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Finally upgrading my home computer....

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Finally upgrading my home computer....

Post by Digger » Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:42 pm

This is what I have now....
Motherboard-Epox EP-9NPA+Ultra NF4U 939
Video-XFX 7800 GT 256M
CPU-AMD 64 3500+ Athlon 64 939
Memory-512x2 Corsair XMS

And this is what I'll probably be ordering in the next day or so....hopefully... :chin:

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

XFX HD-577X-ZMF3 Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9

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Post by Loose_Stool » Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:00 pm

If you see this soon Newegg has the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB Bare Drives for $99.99 with free shipping. I'm running 2 of these in raid 1 and they are fast. This price is only for today though and then they go back up.


Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136322

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Post by Sissyboy » Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:26 pm

Grab a SSDrive Digger for your OS and a few games.
You won't regret it bro!
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Re: Finally upgrading my home computer....

Post by Digger » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:59 pm

Digger wrote:This is what I have now....
Motherboard-Epox EP-9NPA+Ultra NF4U 939
Video-XFX 7800 GT 256M
CPU-AMD 64 3500+ Athlon 64 939
Memory-512x2 Corsair XMS

And this is what I'll probably be ordering in the next day or so....hopefully... :chin:

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

XFX HD-577X-ZMF3 Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
Ended up changing a few things when I ordered it all from Newegg today...Basically got the same Mobo but with the added USB 3.0, got a different case, little bigger HD with longer warranty, dropped down the Power Supply just a bit...
All in all I can't wait to get a little bit better system than what I had. I think my son is going to inherit the old system now. Now I just have to get myself a new monitor...:chin:

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

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Post by Sissyboy » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:11 pm

NO! no SSD?

Looks like you need a copy of ETQW....
Unless you are afraid sir!
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Post by Digger » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:53 pm

Sissyboy wrote:NO! no SSD?

Looks like you need a copy of ETQW....
Unless you are afraid sir!
Lol...looked at the SSD's....too much $ per Gig yet.
As far as ETQW, I can play it now...just never appealed to me when I played the demo for awhile.

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Post by Sissyboy » Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:05 am

Digger wrote:Lol...looked at the SSD's....too much $ per Gig yet.
Seriously.

Most bang for the buck these days.

Boot times under 30 seconds.
Game load times awesome.

And reboots........ painless.

But I understand about the gig/$ thing.

But keep it in mind.
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