Input on new system

dorkiz · Post by **dorkiz** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:25 pm

So... I'm going to start building a system while I'm over here, and need some input on the items that I picked. It's a high end, but not top of the line machine, so I just want to know what you guys think of it.

ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131398

EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI ... - Retail X2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130433

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817139006

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103674

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C9 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145222

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136296

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148337

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6829102006

eXg. Frag///aster · Post by **eXg. Frag///aster** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:51 pm

$1,300 I'm guessing.. Hmm.. Not bad.. I haven't done a lot of research in a while on rigs as I haven't had the money to fork out to build a new one as of yet. But That looks pretty good.. I think it will definitely hold you over for a while.. Now I am willing to bet that you get Gov. issue OS's so you aren't paying for that.. altho windows 7 ultimate looks kinda cool.

Also there is your case...... Now what exactly are you looking for here. Also one last thing Cooling.. Stock fans.. in that case.. which case are you getting. hehe.. and or are you going liquid.

P.s. I'm getting discouraged with quake live.. and need help.

dorkiz · Post by **dorkiz** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:24 pm

Nah, no gov issued OS here... Haha. I do have XP Pro that I bought myself around here somewhere... Although I might steal a copy of Win 7 depending on how well it's supported for everything.

And the case I haven't decided on yet. Something plain and large, so probably an Antec. I like the clean, black look.

And cooling... I want to try liquid for once. T3k was showing me this closed circuit liquid cooling thing. It looks pretty cool, but I still need to shop around.

And no getting discouraged.

Post by **CaMeL** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:21 pm

eXg. dorkiz wrote: Although I might steal a copy of Win 7 depending on how well it's supported for everything.

I have been running win 7 for a while now and have had no problems. I personally think its better than xp. Best microsoft OS thus far.

dorkiz · Post by **dorkiz** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:38 pm

And all games are awesome on it??

eXg. Frag///aster · Post by **eXg. Frag///aster** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:55 am

I'm at a point where I need someone to watch my games, and help me critique them.. so that I stop making mistakes.. basically. I can time very good, and My aim is okay once in a while..

simulation · Post by **simulation** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:34 am

eXg. CaMeL wrote:
eXg. dorkiz wrote: Although I might steal a copy of Win 7 depending on how well it's supported for everything.
I have been running win 7 for a while now and have had no problems. I personally think its better than xp. Best microsoft OS thus far.

Don't forget you'll need to run the 64-bit version to use that 6GB!

FWIW I've been running Vista 64 for a couple of years now (8GB) with no real software problems.

dorkiz · Post by **dorkiz** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:15 am

I just really haven't been able to like Vista... I haven't used it on my own system yet, but even having to TS it for other people around here it drives me f*****g nuts. They took out sooo many user friendly ways to TS simple problems... Maybe it's just because I'm unfamiliar with it though, who knows.

And I didn't think they'd make a 32 bit version for Win 7? Seems a little pointless with the way hardware is coming these days... Heh.

dorkiz · Post by **dorkiz** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:16 am

Oh, and Frag, record some demos that you know are of you playing (a lot of the last ones weren't haha) and send me a few. I'll go over them with you.

simulation · Post by **simulation** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:50 am

eXg. dorkiz wrote:I just really haven't been able to like Vista... I haven't used it on my own system yet, but even having to TS it for other people around here it drives me f*****g nuts. They took out sooo many user friendly ways to TS simple problems... Maybe it's just because I'm unfamiliar with it though, who knows.

And I didn't think they'd make a 32 bit version for Win 7? Seems a little pointless with the way hardware is coming these days... Heh.

Yes, there is still Win7 32-bit.

dorkiz · Post by **dorkiz** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:29 am

simulation wrote:
eXg. dorkiz wrote:I just really haven't been able to like Vista... I haven't used it on my own system yet, but even having to TS it for other people around here it drives me f*****g nuts. They took out sooo many user friendly ways to TS simple problems... Maybe it's just because I'm unfamiliar with it though, who knows.

And I didn't think they'd make a 32 bit version for Win 7? Seems a little pointless with the way hardware is coming these days... Heh.
Yes, there is still Win7 32-bit.

That's silly... But I guess if people still have 32 bit systems that can run it fine....

eXg. Pheon1x · Post by **eXg. Pheon1x** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:52 pm

eXg. dorkiz wrote:
simulation wrote:
eXg. dorkiz wrote:I just really haven't been able to like Vista... I haven't used it on my own system yet, but even having to TS it for other people around here it drives me f*****g nuts. They took out sooo many user friendly ways to TS simple problems... Maybe it's just because I'm unfamiliar with it though, who knows.

And I didn't think they'd make a 32 bit version for Win 7? Seems a little pointless with the way hardware is coming these days... Heh.
Yes, there is still Win7 32-bit.
That's silly... But I guess if people still have 32 bit systems that can run it fine....

Im not sure that i have a 64bit system, just being safe and not buying them right now, Ive gota q6600 2.4ghz quad core, 4gb ram, 8800gt 512ddr2

=p

eXg. focus · Post by **eXg. focus** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:56 pm

all of your machines are noobish and puny.

Post by **eXg. Pun1sher** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:31 pm

260 FTW Dorkiz. I'm like you, never really liked Vista, ALTHOUGH I have to admit, on my VERY underperforming HP laptop, it is MUCH snazzier since the last update. 7 wins hands down for speed, and lack of hassles, even though I'm still hunting around a bit in it.

BugZz · Post by **BugZz** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:10 am

i'd wait for 5770 by ati. nvidia is just fail and keeps getting worst with their driver support......