My New Rig is on its way!

[Zhang_Liao]

Keep in mind I am a huge AMD fan. I have never owned an Intel chip and never will. So here it is:

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU
MSI 790fx-gd70 MOBO
2X ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 Video Cards(Running in Crossfire)
8GB (2GBX4) DDR3/1333mhz Corsair Dominator Ram
2x 150GB (300gb) SATA-II WD Velociraptor 10,000 rpm (Raid0 Array)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium
PSU Thermaltake TR2 RX 750w modular
Asetek 510lc Liquid CPU cooler system

Zhang

[Zhang_Liao]

This system was scraped almost entirely. The new configuration should start ariving from newegg early next week. Not sure what effect if any Easter will have on delivery.

[Zhang_Liao]

Here are the major components. The should arrive from Newegg soon.



1x XCLIO Blackhawk Advanced Black Finish 0.8 mm SECC / ABS Plastic ATX Full Tower Extreme Cooling Computer Case

1x Sony Optiarc DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model AD-7241S-0B LightScribe Support

1x Western Digital AV WD1600AVJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

1x Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M080G2XXX 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

1x AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ965FBGMBOX

1x GIGABYTE GA-790XTA-UD4 AM3 AMD 790X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

1x COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact"

1x DANE-ELEC 2GB MicroSD Flash Card w/ SD Adapter Model DA-2IN1-02G-R

1x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders -

2x CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G1333C9A G

1x Antec CP-1000 1000W Continuous ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

1x SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100281VX-2SR Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

[AfroDan]

Sweet... i see you only have one 5870 but what would be the point of getting a second and doing the crossfire. Is there any games out right now that would take full advantage of it or is it more for down the road?

[Zhang_Liao]

Right now Crossfire and SLI are virtually pointless. There are only a handful of games in the world that take advantage of 2 cards. Here is the list of crossfire compatible games in AMD's own forums. Read it and be unimpressed.

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=262&threadid=89531&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

[Silent-Er@sEr]

pffft order 64 bit windows and only 4 gig of ram what you thinking ram is cheap as dirt

[Zhang_Liao]

I ordered the 64 bit version of Windows 7 and 8 gigs of ram

[Zhang_Liao]

Yep the rig has been together for a while now.

[SilverSquirrl]

sweet, he can jump out of the shower and dry his hair with that fan while playing games... now that's time management...

[syriquez]

Hey, don't knock those 120mm fans in the sides of cases. I have the Thermaltake Armor Super Tower with one of those giants, and by god, the thing works beautifully and is almost entirely silent. If you remember Skulk, his tower is another Thermaltake but it sounds like he's running a damn vacuum cleaner with the dozen or so fans in there.

[Zhang_Liao]

This case has 2x 120mm fans in the front and one in the back. There are two 180mm fans on top. Silver is talking about the 250mm fan on the side.

[syriquez]

Yeah, I forgot the size of it, 250mm is what my case has in the side as well.