Kool2bchilln

Posted for criticism or suggestions. Praise would even be nice lol

Price tag ~$1600
I would actually have to pay $1070 to newegg (shipping for ALL newegg purchases: $22 =] )

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Inderagamono

Luminous

I guess my only input would be that you might want to go Intel for a processor. For $40 more, you can grab an Intel E8400, and from what I've heard, the performance is much better. Of course, that would mean an Intel compatible motherboard as well, but there shouldn't be a price difference between the two.

Otherwise, everything looks pretty good to me.

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Kool2bchilln

eh, i kinda like the idea of picking up wifi from a desktop lol

weird and useless, yes.
Entertaining, hell yes

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LenMiyata

Grumble Grumble Grumble

If you plan on tampering with over-clocking settings, I would recommend swapping the factory CPU Cooler with a better cooler... You could also up the memory to 4GB, (though only 3.2GB of it would be usable under the 32bit OS), as DX10 games (with that graphics card your installing, you do plan on installing DirectX 10???) can use every single bit of RAM that you can stuff onto that motherboard...

I would also recommend spending a little more $$$ on your video display, and get one thats native 1920x1200 resolution and HDCP support. (After all, what are you buying that heavy duty a graphics card for), which would also give you the option of later adding a Blu-Ray ROM drive to your system, and being able to watch those High Def Movies in their native resolution...

Newegg.com - Gateway FHD2400 Black-Silver 24" 3ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ 4-port USB Hub and Height & Pivot Adjustments 400 cd/m2 1000:1 - LCD Monitors

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Kool2bchilln

I do see your point, thx. (board can handle 8GB :) )
Newegg.com - OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
wow, amazingly that costs less than the worse RAM :) u people are cause for greatness, lol

I can't use that monitor because of price and features, but iz awesome nonetheless :)))) *bookmarks*

And i will buy an extra fan when i see what size i need or what kind of fittings there are, as for now i'm just staying on "safe side." Besides that, i also am new to the overclocking(yes i've heard of it), since i've never had the chance to play with it before, so I'll make sure to check that thoroughly, thx

That heavy duty graphics card is for handling Crysis :) and yes iz DX10 :)

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LenMiyata

Grumble Grumble Grumble

Still, searching through NewEgg, for LCD displays with 1920x1200 and HDCP support, there are models down in the $350 range, (with lesser feature sets) and that graphics card can easily handle that resolution with games with maxed out features (except for Crysis, which can bring a bleeding edge system to its knee's...)

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Kool2bchilln

sry man, the monitor is a solid. I've already bought it due to the rebate time limits. :/
My limit for this project was originally 1500, i've already crosses that up a little for enjoyment.

I do appreciate the info tho, thx much I WILL keep it in mind.

On a side note, did you know that Crysis crashes NASA's CrayXT? That's a fkn supercomputer 0_0.

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LenMiyata

Grumble Grumble Grumble
But the Cray is nothing more then a very expensive math sub-processor unit. The crash most likely occurred on the workstation providing the graphics display interface, (and probably due to buggy DX10 drivers at that...)

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Kool2bchilln

huh, i did not know that =\ I always just thought that was the entire thing. Moar knowledge i demand!

Ok, they ran Crysis maxed for 10 minutes, and it crashed the systems. <-- better version
I don't think it was a specific workstation, as much as they used the entire system, which was put over the BIG screen.

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Inderagamono

Lenne

lol you have the same case as me! A little pain fitting my crap in there but good ventilation!

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Kool2bchilln

Updated to cheaper, black, and better (SATA) disc drive
Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe - CD / DVD Burners

cool, sounds like a good case then =D

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