My new computer

#1 Adionik

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 05:17 PM

AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
MSI NX6800 Vanilla (Getting another for SLI)
Corsair Valueselect 2X512 DDR400
Maxtor 200 GB SATA150 HDD
4 X MassCool 80MM fans (Plus one side case fan)
Sony (Liteon in disgusie) DVD-/+R-RW/DL
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers (I finally got all 6 of them working)
XCilio 450 Watt PSU
Ultra Dragon Glossy Case

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I have a lot of space in my new case.

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Not a 7800GTX, but it runs Doom 3 on Ultra and makes me happy.

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What I plan on doing.

CPU temp - 35C
Mobo temp - 32C
GPU temp - 42C with an ambient temperature of 32C

Is that normal? For the GPU to be that hot? Literally no OCing?

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#2 hanpil

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 05:53 PM

nice..very nice..

but..

not enough money for the amd fx-60 huh? ^^p

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#3 Adionik

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 06:12 PM

Oh yeah it was a typo.

I have an FX-60.

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 06:28 PM

nice. you must be proud!

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 07:59 PM

nice! =)

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 08:19 PM

the only specs i know is the athlon and the corsairs.

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#7 Adionik

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Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:48 PM

Hey does anyone know where to get the NVIDIA ActiveArmor Firewall?

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#8 mannamedx

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 12:59 AM

value select seems like the only flaw imo.

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 06:47 AM

sounds like a good system... i like how they've cooled the northbridge too because on mine the northbridge fan kinda exhausts onto the video card if i have it in the top slot

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#10 iDoof

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 07:32 AM

i wouldn't worry about it TOO much...

my GPU ran even higher for a while but I tried everything and it wouldn't cool....so I just kinda left it alone. It worked fine and I had no problems. Out of the blue one day I decided to check the temp again and it went down to 28C. I don't know how it happened but now I feel comfortable and it still works as well as it ever did.

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 02:44 PM

QUOTE(mannamedx @ Jan 12 2006, 02:59 AM)

value select seems like the only flaw imo.

Flaw? It's pretty much all the same ram. They all go through the manufacturing process. I don't see how it's a "Flaw" at all.

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#12 jeezchris.

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 06:25 PM

Isn't it kind of loud? >__>
just get a Zalman CNPS-9500 or one of the 7700s and a VF-700 GPU HSF.

and then mod the CPU stock fan to a Nexus or something

very nice speakers. I have the X-530s too

but I only can use two of them right now >__> until I buy an external sound card for my laptop.

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 07:13 PM

Awwwwww. If only I knew wtf those things mean.

Does my computer still own yours ?

what it do, what it do?!

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 07:24 PM

good luck... im actually doing slis with 7800 GTs and dual core amd x2s...yea i recommend going to water cooling when u add the new card...and also maybe update that powersupply. dang

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:12 PM

woww was this pricey? ~ price if i may ask?

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:19 PM

42C load temp. for the GPU is not high at all. I used to have an unlocked 6800 and it went up to 60 or 65 - and that was pretty much normal from what I've noticed.

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:29 PM

QUOTE(krn @ Jan 12 2006, 10:19 PM)

42C load temp. for the GPU is not high at all. I used to have an unlocked 6800 and it went up to 60 or 65 - and that was pretty much normal from what I've noticed.

Whew, that's a relief. Thanks.

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woww was this pricey? ~ price if i may ask?

Yeah, a lil. Took me months to save up all the money, and I still owe my dad 350 dollars. The one thing I really like about building my own rig was knowing every single part I put in there.

Case - 80
Mobo - 163
PSU - 45
GPU - 140 (With rebates)
CPU - 233 (Damn thing dropped 11 dollars JALKDSJFA;LKDSFJ I COULD'VE BOUGHT MORE FANS)
Fans - 10 (I got 10 of them for 10 dollars)
DVD Drive - 40 (Bought it some time ago)
HDD - Gift from a friend.
Speakers - 57

Grand total of like 800 bucks. It was like 850 with EVERYTHING altogether. I'm 16 with no job so it was stressfull. =\ Girlfriends practically mean NO computer parts.

I'm not having a problem with the sound issue but my rig is HELLA loud. Glad i have such powerful speakers. But yeah it's good with cooling. I have cool and quiet technology on anyway. It's at 36 right now, which is the highest i've seen it at.

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#18 awdark

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:55 PM

I like how the computer is setup but im not sure about the logic behind going SLI with the MSI NX6800 Vanilla... I would have just went for one good card...

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:13 PM

QUOTE(awdark @ Jan 13 2006, 03:55 PM)

I like how the computer is setup but im not sure about the logic behind going SLI with the MSI NX6800 Vanilla... I would have just went for one good card...

I agree.. you should have gone with 1 good 7800.

If you do plan on goin sli with those 6800s. Make sure you gett a better psu.

also. Could i please get a shot of the front of the case? I love the Chiftec designs. I myself have the orginal Chiftec server tower with 7 cd rom bays.

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Posted 12 January 2006 - 11:01 PM

I couldn't afford a 7800, I still cannot afford one. An SLI'd 6800 Vanilla OC'd a bit would get me a little past a 6800 Ultra's specs, and that should suite me fine. I can play everything I want on medium/high with this card, so i'm not kicking myself in the ass yet. For 140 bucks I think I walked away okay. I wasn't prepared to spend 300 dollars.
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