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 Building a new PC! 
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Hello I bought this new system. Tell me how it looks to you and feel free to make any other suggestions:
Asus P8Z68-V mainboard
Intel Core i7 2600 3.4ghz 8mb cache 32nm
Kingston 8gb KIT Hyprex Genesis DDR3 1600mhz
HIS HD6850 GDDR5 1GB AMD Radeon DX11 ga
Seagate Barracuda Sata 3.0 32mb cache 7200rpm
Viewsonic 21.5" VA2248-LED
XIGMATEK 600w MidT ATX
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Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:08 am
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Unless you're doing video encoding and rendering and whatnot on a regular basis the i7 offers little to no benefit over the i5 2500K.
You might want to drop down, buy a decent heat-sink fan and give the i5 a bit of an overclock, if you fancy.


Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:42 pm
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Hmmmph the problem is I already paid the money and it must be getting montaged as I'm typing these. Actually I was going to buy a cheaper system or a decent laptop with an i5 cpu but one of my friends, who's a gaming freak, pointed out that I had been using the same unupgraded AMD 2500+, 1gig ram, 256mb Geforce 5700, 120 gb maxtor HD, and a philips flatsquare monitor since 2005 and encouraged me to buy the "future of gaming" as I wanted to play some decent games without thinking about if they would work or not. I don't know if I should be sad or happy:S. I will be dumping 1/3 of my salary for 5 months on this. Should I feel bad?


Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:48 pm
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Well just enjoy your computer, I'd say. I can't really see anything in particular wrong with it - it'll perform well for whatever you want to do with it.


Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:51 pm
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Hm, I'm not sure if this is the most appropriate place to ask this, but I don't want to create a whole new topic just for a simple question.

Is it worth it buy a sound card? I've always used the onboard system on the mainboard, so I don't know if there are any significant improvements from buying a sound card. Specifically, I'm considering buying this card: http://us.store.creative.com/Sound-Blaster-XFi-XtremeGamer/M/B000J1F1BI.htm

Suggestions?


Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:37 am
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Remember Kids Windows 7 is a Trap! Its not the best operating system but its one of them.


Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:03 am
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Lucem wrote:
any significant improvements from buying a sound card.?

The only improvements I've really taken advantage of is sound mixing from several sources. With a separate sound card, you tend to have multiple source jacks that the card can put together into one output.


Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:35 pm
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Lucem wrote:
any significant improvements from buying a sound card.?

Surround sound.


Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:25 pm
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Sims_Doc wrote:
Remember Kids Windows 7 is a Trap! Its not the best operating system but its one of them.

I'm pretty darn sure it is the best operating system.


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I'm going with Caekdaemon here.


Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:55 pm
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Duh102 wrote:
TorrentHKU wrote:
I think you spelled Chrome wrong.

I think you spelled Internet Explorer wrong.


I think you spelled any browser you want wrong.


Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:43 pm
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Wow old topic!

But I finally found my way back here with my new PC! :D

Specs:

i5 2500K @ 4GHz
8GB RAM
6950 2GB
60GB SSD
Asus P8Z68-v PRO Gen 3 Mobo

Such a beast!


Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:08 pm
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Oh man, I'd kill for that graphics card. My PC is otherwise fairly powerful, but my graphics card is only a Radeon HD4870.


Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:15 pm
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Hehe...

Btw where do I download CC from? I can't find it anywhere!


Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:18 pm
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You need DRL Elite.


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