable office chair there was. It even beat the 500 bucks range office chairs in terms of sitting comfort. Now that's value for money.

antikristuseke · 01-31-11, 12:39 AM

Mcbee, you just managed to step on one of my pet peevs, you describe the graphics card just by the amount and type of memory it has. Basically that doesn't really tell anyone much anything about your graphics card, since hte list of cards with 1gb of gddr5 is god damned long.

For some reason it really irritates me when people do that. Its kind of like describing a car by saying what material the bodywork is made out of and that it as 4 wheels.

nikimcbee · 01-31-11, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Mcbee, you just managed to step on one of my pet peevs, you describe the graphics card just by the amount and type of memory it has. Basically that doesn't really tell anyone much anything about your graphics card, since hte list of cards with 1gb of gddr5 is god damned long.

For some reason it really irritates me when people do that. Its kind of like describing a car by saying what material the bodywork is made out of and that it as 4 wheels.

Watch out, or I'll post one of Reece's girl friend photos

.

Lets see, its's a Geforce GTS 450 EVGA 1024 MB GDDR5, (not that I care, but #D ready). Did I miss anything?

Hynix made the RAM (i used to work for them 2.5 years ago)

Reece · 01-31-11, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Watch out, or I'll post one of Reece's girl friend photos

.

I was goon congratulate you on the upgrade but maybe that was a mistake!

Naw!! I'm too nice!
Congratulations Niki!

antikristuseke · 01-31-11, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Watch out, or I'll post one of Reece's girl friend photos

.

Lets see, its's a Geforce GTS 450 EVGA 1024 MB GDDR5, (not that I care, but #D ready). Did I miss anything?

Hynix made the RAM (i used to work for them 2.5 years ago)

Now I at least know what kind of hardware you have and I dont have that damned irritating curiosity at the back of my mind pestering what little is left of my sanity. Thanks

01-30-11, 11:20 AM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It's alive! ...my new beast lives! AMD althon x2 quad core 3.07 win 7 HE 64 bit 1 tb HD 6 gb DDR3 RAM 1 Gb DDR5 video card I can play Rise of Flight at near max settings. I can play Napoleon TW at max settings. OMG! OMG, OMG Background story: Nevermind the, highend, computer, I converted a low-end one with a few minor changes. I noticed on my kid's computer, that it wasn't that bad of computer, just no graphic's card and whimpy power supply. So last week I found a low end computer that was pretty much the same situation. The only thing you can add is a graphic card. So, I took the power supply out of the old computer that I build (400 w) and swapped it out. Put a GC in it instead of the onboard GC. Viola, awesome computer! So, this take me back to my AMD v intel argument. For me, it's all about the price/ performance ration. If this were an intel computer i5 comparison, this would have cost ~>$800. botton line, it does what I want to do, and I built it for $300 less. ...and does Rise of Flight look awesome! __________________

01-30-11, 11:25 AM	#2
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Congratulations on your new friend, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

01-30-11, 04:40 PM	#4
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01-30-11, 08:43 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Awesome! Sounds very similar to my rig - all I'd need to do to mine is change the processor to a quad core (I have a fast, but dual-core, Phenom II 550), a bigger HD, and an extra two gigs of ram, and it'd be like an exact copy of yours. It is indeed pretty amazing what you can do on a budget. Also happy to hear Rise of Flight runs well on your system - I've been hesitant to get it because I wasn't sure how my PC would deal with it, but sounds like it should do fine. Have fun with it __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-31-11, 12:26 AM	#6
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Congratulation, enjoy that! Forget high end computer these days you could get decent gaming rig for 1,000 or less. If you spend more it will just not worth the money unless money is of no issue. I purchased a Voltage regulator yesterday after some suspicion that the old one wasn't working anymore or wasn't working properly. To my surprise the humming in my speaker is now gone after replacing that voltage regulator and now I have a cool looking black digital voltage regulator sitting atop my desktop. Never knew Voltage regulator could give you joy. Living in a third world country means you have to deal with voltage drain and seeing the digital reading to read 218V output at all time is a relief and a joy in itself as my old one was an analog. (It's smaller than you think as this is a close up snap. It's about two fist tall. In fact it's smaller than the old analog one that it is replacing for about the same price. I finally found reason to love China Yay) I'm waiting for a new ergonomic office chair too(the all black is arriving this week). I've had a spine injury so I thought having a comfortable office chair would help to prevent future issue with my spine. I actually tried almost all the office chairs at local furnishing retailer. I lost my faith in almost all of the high end office chairs because they were not quite ergonomics hence not quite comfortable to sit in for extended period of time though they looked deceptively comfy. I settled for a 100 buck chair which I found to my joy to be the most comfortable office chair there was. It even beat the 500 bucks range office chairs in terms of sitting comfort. Now that's value for money. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 01-31-11 at 12:55 AM.

01-31-11, 12:39 AM	#7
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Mcbee, you just managed to step on one of my pet peevs, you describe the graphics card just by the amount and type of memory it has. Basically that doesn't really tell anyone much anything about your graphics card, since hte list of cards with 1gb of gddr5 is god damned long. For some reason it really irritates me when people do that. Its kind of like describing a car by saying what material the bodywork is made out of and that it as 4 wheels.