09-5-2009, 07:46 PM | #201 |
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Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.
That heatsink ......................................... Overcompensating for something? :P
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09-5-2009, 07:57 PM | #202 |
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It's probably the only reason I am stable at 4.2 Ghz on air right now... that thing is a heatsucker
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09-5-2009, 09:34 PM | #203 |
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My heatsink is the biggest thing in my case. I use it to cool my drinks too.
I hope you fry all your stuff and then learn a lesson about buying excessively expensive computers. =( |
09-5-2009, 09:40 PM | #204 |
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Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.
How loud is that thing, with all those fans?
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09-7-2009, 04:29 AM | #205 |
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This computer was only $2200. Well worth it.
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09-7-2009, 02:58 PM | #206 |
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Nice get Rubix.
Also mods, please don't lock this. I subscribed to it, and I like the reminders it gives me (to look for a decent computer). |
09-8-2009, 08:57 AM | #207 |
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Awesome computer man
I like the blue led lights. Mine is so plain that I wish I had something like that. My desktop is years old; I need a new one for gaming bad. How do you like your i7? I was thinking about getting an i5 instead... |
09-8-2009, 11:52 AM | #208 |
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*snicker*
Okay, but when you decide to upgrade again, try just moderately updating a few components every two years or so instead of trying to future-proof that **** again. Really, you'll save so much money. You could always send some to me so I can fulfill my devastating hookers and blow habit. |
09-8-2009, 02:18 PM | #209 |
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Thing is, I like the fact that this computer is overkill. It was well worth the price premium.
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09-11-2009, 03:36 AM | #210 |
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Nice rig man!
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10-14-2010, 08:28 AM | #211 |
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Funny how you can get all the **** in here by like half the price and a computer wayyy better than this at a couple less hundred dollars lol
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this thread is over a year old, of course he'd get everything for a couple hundred less now. please try not to bump dead threads again it's a bit annoying.
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10-14-2010, 09:23 AM | #214 |
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My computer, even today, still beasts everything on the market. I had since added a second GTX 295 to kick Quad SLI into effect. Obviously you can get this stuff cheaper today.
It'll beast things for a long while to come -- since this thread, the GTX 400 series and new ATI series have been released (DX11 cards), but I won't bother getting anything new until a few years down the line.
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So basically your computer will destay any game that doesn't use DX11.
Which is every game... except like 3?
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10-14-2010, 09:35 AM | #217 |
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It'll even destroy DX11 games. The GTX 295 still does just fine with DX11 -- it just doesn't support the super-spiffy DX11-card-specific features like the hardware tessellation.
But yeah DX11 games aren't really out there yet anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ctX_11_support Out of everything in this list I only care about Crysis 2 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It's funny to look at things from the start of this thread when I didn't know anything about hardware (now I feel that I know quite a bit more).
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i heard dirt 2 is a trip with DX11, might get a 5970 along with it in a few weeks when I plan to get home time for Thanksgiving.
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10-14-2010, 10:14 AM | #219 |
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I hear ATI is actually beating out NVidia this time around
The 5970 apparently rapes the face off of the GTX 480. Unfortunately I can't just take out my 295 and replace it -- I think, even with my fulltower case, it'd be too cramped to get a longer card (I'd need like another inch or two to make it even fit in my fulltower case). Not only that, but since the shippers botched up the computer when I came to NY, the PCI slot lever was snapped off. It'd be hard to even *remove* the card.
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some versions do, like the sapphire toxic version, but overall they're about even steven when comparing and contrasting.
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