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[Product of Void]

P4 775 2.6 core2 duo
P6n plantium Msi mainboard
2gigs ram
sli 7600 nvida cards
500gig hard drive
dvdrw pioneer
cube case

http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/ACUF/ACUF.html

so what rig you running?

[Saulus]

Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping OC'ed to 3.2 GHZ
4GB DHX XMS2 Corsair Memory DDR2-800
XFX 680i LT SLi Motherboard
EVGA Geforce GTX 280 1024mb videocard
Dual DVDRW LG 16x
10,000 RPM Raptor SATA 75G HD
1TB WD Lifebook Ext

[Duerric]

- CPU Opteron 175 (overlocked - 2.5 GHz, 2 cores for the eyewitnesses with the 1MB L2 ),
- 2 GB of RAM,
- GeForce 8800 GT (Leadtech - 512 MB),
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality,
- 750 GB HDD (250 GB Western Digital, 500 GB Samsung),
- improved silenced cooling,
- nice aluminium case under the TV (looks like nice DVD ),
- LG 20 LCD (1680x1050) in the same style like the TV.

I was surprised that such an old machine was able to run Fallout 3 (really great game!) with the full resolution (1680x1050) and full details with 8x8 AA, so I'm not going to change it in the nearest future.

Duerric the Great, your only chance to be voted for the president of the Solar system

[Maevan2]

Core2 Quad 9450 2.66GHz
Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R
4GB DDR2-800
GeForce 9600GT with passive cooling
250GB Samsung HD250HJ, 4GB Gigabyte iRAM
Plextor DVD and LG DVD (RAM) drives

[MKartMaster]

My rig POSTs just fine, tyvm. [/cheekycomputergeek]

Core 2 Duo E???? 2.33 GHz
4GB Memory DDR2-800 (Acer and OCZ. Hot Pink and Chrome, respectively)
MSI P35 Neo-F LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Motherboard
EVGA Geforce 8600 GTS(?) 512 MB Graphics Card
Some kinda old DVD-ROM drive (read only)
Unknown specs on 300 GB+ worth of Western and Seagate hard drives

[c2k]

While some parts were in my old configuration, this is a fairly new setup I'm running.

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
Asus P5Q-E Motherboard
2x Corsair XMS2 1GB DDR2-800
HIS ATI HD4670 1Gb Crossfire card with IceQ technology
Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
WD SATA 500GB
WD SATA 250GB
Generic DvD-Rom
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Full Tower
Logitech G15 Keyboard

[tornangel]

Hate to beat a dead horse but...

I wanted to express my thanks towards those who posted here. I've been having issues with choppy graphics on NWN2 while my GeForce 7300 GS runs other newish games perfectly fine. After reading this thread, I've decided to build another system to replace my store-bought Compaq.

The rig I'm looking to order on Thursday/Friday consists of:

- Sunbeam Transformer Black Steel ATX Full Tower Case w/ 4 fans
- ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
- GeForce 8800 GT Video Card (one for each computer here)
- Athena 500W ATX12V Ver. 2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Quad-Core Processor
- 3-4GB Corsair RAM (2 x 2GB pack, may get 2 or split 1 pack)
- WD 250GB Hard Drive

I'll reuse my DVD drive and (hopefully) my flash card slots. My old 80 gig hard drive will become a network storage drive for storing files we use on both computers.

Any suggestions to reduce the cost on this setup would be helpful. From what I could tell, this would be able to run Age of Conan so it better run NWN2!
/rant

[Saulus]

Not much you can do to make that computer cheaper, but you may want to spend a bit more on your videocard. A 7300 GS is a paper weight pretty much, and although the 8800GT is a good card, I would recommend moving up to the 9800GT.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...965&CatId=3585

Don't want to get a new videocard and already need to get something better... also 9800GT is very cheap now.

[DurinRustbeard]

Ooo, Didn't see this post before, guess I'll post my rig here.

Intel Quad 2.9 @ 3.2
2x 8800GTX in SLI
2x 150gig 10,000rpm Raptor's in RAID
2 gig ram
500gig WD data drive

I'm on windows 32 version, so not much point in more ram until I get 64. My other rig plays Nwn2 Fine, and is pretty cheap.

AMD 4400+ 64 x2
2gb DDR2
320gig SATA 7,200rpm
8600 GTS

No problems with it running nwn2, and can play fallout 3 as well decently.

[CorneliusVonRichten]

MacPro Rig

2x Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz
4x 1 GB Ram
1x NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
1x WD-Caviar 500 Gb 7200 U/min
1x Samsung 250 Gb 7200 U/min

[tornangel]

Not much you can do to make that computer cheaper, but you may want to spend a bit more on your videocard. A 7300 GS is a paper weight pretty much, and although the 8800GT is a good card, I would recommend moving up to the 9800GT.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...965&CatId=3585

Don't want to get a new videocard and already need to get something better... also 9800GT is very cheap now.

I didn't think I could go much lower without going back to the stone age on this thing. *sigh*

Ever since my fiance read a review on Age of Conan stating that the 8800GT performed at the same level as the 9800GT, he's been adamant about getting them, plus they're only $109 on newegg.

Since he's decided that he wants to double the order on the vid cards and RAM, the amount I have to spend has been cut down to roughly $650-$700 and there's only so many corners you can cut, ya know.

I thought about snagging an Intel Core 2 Duo (E series) but a close friend of mine strongly suggested the quad core so I have to cut back somewhere.

[Saulus]

Depends on what you do, if you game... invest the money in the card. You'll regret it otherwise.

[Ashard]

Core 2 Duo E8400 running at 3.0
Nvida 680i SLI mother board
2 gigs of RAM
Sound Blaster X-Fi with 5.1 sound
Nvida 8800 x2 in SLI with 512 on each card
250 GB on my hard drive
19" Hanns-G LCD
Running Windows Vista 32 bit
Saitek Eclipse II back lit keyboard
Logitec g5 mouse

All thanks to the wonderfull people at Alienware!

[tornangel]

Too true. I honestly think a large part of my problem is RAM. We're both currently running 1GB a piece and I've tried explaining to him that there's no point in getting 4GB a piece unless I upgrade to an x64 system. This system is suppose to support x64. I tried installed a 64-bit copy of Windows that a friend brought over and it spit out an error stating it's an x86 system and cannot support 64-bit functionality or some BS.

I was really wanting to order from newegg (specifically for the case) but I think I'll cave and use both tiger and egg. I'll just convince him to order everything over the course of the next few weeks because I refuse to budge when it comes to my board. hehe I'll order 2 9800's and the ram on Friday so we can atleast start playing next week.

The one thing that's hanging me up on ordering is the PSU. I know I'll need around 500W or so but I'm trying to make sure I have enough voltage on the rails. Wouldn't want to get a power supply that couldn't run everything.

[Saulus]

500W is fine, just don't buy a budget PSU... A quality PSU is not that expensive at 500W, I use a Corsair Toughpower and they have served me well so far.