Custom Computer!

[Vermonter]

I just finished getting the parts to my uber-machine. Here's the breakdown.

Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Power Supply: GearMax 580
Case: Aspire X-Discovery (Green)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTO
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 Dual-Channel TWIN2X2048-6400C4
Hard Drive: SeaGate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 320 GB
Optical Drives: Samsung DVD Burner, Lite-On CD Burner

Total cost in parts is around $1300.

[cjl]

Should be nice. I'm running on a 2.4 core 2 duo right now, and it's awesome. The Seagate drive is nice too (though I'm biased, as my mom works for Seagate :))

[Vermonter]

Yeah, it'll be fun once I get the beast assembled. I upgraded from an AMD Athlon 64 1.8 GHz, and a dying GeForce Ti4400.

[mickal555]

I just finished getting the parts to my uber-machine. Here's the breakdown.

Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Power Supply: GearMax 580
Case: Aspire X-Discovery (Green)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTO
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 Dual-Channel TWIN2X2048-6400C4
Hard Drive: SeaGate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 320 GB
Optical Drives: Samsung DVD Burner, Lite-On CD Burner

Total cost in parts is around $1300.

Heh,

I recently(like 1/2 weeks ago) got almost the exact same,

Proccesser: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Video: Gecube Radeon X1950XTX 512MB Dual DVI GDDR4 Dual-link HDTV
Hard drive: Maxtor 320G SATAII (16MB cache)
Screen: Asus MM19TE Slv/Blk 19inch LCD, 8ms, DVI, Speakers
Memory: CORSAIR DDR2 512x2

:D :D

[Serenitude]

Sweetness!! You'll be running Oblivion in style :cool:

We'll be buying a new computer fairly soonish (stuck with a 2.8P4 and "Intel Extreme Graphics 2"), but we'll likely be waiting till after the new year, since by then the 4-core Intel chips and the 8x Nvidia cards should be out, so we're hoping that that pushes the prices of dual core and 7x series Nvidias down a bit. Otherwise, I'm aiming at a nearly identical setup to you, I'm just cheap :lol: Congrats!!!

[Vermonter]

I had thought about getting the Radeon mickal555 had mentioned, but the board was more geared towards SLI than Crossfire. Both are very nice setups.

I got the beast running last night, I was happy that I remembered to plug everything in right. I had to power it down once so I could switch the jumpers on the optical drives, and plug the cable into the primary IDE spot. Sucker booted up and installed Windows XP in record time. I popped in Ghost Recon, and nearly cried at how good the graphics looked with *everything* cranked up. 512MB of video memory rocks!

[Serenitude]

/me is jealous :D

[Fazor]

Bah. Makes me wish that slacking off and visiting message boards all day while at work paid better. LoL. At least I'm not doing the CG stuff anymore, as it was getting tough to constantly keep up with hardware advances needed to stay current. My little set up's not completely outdated (well, except the 10 year old 15" CRT....). It runs CS:S fine anyway. That's about the most hardware intensive thing I do anymore.