Guest Scars Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Wasteland – Chernobyl in the open. Great for snipers and long range fighters. Done! I think I deserved a nice cold beer. Source Cheers mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Il Jong Kim Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Here is a list of the pieces I'm contemplating and their prices. Also, my budget it pretty limited to around 600-700 dollars. I think I've picked out decent parts though.. what do you all think? Case: Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066[/url] $69.99 Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015[/url] $79.99 Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128378[/url] $109.99 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674[/url] $160.99 Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277[/url] $104.99 Video Card(s): SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858[/url] $169.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Namngulfvet Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 after you get it built please send it to the address posted below ASAP. POBox 782 USA tku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Il Jong Kim Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 [quote='SFC.Namngulfvet=US=','http://clanunknownsoldiers.com/hq/thread/?postID=60147#post60147']after you get it built please send it to the address posted below ASAP. POBox 782 USA tku[/QUOTE] Haha, sure will! Will that be with or without a bonus 30" LCD monitor? =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krawll Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Everything looks good. I have that CPU and it is incredible. I would however advise you to get a Gforce card. ATI/AMD cards are no good. I have been using them for about 8 years and i have been disapointed every damn time. This is the one I have. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150316[/url] This is the one I want. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150439[/url] All marked at very good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Namngulfvet Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Oh by all means with 30" LCD monitor? =P I sure like you navy Guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Il Jong Kim Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Great to get some feedback on the processor, thanks! Might not be an i7 core, but for the price it can't be beaten. As far as ATI, that's funny because I've always had good experiences with ATI and rare, but more so than ATI, problems with nVidia. That and the GTS 260 is more comparable to the 5770 (I think), but is 30-40 dollars higher. If it weren't, I'd probably go for it. Granted in the end at my resolution, 1280x1024, the gts 250 should be more than fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 That case is alright, but i love CoolerMaster cases. They make it very easy to remove and install hardware, especially optical drives and hard drives. Plus as their name implies they have very good air flow throughout. Also I went through 2 of those Gigabyte motherboards (Intel version) before I ended up getting a Asus P6T which works great. The first gigabyte board came DOA and the second one worked but had horrible driver issues and caused my system to randomly crash. After getting the Asus its been smooth sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Il Jong Kim Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yeah, I've always preferred Asus too, and for 10 dollars more it's not too bad before a 15 dollar rebate. Thanks for the suggestion! Not sure how I missed the board before. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131366[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LaserSights Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 [QUOTE]Double Lifetime Manufacture Warranty[/QUOTE] Does that mean after you die and get reborn you can get a free video card? The hardware you chose seems pretty tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.CW4.ThievingSix=US= Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 [quote='RT.Krawll=US=','http://clanunknownsoldiers.com/hq/thread/?postID=60149#post60149']Everything looks good. I have that CPU and it is incredible. I would however advise you to get a Gforce card. ATI/AMD cards are no good. I have been using them for about 8 years and i have been disapointed every damn time. All marked at very good prices.[/QUOTE] I don't see anything wrong with ATI cards, in fact ATI is leading the market at the moment in graphics technology, the reign of GeForce is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krawll Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 [quote='PV2.ThievingSix=US=','http://clanunknownsoldiers.com/hq/thread/?postID=60175#post60175']I don't see anything wrong with ATI cards, in fact ATI is leading the market at the moment in graphics technology, the reign of GeForce is over.[/QUOTE] If your going to smoke crack, you should bring enough for everyone. lol jk. I don't know what you are basing this off of but as far as I can see, Nvidia is still on top. ATI might be cheaper but they run too damn hot. Every ATI card i have gotten had fried at about 1 year 1 month. They only come with a 1 year warrenty. After going through 5 cards i fiiiiinaly gave up. That is my opinion of ATI. I have only been using Nvidia for 2 years. SO far, I am seriously impressed. The only thing i think ATI had better was their driver customization (catalyst). Anywho. Your comp is gonna be kickin' dude. It is really comparable to my own. I have yet to play anything under max graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Thats a good Asus board, but it already has an on board video card, don't know if that bothers you. And its only dual channel memory, try and find triple channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Il Jong Kim Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 [quote='Ret.Xander=US=','http://clanunknownsoldiers.com/hq/thread/?postID=60182#post60182']Thats a good Asus board, but it already has an on board video card, don't know if that bothers you. And its only dual channel memory, try and find triple channel.[/QUOTE] Onboard video doesn't bother me since it has the benefit of being there if my video card ever has any problems and I need to RMA/replace it or something. Unless there is a disadvantage to having onboard video other than a little price increase that I don't know about it should be fine. As for triple channel, it's a little out of my price range by being around 70 dollars more than my budget allows. If a there is a sale on those boards on President's Day I will definitely consider it. Is there any real benefit of triple channel versus dual channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ret.Maj.Xander=US= Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Triple channel means you can put three RAM sticks in and they will work much faster together. With dual channel you can only do that with two sticks. Adding more will cause more delay. I bought 4 sticks for triple channel and it runs faster if only 3 are in, even though its a whole GB less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RET.CW4.ThievingSix=US= Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [QUOTE]I don't know what you are basing this off of but as far as I can see, Nvidia is still on top. ATI might be cheaper but they run too damn hot. Every ATI card i have gotten had fried at about 1 year 1 month. They only come with a 1 year warrenty. After going through 5 cards i fiiiiinaly gave up. That is my opinion of ATI. I have only been using Nvidia for 2 years. SO far, I am seriously impressed. The only thing i think ATI had better was their driver customization (catalyst).[/QUOTE] The ATI 5970 far outclasses nvidia's 295, ati achieved the highest graphics score ever recorded on a benchmark [URL='http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/ati_radeon_hd_5970_undisputed_performance_champ']http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/ati_radeon_hd_5970_undisputed_performance_champ[/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krawll Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Namngulfvet Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I thought this was supposed to be on its way this week? Here is Monday and no UPS Truck. Whats up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Il Jong Kim Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I shipped it out the 16th and somehow it got rerouted to California where it.. well.. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eI15W.jpg[/IMG] Train Derailment... oh boy. Sorry Nam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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