*Om Nom Nom* New Computer *Nom*

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DarkAstraea Posted: 01-28-2011 12:40 AM

Woots, after working for almost a month now have saved up enough to build a cheap, powerful computer thanks to newegg xD Just finished putting in the order today so hopefully will have it built by the end of next week.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #:N82E16822148433
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy


$139.98
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Rosewill Xtreme Series RX850-S-B 850W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire Ready,  Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply

Rosewill RX850-S-B 850W "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply
Item #:N82E16817182072
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$40.00 Instant
$149.99
$109.99
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Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming Computer Case
Item #:N82E16811147153
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$5.00 Instant
$59.99
$54.99
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G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
Item #:N82E16820231314
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy


$103.99
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ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813131655
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$10.00 Instant
$189.99
$179.99
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AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
Item #:N82E16819103808
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy


$149.99
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COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm sleeve CPU Cooler
Item #:N82E16835103065
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$30.00 Instant
$59.99
$29.99
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COOLER MASTER R4-BMBS-20PK-R0 Blade Master 120mm Case Fan

COOLER MASTER R4-BMBS-20PK-R0 Blade Master Case Fan
Item #:N82E16835103069
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$10.99
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ASUS EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

ASUS Radeon HD 6870 EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5 Video Card with Eyefinity
Item #:N82E16814121418
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card

$239.99

 

Grand Total: $1,019.90

I also upgraded my keyboard and mouse over the holidays. Mechanical keyboard (Razer Blackwidow Ultimate) and Cyborg Rat 7



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Wow, this thing is a beast! That's a crazy looking mouse too.

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That is a cool looking mouse!

I guess I never mentioned to you my extreme dislike of Seagate drives. Ever since they absorbed Maxtor I stopped trusting them!

I have no real basis for my dislike other than that. I have had a LOT of drive failures with Maxtor drives.

ATI video? What are you thinking?!?!?!? Traitor!

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I had two Seagate drives die on me in the last year. The first one was the same one you just bought which died after having installed for about 8 months or so. (Luckily it was only my media drive which had everything backed up on my home SAN). The other one was a 500gb which I had for about 3 or 4 years (The only seagate I've intentionally bought.). I'm for Western Digital only at the moment. And seriously? A Radeon GPU? GeForce is the unofficial standard for gaming being evident that there is a GeForce label on most big release PC games (but seriously, who buys games in a store anymore). 

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Computer is now officially built, the two seagate drives are in an external. I picked up a WD black caviar 1TB for the computer.

What is the standard for gaming? There is none unless you have a money tree.

I would have gone for gtx470 but you need a nuclear power generator to SLI that. So i went for ATI because it's power consumption is less demanding and scales pretty well in crossfire against it's high end predecessor (HD5870).

On another note, who buys games these days anyway >.> piracy all the way...except for the absolute big hits from valve and blizzard (portal 2 // diablo 3)



Unlike in sports, the game of war has no set time limit and no points are awarded, so how do you determine the winners and the losers? When all your enemies are destroyed? 多分そして。
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The Standard is whatever is preferred by those developing the games. The devices they are using to actually code it. As a developer I can assure you it makes a difference. They may test on an ATI just to make sure it works, but they are using Nvidia's on their dev machines.

As for power consumption, the Nvidia's consume more because they are doing more... I would have recommended a lower model with lower power requirements if that was an issue. Or even better instead of SLI'ing two high end Nvidia cards, just get one. That will most likely be better in the long run for compatibility and performance than two ATI's...

I know it's too late for that, but maybe you can sell the ATI's to someone... lol..

I never pirate anything. I don't condone that in anyway. If I don't like a company's policies I simply don't support them buy not buying their products including Games. Case in point, Modern Warfare 2 and the rest of the COD newer games, throw in the new games that are charging $60 a game instead of $50.

My $.02

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