~Check this ultimate gaming rig out.~ +++ FREE BACON!

Well...[bb7ffa768a1]probably in December[/bb7ffa768a1] I'm going to build this massively insane gaming rig. And thanks to the help of dmorris [ <3 ], he was able to successfully turn me over from getting an AMD AM2 socket processor, to getting an Intel Conroe Core 2 Duo processor.

Drool while you look...I know you will. D

It's just a temporary list. I need to pick a case [which is why there's two], and [bb7ffa768a1]I'm waiting until the 8800GTX is released[/bb7ffa768a1] so it will have DX10 support. D

http//secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=4216488

[ib7ffa768a1]You've found the fake free bacon...please search in a different castle.[/ib7ffa768a1]

don't buy an asus board whatever you do.

My two asus boards are trash, I'm probably going to return it except that I broke an IDE cable.

whats up with you and bacon

Smack the shit out of me if I ever buy a $500 video card.

Wow, spending all that money, and only getting a gig of ram and a cheap monitor. You would be better waiting for a good deal from dell.

[quote325bfa0b8b="EatChex89"]don't buy an asus board whatever you do.

My two asus boards are trash, I'm probably going to return it except that I broke an IDE cable.[/quote325bfa0b8b]
Bite your tongue -- ASUS has long been considered one of the highest-end (if not THE highest-end) mobo manufacturer. Their quality and support is bar none better than any other motherboard manufacturer, many of which won't even talk to end-users. Sure, there are other nice motherboards, but overall none come close to ASUS, IMO. And I've probably owned or serviced all of the major players.

Sure, they aren't perfect (none are) and you'll run into the occasional bad board or glitch or whatever, but ASUS warranty support and RMA turnaround is extremely fast.

I won't say ASUS is the lionlyli brand I specify, but it's almost always the first. About the only time I buy or spec something else is when budget requires -- ASUS isn't cheap.

[quote325bfa0b8b="bbalp6699"]Smack the shit out of me if I ever buy a $500 video card.[/quote325bfa0b8b]
Okay. P How about 2 of 'em? ;)

[quoteb1c21c022e="Labtec-Jay"]Wow, spending all that money, and only getting a gig of ram and a cheap monitor. You would be better waiting for a good deal from dell.[/quoteb1c21c022e]
It's not a cheap monitor...it got good reviews. And I'm getting 2 GB of RAM, if you looked at it, it said the quantity on the left showing how many I was purchasing. ;)

[quoteb1c21c022e="dmorris68"][quoteb1c21c022e="bbalp6699"]Smack the shit out of me if I ever buy a $500 video card.[/quoteb1c21c022e]
Okay. P How about 2 of 'em? ;)[/quoteb1c21c022e]
Uber SLI. D

[quote5293abe488="dmorris68"][quote5293abe488="EatChex89"]don't buy an asus board whatever you do.

My two asus boards are trash, I'm probably going to return it except that I broke an IDE cable.[/quote5293abe488]
Bite your tongue -- ASUS has long been considered one of the highest-end (if not THE highest-end) mobo manufacturer. Their quality and support is bar none better than any other motherboard manufacturer, many of which won't even talk to end-users. Sure, there are other nice motherboards, but overall none come close to ASUS, IMO. And I've probably owned or serviced all of the major players.

Sure, they aren't perfect (none are) and you'll run into the occasional bad board or glitch or whatever, but ASUS warranty support and RMA turnaround is extremely fast.

I won't say ASUS is the lionlyli brand I specify, but it's almost always the first. About the only time I buy or spec something else is when budget requires -- ASUS isn't cheap.

[quote5293abe488="bbalp6699"]Smack the shit out of me if I ever buy a $500 video card.[/quote5293abe488]
Okay. P How about 2 of 'em? ;)[/quote5293abe488]

my computer still won't post because of the damn board.

it's the second board. P5LD2.. and tons of other people had problems with this board too. I should have gotten that new SLI board that they made.

the list looks good but make sure you grab a nice psu to go with it all. also check slickdeals daily and you can get a much better deal on the x-fi. if you're willing to spend around 100 or so for your case, grab a thermaltake case like the tsunami when newegg has free shipping

$1,800? If you actually end up going through with this I will be amazed. shock

[quote53f4c16092="Gooogler"]$1,800? If you actually end up going through with this I will be amazed. shock[/quote53f4c16092]
Why do you say that?

For $1,500 I'm getting so much better stuff than you ) 2GB of gaming RAM, 7950GTX and a 7900GT, Tsunami case. I pwn'd you.

asus motherboards pwn to whoever said dont get them ]

i got one

Wow. I stepped into the "my computer is cooler than you" thread.

[quotec2e762aec9="Labtec-Jay"]Wow, spending all that money, and only getting a gig of ram and a cheap monitor. You would be better waiting for a good deal from dell.[/quotec2e762aec9]

he's getting 2 sticks

[quote60d7d5d281="TryinToGetPaid"]Wow. I stepped into the "my computer is cooler than you" thread.[/quote60d7d5d281]
I chuckled. +Karma.

[quote41875dc609="DIABLO"]For $1,500 I'm getting so much better stuff than you ) 2GB of gaming RAM, 7950GTX and a 7900GT, Tsunami case. I pwn'd you.[/quote41875dc609]

You can SLi two nonidentical cards? First time I heard of that.



Love the CPU ) watercooling a 6600 soon and can't wait.
Why not a nforce 4 conroe board? I think they just came out don't know much about them yet though. I would get a 150gig raptor or for that price get 2 ). Probally go with a differant motherboard, you can't beat the NEC 19" with opticlear.

some useful links
http//forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1745344&STARTPAGE=1&enterthread=y

http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012

http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824002122


Oh and I didn't see your PSU please don't tell me you are going to run with the stock PSU |.

Just saw you are waiting for december. I don't know why you are posting this now. I would say most things on that list is going to change in december.

[quotebf0a66e36a="Allen626"]Just saw you are waiting for december. I don't know why you are posting this now. I would say most things on that list is going to change in december.[/quotebf0a66e36a]

Also why I said I will be surprised if he goes through with it becuase a lot of times when people say things so far ahead of time they change their mind.

I personally like this mobo better http//www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Gigabyte 965P DS3

Why the hell would you get those expensive SLI cards when you're not going to be playing at a high resolution? That's a waste man.

[quote386c11269a="DIABLO"]For $1,500 I'm getting so much better stuff than you ) 2GB of gaming RAM, 7950GTX and a 7900GT, Tsunami case. I pwn'd you.[/quote386c11269a]
What else are you getting that's cheaper...and how is that possible....TWO DIFFERENT cards...?

[quote386c11269a="Daggoth"]I personally like this mobo better http//www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Gigabyte 965P DS3[/quote386c11269a]
That's the one I chose. ? rofl.

[quote906ce07f62="TFOAF"]
[quote906ce07f62="Daggoth"]I personally like this mobo better http//www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Gigabyte 965P DS3[/quote906ce07f62]
That's the one I chose. ? rofl.[/quote906ce07f62]

I wasn't talking to you. roll ?

[quoted94ec26163="Daggoth"][quoted94ec26163="TFOAF"]
[quoted94ec26163="Daggoth"]I personally like this mobo better http//www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Gigabyte 965P DS3[/quoted94ec26163]
That's the one I chose. ? rofl.[/quoted94ec26163]

I wasn't talking to you. roll ?[/quoted94ec26163]
Oh. My bad then! D 8)

Very impressive. The machine I'm on cost around $2K about 4 yrs ago. Its a POS right now. LOL. Enjoy it and something new will be on the horizon. Newegg is a great site to get it from.

Also, I think ASUS is great. Good choice and good luck in getting everything setup the way you want it.

[quote40e8a67f0d="TFOAF"][quote40e8a67f0d="DIABLO"]For $1,500 I'm getting so much better stuff than you ) 2GB of gaming RAM, 7950GTX and a 7900GT, Tsunami case. I pwn'd you.[/quote40e8a67f0d]
What else are you getting that's cheaper...and how is that possible....TWO DIFFERENT cards...?

[quote40e8a67f0d="Daggoth"]I personally like this mobo better http//www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Gigabyte 965P DS3[/quote40e8a67f0d]
That's the one I chose. ? rofl.[/quote40e8a67f0d]

Using SLi you can "link" two cards together. The 7950 uses this technology because it is a dual core card. You can actually SLi two 7950s getting a quadcore SLi. SLi is fairly decent but usually for two times more you can get a card that is much better then what you will get SLi'd unless you have the best...

[quote58152e3b16="Allen626"][quote58152e3b16="TFOAF"][quote58152e3b16="DIABLO"]For $1,500 I'm getting so much better stuff than you ) 2GB of gaming RAM, 7950GTX and a 7900GT, Tsunami case. I pwn'd you.[/quote58152e3b16]
What else are you getting that's cheaper...and how is that possible....TWO DIFFERENT cards...?

[quote58152e3b16="Daggoth"]I personally like this mobo better http//www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Gigabyte 965P DS3[/quote58152e3b16]
That's the one I chose. ? rofl.[/quote58152e3b16]

Using SLi you can "link" two cards together. The 7950 uses this technology because it is a dual core card. You can actually SLi two 7950s getting a quadcore SLi. SLi is fairly decent but usually for two times more you can get a card that is much better then what you will get SLi'd unless you have the best...[/quote58152e3b16]

i'm not sure if you can link a 7950 with a 7900 with sli though... i was under the impression that you needed two of the same card to do so.

Yeah I don't think you can either I posted earlier on that. I mean I guess you can have a tri-core SLi I don't know though I have not looked into the 7950s too much. The 7950s are just slid 7900 cards basically from what I understand though.

I looked at your newegg shopping cart and noticed you are [b5940eb46ae]overpaying [/b5940eb46ae][/size5940eb46ae]on 2 things off the bat.

here is the same moniter for $100
http//forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=335980&highlight=hanns

I bought a 400 gig seagate for $75 after a $25 mail in rebate. it is 7500 RPM.

Right there off the bat I saved you $175 on just 2 items. If you wait around a little more and [b5940eb46ae]check slickdeals every day [/b5940eb46ae][/size5940eb46ae]by december you should have almost all of your computer parts for [b5940eb46ae]half the price you are paying now[/b5940eb46ae][/size5940eb46ae].

I am doing that now, and so far have spent $100 on a DVD-RW drive, and my 400 gig HD.

so i called asus for tech support

and the tech guy was like "let me get your name and number and we'll call you back".. yeah right

so i'll call again tomorrow.

[quotedf3c85b242="justinag06"]I looked at your newegg shopping cart and noticed you are [bdf3c85b242]overpaying [/bdf3c85b242][/sizedf3c85b242]on 2 things off the bat.

here is the same moniter for $100
http//forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=335980&highlight=hanns

I bought a 400 gig seagate for $75 after a $25 mail in rebate. it is 7500 RPM.

Right there off the bat I saved you $175 on just 2 items. If you wait around a little more and [bdf3c85b242]check slickdeals every day [/bdf3c85b242][/sizedf3c85b242]by december you should have almost all of your computer parts for [bdf3c85b242]half the price you are paying now[/bdf3c85b242][/sizedf3c85b242].

I am doing that now, and so far have spent $100 on a DVD-RW drive, and my 400 gig HD.[/quotedf3c85b242]
It's not the widescreen one...

[quote9a3d3437e8="TFOAF"][quote9a3d3437e8="justinag06"]I looked at your newegg shopping cart and noticed you are [b9a3d3437e8]overpaying [/b9a3d3437e8][/size9a3d3437e8]on 2 things off the bat.

here is the same moniter for $100
http//forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=335980&highlight=hanns

I bought a 400 gig seagate for $75 after a $25 mail in rebate. it is 7500 RPM.

Right there off the bat I saved you $175 on just 2 items. If you wait around a little more and [b9a3d3437e8]check slickdeals every day [/b9a3d3437e8][/size9a3d3437e8]by december you should have almost all of your computer parts for [b9a3d3437e8]half the price you are paying now[/b9a3d3437e8][/size9a3d3437e8].

I am doing that now, and so far have spent $100 on a DVD-RW drive, and my 400 gig HD.[/quote9a3d3437e8]
It's not the widescreen one...[/quote9a3d3437e8]
Plus it's a MIR -- a deal-killer for a lot of folks.

As far as the Seagate, that would also be a deal-killer for me. I don't buy Seagate. Ever. Oh, and BTW it's 7200 RPM. ;) P

Is there a noticeable difference between 7200 RPM and 10000 RPM

[quotebdbfd801e2="Daggoth"]Is there a noticeable difference between 7200 RPM and 10000 RPM[/quotebdbfd801e2]
All else (cache size, recording technology, etc.) being the same, hell yes!

With the older 8MB cache Raptors (before the 16MB cache 150GB model) they were the fastest drives by far, up until the latest 7200RPM models with new features like 16MB cache and parallel recoding technology, which closed the gap significantly. However Raptor again pulled ahead with the 150GB model, bumping the cache and SATA interface.