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Ordered a new box

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Ordered a new box

Post by bloodbane » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:31 pm

Finally ordered a new box...

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2 Radeon HD 6850
2xWestern Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power
Rosewill ARMOR Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer

All for a touch under a grand...

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Post by madmaz » Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:55 am

I like my Ripjaw memory had no problem with it. Plan on getting more soon.
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Post by bloodbane » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:33 pm

revision...I ordered a 2nd video card so we are going to go crossfire from the start

:eek:

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Post by Eviscerator » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:36 am

You sent this to my house right? I'll be sure to test it out for you and work out the kinks.
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Post by Sissyboy » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:27 am

NO SSD's?
I bet you would like them!
Best bang for the buck in my opinion.


Why not Intel?

Just curious Blood, because I'm looking at a new build for Brink.
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Post by Sissyboy » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:28 am

Oh - BTW

I usually build AMD

And by usually I mean.. I've used an Intel CPU once in the last .. 5 builds
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Post by Sissyboy » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:32 am

bloodbane wrote:revision...I ordered a 2nd video card so we are going to go crossfire from the start

:eek:
I had two 4890's in Crossfire.

I didn't think there was that big of a boost.

And I had heat issues constantly.
Finally pulled one and stuck with a single card.
So you might think of some cooling options.

Of course.... I only play ETQW... so I have a limited perspective.

Would like to know how it works out for you though!
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Post by bloodbane » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:08 pm

Sissyboy wrote:
bloodbane wrote:revision...I ordered a 2nd video card so we are going to go crossfire from the start

:eek:
I had two 4890's in Crossfire.

I didn't think there was that big of a boost.

And I had heat issues constantly.
Finally pulled one and stuck with a single card.
So you might think of some cooling options.

Of course.... I only play ETQW... so I have a limited perspective.

Would like to know how it works out for you though!
From what I have read that is an ETQW thing. Games that use OpenGL are more prone to crossfire issues than those that use DirectX.

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Post by Loose_Stool » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:47 pm

Get a Corsair H50 CPU cooler. Self-contained liquid cooler. Not only way cooler, but almost silent to boot.

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Post by Zeus » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:52 pm

Nice build Blood, going to be awhile before I get to do any upgrades, just bought my new truck so cash has left the building. :eew:
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Post by Eviscerator » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:10 pm

Loose_Stool wrote:Get a Corsair H50 CPU cooler. Self-contained liquid cooler. Not only way cooler, but almost silent to boot.
They just came out with an H70. I just bought an H50 and installed it literaly yesterday. I still have to open my case and put a fan on it (perhaps I need to tinker with the case fan arrangement a bit to fix this) but with the H50 my CPU now runs at 40C instead of 47C while playing ET.
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Post by KrispyKritter » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:28 am

Zeus wrote:... so cash has left the building. :eew:
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Post by Venze » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:41 pm

Maybe I should start work a bit more on my computer again, not that is sucks, it still rocks with the i7 proccesser, but maybe some more ram, and a blue-ray drive would not hurt.
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Post by Zeus » Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:59 pm

Loose_Stool wrote:Get a Corsair H50 CPU cooler. Self-contained liquid cooler. Not only way cooler, but almost silent to boot.
Best Buy has it on sale for $59

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+H ... Id=9503771
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Post by KrispyKritter » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:23 am

Zeus wrote:
Loose_Stool wrote:Get a Corsair H50 CPU cooler. Self-contained liquid cooler. Not only way cooler, but almost silent to boot.
Best Buy has it on sale for $59

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+H ... Id=9503771
The Best Buy site skipped the LGA 1366 on it's specs page, but Corsair says it's supported:

"Socket Support:
AMD AM2, AMD AM3,
Intel LGA 1155, Intel LGA 1156, Intel LGA 1366, Intel LGA 775 "
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