Rhynri
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Originally Posted by Rhynri /img/forum/go_quote.gif [size=xx-small]@theVinylRipper - My best time from start to finish building an ATX machine is 10 minutes. (it was a gaming rig, so no cheating there). But I did PC repair for 3 years when I was in HS, so that is an advantage.*wink* My tower PC is a GigaByte Aurora Case, with 5 of the 5" (.3?" something like that...) drive bays and no less than 10 HDD drive bays, 4 of which are directly cooled by the front 120mm fan. Addionally, it has 2x120mm fans in the rear of the case, one above the other, and the PSU contains a 130mm fan. It's virtually silent when Running (the CPU heatsink is another 120mm fan that blows towards the two rear fans.) It contains 2tb of space internally, and the OS runs off a pair of WD Raptor 150gb 10kRPM drives. it has 3 external drives (2x320gb - 1x250gb) via a firewire daisy chain. It runs 4gb of DDR2-1066 in 4 sticks. Average internal temperature (ambient 80F) is 110F as measured at the cpu, which is an E6600 OC'd to 3.2ghz from 2.4ghz stock. It runs an Elite Pro Xfi card for sound and a[/size] 7950 GX2 Nvidia GeForce card (technically, it's two cards feeding one PCI-e slot). It feeds into that Dell 24" screen and Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 (which sound great for the price)... I'd recommend the Case to anyone, for it's superior cooling properties... just replace the stock fans (mine are Scythe X-Flex... 67cfm at 1200rpm & 27db) for aural silence. the PSU is a 620watt Corsair unit that has extraordinary specs for the price. Very quiet stable unit. You can no longer purchase the video card (it was very limited run) but it is roughly equivalent to a 8800GTX in terms of raw power. [size=xx-small]This rig has both XP and a distro of gentoo Linux called Sabayon, which is faster than Ubuntu as it is gentoo based, but slightly less compatible (however, it worked fine on my pc, when ubuntu refused to even boot off the cd.) In all honesty, this pc is possible today at under 3000$. It's blazingly fast and makes for an amazing gaming machine and media server (it stores my massive audio (over 100gb) and video (the rest of that 2tb space *hehe*) collections.[/size] |
Originally Posted by sleven /img/forum/go_quote.gif I’ll probably get Vista soon. |
Originally Posted by Rhynri /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you need an explanation for anything, list it and I'll be happy to provide. |
Originally Posted by wanderman /img/forum/go_quote.gif actually the card is more like an 8800gts 640 or 320 oc; the gtx is in a but ymmv. |
Originally Posted by Rhynri /img/forum/go_quote.gif I respectfully disagree. In everything I play on my computer, and the ways in which i play it, the 640 and 320 would both be downgrades. Even the 2900 XT HD often would lose to my current card. I predominately play at 1920x1200 if possible (game engine allows it) and 8xAS. No AA. I just don't see a marked difference with it on. Whether this is due to the density of my display, or some aspect of the slightly slower LCD response time, I am unsure. I'm also aware that high levels of AA is what is most troubling to my card, as the 8 gen cards have special optimizations that cheapen the cost of it to the card. To quote the Hardware Secrets reviewer. "Also, we can’t help thinking about GeForce 7950 GX2. This video card was released one year ago and when we maxed out image quality settings it achieved a superior performance on several games – this video card isn’t DirectX 10 and its HDR capability is really limited compared to newer products, though." Which I think sums up the major good points of the card while acknoledging it's shortcomings. |
Originally Posted by iliketuna /img/forum/go_quote.gif if you're thinking about getting vista: dont. i wouldnt even pirate it. it has nothing a copy of xp has. (nothing worth upgrading for at least). xp shows its age, but is solid enough for the average consumer. that said, i'd be running ubuntu on my desktop right now if it wasnt for a lack of linux drivers for the emu 0404 usb. as a result, i only use my desktop for listening to music and mild surfing now, and do everything else on my laptop running feisty fawn. |