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The (new) Official PC building thread!

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by creaky, Nov 27, 2006.

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  1. Lp531

    Lp531 Regular member

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    Reports have it slower then a 8800GTX Ultra...so its not really worth the $$$...
     
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    what is slower? to tell the truth i have never been very fond of nvidia
     
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    I've seen benchmarks with it being about 30 faster than the Ultra in most cases, so yes it IS worth the money in many cases. Of course some games it's about 30 percent slower, but that's just anomalies. I guess it up to you and what games you play. Also that's just China it's about 440 dollars when released here, which is better than 500 you would pay for two 3870s.


    Bioshock 1280*1024 = 4% Slower
    Bioshock 1920x1200 = 24% Faster
    Bioshock 2560*1600 = 39% Faster

    COJ 1280*1024 = 11% Faster
    COJ 1920x1200 = 24% Faster
    COJ 2560*1600 = 10% Faster

    COJ 1280*1024 4AA 16AF = 13% Faster
    COJ 1920x1200 4AA 16AF = 23% Faster

    Crysis 1280*1024 = 13% Slower
    Crysis 1920x1200 = 2% Slower
    Crysis 2560*1600 = 12% slower

    COD4 1280*1024 = 42% Faster
    COD4 1920x1200 = 32% Faster
    COD4 2560*1600 = 26% Faster

    COD4 1280*1024 4AA 16AF = 27% Faster
    COD4 1920x1200 4AA 16AF = 20% Faster
    COD4 2560*1600 4AA 16AF = 16% Faster

    Serious Sam 2 1280*1024 HAA 16AF = 30% Faster
    Serious Sam 2 1920x1200 HAA 16AF = 45% Faster
    Serious Sam 2 2560*1600 HAA 16AF = 78% Faster

    UT3 1280*1024 = 7% Faster
    UT3 1920x1200 = 24% Faster
    UT3 2560*1600 = 37% Faster

    F.E.A.R. 1600*1200 = 20% Faster
    F.E.A.R. 2048*1536 = 20% Faster

    You can see it varies a bit from game to game, but it's still a good deal.

    Well I can't imagine ME having the money to buy this so I'm gonna have YOU guys do it hehehe lol.
     
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    The New "HD3870 X2"...(2) GPU's on a single card...

    Where's the link to those #'s...boozer...so I can read...

    http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/7554/

    I read another one that...I can-not find...that was stating lower # on the X2...compared to the Ultra...

     
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    in contrar i will purchase one now at 250 and purchase one in a year for 100 and it will only cost me $350
     
    Bladerz05, Jan 23, 2008
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    Yes, LP, that's why I was talking about.

    Blade, don't try to take this personally but you mean to say "On the Contrary". I hate it when people say stuff like "Au Contrary" or "On the Contraire".

    I mean damn if you want to say it in French say it in French, so need to make a bastardization of the word!

    Sorry had to get that out of my system.
     
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    Bladerz05, Jan 23, 2008
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    lol i took 2.5 yrs of french ahh what a waste...anyways it was all that came to mind at the time
     
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    I just like the Apollo better for some reason. ;) PLUS it's $25 cheaper after MIR. :p

    ....gm
     
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    ok...my big thing was heat efficiency priority one and looks second...so i guess ill stick with mine since it has more fans and is more eye appealing (at least to me)

    INTEL BUILD:

    Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 $95
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148069

    Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz $225
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...15037&Tpk=E8400

    GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X38 $200
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128080

    ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro $22
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

    CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX ATX12V / EPS12V 750W Power Supply $169
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

    MSI RX3870-T2D512E OC Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 $250
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127315

    RAIDMAX Sagitta 2 ATX-928WB Black S $80
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156090

    subtotal: 1041


    Thank you very much for all of your help, hah i might be coming back to you guys for help overclocking...we'll see wwhat happens
     
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    @greenie
    I actually liked the look of the Orange Apollo...I could see it with some orange LED fans...

    @Bladerz05
    Raidmax is known for making...really cheap cases...and dangerous P/S...
     
    Lp531, Jan 23, 2008
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    that new Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz CPU is mine when i update in a couple months!!
     
    ZoSoIV, Jan 23, 2008
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    You know me, GREEN all the way. lol. :p link to GREEN cases
    OK, Riddle me this?? Why would you build a GREEN case and put frikkin blue fans in there??? WHY??? GREEN fans are available!!! lol

    ....gm

    edit ADD:
    I like that Sigma for some reason but some green fans gotta go in there!!! lol

    @ZoSo,
    You're not gonna tease us like that Rob fellow are you?? You know look at parts, kick the tires so to say, and NOT buy anything for months!!!!! Guess a man's gotta do what he can. lol. :p
     
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    Lp531, Jan 23, 2008
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    No i will actually buy it lol. Robs been thinking about a new build as long as I've know him lol.

    LP531, i can still use my Videocard when i update right? what i have now, vvvv so really all i need is a update CPU, mobo, and ram

    Antec Nine Hundred Mid-Tower Gaming Case/Thermaltake 750-Watt PS/ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB Socket 939/ Seagate160GB Barracuda Sata/ Westeren Digital Raptor 150 GB Sata/NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2,1 GB of GDDR3 Memory / CORSAIR XMS 2GB DDR SDRAM (PC 3500)/AMD Opteron 185 Dual Core CPU OC(ed) to 2.87 GHz/Zalman CNPS-9500 LED Cooler/3-Plextor PX-810 SA Sata Drives/View Sonic-VX2245wm 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 res. 5ms Respone Time
     
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  18. Lp531

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    You sure can...PCI-E 2.0 is backwards compatible...if that was your concern...
     
    Lp531, Jan 23, 2008
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    great so all i need is a CPU (E8400) mobo (Asus or Gigabyte?) and memory?
     
    ZoSoIV, Jan 23, 2008
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    i hope you aint order yet. that PSU is overkill. get the more efficient, more quite, corsair HX520. and your another guy thats been sucked into the gigabyte band wagon. Asus are not crap at all. hell even better clockers. there top end always set the bench for highest FBS. the ASUS P5E DDR2 is a high end X38 chipset. its very good OCer, and had a lot of features. gigbyte arnt the only good mobo company.
     
    shaffaaf, Jan 23, 2008
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