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Hey,

I'm new to these forums. I just finished my new rig after being a Mac boy for the past 4 years. I had to build a Windows PC for school so I figured I'd build the setup I've always wanted. You know, for word processing and stuff. :rolleyes: My specs:

Mobo: EVGA 780i SLi
Processor: Intel E6850 3.0ghz (not overclocked. CoolMaster Hyper TX2 cooler)
Memory: 8gigs (OVERKILL) of G.Skillz DDR2 800
Graphics: 2x EVGA 8800 GTS 512 in SLi
HD: WD Caviar 500GB 7k2 (going to get a second one for a mirror raid)
Case: XClio A380
OS: Vista Ultimate 64

Benchmark: 3DMark 2006 - 13648

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Its been a while since I've built a computer, but it all came back pretty quickly. Did some mild cable management, and wrapped some loose cables in looming and nylon sleeving.

I'm pretty happy with the setup, but are there any tricks for a little speed boost with my mother board, graphics cards, ect?
 
Overclock the CPU. I hope you play some serious gaming on this rig as this will be a waste if it's just for word processing applications.
 
HardwareGuru said:
Overclock the CPU. I hope you play some serious gaming on this rig as this will be a waste if it's just for word processing applications.
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Oh I do. I've been playing COD4 and Crysis the past couple of weeks. But I will say I can generate a graph from a spreadsheet in no time :D
 
Damn! How high resolution and settings can you go in Crysis?

deff said:
Oh I do. I've been playing COD4 and Crysis the past couple of weeks. But I will say I can generate a graph from a spreadsheet in no time :D
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I hope you have a nice monitor to put those GPUs to work. Thanks for the pics. An easy speed boost would be to set your FSB to 400, and your CPU multiplier to 9x, your PCI-E bus to 100Mhz, and your DRAM multiplier to 2.0. That should put your CPU at 3.6Ghz, which is a nice, modest OC. You may need to bump your voltage a tiny bit. You could go for 4Ghz, but I'd think you'll need a better cooler than that.
 
HardwareGuru said:
Damn! How high resolution and settings can you go in Crysis?
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I've just been running at the max resolution for my monitor, which is 1440x900. I still get the occasional hick-up when theres a lot of stuff happening at once, but I guess thats common on any setup.

crhscoog said:
looks like you went all out when going back to pc's. nice rig :D
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Thanks, man. Its nice to have a computer again that I can play games on. Mac gaming < PC gaming.

enginurd said:
I hope you have a nice monitor to put those GPUs to work. Thanks for the pics. An easy speed boost would be to set your FSB to 400, and your CPU multiplier to 9x, your PCI-E bus to 100Mhz, and your DRAM multiplier to 2.0. That should put your CPU at 3.6Ghz, which is a nice, modest OC. You may need to bump your voltage a tiny bit. You could go for 4Ghz, but I'd think you'll need a better cooler than that.
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I have a Samsung SyncMaster 941, nothing extravagant, plenty of real estate for what I need. And thanks for the tips!
 
2x 8800GTS 512MB in SLI for a 19"? I hope all you play is Crysis, lol, cuz I think thats the only game that would benefit from two G92's in SLI at such low res.
 
enginurd said:
2x 8800GTS 512MB in SLI for a 19"? I hope all you play is Crysis, lol, cuz I think thats the only game that would benefit from two G92's in SLI at such low res.
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No doubt lol. Future proofing, I guess.
 
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