Confirmed New Gaming Rig

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Jon855

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My gaming rig've been confirmed by Newegg and will/should arrive here on Tuesday. Thought I'll share the specs with you guys all. Comments greatly welcomed...

Antec SUPER LANBOY
Antec TruePower II 550w
Lite-On DVD Burner
Asus A8R MVP
Corsair XMS 2x1GB
AMD X2 3800
Sapphire X1900XTX
WD 250GB SATAII 16MB Cache
BenQ FP202W 8ms LCD Montior

Thoughts / comments on how this will perform??? I can't wait and it'll be here during my final exam week... During exam time I guess I'll just leave memtest running or something of that sort to test it.
 
Why by an XTX? You're paying a $100 premium for a factory approved overclock of 50Mhz.

My XT does 689/797 completely unmodified.
 
Stellar said:
Why by an XTX? You're paying a $100 premium for a factory approved overclock of 50Mhz.

My XT does 689/797 completely unmodified.
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The difference is in the $50 range.
 
Jon855 said:
The difference is in the $50 range.
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Ok, well that's $50 you could spend elsewhere - on an aftermarket cooler. Trust me, you're going to want one.
 
Stellar said:
Ok, well that's $50 you could spend elsewhere - on an aftermarket cooler. Trust me, you're going to want one.
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if he is not OCing then the stock X2 cooler is mighty fine

but yes he could spent that 50 on something else
 
Asian Dub Foundation said:
if he is not OCing then the stock X2 cooler is mighty fine

but yes he could spent that 50 on something else
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Yeah, you have a point there as I am not an overclocker myself. I think my stock X2 cooler'll be just dandy fine.

Other than that 50 bucks whine, on the postive side comments?
 
I think you made some really nice choices with your stuff... you will be really happy with it.

the only thing I would say.... get a decent CPU cooler and also one for the Vid... the day will come when you want to overclock ;) it happens to everyone LOL
and you can get far better cooling which is quieter than the stock stuff... the cooler ya keep, the better it is for the hardware anyways... stock coolers are tend to be loud.

~NortH~
 
NortHWizarD said:
the day will come when you want to overclock ;) it happens to everyone LOL
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No. Often times an overclock doesn't do much for in terms of desktop productivity.

-J.
 
NortHWizarD said:
I think you made some really nice choices with your stuff... you will be really happy with it.

the only thing I would say.... get a decent CPU cooler and also one for the Vid... the day will come when you want to overclock ;) it happens to everyone LOL
and you can get far better cooling which is quieter than the stock stuff... the cooler ya keep, the better it is for the hardware anyways... stock coolers are tend to be loud.

~NortH~
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I guess I have something to be happy about then cause I will not be able to hear the fans... I'm deaf :)
 
Great choice on the cpu, even if not overclocking. Even though I run at 2.6ghz overclocked, at stock speeds of 2ghz, my X2 3800 is GREAT....not even reallt that noticeable in ACTUAL gameplay....3DM05/06 can suck my right nut (don't ask!) :p
 
Asian Dub Foundation said:
if he is not OCing then the stock X2 cooler is mighty fine

but yes he could spent that 50 on something else
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I meant aftermarket cooler for his GPU.
 
sac_tagg said:
For real? Do you live with anyone? If not, I would like to introduce you to a friend:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999613

;)
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Yeah I know but my case = 2x120mm fans and no 92mm... I guess I could later get me a new heatsink for my cpu and mount this baby on it :) or a new case with 92/80mm fans as they only make Torandos for these sizes... We'll see someday :)

I'll be sure to post pictures as soon as I get my rig built and so on forth :)
 
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