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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz Socket AM2

Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe, nForce 590 SLI, Socket-AM2, DDR2, 2xGbLAN, ATX, 2xPCI-Ex16

Gainward GeForce 7600GS 256MB Passive, PCI-Express, DDR2, "BP7600GS-256-TV-DVI"

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Mines black with a keyboard and monitor....

Cool or what

 

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I've built and configured my own 2 PC's and loads for other people..

1 is a Gaming Rig (private network) and this ones for internet access. (my own Administrator & Techie Support)

 

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ FSB1066 2X4MB
Asus P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI FSB1333
Kingston 4GB Hyper X 800Mhz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 CL3
nVidia 7800 GTX 256MB - Zalman cooled
1 x 80GB SATA II Harddrive (System disk), 3 x 500GB SATA II Harddrive
Creative Audigy 2 Soundcard
Creative Megaworks 5.1 550 THX
Windows Vista Business
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Nice Gaming Rig you have there Kin, future proof for about two-three years then upgrade time again.. 

That looks very similar to Alienware specs..hmmm

cba with the tech specs on my two Pc's..(can't remember more like)

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kin Mak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20-October-2007 at 14:53

My system had an upgrade of CPU, mobo and RAM just this year, rest of the stuff is 2 years old. Will upgrade when needed.

Alienware is good but would you pay nearly twice as much compared to our systems for prettier packaging?

Check out the system we are currently building... 2 x 36GB Raptor drives in Raid 0 as a system disk to be put in as well. His bluray/HDDVD optical drive is €850!!!

http://www.elara.ie/customize/configuration.asp?viewsave=247 9

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Quad core is nice Kin, perfect for gaming, out of my budget unfortunately. IE bah humbug, Firefox for the masses.
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Originally posted by Mick525i Mick525i wrote:

Mines black with a keyboard and monitor....

Cool or what

Coooool  I had one of them, but the knobs fell off

I've now got a BIG floor mounted beast, with four hard-drives, Mega-Gigs worth of Ram, with an old keyboard and even older mouse swipped - cough - borrowed from work, and a 19" sooper-dooper Flat-Screen - in black.

Still running XP as I don't trust this new vespa lark

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Originally posted by Kin Mak Kin Mak wrote:

Alienware is good but would you pay nearly twice as much compared to our systems for prettier packaging?

System internals/hardware is what counts IMO. Having a pretty case not a necessity although, having an efficient quiet cooling case is also up there.

Hmmm.. Blue-Ray DVD compared to HD DVD

Blue-Ray has huge capacity but, VHS v Betamax all over again, (that's another thread)

I'll sit on the fence on that choice..

Hardware is where it's at, bit like cars really..

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Mines silver with blue lights on it !

It has an on button, that doubles as an off button when windows locks up.

Right, thats my techie bit for the day !

 

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Originally posted by Nigel Nigel wrote:

Mines silver with blue lights on it !

It has an on button, that doubles as an off button when windows locks up.

Right, thats my techie bit for the day !

 

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Hardware is where it's at, bit like cars really..

that's why Nigel drives an 'over

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Intel Quad Core 2.4ghz
OCZ Reaper 9200 4gb RAM @ 1150mhz
Western Digital 500gb7200rpm hdd
Iomega 320gb external
Mitsubishi Diamondtron 22" CRT monitor (perfect flat display)
EVGA 680SLi Motherboard
EVGA GTS 640mb 500mhz (i think) graphics card
Creative 5.1 surround sound
OCZ 850watt power supply
Asus Silent Knight CPU Cooler (does the trick- cpu runs below 40degrees c)
LG DVD multi region with lightscribe
Antec P182 case - fantastic. it's insulated so that heat from power supply does not enter the main space where components are.


i think thats it... i want 8gb ram eventually :-|i need it

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Originally posted by alun alun wrote:



i think thats it... i want 8gb ram eventually :-|i need it

Are you running a 64bit Windows or Linux?

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I bought my son the following to build up his system..
  • EVGA 8800 GTS SuperClocked 640MB GDDR3 PCI-E Graphics Card
  • EVGA nForce 680i SLI SKT775 7.1channel audio DDR2 ATX
  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz)
  • 2Gb Crucial Memory
  • Samsung DVD 18x writer (with lightscribe)
  • Antec 182 case / 650W power supply
  • 160 Gb Raptor HDD
  • Vista Premium
So not to disimilar to Alun's system.

He's now got it setup so that he gets a Vista score of 5.9 (the maximum





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Originally posted by Kin Mak Kin Mak wrote:

Originally posted by alun alun wrote:



i think thats it... i want 8gb ram eventually :-|i need it

Are you running a 64bit Windows or Linux?



Yes, running 64bit rendering packages too, 3DS Max 9, Autocad 2008 etc, so with these programmes, I really need 8gb ram running high mhz's. I know xp doesn't support 8gb. I'd rather run XP tho.

The 4gb is still good though.


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Originally posted by nero nero wrote:

I bought my son the following to build up his system..
  • EVGA 8800 GTS SuperClocked 640MB GDDR3 PCI-E Graphics Card
  • EVGA nForce 680i SLI SKT775 7.1channel audio DDR2 ATX
  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz)
  • 2Gb Crucial Memory
  • Samsung DVD 18x writer (with lightscribe)
  • Antec 182 case / 650W power supply
  • 160 Gb Raptor HDD
  • Vista Premium
So not to disimilar to Alun's system.


It's a good system Nero, it'll serve him well! I wanted the 2.6ghz quadcore but it was twice the price! I couldn't justify it on a students wage! How does he feel the raptor drive is? I don't know if i should get one or not... hmm

He's now got it setup so that he gets a Vista score of 5.9 (the maximum
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Raptors are good for system disks, in Raid 0. Storage disks are fine using the new perpendicular harddrives which provide close enough performance for much less money.

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My pc sucks now, i only built the thing.
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