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[astr0creep]

I also do more or less what you do, except I don't upgrade as often as that.

 

And I still don't think it's worth just upgrading the processor. I'd say wait for budget DX10 cards to come out and then, if you can afford it, buy a budget graphics card, a Sempron or Celeron, a budget mobo and 1 or 2 gigs of ram. It would perhaps cost 300 or 350$ (American).

 

Getting a new processor and more ram, but keeping the graphics card probably won't do much of a difference because the graphics card is most likely, already the bottleneck.

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Hmm... I hadn't thought about DX10.

[Bokishi]

Well the Evga card arrived yesterday, and it has not been artifacting like the BFG, so I guess it's a keeper.

 

So now my current specs are:

 

Intel P4 3.2 Ghz HT (bottleneck!)

2 GB DDR2 RAM

EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX

Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum

WD Raptor X 150 GB 10k RPM

 

I took the physx card out since there are no games for it yet, and all it does is add heat.

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You have all that top of the line gear yet you are still using a P4 3.2GHz?

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I know, I suck LOL.

 

Maybe I'll go find some cheap dual-core, or build a quad-core system next year... when my spending funds are back.

[Pidesco]

Don't you just have to go to the loo to get your funds back?

[Deraldin]

Don't you just have to go to the loo to get your funds back?

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Considering he has the money to buy a brand new 8800 GTX, one would think that he could easily afford a Core 2 Duo system... )

[Weiser_Cain]

2.6 Ghz

1 gig ram

Geforce 7600 GS

20 gig System Drive

1 300 gig game drive

2 200 gig work drives

 

A secondary machine with embarrassing stats but 300 gigs of

[Dark_Raven]

Don't you just have to go to the loo to get your funds back?

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Mother is tapped out?

[Bokishi]

I love you Gabs ROFL

[Dark_Raven]

LOLZ!

[WITHTEETH]

OK here is my new PC I ordered the parts, some will take awhile though like my mobo

 

Coolermaster Stacker 830

 

Antec True Power 650 Watts

 

Asus Striker Extreme 680i mobo

 

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4

 

DDR2 PC6400 800mhz2 gig Corsair Dominator Ram

 

Sound Blaster Audigy 2

 

Pioneer DVD 4X R/RW

 

eVGA 7900GT

 

I should be able to overclock my CPU/ram a bit with air cooling, ill tell you how that goes.

[mkreku]

I should be able to overclock my CPU/ram a bit with air cooling, ill tell you how that goes.

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Very nice system, first of all!

 

Second: yes, you'll be able to overclock it a lot using just the standard Intel fan. I am currently running my E6600 at an even 3.0 GHz (and my Corsair memory sticks at ~850 MHz), and I could easily go higher than that without risking my system. I'm going to buy a new cooler though, before I try upping it to 3.4 or 3.6 GHz.

 

Oh, and if anyone has any good suggestions to what kind of fan/cooler I should be getting, don't hesitate to tell me. I prefer air cooling before water cooling.

 

The one I am looking at right now, The Scythe Ninja Plus:

 

http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/cpu-c...pu-kuehler.html

 

It's a bit costly, and it's huge, but it's supposed to be very effective and silent:

 

A review: http://www.guru3d.com/article/cooling/333/1/

[Bokishi]

I figured out that this 8800 NEEDS a conroe to be fully exploited. I go get me one for Chirstmas.

[jaguars4ever]

Just upgraded my monitor to this.

 

Unfortunately, NWN2 runs like crap at 1360 x 768 (even though it looks awesome!) Guess I'm going to have to buy a new system.

[Bokishi]

Jags joined the widescreen club

[WITHTEETH]

Very nice system, first of all!

 

Second: yes, you'll be able to overclock it a lot using just the standard Intel fan. I am currently running my E6600 at an even 3.0 GHz (and my Corsair memory sticks at ~850 MHz), and I could easily go higher than that without risking my system. I'm going to buy a new cooler though, before I try upping it to 3.4 or 3.6 GHz.

 

Oh, and if anyone has any good suggestions to what kind of fan/cooler I should be getting, don't hesitate to tell me. I prefer air cooling before water cooling.

 

The one I am looking at right now, The Scythe Ninja Plus:

 

http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/cpu-c...pu-kuehler.html

 

It's a bit costly, and it's huge, but it's supposed to be very effective and silent:

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How to overclock your Core 2 Duo

In this review they tried to use the same CPU Fan, but those amatuers seemed to have trouble so they decided to do it at a later date. Unless they had the same problem i had when i tried installing my CPU fan which is the manufaturer left a certain kind of screw out of the package which screwed me over for a week.

 

I need to find a good easily installed fan.

I figured out that this 8800 NEEDS a conroe to be fully exploited. I go get me one for Chirstmas.

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Bokishi, the conroes overclock like CraZy! Its like my old 2.4C all over again!

Rock!

[Bokishi]

Well I got my 2007 rig up and running

 

EVGA 680i Mobo

Conroe e6600

2 GB Corsair Dominator DDR2

EVGA Geforce 8800 GTX

SB X-Fi Platinum

WD Raptor X 150 GB

Agiea Physx

CM Real Power Pro 850w

 

[WITHTEETH]

Please tell me thats not an Agiea PhysX card.

 

BTW Nvidia is also coming out with one soon, thats why they came out with a board with 3 PCIE Slots.

[Jorian Drake]

^_^

 

 

[Bokishi]

Please tell me thats not an Agiea PhysX card.   

 

BTW Nvidia is also coming out with one soon, thats why they came out with a board with 3 PCIE Slots.

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I just use the Agiea PhysX for Ghost Recon. The 8800 also has a built in "quantum physics" chip so I currently have two different physics processors in my system, doh!

[Deraldin]

I bought myself a new DVD drive. New LG. Now I have the capability to burn DVD's also! Hurray! )

[WITHTEETH]

I bought myself a new DVD drive. New LG. Now I have the capability to burn DVD's also! Hurray! )

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What software do you use? :ph34r:

[Deraldin]

I bought myself a new DVD drive. New LG. Now I have the capability to burn DVD's also! Hurray! )

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What software do you use? :ph34r:

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Um... whatever is in the box? :ph34r:

I haven't opened it yet...

[Pope]

as of today--

 

 

MSI P965 NEO-F (800 MHz iP965 - ATX - S775)

INTEL Core2Duo E6600 (S775 - 1066MHz - 2x2 MB) 2,40

PC2-5300 - 2 x 1 GB - DDR2

GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB

Maxtor 250 GB 6L250M0 (SATA150 - 16 MB)

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Gamer

Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakerset

TFT 22" Acer

 

 

and some more :cool:

Edited January 12, 2007 by Pope

[Diamond]

Just got Audigy 4 to use instead of on-board audio. The difference is big, especially with 5.1 sound.

 

My poor headphones do not handle it too well though. Now waiting for these to arrive:

Edited January 12, 2007 by Diamond

[Pope]

^ cable

[Diamond]

I had wireless headphones before, but they tend to have a lot of interference and its battery dies at most unsuitable moments.