MY new toy :D

[DBR_Dodgy]

well after ages with a pos comp i decided to treat myself,   
i wanted to build a realy cool SLi Twin graphic card setup and looking at the prices to By new or Build a new one i nearly had a cardiac lol.
so i searched on Ebay and found this.   

ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE NFORCE4 SOCKET 939 PCI EXPRESS
ENERMAX SLI NOISETAKER 600WATT PSU
VAPOCHILL LIGHTSPEED COOLING UNIT COOLS TO -51
2 x LEADTEK GEFORCE 6800 ULTRA 256MB DDR3 TV OUT DUAL DVI
2 X WESTERN DIGITAL RAPTOR 36.7 GB 10,000 RPM RAID 0
1 X 120 SATA MAXTOR
2 X 512 MB DDR PC 4000 BALLISTIX DUAL CHANNEL RAM
AMD  ATHLON 64 FX55 RETAIL THE BIG 1
AUDIGY 2 SOUND CARD 7.1
PC60 LANLI ALI CASE
PIONEER 108 DVD RECORDER 16X DVD 32XCDRW
SILVER FLOPPY TO MATCH CASE

i priced it all as new and it would have set me back £2800 

the guy had built it in april still had reciepts and is all in warrenty on parts and i picked it up for £1500
which is what i set myself a limmit on for a new PC   so im chuffed

RUNS 3DMARK 03 AT 22843  STANDERED
RUNS 3D MARK O5 AT 10648 STANDERED

plays battlefield 2  full wack without a glitch, anyone who has it will know how much detail its pushing  (moving clouds, grass and trees move blah blah) and im a happy bunny









Ian.

[VMX_SKYmx99]

damn you'll be running MCM2 on like 1600x1400 full whack. lol

Glad to see you gotta a new toy man.  Have fun with it.

[mcm2boys]

hmm very nice, now i want to upgrade...

Laurie

[mx333]

that is so sick. i myself am getting the new dual core intel. sata 2 harddrives, ddr pc4200, asus board of course, i dkn on graphix card yet, but a new case and 500w powersupply. ill let u know how it goes when i get it.

[tw0_f0ur_]

I suggest you look into cable management. You can save from 1-7 Degreese in your case.

[DBR_Dodgy]

I suggest you look into cable management. You can save from 1-7 Degreese in your case.

2 secs........  ok just turned to chill unit to -50  that takes care of that  hehehe 

Ian.

[VRT_Moto]

Definately a nice rig! How/Where did you go about searching for that? Was everything pre-installed in the case?

-Chris

[DBR_Dodgy]

it came fully built with a clean install of XP pro plus an spare audigy 2 sound card and a box of ods and sods fans and stuff,
i just found it on ebay and said....... im having that tyvm  lol

Ian.

[Maui_cool]

Nice rig Dodgy. I know how ya feel, getting a state-of-the-art system like that. I built a new system about 4 months ago from scratch and turned my old Dell XPS-T 700mhz into a Linux (Fedora) server.

New rig:

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800MHz/FSB 1024kb L2 Cache Prescott running @ 3.3GHz - 37*C idle - 51*C max (it's hot over here too)
CPU Fan: Ultra Copper Cooling Fan Skt 478 upto P4 3.4ghz
Power: DiabloTek 550W ATX Power Supply
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 6600 256MB DDR/SDRAM 400MHz AGP 8X
Hardrives: Maxtor 80GB IDE/ATA 7200RPM and Maxtor 300GB IDE/SATA 7200RPM
Memory: 1x Ultra DDR 1024MB PC3200 400MHz - 4g Max
Main Board: ASUS P4P800-X - Socket 478 - Intel 865P Chipset
DVD Burner: Sony 16x8x16x Double Layer DVD±RW/CD RW Writer
CD/RW: Plextor 40x12x40A CD Writer
Sound Card: Sound Blaster 5.1
Capture card: CTX MD001 analog Video device
Case: Red Janus Open Side (screen) with Blue (outside) & Red (inside) LEDs - 3 case fans

At first I didn't notice that much of a difference until I got into a few high powered projects and the difference was obvious. Kill V-sync and you got all the FPS you'll ever need, lol. Games (when I can play em) all run flawlessly to say the least - I haven't seen a blink or any kind of hesitation since I've been using it. Total price was $1480.00 building it myself - it ain't that hard folks.

You gotta great rig there man, have fun with it cause there isn't a game you can't play - [for a year anyway - maybe, hehe].

Photo:



Looks cool at night and sometimes it's a little bright but it's a good night-lite.

aloha, MC

[DBR_Dodgy]

a volcanic rig for the volcanic island it resides lol
sounds like another nice set up. it feels good when you know your old one wasnt up to the new demands that games are pushing now.
i was amazed when i turned mine on.......... i still am  hehehe.

Ian.

[NATIVE]

dodgy, whats retail for a set up like that?

[DBR_Dodgy]

from a shop it would have cost around £2500 to £3000
but to search online for all the parts it would have been around £ 2000 which i think is $3480

i paid £1500 so it was a steal for me and it was only 3 months old.

Ian.

[suesman]

Very nice brother. Happy fer yas. I'm still running my ol' system. Just cain't afford to upgrade at this time.  Does what I need I reckon. 

Gigabyte GA-7VAXP KT400
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @  2205 MHz (15 x 147)         
Corsair Value Select 1.5gb 3x512 PC2700
IBM Deskstar 120GXP 2x RAID-0 (120GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
LITE-ON DVD SOHD-167T 
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S 
MSI MS-8929 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900SP (128 MB) @ 495/950
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Running two PSU's. One is a 425 watt & the other is a 400 watt. I had bought one of those PC Power & cooling 510 Ultra units, but a massive power surge fried it.  Along with a battery backup, line conditioner & satellite reciever. Anyway........nice systems there guys.

[mx333]

Alrighty dudely dudettsss

heres my puter i just bought from newegg.com

1 x Rosewill 500watt PowerSupply
4 x 512MB Corsair DDR2 PC4200
1 x ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Nvidia nForce 4 SLI
2 x GIGABYTE 6600GT's dualin o yea baby
1 x Intel Dual Core processor SCRATCH THAT EDIT i meant 3.oghz whoops, apparently the nFORCE4 nvidia chip doesnt support the 2.8 on dualled GHX cards
1 x Rosewill case
1 x SATA 2 WDHD 160GB
1 x IDE 80GB WDHD(old one i had in my other puter)
2 dvdrws and all that...

set me back 1,199.25$ with 2 day shipping

I'll let you know what temps i am getting on AIR when i get it all put together. Um o and pics too. its a black case with blue LEDs in the inside i think its gunna turn out awesome. anyways ill get some pictures up on saturday or so. sunday im leavin to Lorretta Lynns so i wont be back for like a week to read the comments. 

[DBR_Dodgy]

and you wont be playing with it for a week  hehehe
sounds like its gunna be a smooothy,
pics pics pics,   oh and some bench marks  they always look good

Ian.

[Bunny]

How did you get the money for a monster like that mx333?

[mx333]

videos. 1000 paid by me, 200 from my dad.

[Bunny]

So you make money making videos then?

Wish I could do that lol.

[mx333]

yup, which is why i am putting this new puter together. rendering times where huge and i couldnt stand to wait so long for the video stuff, so i decided to go big and make sure i could use more time doing other things rather than just video editing all day long.

[Bunny]

Right on man, glad to see you're making money by being filmed doing something you love.

At least I think that's what's going on, lol.