Re: Braggin rights! As top-end a "pc action game" rig as I can manage!
- From: "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:00:19 GMT
"Pluvious" <Pluvious@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:12:08 -0600, "turk" <turk96@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> I'm not a rich/wealthy guy. I imagine the vast majority of you folks
|> work hard for your living, just as I do. So to build or buy a rig
that's
|> Top End for most of us isn't an easy or quick thing to do at all. I
|> realize I've actually spent more cash on having to spread out my
purchases
|> over a period from August 17, 2005 to January 31, 2006. And I also
|> realize that I spent more getting my CPU first rather than video card.
|> In any event, I've *finally* got all the goodies here, with me, right
now,
|> ready to shut this baby down and get to it.
|> A personal note. I, like many others, have kinda dreamed of owning a
|> super duper gaming rig that would just fly through my fave games and
give
|> me all the beautiful graphics you can get at the same time. I also
|> realize there are physical limitations to everything, as well as
financial
|> constraints. However, I still dreamed, yet dare not want.
|> On August 8, 2004 my mother passed away. I had more difficulty with
that
|> loss than I ever thought I would. I came to terms with that, and came
|> away with an important realization. My family had always come first,
|> even though I've not lived with any of them for many years.
Financially,
|> my childrens needs and as many 'wants' as possible were always met
before
|> I would allow myself any 'treats'. I define that as just normal
parents
|> ways, nothing special there. My children are now all grown, live on
|> their own and have their own families (hence, McGrandpa, ok?). I
|> concluded that it was time that I started giving myself some things
I've
|> always wanted. SO, I now have 2 nice guitars, my Jeep GC Laredo, a much
|> more relaxed outlook and pace of living that suits me to a T. Now,
dare I
|> dream of building a 'bleeeeeding cutting edge' game box? Me? ME?
Heh!
|> Hell Yeah! It's *MY* turn! Do I feel guilty about this choice? Nope,
I
|> still help the kids out all the time, I'm just focused on having my toy
|> now :)
|>
|> MY 'dreambox in reality' as of today is:
|>
|> AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
|> Gigabyte GA-K8N SLI (nForce4 SLI, PCI-e, 2 16x, 2 1x and 2 PCI)
|> 2 x 1g PC3200
|> eVGA eGeForce 7800GTX 256 meg ACS3 (dual DVI and VIVO)
|> 2 Samsung 930B LCD flatpanel displays (have 2 DVI cables)
|> hand picked no-name black full tower case with Thermaltake 420
PurePower
|> PS.
|> a nice variety of sata and pata hd's, LiteOn and NEC DVD dual layer 16x
|> rewriters, all formats.
|> Win XP Pro (32bit) full retail box.
|> Win XP Pro x64 OEM packet.
|> 3 distros of Linux.
|> All the games currently out that I wanted, I've bought and have ready
to
|> go.
|>
|> I think it's the makings of a pretty darn good rig :) On this note,
I'll
|> bid you all a good day and shut this puppy down and get started!
|
|Hate to piss on your dream a little, but that power supply is a bit
|underwhelming. With the 7800GTX and multiple drives you may want to
shell
|out a few extra bucks and get at least a quality 500w, preferably a 550w.
|
|turk
I agree.. I was just about to say this as well. Go for the HIGH quality
500W+
PS. $100-150.
I got the highest quality PS (brand) off the shelf locally I could find at
the time, and I've ordered a 500W+ one, either Thermaltake or Antec will
keep me happy. Should have it by next weekend.
Asus Mobo?
I prefer more recent Gigabyte mobos for sheer stability, reliability. I
like Asus and Abit also, and (SOYO) Shuttles too. I am not planning any
OC'ing for this stuff. Maybe when it's been replaced a couple years down
the road, but not for a while.
Oh. and you can bump down XP from PRO to HOME with no serious lost of
functionality.
Nope, already own two boxes of the Pro full retail. I buy the XP Homes for
the kids systems. The only OS I bought 'special' for this one is XP Pro
x64 OEM. This will be a multiboot system.
Another tip.. Its better to grow into the purchase then go out of it in a
few
months. OVERBUY on purpose and you'll thank yourself later. ;)
I have done that as much as my money and parts availability have allowed me
to :)
I'd rather have had the 7800GTX 512, but they dried up fast :( I had to
settle on the 7800GTX 256 meg card instead. I thought of and asked around
about a new Radeon X1900XTX (a 512meg card) but found two suppliers with
folks on a 3 week wait list I'd be at the bottom of. Nup! Want something
asap!
McG.
Pluvious
.
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