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Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
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Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail
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SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
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Creative 70SB046A00000 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series - Retail
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Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker - Retail
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Microsoft 9VV-00001 Black 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser Habu Gaming Mouse - Retail
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ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard - Retail
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Thermaltake CL-W0075 Liquid Cooling System - Retail
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* Thermaltake Toughpower W0133RU ATX12V / EPS12V 1200W Power Supply - Retail
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im also getting
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145176
and
http://www.razerzone.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=52
any additions or subtractions? its been 6 years since i built a pc from scratch.
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ginge51
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 02:40 Post subject: |
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Nice rig cant think of many improvements for that.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 03:30 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM |
Never saw the need in 10,000 RPM drives for non server class systems, even more so with the speeds of SATA2 being so high.. Still, I think thats more a personal choice than a technical "this is not worth it"..
| Quote: | | Creative 70SB046A00000 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series - Retail |
Personally I feel this is pointless, unless someone has any other information there are no games other than BF2 that actually utilises the on board RAM and even so, the extra money for the card isn't worth the performance increase.
| Quote: | Thermaltake CL-W0075 Liquid Cooling System - Retail
Thermaltake Toughpower W0133RU ATX12V / EPS12V 1200W Power Supply - Retail
Thermaltake Armor Extreme Edition VA8004BWS Black 1.0mm SECC Chassis/ Aluminum Front Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail |
Not a fan of thermaltake since buying the Xaser V, the case I'm currently using. Surely there is a better liquid cooling alternative for lower cost?
Lastly... The habu is awesome, but the keyboard doesn't convince me.. like the Raptor I think it is a personal thing, I like laptop style keyboards and the best keyboard I've seen for a while costs £20 from scan.co.uk  .. a friend of mine has it (I'll be buying it as soon as I have some money  ).. the back light fucks with my eyes.. its ace!
Btw, what's the highest resolution on the monitor? I've read a lot of recent reviews that say the higher RAM 8800 models are pointless (provide no increase in FPS) over the lower RAM models, unless you're running at really high resolutions.
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Current Keyboard (it is great, but it gets dirty easy.. looking for a metal one..) -
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=215572
Friends Keyboard I'll be getting -
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=386403
(I'm confused as to why I can't find a good picture of the back lights, they really are amazing  )
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 03:43 Post subject: |
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I agree with the X-FI, it's useless. Get a sound augigy ZS 2.
As for the MS habu I haven't heard anythign good about those yet. It seems Razer and Logitech are the ones to go for unless you personally have used the habu and like it.
I'm just expressing an IMO but the best cases are Lian Li's.
I'd rather go with Evga for a video card as they don't care if you rip the heatsink off to add a better one to it.
As for power, their not so uber advertised like thermaltake ( the pc ricer brand ) as well as alot of PSU companies rate their PSU's are 0C but the best ones your money can buy is the pc power & cooling turbo watt PSU's and they come with a 5 year warranty and are rated at about 50-60C. I've got the 510 watt running my current system and still has alot of power left to add more to it.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 03:47 Post subject: |
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DAMN! Good rig Iced...
Now you'll be able to play Lost Planet @ max... ( If you can make it start)
And get an X-FI! Dumb creative will not make EAX drivers for the Audigy series.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 03:48 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | I agree with the X-FI, it's useless. Get a sound augigy ZS 2.
As for the MS habu I haven't heard anythign good about those yet. It seems Razer and Logitech are the ones to go for unless you personally have used the habu and like it.
I'm just expressing an IMO but the best cases are Lian Li's.
I'd rather go with Evga for a video card as they don't care if you rip the heatsink off to add a better one to it.
As for power, their not so uber advertised like thermaltake ( the pc ricer brand ) as well as alot of PSU companies rate their PSU's are 0C but the best ones your money can buy is the pc power & cooling turbo watt PSU's and they come with a 5 year warranty and are rated at about 50-60C. I've got the 510 watt running my current system and still has alot of power left to add more to it. |
Just to add to the above,
I have the MS Habu, its just a razer mouse (internals) with a nice MS finish (externals).. I love it! It replaced my Diamondback.
I would still go for an X-FI, as they're really nice cards if you use headphones a lot, the sound improvements over my old Audigy 2 was amazing.. But get the extreme music, they're cheap as hell now anyway.
Love Lian Li (never had one personally though).. but I cant help but feel they are over priced. Antec P180? Has a lot of rave reviews.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 03:58 Post subject: |
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Well, Lian Li's ya..they do seem over priced until you get one. I didn't want to pay that much for a case just cause it was holding stuff, nothing to do with performance but I got talked into it. I got it and the quality of everything they use is astounding. No cutting edges. High Quality Materail. the case I have feels like metal that came off a tank. It's durable as all hell. I punched the living shit out of it from a temper I had ended up bruising my knuckles and so forth and not even so much of a blemish on the case. Hell even the little PCI slot covers are higher quality than what you would expect for soemthing like that. So unless you actually own a Lian Li, I could see why they seem over priced. but once you use one, you wont want to use anything else.
I've got this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112058 And I love it as if it were my kid lol. I'm going to be buying the server edition of it though..LOTS of space and HD racks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112062
and of course they have wheels so you can ride it down a hill if needed.
Also with the reverse MB design it makes fondling with stuff in the back alot easier since all the stuff you mess with is now at the top.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 03:58 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | DAMN! Good rig Iced...
Now you'll be able to play Lost Planet @ max... ( If you can make it start)
And get an X-FI! Dumb creative will not make EAX drivers for the Audigy series. |
LP didnt start because my current proc is too old  Athlon Xp 3000. it doesnt support SSE2.
heh and ill play LP on my HDtv @ 1080i over PC anyday 
and thanks for the input guys. keep it comin |
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 04:00 Post subject: |
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| |IcedFreon| wrote: | | LeoNatan wrote: | DAMN! Good rig Iced...
Now you'll be able to play Lost Planet @ max... ( If you can make it start)
And get an X-FI! Dumb creative will not make EAX drivers for the Audigy series. |
LP didnt start because my current proc is too old Athlon Xp 3000. it doesnt support SSE2.
heh and ill play LP on my HDtv @ 1080i over PC anyday
and thanks for the input guys. keep it comin |
lol my mom is still using teh XP1700  Thing is ancient but still running strong
and nvm what I said about going to EVGA. Didn't see that th eBFG was water cooling but...Why in hell is it so expensive? It's just an 8800gtx with a waterblock on it. You could just get a GTX then buy a waterblock and save some money
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 04:09 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 04:11 Post subject: |
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| [sYn] wrote: | | I hate people with money . |
ya I know right
The case is simply awsome and it's hard to be disappointed though if you DO happen to get it, get the server one and some long cables It does really well at radiating the heat. Instead of the case just heating up, the heat can also escape through the little holes all over. It's VERY usefull in the winter |
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 04:58 Post subject: |
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| [sYn] wrote: | | I hate people with money |
+1 |
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 15:31 Post subject: |
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I'ma have to agree. Almost 1K bucks just for a watercooled VGA? You could do that with an aftermarket block and save a few hundred dollars. I don't see why that block would bounce up the price so high.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 16:22 Post subject: |
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Whats sad about that is half of that price is just the CPU and GFX 
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 17:42 Post subject: |
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yea but im not gonna void the lifetime warranty. thats why i always go BFG
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| Posted: Thu, 17th May 2007 18:09 Post subject: |
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| |IcedFreon| wrote: | | yea but im not gonna void the lifetime warranty. thats why i always go BFG |
evga won't cancel your warranty if you rip their heatsink off They allow after markets |
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| Posted: Fri, 18th May 2007 15:31 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | |IcedFreon| wrote: | | yea but im not gonna void the lifetime warranty. thats why i always go BFG |
evga won't cancel your warranty if you rip their heatsink off They allow after markets |
evga isnt lifetime. so ill stick with bfg. |
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| Posted: Sun, 20th May 2007 22:43 Post subject: Re: Building a new system |
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Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail
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May I suggest you get this one :
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular recording) ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -> link
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