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 Post subject: Current Rig
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:12 pm 
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New and slightly improved! Added a few things including a new case and Coolit ECO liquid cooler.

CPU: AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition @ 4.0ghz
Cooler: Coolit ECO A.L.C
RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-8500C5 @ 1066mhz
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD5850 1GB @ 775/1125
Mainboard: M4A78-E 790GX/SB750
Storage: 1x1TB WD Caviar Green 64mb, 1x1TB Seagate Barracuda 32mb, 2x160GB Seagate Barracuda 8mb, 2TB HP SimpleSave External
Power: Enermax 500w
Case: Antec Dark Fleet DF-35
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa
Mice: Razer Deathadder, Razer Copperhead
Gaming Terrain: Belkin/Razer N52TE (Nostromo), IdeaZon (Steelseries) Fang Keyset
Headset: Razer Carcharias, Steelseries X51
Monitor: 1x24'' Acer, 1x19'' Acer

Sorry no pics, I don't have a camera to snap a few currently. The new Antec DF-35 is working great. The cable management sucks but I went for this case over the 600T because I wanted a mid tower that looked real nice on the eye, while still maintaining a black finish.

I'm running one 120mm on the side panel, one 200mm on the top, two 120mm on my Coolit ECO (MFG recommended), and two 120mm on the front of my drive cage.

Getting some great airflow right now, moreso than I think I've ever gotten.

OC'ed the 965 to 4.0 and FINALLY I'm running stable. 28 idle, 45ish load. Very happy with those results, and half tempted to go higher. I set up the ECO with two 120mm fans as I read you get slightly better results, and since I had the room I said why not.

Only complaint I have is very poor cable management like I said, but in the end it wasn't too bad with a little ingenuity and zip ties!

Pics when I get a camera ;)

Next on the list is a GFX upgrade (haven't decided my route yet), an SSD and a new PSU.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:34 pm 
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Very Nice Phonix. Looking good.

I see you have tucked things away pretty well for a smaller ATX case. Nice job !

19' monitor? how ya supposed to really see some wickedly sweet HD nips with that? lol

take some of the weed money and kijiji up a 22' :mrgreen:


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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:51 pm 
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:) Thanks!

Yeah the monitor really needs to get upped but monitor prices here are ridic.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:26 am 
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kijiji man


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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:28 am 
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Kinda hard here in NG... Even Kijiji has ridic prices, we don't have any good monitors on there but when there is they're usually more than retail lol.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:31 am 
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I did see a 24' for 190 obo last night - I will have a looksee a pm ya any result


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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:32 am 
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Wouldn't be for a few weeks anyway..

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:53 pm 
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nothing wrong with a 19" monitor anyway.
i'm only using a 20" myself and sometimes that feels a little big. haha.

sweet looking setup though.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:04 pm 
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Phonix wrote:
Kinda hard here in NG... Even Kijiji has ridic prices, we don't have any good monitors on there but when there is they're usually more than retail lol.



Agreed, only overpriced crap locally.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:32 pm 
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ive got a 22 and 23 here and could never go any smaller. when i use mylaptop 15 just feels so weird


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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
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Denty wrote:
ive got a 22 and 23 here and could never go any smaller. when i use mylaptop 15 just feels so weird



ditto...23 here...

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:55 am 
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22' here myself and wishin it was a 24 lol


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:13 pm 
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Staples just had the ASUS 25.5 for 299 from july7th - 20th one week after i bought mine from mb but im happy with it.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:42 pm 
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Funny enough that's where I just got hired! A new BenQ 24'' just went on sale for $249.99 am really tempted to pick one up if I could scratch up the dough. Tried running it at native 1080p resolution today and it produced a very crisp, nice image I was actually quite impressed considering the price point.

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 Post subject: Re: Current Rig
PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:11 pm 
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So I went to buy a tv tuner and cable.... Ended up buying a 23'' monitor instead, at least now u can't make fun of my tiny 19'' monitor lol...

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