Well guys, hit up a friends compy and thought I'd let you all know I'm still alive. Been fighting tooth and nail with the post office over the "laptop problem", but it should be resolved within the next week, two tops. As soon as it comes through and I add my own lil nest egg to the pot (putting the worst case ((I hope)) at another month), I should have enough to replace my desktop that took a fall. I'm too busy to build my own as I'd hoped, but I'm having the guys from ibuypower do a build for me and thought I'd run the specs by you guys to see your opinions.
Case - Nzxt Guardian 921 Gaming Tower Case-w/ NVIDIA Side Window
Processor - [== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU-
Processor Cooling - AVC Silent AMD CPU Fan and Heatsink-Quiet & Overclocking Proof
Memory - 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1333 Memory Module-Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 512MB-Single Card
Mobo -Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P -- AMD 770 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, PCI-E MB-
PSU - 700 Watt -SLI Ready
HD - 500 GB HARD DRIVE-[16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s]
Optical Drive - 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive-Black
2nd Optical Drive - 16X Sony DVD-ROM Drive-Black
Media Reader - 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer-Black
Meter Display - NZXT Sentry 2 LCD Touch Screen Fan Controller /w Temperatures Display-Black
Sound Card - 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard-
Network Card - Intel Pro 10/100/1000 Network Card-
OS - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium w/ Upgrade Coupon for Win7 Home Premium
[Free Game] - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: clear sky-Free with purchase of AMD DDR3 System
Speaker System - iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System-
Ext. Wireless Adapter - Zonet ZEW2545 802.11n 130Mbps Wireless USB Adapter-
Advanced Build Options - Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound-The best interface between your CPU and the heatsinks
Advanced Build Options - Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower-Achieve exceptional airflow in your chassis
Warranty - Standard Warranty Service-Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support
Got w00t?
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DW_Bomzin
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The 955 is an AM3 part pairing it with an AM2 motherboard and ddr2 ram is holding back performance and also the full potential of the experiance. You move to the Dragon platform by purchasing a AMD card. AMD chipset, card and CPU. Best performance marks in gaming. Droping in the Nvida 250 does not take advantage of the whole platform. especially when the 250 is just a rebranded 8800gt. which the 4870 kills, at same price point.DW_Savage wrote:I don't see the problem. explain please, Acy?
Ranji, it helps if you gave us a price of all this stuff. What is it gonna cost?
No shame, no dishonor, will run away to fight another day!
ACY
Agreed, you'd be very happy to replace the GT250 with an AMD/ATi 4870, but I'm not familiar with the AM3 Socket and whatnot. I've seen some interesting stuff with the Dragon platform though, I'm sure it's worth taking a look.DW_ACY wrote:The 955 is an AM3 part pairing it with an AM2 motherboard and ddr2 ram is holding back performance and also the full potential of the experiance. You move to the Dragon platform by purchasing a AMD card. AMD chipset, card and CPU. Best performance marks in gaming. Droping in the Nvida 250 does not take advantage of the whole platform. especially when the 250 is just a rebranded 8800gt. which the 4870 kills, at same price point.DW_Savage wrote:I don't see the problem. explain please, Acy?
Ranji, it helps if you gave us a price of all this stuff. What is it gonna cost?
This is a matter of preference, but I 'd never buy non-brand name speaker systems. In my experience, if it's expensive, it's a rip. if it's cheap, you get what you paid for. I'd just get the cheapest logitech 2.0 speakers I could find, and invest in a very nice headset. That's the way I would do it anyways.
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DW_Damaged
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You could have done better IMO.
AMD :lmao:
Sorry Acy I had to say it.
AMD :lmao:
Sorry Acy I had to say it.
the compy's runnin 950.... as for ram its supposed to support ddr3... i could get a radeon hd 4850 card instead if you all hate nvidia that much. i went with it because i thought that its what win7 recommends... btw i apologize for horrible punctuation & grammar but mini 3 isnt giving my phone much
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DW_SupernovA
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Not a matter of hating nVidia, just that what they offer right now isn't as cost effecient as AMD.Ranji wrote:the compy's runnin 950.... as for ram its supposed to support ddr3... i could get a radeon hd 4850 card instead if you all hate nvidia that much. i went with it because i thought that its what win7 recommends... btw i apologize for horrible punctuation & grammar but mini 3 isnt giving my phone much
This is Mobius btw.