New computer this weekend.

[FragaGeddon]

Just waiting for it to be built.
This is will my first rig where I can put everything to max.

*Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
*Water Cooling: BigWater 760i CL-WO121
Mother Board: Asus Maximus Extreme
Video Card: BFG GeForce 8800GTX OC 768MB PCIe
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4G 2x4MB 65NM 1066MHZ
RAM: Corsair Twin3x2048-1333C9

*UPDATED

[shadd_]

very nice.

but you won't be maxing crysis.

[FragaGeddon]

If I buy Crisis, I'll probably buy another video card.

[Fjoggs]

Uhm, Twin3x2048 doesnt actually mean 3x2048 does it? :X

[FragaGeddon]

Uhm, Twin3x2048 doesnt actually mean 3x2048 does it? :X

http://www.pccyber.com/?v=Product&i=RAM ... 048-1333C9

[Fjoggs]

Right, was a bit o.O since it looked like you had 6144mb ram :P

[PhoeniX]

You'll likely want a better cooler for all that. The Thermaltake Ultra 120 Extreme + a Scythe S-Flex 120mm fan is meant to be a good combo for that CPU.

It outperforms the stock Intel HSF by 11'c despite being overclocked 1Ghz higher .

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/sh ... i=2943&p=4

[Grudge]

I'll probably wait until after christmas and get one of those new 45nm Penryn quad cores when they are released.

[ppp]

swap the gtx for a gt, almost same speed for half the price

[Captain]

Built mine last Saturday.

Ultra X-Finity 600W
BFG nVidia nForce 680i LT SLI LGA775 with on-board Realtek HD Audio
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz LGA775
XFX 8800GT XT (Alpha Dog) 512MB 640MHz PCI-E
2GB OCZ Platinum XTC Rev-2 Dual-Channel
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM 16MB cache SATA-II
Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 16MB cache SATA-II

Just like you Frag, this is the first system I've been able to max out on games with. Runs Crysis on High at 1280x1024 with 45fps on average. I love the fact that the 8800GT runs HDR and AA perfectly together, makes CoD4 and DiRT look brilliant

I'm going to buy an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 for the E6750. Can easily be overclocked past 3GHz then.

Nice system Frag

[FragaGeddon]

Well I really love playing COD. Been playing COD4 on the 360, and it's just not the same thing.

[mik0rs]

Just waiting for it to be built.
This is will my first rig where I can put everything to max.

Case: Thermaltake VE2000BWS Armour LCS
Mother Board: Asus Maximus Extreme
Video Card: BFG GeForce 8800GTX OC 768MB PCIe
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4G 2x4MB 65NM 1066MHZ
RAM: Corsair Twin3x2048-1333C9

Haha, nice spec, similar to same as mine but a better case and mobo (I'm assuming your RAM'll be faster too), I was going for the same board but couldn't justify the extra £60

Mine being:

CPU: Intel Q6600
Board: Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
RAM: 4GB: 2x Corsair XMS6400 2GB DDR2 (2x1GB) 800Mhz Non-ECC
Gfx: GeForce 8800GTX (nVidia Reference card)
Case: ThermalTake Tsunami Dream - Black (I wanted the Shark but I can't find it anywhere)
PSU: ThermalTake Toughpower Series Cable Management 700W Active

Can't wait, might just chuck another 8800 in there in a few months too.

[FragaGeddon]

I'll probably wait a few months, then add another 2 gigs and just like you, another 8800.

[Captain]

Remember 32-bit OS only uses 3.25GB.

[FragaGeddon]

I'll be running Vista also, so it'll be all good. But I'll just be using XP for gaming?
Does XP have a hard drive limit size?

[scared?]

If I buy Crisis, I'll probably buy another video card.

jesus moron alert...the game ain't that good and not very optimized...

[scared?]

I'll be running Vista also, so it'll be all good. But I'll just be using XP for gaming?
Does XP have a hard drive limit size?

another moron alert...with that system vista is fine for games...if u have a mid level system stick with xp, otherwise ur a moron...

[mik0rs]

I'll be running Vista also, so it'll be all good. But I'll just be using XP for gaming?
Does XP have a hard drive limit size?

Not one you'll need to worry about as far as I'm aware, but if you've got 4 gig in there make sure you're running the 64-bit version or it won't see all of it.

[Pooinyourmouth]

I have a CPU in transit right now with UPS. Should be here tomorrow. I already have the other parts here waiting.

When finished:
AMD x2 6400+ Black Edition
Asus M2N-Sli deluxe
2 gigs of ddr 800 in dual channel
Geforce 8800 GTS 640meg ( carrying over from my current system )
And a pair of Western digitals 120gig from the old system. I need to upgrade these HDD's next.

[FragaGeddon]

I got two 80 gig sata drives and two 300 gig sata drives.
I think I'll put the 2 80's in as raid 0, and use it for the OS, programs and game installs.
Then use the two 300's as raid 1, and keep all my important files on them.

[Captain]

Oh snap, that case looks pretty damn awesome. Is this your first time with liquid cooling?

[FragaGeddon]

Yes, first time liquid cooling. I decided to have them put it together. For $50, they will warranty the system for a year against leakage.

[Pooinyourmouth]

Wow. Moving up from a single core 4000 to a dual 6400 makes a pretty big difference. My FPS in Crysis has doubled.

Going from ddr 400 to 800 didn't hurt much either I imagine.

[FragaGeddon]

I should see a pretty big gain from mine also. I'll install Q3 and do a time demo, then do the same for the new system.

The case is not available. But I picked out a different case instead. So I'm going with this bad boy.
I like this one better because the ports are at the front. The other case, the ports were in the middle, under a pop up cover.
So if you stuck in a USB stick, you wouldn't be able to close the cover. Plus this one, the ports are flush mount, where the other one stuck out a bit.
Then I'm going with this water cooler.

[FragaGeddon]

Just did a time demo in q3 running with WinXP Beast Edition, I got 199fps.
Ran the same test running Vista, and only got 154.