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I'm building a new PC
Topic Started: Apr 14 2010, 03:38 PM (485 Views)
Mark
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HOLY CARP!!!
Yep! A PC which will be running Windoze 7 Ultimate 64bit. :whome:

The Case: Cooler Master SGC-2000-KKN1-GP
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The CPU: Intel BX80601930
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The CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-UV8-XBU1-GP
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The Motherboard: ASUS P6T
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The Video Cards (yes! 2 of them) ;) MSI N250GTSTwinFrozr1GOC (2)
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The Power Supply: Cooler Master RS-600-AMBA-D3
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The Memory: (12Gigs of RAM) Corsair (XMS Series)
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The Hard Disk: Seagate ST31500341AS SATA II 1500GB
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The DVD Burner: LG ELECTRONICS GH24NS50
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The Keyboard: steelseries World of Warcraft (WOW) Limited-Edition Wrath of the Lich King Zboard Bundle :D
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The OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
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The specifications:
Intel Core i7-930 (Bloomfield) 2.66GHz Socket 1366 130W Quad Core Processor (BX80601930)
ASUS Intel X58 Express Chipset Socket 1336 ATX Motherboard (P6T)
MSI N250GTS TwinFrozr OC Edition 1GB 256bit GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0 x16 HDCP ready Graphic Card
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Desktop Memory Kit (CMP6GX3M3A1600C7)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (ST31500341AS) -Bare Drive
LG Black 24X DVD+/-R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD-RW SATA 5.25" DL-DVD Burner (GH24NS50) - OEM
Cooler Master V8 120mm Rifle CPU Cooling Fan (RR-UV8-XBU1-GP)
Cooler Master Storm Scout Black Steel/Plastic Mid ATX Tower Case (SGC-2000-KKN1-GP)
Cooler Master Silent Pro 600 Series 600Watt ATX12V v2.3 CrossFireX/SLI/80 Plus Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply (RS-600-AMBA-D3)

$1,791.42 shipped.
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JBryan
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Welcome to the dark side.
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Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

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kenny
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I think I'd rather have my skin peeled off.

I like apple's open-the-box-and-start-using-it philosophy, but hey, people vary.
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John D'Oh
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Nice rig.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Mark
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Apple Mac Pro Tower with "like specs" = $4,548.00

Who knows, this new PC just might become my new Main Workstation.

Windows 7 will be the determining factor there.
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Mark
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Oh and Kenny? It's me, Mark. You know the MacHEAD???

All of the components of this PC are shipped separately, I have to plug the CPU into the motherboard, apply the thermal grease to the top of the processor and install the cooler. Install the ram, the video cards the power supply, the hard disk the DVD drive and install the OS from scratch.

It's a bit like being a gear/motor-head.
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Mark
Apr 14 2010, 03:57 PM
Apple Mac Pro Tower with "like specs" = $4,548.00
It's hard to argue with that logic - I flirted with getting a Mac last time around, until I did a price comparison.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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John D'Oh
Apr 14 2010, 04:07 PM
It's hard to argue with that logic
Say what?
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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JBryan
Apr 14 2010, 04:23 PM
John D'Oh
Apr 14 2010, 04:07 PM
It's hard to argue with that logic
Say what?
You can say that again.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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JBryan
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Okay, say what?
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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The 89th Key
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Mark - that's going to be a sweet rig! I just bought a very similar computer a couple weeks ago, you can see specs, gallery, etc...here: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668627.php

I look forward to hearing how it is once you have it set up! Nice keyboard too! :nerd:
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Horace
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Beautiful.

Now I have a target to shoot for when I build my next PC in a year or so. What Mark has only at least one notch better in every component. :P
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Horace
Apr 14 2010, 05:02 PM
Beautiful.

Now I have a target to shoot for when I build my next PC in a year or so. What Mark has only at least one notch better in every component. :P
I was pricing together my own dream rig lately as well. Most of your stuff is what I was going to pick Mark.

Only differences is I'm more an ATI guy than Nvidia, and would probably drop 5 bills on a single 5870, the new 5970 is just too dear at $700.

Since you're doing the SLI for your vid cards, my recommendation is to upgrade to a bigger power supply than the 600W you have there. Go 750.

The ram's a bit of overkill, but you got the slots and it's not expensive anymore, so what the hell.

Hope your install goes well.



Edited by Nobody's Sock, Apr 14 2010, 05:16 PM.
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I am liking Windoze 7 64 bit -- I run it on my HP laptop and my Mac Mini. I don't care for the way it runs on VM Fusion, I probably should have gone to Parallels, but I don't really dislike it enough to shift everything over...
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Mark
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I was thinking about the ram. I can save about $250 if I only install 6 Gig. I may do that initially and upgrade it later if I run into performance problems.
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Add a second SATA drive and set up RAID configuration. It's a lot easier than backing up (when you remember to) and a lot easier than trying to recover data and relosd software after a crash. Disk drives are cheap.
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Mark
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Ordered! $1,581.88 shipped.

6 gigs of ram.

2nd hard drive is not needed at this time. Plenty of space for backup on my servers.

Main duty will be for software development. Gaming is always secondary but it will be a kick a$$ machine for that too!
Edited by Mark, Apr 15 2010, 09:17 AM.
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Mark
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I was told that WoW does not take advantage of the dual video cards. :(

Maybe I will just install one and keep the other for a spare or maybe when the xpac is released they will have dual video card support.
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Vat ist VoW?
Edited by Der Fuhrer, Apr 15 2010, 12:58 PM.
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Mark
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Welt der Kriegfertigkeit
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JBryan
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Awesome rig, Mark, and awesome price as well. Of course, the best part is it is deductible.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Mark
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Thanks JBryan!

It should be here early next week.
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