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New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:52 pm
by obsidian
Impulse buy FTW! I wasn't intending on buying this for another month, but I got a great deal on the GPU and well... one thing led to the next...

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I'm recycling my current case, optical drives and hard drives.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:54 pm
by shaft
n0ice

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:56 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Nice! that'll be a monster.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:45 pm
by obsidian
I've been keeping a list of market prices out of interest for a few months, in case anyone's interested.

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Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:14 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
So now you'll have no more excuses in ETQW.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:16 am
by obsidian
Hey now, my 6 year old Pentium 4 machine on lowest graphics settings and still sputtering never stopped me from kicking ass so I never needed an excuse in the first place. Imagine what I'll do to the enemy team now that I can actually see what I'm shooting at.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:41 am
by GONNAFISTYA
I have a P4 3.2 (5 years old) with an X1950 that sputters all the time as well (lowest graphic settings) but that's never stopped me from feeding you a LAW or tking you. :p

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:21 am
by obsidian
GAH!!! Won't POST with more than one stick of RAM installed...

If I install a single memory into DIMM A1, the system boots. I took out and installed each memory module in turn and each one boots fine, no problems. I think this eliminates the possibility of the memory modules being faulty.

However, if I install 2 or more memory modules on the mobo in DIMMs A1 and B1 or A1, B1 and C1, the system fails to boot and I get no POST beeps and no video.

I left the BIOS (latest version 1206) under default settings.

Any ideas?

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:43 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Go on OCZ's website and see what Volt the rams at, and make the changes within the bios with a single stick, then add another after saving the changes/booting.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:47 pm
by obsidian
I found out that the computer boots with memory in DIMM A1 and C1, but looks like B1 is shot.

I'm not the only one, looks like I'll have to RMA it.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id= ... uage=en-us

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:25 pm
by JooKed
I RMA'd my asus mobo twice. I RMA'd my asus DVD drive once and my asus sound card is shot (replace it with cheap soundblaster)

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:37 pm
by Deathshroud
Was DDR3 really worth it? Most benchmarks show no real improvements.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:55 pm
by obsidian
Prices have been dropping, but it's not a matter of having a choice... i7 runs with only DDR3 RAM.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:18 pm
by Deathshroud
Ahhhh, Intel systems still cost a rediculous amount of money. What a suprise....

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:54 pm
by obsidian
Everything seems to be working fine now, pics (last image not my photo):

[lvlshot]http://www.robotrenegade.com/temp/P160_Corei7.jpg[/lvlshot]

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:51 pm
by Peenyuh
Wow. How much did all of that cost? The BFG I just got retailed at around $150. I would like to build a comp from scratch. Well, I've cobbled together an adequate one for gaming, but it looks like hell and makes funny noises. And, I can't play music and Q4 at the same time.:olo: I would like to build something like yours so I can have something nice.

EDIT: oh. sorry.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:24 am
by +JuggerNaut+
uh, check the first post, tonto.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:13 am
by bork[e]
Peenyuh wrote:Wow. How much did all of that cost?

:olo:

And believe me, I'm jelluz.

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:46 pm
by Plan B
Holy crap, what a beast. Nice :up:

Threads like these always get me a bit crazy, and make me want to buy new shit too.
'Fortunately', I lack the $$$, plus my rig is still very decent.

How are you liking ETQW without picmip 100? ;)

Re: New Computer Parts (OMG!)

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:51 pm
by obsidian
I tweaked the config to unlock a bunch of "ultra" quality features. It's a nice change going from "picmip 100" at 20FPS to super quality at 120FPS (currently locked it down to 90).


OH.. I also got another 6GB of RAM for $110, so 12GB now.