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The (new) Official PC building thread!
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13. January 2008 @ 07:08 |
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13. January 2008 @ 07:49 |
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Man I undervolted my CPU and took everything back down to stock. WTF is up with the mobo temp!!!!
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13. January 2008 @ 08:18 |
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Russ:
When little: no mention of cooties
Start of Year 3: Make first real female friend, still friends with her today - note: "Friend" only!
Start of Year 4: Understand the other reasons you'd want to be friends with a girl, politely ignore them#
Now: Still politely ignore them
He_Man: @picture: Um..... OK. I'm not going to comment on that!
Greensman: We do indeed, especially since we're never offered MIRs...
As for the cooler, I think the Ultra90 is still better than ther Freezer 7, but it all depends on the cost difference. Not sure I'd pay double for it.
Russ: Lol @ your power supply fan speed. Please tell me that's your chipset cooler or something!
As for the off-topic discussion that was going on recently, I'll make one passing statement - people are often attracted to other countries purely because they're different. A visit to the US for example is interesting compared to being here, but I wouldn't want to live there. I'll be honest with you, I have very little knowledge of how the political system works over there. All I'll say is that despite the amount of stick it gets, I'd much sooner we have the NHS than not have it - I just wish it wouldn't waste it's money on binge drinkers and chain smokers.
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13. January 2008 @ 08:27 |
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Why do you still politely ignore them?
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13. January 2008 @ 08:51 |
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Let's just say I have enough distractions from my studies and cash-spending opportunities as it is.
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13. January 2008 @ 08:58 |
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Oh ok, thank god it isn't for the "other" reason lol.
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13. January 2008 @ 09:16 |
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Well who knows, only time will tell on that one! :P
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13. January 2008 @ 09:25 |
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No no no, don't even joke about that.
Anyway does a Physics accelerator improve your framerate?
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13. January 2008 @ 09:34 |
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No, it worsens it, by adding additional physics features - that's extra stuff for your graphics card to render. of course this is irrelevant, since PhysX only actually works in about 3 games.
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He_Man
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13. January 2008 @ 09:45 |
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You know what guys?
I am more excited about actually ordering and receiving my parts than i was at Christmas time. It's pretty weird.
I think my next purchase will be the q6600(retail) and 3870(sapphire) for just over £300 from ebuyer.
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13. January 2008 @ 10:00 |
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That's understandable. I was more excited when I first took delivery of my PC than christmas last year.
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He_Man
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13. January 2008 @ 10:47 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
That's understandable. I was more excited when I first took delivery of my PC than christmas last year.
:)
Anyway, i wanna buy my RAM and Optical Drive today.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc...id=8&subcat=813
These OCZ look good. 4-4-4-15 but they can be oced to 1066 easily.
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13. January 2008 @ 10:51 |
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He_Man
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13. January 2008 @ 10:53 |
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They can do 1066 with the Corsair Dominator airflow fan.
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13. January 2008 @ 10:57 |
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And what voltage? RAM should never overheat unless your case cooling is a complete joke, or you've overvolted it. If the former, sort it out! If the latter, use a decent cooler like an HR-07.
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He_Man
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13. January 2008 @ 11:05 |
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I have no idea on RAM voltages.
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13. January 2008 @ 11:13 |
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Well, have you tried this yourself?
What I'm saying is, left at stock voltage, RAM should never overheat no matter how far you overclock it, unless your case cooling is messed up.
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13. January 2008 @ 11:33 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
GM, I'm pretty sure you were joking but just to be sure. I mean the Thermaltake Armor case.
Yeh I know you like the Armor but for $115 after MIR how could you not get the Evo 830 if you wanted a FULL tower?
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Also this this link out.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/190007...card-wont-plsss
Linky no worky!!
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EDIT: Also 8400GS?! Come on you honestly put that in there?
*sigh*
I won't make excuses for choosing that card because for $25 it's just fine. I'll get a HD3850 or HD3870 later this year or after Christmas in "08.....lol. I just DON'T need a "gaming" card right now and may never need one but with everything else in the case it seems just wrong not to have something "better". ;p
....gm
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13. January 2008 @ 11:40 |
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13. January 2008 @ 11:53 |
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Of the two, the Stacker cools far better (assuming you use decent fans), and is a far better silent computing platform, but I prefer the look of the Armor (just). Of course, if I had a huge amount of money to spend on a full tower case, I'd wait until the NZXT CS831 comes out for retail.
That forum post is exactly why I'm not a member of the THG forums. Look at how many cretins came in trying to be funny.
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13. January 2008 @ 12:19 |
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It would be so funny if he actually did it.
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13. January 2008 @ 13:34 |
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I mean, why use a box cutting knife when a band saw would have been so much easier and neater! ROFLMAO!!jk
Did anyone look at this link in one of the replies? LOL!!
http://rinkworks.com/stupid/
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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13. January 2008 @ 13:41 |
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Lol this looks like a good laugh...
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13. January 2008 @ 13:47 |
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Yeah I went through that last light. Funny stuff.
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13. January 2008 @ 22:56 |
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Originally posted by He_Man:
Anyway, i wanna buy my RAM and Optical Drive today.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc...id=8&subcat=813
These OCZ look good. 4-4-4-15 but they can be oced to 1066 easily.
He_Man if those are easily OC'able to 1066 they would be a grab indeed. ;) I almost got some OCZ but decided at the last moment to get the Crucial Balistix Tracers DDR2 1066 (2 x 1GB). I haven't pushed them yet but I plan to in a few days. I just got this thing (my new rig) running and I'm having issues with the nVidia drivers!! Silly bunch of shite really....lol.
The temps seem ok so a little burn in time and we're off. ;)
...gm
edit: to add screeny of temps and such. ;)
Is the cpu core voltage right?? Man that seems low if you ask me. :) Any ideas at this point are welcomed. :D tia....
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Another screen shot after 4+ hours of 'idle' running....
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