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Posted: 8/10/2010 11:33:10 AM EST
update from my last build as the motherboard went out, bought a new case as well to deal with overclocking and heat.
mATX amd board (nothing fancy). ThermalTake case (love it, tons of room, slots for up to 6 fans. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Windsor +6000 3.0ghz. 6gb of DDR2 Nvidia GeForce 240 1gb DDR3 Games: Starcraft 2 Diablo II (yeah I'm still playing it) Call of Duty (still enjoy the original) Rise of Nations R.U.S.E. (out in a few weeks) |
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i need to build me another one. my last gaming rig went out over a year ago, havent messed with it since.
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here's some inspiration from another member. A little out of my price range as what you see up there was within $500
I just recently got back into PC gaming, have been playing my PS3 for a while now. I realized again why I like PC gaming so much more. |
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if i build me another one, i will go with an amd cpu and ati graphics build like that one in the link. last one i had was the nvidia sli, dont think i will build one of them ever again cause it was very costly and a headache but it was awesome once i got it going.
thats all i play anymore also, the ps3 here gets a lot of attention. i really miss the fps on the pc, was a lot funner to play on the pc with lots of mods too. |
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AMD 1090t x6 3.2ghz
OCZ Reaper 2 x 4GB DDR3 (8GB) ATI 5850 + 3 x 2048 x 1152 Samsungs in Eyefinity config Antec 650W Antec 900 Case AsRock 890FX AM3 MoBo (USB3 and SATA 3 and all that fun stuff) Kingston 128GB SSD RAID for everything else its fun |
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Exposed Obama's Townhall Plant, Champion Spam Chef
NH, USA
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Nor really designed as a gaming rig, just my main pc where I work and play games:
Old lian-li case Asrock H55DE3 motherboard Core i3-530 processor (going to upgrade to i5-760 soon) OCZ 600W power supply 8GB DDR3-1333 160GB Intel X-25M SSD for OS/programs 2x 1.5tb hard drives for data XFX Radeon HD 5770 video card 3x 24" 1920x1200 monitors |
“The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” - Margaret Thatcher
Proud Member of Ranstad's Militia كاف |
Core i7 920 @ 3.34GHz (20x167) 6GB (3x 2GB) Geil Ultra Series 1600MHz Asus P6T6 WS Revolution 2x 2GB GTX 285s in SLI Agility EX 60GB + 2x 750GB SG + 2TB External WD Asus Xonar Essence STX Enermax 1250W Revolution 85+ Coolermaster HAF 932 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 When I run it on my HDTV: I am back to using my triple screen setup now, but I will probably move to a bigger, higher resolution single screen at some point. |
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When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt,
run in little circles, wave your arms and shout. |
Phenom II 955BE @ 3.5 (can go over 4 stable on air)
Thermaltake Frio cooler 8GB DDR2 2 64gb SSD in RAID0 for OS/Games 2 500GB samsung single platters in raid0 for data 1 TB single drive for data/backup GTX280 video card (plan to upgrade soon) Antec 900 case 46" 1080p display Win7 enterprise 64. Yeah, it's fast. When I do my next build/upgrade it will likely be on an i7 with DDR3 and a fermi card. Laptop: Core2duo @ 2.8 3GB DDR3 2 320GB drives in raid0 win7 enterprise 64 GTX260m 15" 1080p display |
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A gun is a dangerous weapon, and if used properly, can be a wonderful source of entertainment. --Sledge Hammer
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I don't drink GLOCK-Aid, I take it intravenously.
TX, USA
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I will get pics up later but this is what I have, still runs great after 2 and a half years:
INTEL QUAD CORE Q9300 2.5GHZ THERMALTAKE TOUGH POWER 750 WATT EVGA NVIDIA 9800GTX SSC 512MB EVGA NVIDIA 9800GTX SSC 512MB ULTRA CHILLTEC THERMO CPU COOLER C2D ASUS STRIKER II FORMULA SLI 780 6G DDR2 PC6400 games: SC2 Ruse- soon Civ 5- soon Fallout Vegas- soon |
Originally Posted By Dtrain323i:
I've said it before and I'll say it again In a survival situation i'd want Les Stround For a bar fight against zombie pirates on crystal meth? I'd want Bear Grylls |
Alienware M17x-r2
Intel® CoreTM i7 720QM (2.8GHz/-1Mhz FSB/6MB cache) Dual 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 4870 in CrossfireX™ 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3 17.0 inch WUXGA display (1920x1200) RGB LED 1200p 500GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD 500GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
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Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete. A case to be filed under "M" for mankind—in the Twilight Zone.
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Saw that Alienware laptop reviewed on Attack of the Show, very nice, my first choice if I decide to get a gaming laptop.
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Originally Posted By MauserMark:
Saw that Alienware laptop reviewed on Attack of the Show, very nice, my first choice if I decide to get a gaming laptop. yea, i like it so far ive only had it a couple days im 24 an just out of college and moving around so i cant exactly lug a watercooled desktop around |
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CPU Q9550
Motherboard GA-EP45-UD3P Memory Kingston HyperX 4GB KHX8500D2K2/4G Graphics Card EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB Case Antec 300 CPU cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900LED OS Win XP SP3 / Win 7 64bit dual boot two 250GB OS drives, one for each os 1.5TB data drive second 1.5TB drive in a dock that I use for backups |
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Vote for freedom, not political parties
http://www.ytedk.com/ Kann ich bitte ihre Papiere sehen? Is it me or is it getting hot in here? And how did we get in this hand basket? |
My rig is slow compared to you guys.
AMD X2 64 245 @ 3.6Ghz 4GB DDR2 @ 1000mhz 1GB ATi 4850 250GB SATA2 7200 Nothing too special. I only use it for games. It sits off most of the time. |
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Originally Posted By xLucidx: Originally Posted By MauserMark: Saw that Alienware laptop reviewed on Attack of the Show, very nice, my first choice if I decide to get a gaming laptop. yea, i like it so far ive only had it a couple days im 24 an just out of college and moving around so i cant exactly lug a watercooled desktop around Not that I don't use laptops. My life and career is on my work laptop, but hey, work gives me a new one every few years.
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I don't drink GLOCK-Aid, I take it intravenously.
TX, USA
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What is really depressing is looking up all your current componeents and seeing what you can buy them for now vs. today or looking what you could have gotten for what you spent a couple years ago.
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Originally Posted By Dtrain323i:
I've said it before and I'll say it again In a survival situation i'd want Les Stround For a bar fight against zombie pirates on crystal meth? I'd want Bear Grylls |
Originally Posted By cableguy221: What is really depressing is looking up all your current componeents and seeing what you can buy them for now vs. today or looking what you could have gotten for what you spent a couple years ago. The nature of the game I guess. I remember getting the 450mhz Pentium II for a new build in I don't know 98? I think I payed $250 or more for it, but man Quake II with a 32mb Video card ran nicely.
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Originally Posted By MauserMark:
Originally Posted By xLucidx:
Originally Posted By MauserMark:
Saw that Alienware laptop reviewed on Attack of the Show, very nice, my first choice if I decide to get a gaming laptop. yea, i like it so far ive only had it a couple days im 24 an just out of college and moving around so i cant exactly lug a watercooled desktop around Not that I don't use laptops. My life and career is on my work laptop, but hey, work gives me a new one every few years.
That's not the case with the Alienware laptops and a few others. I have a 3 year old mALX Alienware with dual 7950's and I know that they can be updated. I don't know if there's a mobile card that I still want to use though. I also don't like hauling the big bastard around. My mALX has a 19" screen and the laptop in it's backpack with it's MASSIVE power brick probably weighs close to 30-35 pounds when all packed up. That's alot of machine to try and haul through an airport and security. It's a shame they quit making the mALX's after Dell bought them out. I tried pricing out an m17x, and for what I really wanted, it would cost as much as an mALX would probably go for, but the screen is only 17". I love my Alienware laptop, but I'm going to hold off on buying one from them for a while. I have 3 buddies who have gotten newer Alienwares, and they've all had some kind of failure or serious issue. Two of them have had replacements sent because they couldn't get straightened out, and they are having problems with their replacements. |
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I have transcended ego. I am without form, a void. Neither vessel nor substance. No beginning, no end. Nothing and everything.
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Originally Posted By Evil_ATF: IBM PowerPC 3 cores 3.2 GHz 512 MB GDDR3 SDRAM ATI 256-bit 2D/3D graphics acceleration MS Windows XP Media Center compatible with 120GB drive http://www.mypay-computers-credit.com/wp-content/uploads/xbox360-elite.jpg AKA "Tagged" Sweet, my 4 year old Dell has the same specs! |
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"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independance from any who might attempt to abuse them, which also includes their own government." - George Washington
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Damn this stuff looks awesome. I'd love to get a sweet gaming laptop, but I can't even start to look at dropping that kind of coin until I get my Browning paid off and figure out a budget for my student loan payments (and get a job that pays about 2-5k a year more).
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"Never underestimate the possibility that you might need to kill the shit out of something." - TexasRifleman1985
Rule No. 32 - Enjoy the little things. |
My evga 750sli board fried so now I'm on
gigabyte g41m-es2l e8500 clocked to 3.20ghz 4gb of ddr2 800mhz overclocked 512mb 9800gt It ran FO3 on full settings so i hope it will do the same with new vegas now that I'm down to 1 video card. |
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Wow, the Kenyan scam makes those Nigerian scams look pretty weak.-alexander_inbitchkin
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Intel i7 920
6gb OCZ DDR3 1600mHz RAM Asus P6T mobo Corsair 750TX PSU ATI Radeon HD5850 (Hopefully picking up another to Crossfire sometime) Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Samsung 24" 1080p HDTV HP DVDRW drive Sony CDRW drive Run of the mill Dell keyboard Razor Deathadder mouse Old Xion case Everything at factory speeds except the RAM. Runs everything perfect so far and hass plenty of room for more upgrading and OC'ing if need be |
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I7 4.0Ghz
GTX470 |
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CM690II case
Gigabyte P43 mobo Q9300 @ 3.2ghz Zotac GTX 460 4GB DDR2 Seasonic PSU Win7 x64 Yadda yadda. Hoping to move on to Sandy Bridge in the not too distant future. |
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Got a new computer for Christmas. The person who gave it to me assembled it himself. It wasn't a prebuilt machine from the factory. It's got an Antec case, motherboard is an ASUS M4A88T-V EVO/USB3, integrated HD audio, 4GB of ddr3 10700 G.Skil RAM, Windows Premium Home 7, Acer H233H HD monitor running at 1920x1080, ASUS EAH5770 CuCore/2DI/1GD5/A videocard, and a AMD Athlon II X4 640 processor running at 3.0GHz (I've never owned a quad core machine before and this thing is blazing fast). Oh, I almost forgot, I have a 1TB harddrive, a Seagate ST3100528AS, ATA connection, Razer Carcharias Headset and a Logitech MX518 gaming mouse
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"Naaah, this won't turn it into a furcoat razorblade"-Frost7
And with the clicking, came the ticking, of the page that was no more. Quoth the server... "404" |
Gaming/Folding Rig...
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition C3 @ 4.0GHz / 1.46v MB - Asus Crosshair IV GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD5830 1GB GDDR5 HDD - Western Digital Black 640GB SATA 6.0GB/s PSU - Corsair TX-850w Case - CoolerMaster Storm Scout(modified) Air - CoolerMaster R4 Blue-LED 120mm x 6 Water - Corsair Hydro Series H50(Push/shroud/rad/pull) Thermal Compound - ICDiamond 24k Beta Screen - Acer 22" LCD KB - Logitech G110 Mouse - Logitech G500 Headset - Razer Carcharias |
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Well, I don't have everything, just the meat
Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz Haven't OC'd it yet. ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 890FX Evga GF8800 2 WD Caviar Green 1.5TB HDD Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600 ASUS 24x DVD burner Windows7 Pro 64-bit |
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Intel i7 950 @ 4.2GHz, 1.32v
12 GB Crucial 1333 RAM nVidia GTX 460 1GB Cooler master Hyper 212+ Cooler Master Elite 310 case Antec Earthwatts 650w PSU Seagate 2TB HDD |
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Dang....there's some fancy ass computing gear up in here.
I'll post a pic of my humble rig in a sec. I built it just before Xmas. MSI P55-GD80 I5-750 (200x20) 4Gb Corsair XMS OCZ Agility 2 SSD Tuniq TR-120 Xfired 6870s Corsair HX850 Silverstone FT02 ASUS Xonar Essence ST Logitech G9x 27" Syncmaster
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Jessica better be out all night tonite , or monday the real fun starts
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Originally Posted By Keymaster4225: Intel i7 950 @ 4.2GHz, 1.32v 12 GB Crucial 1333 RAM nVidia GTX 460 1GB Cooler master Hyper 212+ Cooler Master Elite 310 case Antec Earthwatts 650w PSU Seagate 2TB HDD Pics if possible.
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Intel I-7 960
Megahelams Cooler with twin 120mm Silent fans 6 GB Mushkin Redline PC2000 EVGA GTX 580 Asus Xonar D2 7.1 Sound card WD Raptor 300GB System Drive 2 WD 1TB Storage Drives LG Blu-Ray Burner HP DVD/R w/ Lightscribe PC Power & Cooling 750W PS Silverstone TJ-09 Black Case Logitech Z-5500 Speakers Razer Naga Mouse Logitech G15 Keyboard Win 7 64 bit |
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Originally Posted By MauserMark:
Originally Posted By Keymaster4225:
Intel i7 950 @ 4.2GHz, 1.32v 12 GB Crucial 1333 RAM nVidia GTX 460 1GB Cooler master Hyper 212+ Cooler Master Elite 310 case Antec Earthwatts 650w PSU Seagate 2TB HDD Pics if possible. I need to hit it with some duster, which I keep forgetting to buy at Wally World. Nothing really spectacular to look at, except for the one fan with a blue LED. |
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Originally Posted By OKC556CPA:
Intel I-7 960 Megahelams Cooler with twin 120mm Silent fans 6 GB Mushkin Redline PC2000 EVGA GTX 580 Asus Xonar D2 7.1 Sound card WD Raptor 300GB System Drive 2 WD 1TB Storage Drives LG Blu-Ray Burner HP DVD/R w/ Lightscribe PC Power & Cooling 750W PS Silverstone TJ-09 Black Case Logitech Z-5500 Speakers Razer Naga Mouse Logitech G15 Keyboard Win 7 64 bit Nice... How's that Megahalems cooler? Are you overclocking at all or stock? |
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Originally Posted By Keymaster4225:
Originally Posted By OKC556CPA:
Intel I-7 960 Megahelams Cooler with twin 120mm Silent fans 6 GB Mushkin Redline PC2000 EVGA GTX 580 Asus Xonar D2 7.1 Sound card WD Raptor 300GB System Drive 2 WD 1TB Storage Drives LG Blu-Ray Burner HP DVD/R w/ Lightscribe PC Power & Cooling 750W PS Silverstone TJ-09 Black Case Logitech Z-5500 Speakers Razer Naga Mouse Logitech G15 Keyboard Win 7 64 bit Nice... How's that Megahalems cooler? Are you overclocking at all or stock? It's stock for now. It's incredible at keeping temps down. I can run anything I want, for as long as I want, and the temp is still cooler than the stock cooler at an idle. It also fits really well. I have zero interference with anything on an EVGA X58 3X SLI board. My case also helps. I have tons of room for internals, and the airflow is fantastic. I honestly believe if I wanted to drop temps anymore, I'd have to watercool it. |
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The build I'm working on right now...
Lian-Li PC-7B case ASUS SaberTooth X58 (milspec ) Intel I7 950 quad core 3.06Ghz 8Gb Corsair OCZ DDR3 1600Hz Seagate Barracuda 1Tb 7200rpm 32mb cache SATA EVGA 9800GT 1Gb PCI-e (might upgrade in the future, not sure right now) Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music (will likely upgrade) Which will be replacing my: Antec P182B ASUS P5QL Intel Core2duo 2.80Ghz 4Gb Patriot DDR2 1333Mhz Western Digital Caviar 500Gb 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA EVGA 9800GT 1Gb PCI-e Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music |
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"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independance from any who might attempt to abuse them, which also includes their own government." - George Washington
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17 celsius how in the fuck?
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"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independance from any who might attempt to abuse them, which also includes their own government." - George Washington
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Originally Posted By Ridge_Runner_5:
17 celsius how in the fuck? Liquid cooling |
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AMD Phenom X4 965
8 GB Kingston DDR3 RAM Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 Corsair 120 GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Black 750 GB HDD Lite-On iHES108 8x BD-ROM Drive Antec Three Hundred Illusion case Antec TruePower New 750W PSU |
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Intel I5 760 @2.8ghz
8 GB DDR3 1333mhz RAM Nvidia GTX 465 Antec 650 watt PSU |
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Just ordered components for my first complete build.
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty P67 PROFESSIONAL CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X + Turbulence II Series 8GB Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB Video Card Power: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mark II 950W Main HD: Crucial RealSSD 128GB Solid State Drive Case: Fractal Design Define R3 Black ATX Mid Tower Silent PC Computer Case Storage HD: 2 WD 1TB drives backing eachother up Disk drive: HP BD Combo SATA LightScribe Support (Blueray) CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler I will update with pics when i get it all together. ETA: I think i went a bit overboard with it. Way over budget |
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Operating System
MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Thuban 45nm Technology RAM 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 636MHz (9-9-9-24) Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3 (AM3) 43 °C Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 Hard Drives 488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0 ATA Device (SATA) 39 °C Optical Drives HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH10LS30 ATA Device Audio NVIDIA High Definition Audio |
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System:
Corsair 800D case Corsair AX1200 power supply Asus Rampage III Extreme X58 Socket 1366 Intel i7 950 Bloomfield Saphire HD 5790 2 GB Crossfire GPU 12 GB Corsair Dominator RAM OCZ Vertex 2 SSD drive (OS) WD Caviar Black 1 TB 7200 RPM (data) Logitech G15 Keyboard Cyborg RAT 7 mouse FUNC mouse pad Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Cooling: Danger Den CPU block Danger Den GPU Block Danger Den drive bay reservoir Jingway DP600p pump Black Ice 3 x 120mm radiator Display: Ergotron Tripple Display Stand Three ViewSonic VP2365WB 23-Inch IPS LCD Monitor Display Port adapter: Accell B087B-005B UltraAV DisplayPort to DVI-D Single-Link Active Adapter ATI Certified (Black) Plays very nice, cost $5k plus October last year all together. |
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I recently made some upgrades/additions. I no longer run 3x 1280x1024 monitors (3840x1024 with Matrox DTH2GO), instead I am connected to two displays. The primary one is the new 24" BENQ LED 120Hz 1920x1080 monitor, that I got last week. The secondary one is my 37" Philips 1920x1080 HDTV. I also upgraded from 6GB (3x2GB) of Geil DDR3 to 24GB (6x4GB) of Kingston DDR3, as it was on offer. To top it all off, I also bought a 3TB external Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex drive. So here it is! MOBO: Asus P6T6 Workstation Revolution Pro - Socket 1366 CPU: Intel i7 920 Quad Core - Socket 1366 RAM: 24GB (6x4GB) - Triple Channel DDR3 GPUs: 2x Palit GTX 285 in SLI - 2048MB GDDR3 VRAM each AUDIO: Asus Xonar Essence STX - paired with Sennheiser PC-350 headphones, and crappy Creative speakers PRIMARY SSD: OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) GAME HDD: Seagate 750GB STORAGE HDD: Seagate 750GB EXTERNAL HDD: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 3TB PSU: Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W CASE: Cooler Master HAF 932 HSF: Noctua Monolithic of some kind K & M: Logitech G15 & Logitech Trackball OPTICAL DRIVE: LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 DISPLAY 1: BENQ XL2410T - 24" 120Hz LED 1920x1080 DISPLAY 2: Philips Cineos - 37" 1920x1080 |
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When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt,
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