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Title: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: whiteman on April 10, 2010, 01:08:52 PM
Feel free to flame since i had someone else build it since I'm hardware illiterate. :neener: I'll use it from time to time do some side graphic work at home also.

MSI X58 Pro-E Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFire DDR3 Main board
Intel CoreT i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
12GB Ram (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe
Xion Power Real ATX 1000 Watts Power Supply
LG 22X DVDRW
Windows 7  64bit version
Cooler Master Storm Sniper Mid-Tower Gaming Case
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: Spikes on April 10, 2010, 01:10:25 PM
Kick arse system...how much it cost ya?
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: whiteman on April 10, 2010, 02:20:48 PM
with a 24" widescreen and backup battery $2,500. got a couple extra goodies (extra fan, temperature display and control, few other things) on it that brought up the price.
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: Getback on April 11, 2010, 02:39:58 AM
Looks good to me Whiteman. I have an MSI board in one of my machines and it works great. I have an abit board in the other and just love it. Unfortunately they don't make them anymore.
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: Dragon on April 12, 2010, 07:58:02 AM
Quote from: whiteman on April 10, 2010, 01:08:52 PM
Feel free to flame since i had someone else build it since I'm hardware illiterate. :neener: I'll use it from time to time do some side graphic work at home also.

MSI X58 Pro-E Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFire DDR3 Main board
Intel CoreT i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
12GB Ram (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe
Xion Power Real ATX 1000 Watts Power Supply
LG 22X DVDRW
Windows 7  64bit version
Cooler Master Storm Sniper Mid-Tower Gaming Case


Looks good.  Nothing to flame.  I prefer to 2 separate HD's just to keep Winblows away from everything else, but then I'm a bit old-school.

 :rock
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: groundfeeder on April 12, 2010, 02:00:38 PM
Good chipset....have read alot about it, the cpu is easily overclocked and if you disable the hyperthread you will actually get better performance....runs cool too!! :cheers:
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: Silent6 on April 13, 2010, 01:36:47 PM
Does windows 7 recognize 12 gigs of ram? I think vista 64bit had a limit of ram that was able to be recognized....... I just bought a laptop with 6 gigs with vista and it doesn't seem like I get the full effect.
Title: Re: New Machine should be in my hands Tuesday
Post by: Spikes on April 13, 2010, 02:19:07 PM
Silent probably because it is 32 bit, not 64 bit.