Thoughts and suggestions?

Airmanv

Airmanv

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Just got done doing a pretty big upgrade. want to hear suggestions. Plan to add 2 x 295 GTX in Sep. I build PC's on the side and it took a long time to save up for this so money does play a factor if you have suggestions. Thanks for your input


Cosmos 1100 <---- Love this case!
Tagan 1300 Watt PSU
X58 Classified EVGA Motherboard
Core i7 975 Extreme @ 4.2 Ghz
CoolerMaster V10 TEC Cooler
12GB Corsair DDR3 1600
2 x 1TB 32MB cache Seagates in Raid 0
2 x Evga 280 GTX in SLI
28" Hanns-G



some pics
http://usera.ImageCave.com/Airmanv/Cosmos1100/DSCN0151.JPG
http://usera.ImageCave.com/Airmanv/Cosmos1100/DSC_0351.JPG
http://usera.ImageCave.com/Airmanv/Cosmos1100/DSC_0356.JPG
http://usera.ImageCave.com/Airmanv/Cosmos1100/DSC_0350.JPG
 
Awww.. man. Don't get 2 x GTX 295 for a measly 1920 x 1200 res dude. Go for a 30" display like the HP LP3065 2560x1600 res to take advantage of your system. Now we talking extreme gaming. You're 28" 1920x1200 TN panel lcd is the weak link. If you can afford those components for your pc, a 30" for $1k is minor.
 
I don't know the Hanns was only 320 that is 700 buck for 2 more inches....
 
1+ hardwareguru i totally agree

edit not 2" more

30" display is 4,096,000 pixels

28" display is 2,304,000 pixels

plus TN doesn't have good viewing angles or color.
 
The CPU is the most important part...1920x1200 works great for me and even in some games this rig can barely push that
 
Yeah, that's why it is cheap. It's a TN based panel lcd monitor. As you can see in my SIG I have that monitor also. Mine broke in less that 6 months. A 30" will cost $700 more but, it's not just the 2.5 inch size you are gaining, the resolution is higher at 2560x1600 which is 4.096MP vs 1920x1200 at 2.304MP. Also, the 30" HP is an 8 bit IPS panel which has better colors and viewing angles than the Hanns-G 28"(27.5) viewable. The Hanns-G is a 6 bit TN panel which suffers from limited horizontal/vertical viewing angles. The Hanns-G is far inferior monitor to the HP LP3065. Which is why you see the cost difference between the two. That Core i7 975 cpu for 1K I would have just bought the 30" with that price.
 
I meant the system not the monitor, I love the Hanns-G have had for a year no issues..
 
I dont have money to burn that was what I said in the first post, thanks for the link though great card
 
Instead of the GTX 295 cards, get two 30-60GB SSDs and place them in RAID 0.

If you don't want to swap out the monitor, I don't see anything else that you need to upgrade further.
 
I have not messed with SSD' yet what would that cost and what % faster then a standard 7200 RPM? Are they SATA interface
 
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