Need some suggestions for building a custom PC...

[Terranova 10+ year member]

Thats a neat set-up you got goin there. I went from a 9800GT to a GTX260 and im slightly disapointed, My 3Dmark 06 score didnt change at all. I'm only gettin 12,846 for some reason.

 

[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

Yep I agree, got my E8500 stable at 4.75ghz, the stock speed is 3.12ghz. Im using a Zalman 9700 headsink and Artic Silver 5 thermal paste.

My Freezer 7 Pro kept my cpu much cooler than my Zalman 9700. Well, not much cooler, but 4 or 5C under load cooler.

Oh and why wouldnt you just get the e8400 and save money? It will overclock just as high as the e8500.

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

oh man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[Terranova 10+ year member]

With my tax return im gonna put my water back in and get water on my Gpus, which is so expensive for 260 water blocks, can you say 150$ a block?, then get another 24inch mon in there and take out my 19

I bought an Acer 24" HD display (does 1080p) so I game at 1920x1080 that's probably why I still have problems with Crysis. It's not bad though 1080p Very High DX10 with 16xQAA I get 27-32 FPS it's definately playable.

Bought a Blu-Ray player from Circuit City for the cheap, looks AMAZING on my screen.

 

[Terranova 10+ year member]

oh man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

lol

 

[SHiZNiLTi 10+ year member]

Thats a neat set-up you got goin there. I went from a 9800GT to a GTX260 and im slightly disapointed, My 3Dmark 06 score didnt change at all. I'm only gettin 12,846 for some reason.

12,846 is pretty low for a gtx260. Or else your CPU is bottlenecking the score. I scored 11,700 on 3dmark06 when I had my 8800gt installed then when I installed the gtx260 and got 18750 or so, then I oc'd and past the 19,000 mark.

The Every 1 used as5 if ur a builder, I have the 9700 in now and I hate it, it can't adjuste the fan speed automatic, only the 9500 does, and that looks gay //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif other wise i like the cpu

I hardwired my 9700 to a fan controller, it's hella fast now compared to hooking it up directly to mobo.

My Freezer 7 Pro kept my cpu much cooler than my Zalman 9700. Well, not much cooler, but 4 or 5C under load cooler.
Oh and why wouldnt you just get the e8400 and save money? It will overclock just as high as the e8500.

I got the e8500, corsair 850watt powersupple, xfx 780i mobo, 4gb Kingston HyperX PC8500 all for $300. That is why, cuz I got the hookup .

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

for that application look into a dedicated workstation graphics card, not a gaming card

 

[Terranova 10+ year member]

for that application look into a dedicated workstation graphics card, not a gaming card

dedicated workstation gpus are extremely expensive. the 9*** series supports CUDA. Should do fine.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

well, when i graduate college my laptop will be 4+ years old, i dont know if im going to want a laptop or a desktop in the next phase of life...i don't play ANY computer games...so i guess ill go laptop...

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

anyone care to give some opinions on this mobo?

ASUS Striker II 780i

thinking of pairing that with the Q8200...

 

[SHiZNiLTi 10+ year member]

anyone care to give some opinions on this mobo?
ASUS Striker II 780i

thinking of pairing that with the Q8200...

By the specs of it, it's a great board, but a lil expensive. I'd look @ the XFX 780I, I had great ocing results with it...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813141005&Tpk=xfx%20780i

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

interesting...I dont mind dropping the $ on a better mobo, do you not think the Asus is worth the extra $60? well actually $30, there's a $30 rebate on it...after reading up on the xfk reviews, there are a few worrisome reviews there with portions of the boards not working and zero customer service...I'll keep reading up here...

 

[SHiZNiLTi 10+ year member]

You gotta remember though that alot of these newegg noobs have never built a pc before and could have installed the mobo incorrectly onto the mobo risers causing grounding issues which could damage the board. All mobo manufactures out there have DOA boards though, just luck I guess if you get a good one of not. I got all my shit from craigslist and tested it with prime 95, 3dmark06 and memtest before I bought it and it did fine.... I came up on a great deal... got a XFX780i mobo, Corsair 850 watt powersupply, 9700 zalman heatsink, E8500 CPU, 4GB of 1066mhz hyperx, a Lanli case all for $300 total, he even had all the original boxes, you see deals like that all the tine,

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

I just built a PC recently just because I needed a new one, it consisted of:

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

Rosewill RP500 500W ATX12V v1.3/ EPS12V Power Supply - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182009

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231121

I got an 8800GT off of ebay for 80$, but unfortunately the price of the Q6600 went up, and a few sales that I got are no more, but I managed to spend about 600 at the time after everything was all said and done, this was about 4 or 5 months ago so prices changed and the core i7's came out.

I love Gigabyte mobo's, haven't had a single problem with mine, and its very easy to overclock with.

Just thought I'd share.

 

[norcrawler 10+ year member]

For $900 you can get a Desktop computer that will literaly destroy any and every game you throw at it (even Crysis). As for a Laptop, Ha you'd be lucky to get 10FPS at 640x480 lowest settings in crysis depending on the laptop you buy. If you happen to get a laptop that can play crysis decently (I don't think they really exist yet) you'll spend about 3k+.

it takes some shit to "destroy crisis"... and dont tell me it doesnt

Thats a neat set-up you got goin there. I went from a 9800GT to a GTX260 and im slightly disapointed, My 3Dmark 06 score didnt change at all. I'm only gettin 12,846 for some reason.

thats dookie. i got like 18k on my core 216