New Computer Build Day!

ZEBOV · 12-03-2011, 10:53 AM

Sooooo, during my month long ban, I built me a computer!
Posting pics to sso isn't working out and I need to go to work, so here it is on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71389962@N08/

Intel I7 2600k

Gigabyte gtx 260 (I'll upgrade that to an msi gtx 570)

G Skill Ripjaws X series 2x4gb 1866 Mhz ram

Western digital caviar blue 500 Gb 7200 rpm hard drive
msi z68a-gd80 (g3) motherboard
Asus blu-ray drive
Kingwin LZP-750 750 watt power supply
Coolermaster HAF X case

I'll eventually upgrade to liquid cooling and get an SSD.

AK DRAGON · 12-03-2011, 12:16 PM

Your case isn't big enough, It should have been bigger! LOL
It should serve you well for quite a while

Daiephir · 12-03-2011, 01:06 PM

why that graphics card in particular?

Sicarius · 12-03-2011, 02:38 PM

HAF's are great cases. Heavy as a ............, but fantastic.

ZEBOV · 12-03-2011, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daiephir

why that graphics card in particular?

Because it was cheap and still a very capable card. I'll eventually get a GTX 570 though.

Daiephir · 12-03-2011, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEBOV

Because it was cheap and still a very capable card. I'll eventually get a GTX 570 though.

But! you're spending more money when you eventually get the other instead of just buying it right off the bat!

ZEBOV · 12-03-2011, 03:53 PM

I wanted a gaming rig right then instead of waiting another 2 weeks. I was starting to go kinda crazy without playing any video games in several months, and I don't play my bass anymore because it just doesn't motivate me (it just sounds like shit). It feels good to be able to play mass effect again!

habicore_5150 · 12-03-2011, 04:18 PM

do i see an i7-2600k, with 8gb of GSkill Ripjaws X ram, a blue ray burner, and a 750w modular power brick?

the specs you have are coming PREEETY close to mine

except i had thoughts on upgrading my mobo from a biostar p67 to a asrock z68

ZEBOV · 12-03-2011, 09:29 PM

Damn close! A blu-ray player.
I love my mobo, and I don't even use all of the features yet. I'll eventually get a SSD for Intel Smart Response.
Right after this post, I'll post the specs in the OP

Daiephir · 12-03-2011, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEBOV

I wanted a gaming rig right then instead of waiting another 2 weeks. I was starting to go kinda crazy without playing any video games in several months, and I don't play my bass anymore because it just doesn't motivate me (it just sounds like shit). It feels good to be able to play mass effect again!

But, you cant play much with a GTX260 XD (sir, do you happen to play starcraft? I can always use more practice buddies)

ZEBOV · 12-03-2011, 09:56 PM

Yeah I play Starcraft 2! I suck against other people right now because I hardly played it on the family computer... Other people we're usually on it.
It also supports Mass Effect with graphics turned all the way up, Portal 2 (haven't looked at graphics options, but it looks damn good), and ArmA 2 with battles of about 60 vs 60 at 20 frames per second at the lowest. I haven't played anything else yet. I'll play Mass Effect 2 when I finish my current playthrough of ME 1.
I also want to play some old school games like X-Wing Alliance. I miss that game.

Daiephir · 12-03-2011, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEBOV

Yeah I play Starcraft 2! I suck against other people right now because I hardly played it on the family computer... Other people we're usually on it.
It also supports Mass Effect with graphics turned all the way up, Portal 2 (haven't looked at graphics options, but it looks damn good), and ArmA 2 with battles of about 60 vs 60 at 20 frames per second at the lowest. I haven't played anything else yet. I'll play Mass Effect 2 when I finish my current playthrough of ME 1.
I also want to play some old school games like X-Wing Alliance. I miss that game.

Yes! More starcraft players!

if you wanna add me, I'm Daiephir 896 on NA (I dont have my EU account yet

)

ZEBOV · 12-03-2011, 11:06 PM

What's special about an EU account? I'm only on NA.
You'll be added by.... Skooterbush.... I wish I could change that name. I hate it!

Daiephir · 12-03-2011, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEBOV

What's special about an EU account? I'm only on NA.
You'll be added by.... Skooterbush.... I wish I could change that name. I hate it!

You can, you go on battle.net and yuo have 1 free one to use (apprently it's harder over there, but I just want to be able to play with some euro friends)

ZEBOV · 12-04-2011, 12:20 AM

I live in the U.S.!

Daiephir · 12-04-2011, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEBOV

I live in the U.S.!

I know that! I wasn't referring to you

ZEBOV · 12-04-2011, 11:19 AM

Oh! I thought you we're thinking I live in the EU!

Daiephir · 12-04-2011, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEBOV

Oh! I thought you we're thinking I live in the EU!

Hahahaha!

ZEBOV · 12-04-2011, 11:40 PM

I added you on Sc2.

Hollowway · 12-05-2011, 01:50 AM

You could get a card better than a 260, but cheaper than a 570 and then later buy a duplicate and run them in crossfire. That way you have something immediately, and can later upgrade without throwing away what you have.

The other thing is, do you really need liquid cooling? That case has good ventilation. Or are you planning on OCing everything?

shaggydogJV · 12-05-2011, 02:28 AM

Unless you're going to overclock the shit out of your cpu, I wouldn't bother with liquid cooling.

Daiephir · 12-05-2011, 03:02 PM

Nah, everyone knows that Nitrogen cooling is the shit anyways

ZEBOV · 12-05-2011, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollowway

You could get a card better than a 260, but cheaper than a 570 and then later buy a duplicate and run them in crossfire. That way you have something immediately, and can later upgrade without throwing away what you have.

The other thing is, do you really need liquid cooling? That case has good ventilation. Or are you planning on OCing everything?

Oh yes! I want to do some EXTREME overclocking! At least 5.4 GHz for the processor.
And this is the GPU I want.
Newegg.com - MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

It goes without saying that I would overclock that too.

ZEBOV · 12-09-2011, 02:54 AM

Something else I didn't think about until now.... I could wait until the next generation of graphics cards is released.

raximkoron · 12-15-2011, 04:14 PM

ATi/AMD's new line (Radeon HD 7000's) start shipping about Mid-January and nVidia's GTX 600's will probably follow suit a couple months later.

I just recently (month ago) bought a GTX 570 off Amazon for $300, and have been damned pleased with it. I have access to a ton of different video cards as I work in a hardware compatibility lab for a software QA company and I checked out quite a few cards in my system before deciding on that one.

The GTX 560 Ti didn't quite get me to where I wanted. The Radeon 6870 was alright as well. The Radeon 6950 was great, and performed better than the GTX 570 in about half of what I threw at it, but I'm so damned sick and tired of ATi's drivers being flaky and unreliable that I decided to pony up a little more cash for the 570.

I was amazed to get a constant 50FPS on Skyrim at High settings, keeping in mind my CPU is a faltering Core2 Duo 2.2GHz (as the game is pretty CPU intensive). I have a lot of components for a new system, I'm just waiting for Intel Ivy Bridge to be released in March/April to finally buy a new motherboard/processor and finally build the new system.

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12-03-2011, 10:53 AM	#1
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	New Computer Build Day! Sooooo, during my month long ban, I built me a computer! Posting pics to sso isn't working out and I need to go to work, so here it is on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71389962@N08/ Intel I7 2600k Gigabyte gtx 260 (I'll upgrade that to an msi gtx 570) G Skill Ripjaws X series 2x4gb 1866 Mhz ram Western digital caviar blue 500 Gb 7200 rpm hard drive msi z68a-gd80 (g3) motherboard Asus blu-ray drive Kingwin LZP-750 750 watt power supply Coolermaster HAF X case I'll eventually upgrade to liquid cooling and get an SSD.

12-03-2011, 01:06 PM	#3
Daiephir likes peanut butter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,714 Thanked: 8 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	why that graphics card in particular? - Give it a rest. Do you really think that this thread is of a serious nature? 8Fingers is reeling you in. He didn't even have to put any ....ing bait on the hook. - CIAM in the 5 Bands you can't stand thread - saying this to toolsound - It would just be like "BWOMP BWOMP BWOMP" vs the "VRuuuuOOOOmmmmMMRRRROooomRRR" of the engine. - A subwoofer vs. engine sound, by ESP Griffyn - New used car fund: 0$, I bought one

12-03-2011, 04:18 PM	#8
habicore_5150 Gilgashuggah Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Crossville, TN Posts: 868 Thanked: 28 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	do i see an i7-2600k, with 8gb of GSkill Ripjaws X ram, a blue ray burner, and a 750w modular power brick? the specs you have are coming PREEETY close to mine except i had thoughts on upgrading my mobo from a biostar p67 to a asrock z68 the axe fx 2 can wait i have old games to buy -.- - Onegunsolution Self-Proclaimed 7 Stringed Metalheaded Video Game Nerd

12-05-2011, 03:02 PM	#22
Daiephir likes peanut butter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,714 Thanked: 8 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nah, everyone knows that Nitrogen cooling is the shit anyways - Give it a rest. Do you really think that this thread is of a serious nature? 8Fingers is reeling you in. He didn't even have to put any ....ing bait on the hook. - CIAM in the 5 Bands you can't stand thread - saying this to toolsound - It would just be like "BWOMP BWOMP BWOMP" vs the "VRuuuuOOOOmmmmMMRRRROooomRRR" of the engine. - A subwoofer vs. engine sound, by ESP Griffyn - New used car fund: 0$, I bought one

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12-03-2011, 12:16 PM	#2
AK DRAGON Guitar Popcicle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 1,770 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Your case isn't big enough, It should have been bigger! LOL It should serve you well for quite a while

12-03-2011, 02:38 PM	#4
Sicarius Banned Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Conroe, Tx Posts: 2,548 Thanked: 7 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	HAF's are great cases. Heavy as a ............, but fantastic.

12-03-2011, 03:53 PM	#7
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I wanted a gaming rig right then instead of waiting another 2 weeks. I was starting to go kinda crazy without playing any video games in several months, and I don't play my bass anymore because it just doesn't motivate me (it just sounds like shit). It feels good to be able to play mass effect again!

12-03-2011, 09:29 PM	#9
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Damn close! A blu-ray player. I love my mobo, and I don't even use all of the features yet. I'll eventually get a SSD for Intel Smart Response. Right after this post, I'll post the specs in the OP

12-03-2011, 09:56 PM	#11
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yeah I play Starcraft 2! I suck against other people right now because I hardly played it on the family computer... Other people we're usually on it. It also supports Mass Effect with graphics turned all the way up, Portal 2 (haven't looked at graphics options, but it looks damn good), and ArmA 2 with battles of about 60 vs 60 at 20 frames per second at the lowest. I haven't played anything else yet. I'll play Mass Effect 2 when I finish my current playthrough of ME 1. I also want to play some old school games like X-Wing Alliance. I miss that game.

12-03-2011, 11:06 PM	#13
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	What's special about an EU account? I'm only on NA. You'll be added by.... Skooterbush.... I wish I could change that name. I hate it!

12-04-2011, 12:20 AM	#15
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I live in the U.S.!

12-04-2011, 11:19 AM	#17
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Oh! I thought you we're thinking I live in the EU!

12-04-2011, 11:40 PM	#19
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I added you on Sc2.

12-05-2011, 01:50 AM	#20
Hollowway SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 6,232 Thanked: 105 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	You could get a card better than a 260, but cheaper than a 570 and then later buy a duplicate and run them in crossfire. That way you have something immediately, and can later upgrade without throwing away what you have. The other thing is, do you really need liquid cooling? That case has good ventilation. Or are you planning on OCing everything?

12-05-2011, 02:28 AM	#21
shaggydogJV SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 163 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Unless you're going to overclock the shit out of your cpu, I wouldn't bother with liquid cooling.

12-09-2011, 02:54 AM	#24
ZEBOV Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Suburbs of Memphis, TN Posts: 2,142 Thanked: 38 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Something else I didn't think about until now.... I could wait until the next generation of graphics cards is released.

12-15-2011, 04:14 PM	#25
raximkoron SS.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denver Posts: 401 Thanked: 5 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ATi/AMD's new line (Radeon HD 7000's) start shipping about Mid-January and nVidia's GTX 600's will probably follow suit a couple months later. I just recently (month ago) bought a GTX 570 off Amazon for $300, and have been damned pleased with it. I have access to a ton of different video cards as I work in a hardware compatibility lab for a software QA company and I checked out quite a few cards in my system before deciding on that one. The GTX 560 Ti didn't quite get me to where I wanted. The Radeon 6870 was alright as well. The Radeon 6950 was great, and performed better than the GTX 570 in about half of what I threw at it, but I'm so damned sick and tired of ATi's drivers being flaky and unreliable that I decided to pony up a little more cash for the 570. I was amazed to get a constant 50FPS on Skyrim at High settings, keeping in mind my CPU is a faltering Core2 Duo 2.2GHz (as the game is pretty CPU intensive). I have a lot of components for a new system, I'm just waiting for Intel Ivy Bridge to be released in March/April to finally buy a new motherboard/processor and finally build the new system. Daiephir likes this.

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