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Geek Culture / Getting a new sweeet PC. Here are the specs!

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Jeku
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Posted: 23rd Sep 2010 23:57 Edited at: 23rd Sep 2010 23:58
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Hey all,

It's been almost 3 years since I bought a new PC, so it's about high time to do so. This new one is pretty intense... 2 factory-overclocked video cards, 2 hard drives on RAID 0, and a CPU that I can overclock to 4.15GHz Anyone have any critiques or suggestions before I place the order? I'm getting a good deal too.




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General Jackson
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Posted: 23rd Sep 2010 23:59
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Sweet! Can I have it?

How could you resist this face?:

The 2,000,000th TGC post was made in MY ww2 weapons thread!

(I should now be a TGC legend, right?)
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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 00:02
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I would have suggested going for a faster CPU, Intel i7 Extreme. But other than that, looks pretty sweet.

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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 00:04 Edited at: 24th Sep 2010 00:07
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I want it too! Please?!

Anyway, looks like a good build to me, are you gonna overclock the RAM?

EDIT: Hasn't intel released a hexa-core CPU yet?

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Jeku
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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 00:48
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Quote: "I would have suggested going for a faster CPU, Intel i7 Extreme. But other than that, looks pretty sweet."


Seeing as the Extreme is almost $1000 more, I'm going to opt out of that one


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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 01:00 Edited at: 24th Sep 2010 01:02
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What monitor are you going to use with it?
I would also suggest replacing the DVD burner with a Blu-Ray, it's definately worth it with a system of that spec.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 01:14
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Sweet freaking deal. Awesome PC.

My only suggestion would be to extend your warranty, personally, I think paying extra for warranty is worth it, even if your computer doesn't break down, you don't want to find that you pay all that money and it breaks down once your 1 year warranty runs out. It was a mistake I made with my laptop, and when the person at the store said, "do you want to pay £100 for a 3 year extended warranty, covers accidental damage etc.?" my response was, "no thank you, I'm too careful to let that happen."

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Jeku
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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 01:20
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Quote: "What monitor are you going to use with it? "


I have two 24" screens I am going to transfer from my current PC

Quote: "I would also suggest replacing the DVD burner with a Blu-Ray, it's definately worth it with a system of that spec."


I was considering Blu-Ray, but the blank discs are too expensive. Also, hard drives have come down in price so much that it's not worth buying $10 discs for 25GB in storage.

Quote: "My only suggestion would be to extend your warranty"


I would totally do that if I was buying a laptop. For a desktop, though, I can swap out anything if there's an issue. The PC will be under my desk, so I can't see myself dumping coffee into it.


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Wow, nice.

Do you know what kind of cooling your getting with it?
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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 02:17
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But is it shaped like an Escalade?

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Nice dude, your one lucky guy.

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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 08:21 Edited at: 24th Sep 2010 08:32
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That's quite the nice system! I couldn't beat the price on Newegg.ca, especially since your purchase includes Windows! However, if you are going to do a lot of gaming or work with a DAW, I recommend you get a sound card.

Edit: I think yours looks better, but check out this system I built on Dell's Canada website:
http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=daa51_f_1e&c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&model_id=alienware-area51 (12GB RAM!)

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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 08:49 Edited at: 24th Sep 2010 09:01
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VERY nice choice of parts! Happy gaming!

I'd piece together the same system as well, except I'd go for the more stoic Corsair 800D full tower case.

And yeah, screw Blu-ray...

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Jeku
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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 09:41
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@Lemonade - Actually this doesn't come with Windows but I already have a license for Windows 7 64


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The configuration is great,a lot of money too. I have to keep looking where to find cheaper and cheaper parts for my pc so I can go under 400 bucks haha.


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Posted: 24th Sep 2010 10:45 Edited at: 24th Sep 2010 10:46
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@Jeku,

That's still a good deal for the hardware!

I myself don't have much money so I would go for older hardware, but that system should last like a Toyota.

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I would have suggested to go with ATI rather than Nvidia, as ATI seem to be overtaking Nvidia at the moment and their cards are a lot cheaper.

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ATI has some of the most horrible support and drivers on the planet. Plus the new CUDA features on the GTX470 seem pretty awesome.


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Yeah, generally nvidea do better on the drivers side, but ATI do better with the actual graphics card.

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I suggest this, multiplier unlocked for easy overclocking. I'm gonna use this to build my new comp soon.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849&cm_re=and_phenom_ii_x6-_-19-103-849-_-Product


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