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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:14:51 AM EDT
Intel Q6600 quad core(lapped), 8GB of gskill ram, EVGA 750i FTW motherboard, EVGA core 216(GTX 260) graphics cards, Zalman 9900 cooler, Antec 850 modular power supply and a Cooler master HAF 932 case. This case has monster 230mm fans(3 of them) which keep things very cool and it is also very quiet. The hard drive is a 500GB WD caviar 7200rpm 32mb.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:16:23 AM EDT
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all that so you can post here , wow.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:17:57 AM EDT
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all that so you can post here , wow. Yeah, I know a bit overkill. I do have a few shooters I play. Fallout3 and Crysis. I build them more for fun. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:18:07 AM EDT
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 Cool computer. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:18:32 AM EDT
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Very clean. Looks good.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:18:41 AM EDT
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Holy huge fucking case Batman!!
Nice. 
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:18:59 AM EDT
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damn you get to max the graphics on crysis, luuuckky
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:19:49 AM EDT
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Holy huge fucking case Batman!!
Nice. I know when I tried to lift it after everything was installed My back was feeling it. I came from an Antec 900 case which was 10lbs less and 4 inches lower. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:20:15 AM EDT
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Intel Q6600 quad core(lapped), 8GB of gskill ram, EVGA 750i FTW motherboard, EVGA core 216(GTX 260) graphics cards, Zalman 9900 cooler, Antec 850 modular power supply and a Cooler master HAF 932 case. This case has monster 230mm fans(3 of them) which keep things very cool and it is also very quiet. The hard drive is a 500GB WD caviar 7200rpm 32mb.http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/ferret6677/007-2.jpg http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/ferret6677/009.jpg Only 500 Gb  , go with a solid state if you are going to go for speed.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:20:49 AM EDT
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damn you get to max the graphics on crysis, luuuckky Yep, I was happy before with my dual core with 3Gb of ram but then I picked up Crysis and that game needed some serious horsepower. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:21:01 AM EDT
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Meh, it will be obsolete in 3 years...
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:21:10 AM EDT
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If you don't mind me asking about how much did that set you back? I'm thinking of updating my desktop but I'm not sure if it's worth the money. Would like something powerful and near the cutting-edge but not beyond the point of diminishing return.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:21:48 AM EDT
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Intel Q6600 quad core(lapped), 8GB of gskill ram, EVGA 750i FTW motherboard, EVGA core 216(GTX 260) graphics cards, Zalman 9900 cooler, Antec 850 modular power supply and a Cooler master HAF 932 case. This case has monster 230mm fans(3 of them) which keep things very cool and it is also very quiet. The hard drive is a 500GB WD caviar 7200rpm 32mb.http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/ferret6677/007-2.jpg http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/ferret6677/009.jpg Only 500 Gb , go with a solid state if you are going to go for speed.By the end of the year I want to have a raid 0 setup with 10,000 rpm raptors or if the SSD drives are cheaper and better I will go with them. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:21:54 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: all that so you can post here , wow. Yeah, I know a bit overkill. I do have a few shooters I play. Fallout3 and Crysis. I build them more for fun. You getting good frame rates in Crysis? I hear it takes some serious hardware to run that game. I have no chance with my 4 year old Pentium 4  . |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:21:59 AM EDT
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all it needs now is some racing stripes and a fin, you will be getting cool points with the bros
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:23:39 AM EDT
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Spell check doesn't work.
Title should read: "I just built this computer, what do you think?"  |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:24:00 AM EDT
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If you don't mind me asking about how much did that set you back? I'm thinking of updating my desktop but I'm not sure if it's worth the money. Would like something powerful and near the cutting-edge but not beyond the point of diminishing return. Case was $120 processor was $180 Board was $160 power supply was $124(great deal at xmas time) Ram was $100 hard drive was $67 cooler was $59 Dvd drive was $25 |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:25:24 AM EDT
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all that so you can post here , wow. Yeah, I know a bit overkill. I do have a few shooters I play. Fallout3 and Crysis. I build them more for fun. You getting good frame rates in Crysis? I hear it takes some serious hardware to run that game. I have no chance with my 4 year old Pentium 4 .
I thought I was ok with my 2.14 dual core with 3GB of ram and a 8800GTS but it would only play on half res. That's why I upgraded. I did sell my other rig before buying these parts. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:25:35 AM EDT
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raise your FSB to 400 and drop multi to 8 or 9 for a righteous overclock.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:26:26 AM EDT
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I need to kick up the ram on my Commadore 64 so I can play me some Crysis yeah baby, commadore
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:26:27 AM EDT
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You have a bigtime hard drive bottleneck
A couple of Seagate Cheetahs in raid0 for a system drive and you'll be set. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:27:10 AM EDT
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Spell check doesn't work. Title should read: "I just built this computer, what do you think?"
No, I had my contacts out. Woops. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:28:06 AM EDT
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yeah contacts, right,
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:28:27 AM EDT
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You have a bigtime hard drive bottleneck A couple of Seagate Cheetahs in raid0 for a system drive and you'll be set. +1 Why go to all that just to throw in a 7200 rpm HD? |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:28:43 AM EDT
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raise your FSB to 400 and drop multi to 8 or 9 for a righteous overclock. I had it up to 2.8 from 2.4 last night. Everything is stable. I'm shooting for 3.2 tomorrow. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:30:58 AM EDT
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You have a bigtime hard drive bottleneck A couple of Seagate Cheetahs in raid0 for a system drive and you'll be set. +1 Why go to all that just to throw in a 7200 rpm HD? I was being cheap. I want to go with the 10,000 raptors but those are $220 each. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:31:43 AM EDT
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Just so long as it's not running Windows...
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:33:00 AM EDT
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Meh, it will be obsolete in 3 years... Oh god ... and so it begins. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:33:41 AM EDT
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Just so long as it's not running Windows... I have a dual boot of Vista64bit(gaming) and Ubuntu 9.04. I also use Linux Mint and Debian. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:34:00 AM EDT
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Just so long as it's not running Windows... speak it brother! |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:35:06 AM EDT
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Meh, it will be obsolete in 3 years... Oh god ... and so it begins. Not really a big deal since I build a new rig every year. I just sell the previous one before building. I was hoping that this one would last for another year and a half. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:36:30 AM EDT
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I like it, although I am not a big fan of SLI, I prefer 1 card to 2. But to each his own. Very clean install. Also, there is some debate about quad core, but interestingly enough, Crysis is one of the games that shows definate improvement with quad core over dual core.
I'm kind of a "noise snob" when it comes to computers, so it might be a touch loud for my tastes. But for a gaming PC, usually you have speakers or headphones cranking away whenyou are using it. :) |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:36:42 AM EDT
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But it's not an APPLE!
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:38:28 AM EDT
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I like it, although I am not a big fan of SLI, I prefer 1 card to 2. But to each his own. Very clean install. Also, there is some debate about quad core, but interestingly enough, Crysis is one of the games that shows definate improvement with quad core over dual core. I'm kind of a "noise snob" when it comes to computers, so it might be a touch loud for my tastes. But for a gaming PC, usually you have speakers or headphones cranking away whenyou are using it. :) This rig is super quiet. My Antec 900 was loud as hell. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:39:42 AM EDT
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I need to try this Ubuntu, looks pretty slick.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:40:18 AM EDT
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I need to try this Ubuntu, looks pretty slick. The latest version is really nice. 9.04 http://www.ubuntu.com/ |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:43:02 AM EDT
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My dad just got done with my compy:
AMD Phenom 9500 quad core ASUS m3n72-d MB 1.8TB HD space Antec Case 8GB DDR2 Ram Running Vista Ultimate (Don't hate, it was free) 2 Nvidia GeForce 512MB CrossfireX enabled vid cards Blu-Ray Drive this bastard has 6 fans...sheesh. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:45:22 AM EDT
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Nice Job
But don't you NEED a Bolt Face Logo on that puppy?
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:48:22 AM EDT
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That's awesome. I just got the next better one at Best Buy for 10% off.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:48:32 AM EDT
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Nice jobs with the wires- I noticed you didn't price out the GPUs when giving the total cost. I quit building computers when I quit playing games, fatherhood will do that to you. Who needs a machine that sounds like a vacuum cleaner when all you do is check out a few websites? But I'm sure that is one snappy air cooled machine.
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:58:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: Nice jobs with the wires- I noticed you didn't price out the GPUs when giving the total cost. I quit building computers when I quit playing games, fatherhood will do that to you. Who needs a machine that sounds like a vacuum cleaner when all you do is check out a few websites? But I'm sure that is one snappy air cooled machine. I know how you feel. I was a computer building maniac in HS and all through college. First kid came, slowly started playing less, and less and less, until I didn't touch a video game for a year or more.  Now have 2 kids, and the most we play is Mario Party on the Wii. And occasionally I play some zombie bashing in Dead Rising on the Wii. My current machine is a Fry's economy build that I updated a little bit, and it plays pretty much anything. Nothing on the scale of this monster above though. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 9:59:14 AM EDT
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If you don't mind me asking about how much did that set you back? I'm thinking of updating my desktop but I'm not sure if it's worth the money. Would like something powerful and near the cutting-edge but not beyond the point of diminishing return. Case was $120 processor was $180 Board was $160 power supply was $124(great deal at xmas time) Ram was $100 hard drive was $67 cooler was $59 Dvd drive was $25 Thanks for posting that. I've been looking at a DIY computer build from one of the computer mags that had a $700 machine. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:05:01 AM EDT
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Intel Q6600 quad core(lapped), 8GB of gskill ram, EVGA 750i FTW motherboard, EVGA core 216(GTX 260) graphics cards, Zalman 9900 cooler, Antec 850 modular power supply and a Cooler master HAF 932 case. This case has monster 230mm fans(3 of them) which keep things very cool and it is also very quiet. The hard drive is a 500GB WD caviar 7200rpm 32mb. The large fans are a wise move. I've learned over the years... Delta screamers drive me up a fucking wall, I'm glad those days are gone. Nowadays I won't accept anything smaller than 120mm, even in the PSU. EVGA is a great company from a support standpoint. I really like those guys. Make sure you register the cards online, and get double your warranty, upgraded for free. The Q6600 is a solid performer and really good bang for the buck. Gskill RAM has consistently been solid. I prefer Asus motherboards, but that said, I haven't tried a board from EVGA yet. The only thing I'd knock you on, is your choice of the hard drive. I really hate Western Digital. Could be they've improved lately, but I've had to RMA more than an assload of WDs and I just can't trust em now. But hey, good luck and maybe it'll be a great one. Overall, a great build there. 
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:05:13 AM EDT
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My last home built scream machine got toasted in a power surge. My wife needed the machine "right now" for college work so I just walked into costco and picked whichever one cost $800. Put in a 50 dollar (on sale) DX 10 card and called it a day. I couldn't believe how quiet the thing ran. Plus those 24 inch widescreen monitors are pretty nice (at first, then you check out the crappy viewing angles and how it handles blacks/ darks and you see why they practically give them away with the boxes).
If nothing else, an economy home build will have much superior components for a similar price. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:11:00 AM EDT
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Not as Sweet as my setup!
Just kidding, that thing is f'n sweet. But you're gonna need more space for pron |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:13:01 AM EDT
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I'm kind of a "noise snob" when it comes to computers, so it might be a touch loud for my tastes. But for a gaming PC, usually you have speakers or headphones cranking away whenyou are using it. :) The size of the fans means they move a great deal of air, at very low rpms. As such, the Decibel level will be very low, if not inaudible. You can use rheostats to halve the voltage even, thus cutting the RPMs and decibel level further... while still having probably more CFMs than your typical 80mm case fan. Typical 80mm case fans, to be "silent", move a very small amount of air. TL;DR - fan size pwnz all. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:14:14 AM EDT
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If nothing else, an economy home build will have much superior components for a similar price. That's the whole ball of wax summed up right there. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:15:18 AM EDT
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quick question,
what can I do to lessen the noise of the fan built onto my graphics card? ETA: second question, can you explain setting up the dual boot option to Vista or Ubuntu? I might pursue this tonight. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:16:26 AM EDT
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fuckin sweet man
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:21:47 AM EDT
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quick question, what can I do to lessen the noise of the fan built onto my graphics card? Using anti-static protections, you can either clean it out and hope that helps, or you can purchase another cooling solution. Unfortunately this is a common problem. I tend to look for passive cooling on graphics cards and board chipsets... because fans get loud, period. You can go with watercooling, air cooling, or passive cooling, as all options exist in the aftermarket... but it really depends on what card you have, as "universal" mounting options aren't nearly "universal", and it also depends how much heat your GPU unit throws and what method/product is suitable for it. In other words, you've gotta do some forum research on your particular card. |
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Posted: 4/29/2009 10:26:05 AM EDT
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I'd like to do this. Any good books on the subject?
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