Re: Braggin rights! As top-end a "pc action game" rig as I can manage!

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:12:08 -0600, "turk" <turk96@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|news:PB2Ff.25294$1%5.5946@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|> 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.

Asus Mobo?

Oh. and you can bump down XP from PRO to HOME with no serious lost of
functionality.

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. ;)

Pluvious


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