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Post your computer's Specs, and discuss improvements.
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flag cyrix
Posted: Jan 15, 2011 at 23:17 Quote
My paycheck cleared this week so I pulled the trigger and ordered the parts for my new tower to replace my core2quad/gtx460 tower.

Core i5 2500k
MSI P67A-GD65 mobo
4 gigs of Mushkin Blackline Ram
Kingwin LZ750 PSU (yes it's overkill, but it was only 10 bucks more than the 550w version)
Asus EAH 6870
Intel X-25M 80gig ssd
WD 1tb drive

I'll be carrying over my lancool k62 case, and dvd and blu ray drives from my current pc, as well as 500, 320, and 160 gig drives. I can't decide if I want to keep the 460 and just use it for dedicated physx or not.

Oh, and I orderd one of those Saitek R.A.T. 5 mice. It looks nifty and actually has some usable functions. If it sucks, back to my logitech mouse.

EDIT:

Also, does anyone here have any of the newer LED backlit monitors? Are they worth the upgrade?
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Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 18:05 Quote
I don't get this,

On pcspecialist.com

You can build a custom gaming computer:

AMD SEMPRON 145 (2.80GHz/1MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply 350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs


All for £474!
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Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 19:51 Quote
@fap

Cheers for link.

@thread creator

Maybe change name to computer discussion.

@everybody

1: does LCD tv work well with a desktop pc as a monitor, if so hats biggest?
2: what is the point of 3 monitors...? Coz I seen a comp with 24gb ram, 3 monitors, Bluetooth and alsorts for £1600,
flag dmanj
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:06 Quote
an lcd tv should work. size shouldnt matter but you wont be able to run a resolution bigger than 1920x1080

3 monitors = greater multitaskablility
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Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:13 Quote
dmanj wrote:
an lcd tv should work. size shouldnt matter but you wont be able to run a resolution bigger than 1920x1080

3 monitors = greater multitaskablility

3 differant things at once?
flag dmanj
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:23 Quote
Yeah. You can put a thing on each screen. Or multiple things on each screen
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Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:28 Quote
dmanj wrote:
Yeah. You can put a thing on each screen. Or multiple things on each screen

Ah,cool.

I saw a sexy one with 3 25" screens, 24gb ram and alsorts for £1600.
flag cyrix
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:30 Quote
24 gigs of ram is 20 gigs too much unless you're doing some serious rendering, or other very very taxing LONG process. I lol my head off at people getting 12 gigs and such. It literally is a waste of money because at least 50% of that will just sit there and do nothing.
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Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:32 Quote
cyrix wrote:
24 gigs of ram is 20 gigs too much unless you're doing some serious rendering, or other very very taxing LONG process. I lol my head off at people getting 12 gigs and such. It literally is a waste of money because at least 50% of that will just sit there and do nothing.

Not for me Wink

It's for foundation films.

(childrens films group)!

They be making some films! (private company)

And they haz grant, so I'm helping.
flag cyrix
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 20:36 Quote
bigquotesunless you're doing some serious rendering, or other very very taxing LONG process.

Hence why I said that.

For 90% of the population it only serves as penis bragging rights on the internet.
flag ShastaOutdoorMedia
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 21:30 Quote
cyrix wrote:
24 gigs of ram is 20 gigs too much unless you're doing some serious rendering, or other very very taxing LONG process. I lol my head off at people getting 12 gigs and such. It literally is a waste of money because at least 50% of that will just sit there and do nothing.

Hahaha, I use all my 12GB regularly in After Effects because when it generates a realtime preview it saves the info to the RAM (as much as you have). So with 12GB I can fortunately get some really long realtime preview times, but if it's a complex composition it'll fill up for sure.

Same thing with Premiere of course but with the CPU. 100% on all 8 threads for the entire render time.
flag cyrix
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 at 22:26 Quote
ShastaOutdoorMedia wrote:
cyrix wrote:
24 gigs of ram is 20 gigs too much unless you're doing some serious rendering, or other very very taxing LONG process. I lol my head off at people getting 12 gigs and such. It literally is a waste of money because at least 50% of that will just sit there and do nothing.

Hahaha, I use all my 12GB regularly in After Effects because when it generates a realtime preview it saves the info to the RAM (as much as you have). So with 12GB I can fortunately get some really long realtime preview times, but if it's a complex composition it'll fill up for sure.

Same thing with Premiere of course but with the CPU. 100% on all 8 threads for the entire render time.

So....we're in agreement then...
flag atmos-fair
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 at 0:36 Quote
devulge96 wrote:
I don't get this,

On pcspecialist.com

You can build a custom gaming computer:

AMD SEMPRON 145 (2.80GHz/1MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply 350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs



All for £474!

Gaming computer, you are doing it wrong :')
flag Charge262
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 at 4:38 Quote
devulge96 wrote:
I don't get this,

On pcspecialist.com

You can build a custom gaming computer:

AMD SEMPRON 145 (2.80GHz/1MB CACHE/AM3)- single core shit.
Motherboard ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)- complete waste of money
Graphics Card INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)- wont run ANY new games at all.
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply 350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan - not much power if you want to change anything at all.
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs


All for £474!

 


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