3k?!? Are you 10 boxing or something?
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3k?!? Are you 10 boxing or something?
The www.buyxg.com link for your system doesn't work (it just sends me to the shopping cart, not a summary of your order). Paste your summary so we can see your choices. If you're only 5-boxing, then anything over 2k is really overkill. I was able to get my system for about 1,500 and it runs 5 smooth in everything, including Dalaran and WG (with very short load times to boot).
- *BASE_PRICE: [+799]
- CAS: Apevia X-Cruiser 2 Mid-Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window & MultiMeter Display (Silver Color)
- CS_FAN: Default case fans
- CASUPGRADE: NONE
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
- CD: (Special Price) LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive (BLACK COLOR)
- CD2: NONE
- CABLE: None
- FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
- FA_HDD: None
- FAN: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) [+65]
- FLOPPY: NONE
- HDD: Single Hard Drive (1.5TB (1.5TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+82])
- HDD2: NONE
- IEEE_CARD: NONE
- KEYBOARD: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard [+83]
- MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
- MODEM: NONE
- MONITOR: NONE
- MONITOR2: NONE
- MOTHERBOARD: Asus P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio
- MEMORY: 12GB (2GBx6) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Triple Channel Memory [+209] (Corsair or Major Brand)
- NETWORK: Killer Xeno Pro Gigabit High Speed Online Gaming PCI Network Interface Card [+130]
- OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 with Upgrade Coupon to Windows®7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
- PRINTER: None
- PRINTER_CABLE: None
- PRO_WIRING: None
- POWERSUPPLY: 1,200 Watts Power Supplies [+297] (Thermaltake ToughPower 1,200 Watts Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready)
- RUSH: RUSH!!! READY TO SHIP IN NEXT BUSINESS DAY [+109]
- SERVICE: Standard Warranty: 1-Year Limited Warranty Plus Life-Time Technical Support
- SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
- SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers
- TEMP: NONE
- TVRC: None
- USBHD: NONE
- USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
- VIDEOCAMERA: NONE
- VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 2GB 16X PCI Express [+279]
- VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 2GB 16X PCI Express [+425]
- VIDEO3: None
- WNC: NONE
- _PRICE: (+2582)
Sry didnt know the link was gay like that
Are you 10 boxing? Why the two video cards, just to use more monitors instead of doing a PiP?
I'd throw in a cheaper, small SSD if you're going with this type of system. Otherwise the hard drive will be your bottleneck.
Is there any reason for the expensive NIC?
That's a huge PS, but maybe you need it for the dual video cards.
Do your research on the case and make sure it's a good choice from a cooling standpoint. I'm very happy with my AZZA and with the amount of fans it's keeping things nice and cool (without the need for the water cooling on the CPU).
I think the upgrade to 1600MHZ RAM is very inexpensive, especially in comparison to your other choices.
I'd drop the "killer NIC" personally and probably cut back on the PS as well. $300 for a PS seems like overkill. I'm also not a fan of liquid cooling - but that's just personal preference. I would look strongly at a SSD though. You can fit 5x WoWs on a 32GB, and probably still have room for another game too.
Just as a point of clarification, you don't need to install WoW 5 times when using an SSD. Do all they sym linking you want if desired different WTF folders (I personally don't, my system can handle all slaves at same settings as master), but only install the game once. On my 32GB SSD I still have the majority free for other games, if I choose.Quote:
Originally Posted by jak3676
If going through www.buyxg.com just make sure your first hard drive is NOT the SSD, and the second one is. I added in my comments a request they put the OS on the regular hard drive.
I'm still curious about the dual video cards... I'd like to know why you're choosing that expensive option.
Overkill for wow. It is not that graphically intensive so 2 video cards again is overkill, if you really want to go the route of 2 video cards for 4 monitors I say split the cost between 2 computers and you will probably end up getting much better results.
I'm not sure how 2 computers would be a better choice, but rather two less beefy video cards.
If 5 boxing I can't imagine two computers is going to be better results than an i7, enough RAM, an SSD, and a decent video card.
Yea i know it seems overkill but i have 5 monitors to hook up for the dual vid cards and one day i might decide to 10 box once i get more into it cause with work schedule i dont have much play time. So its all about me me me when i get play time i want to play not sit around looking for help lol. But yea i did it from your site owltoid just wondering if someone could goto that site and build what they think would be good for a 5 man computer and paste it on here so i could see the difference between the two. I tend to alwyas overkill stuff i guess its just my need to have everything top notch for the time. So once again thanx for the help just paste me like what you have owl and what anyone else thinks would be good. The more choices to look at the better dont want to base final off one choice been there done that regreted it.
(the machine I bought... take out the wireless keyboard, mouse, and headset to knock off 100 bucks)
*BASE_PRICE: [+799]
CAS: New! AZZA Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan + Extra 3 Fans 420 Watts [+59]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
CASUPGRADE: NONE
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
CD: (Special Price)LG 22X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: NONE
CABLE: None
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
FA_HDD: None
FREEBIE_CU: FREE! 4GB USB 2.0 Portable Flash Drive
FAN: Intel LGA1366 Certified CPU Fan & Heatsink
FLOPPY: NONE
HEADSET: Logitech Extreme PC Gaming Headset [+14]
HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
HDD2: 32 GB Ritek RiDATA 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Nearly Instant Data Access Technology) [+92]
IEEE_CARD: NONE
KEYBOARD: (Keyboard & Mouse Combo) Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Keyboard & Mouse Combo [+73]
MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
MODEM: NONE
MONITOR: NONE
MONITOR2: NONE
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module [+238] (Corsair or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 with Upgrade Coupon to Windows(R)7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
PRINTER: None
PRINTER_CABLE: None
PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU [+19]
POWERSUPPLY: 1,000 Watts Power Supplies [+99] (Azza Gaming Active PFC Power Supply SLI/CrossFire Ready)
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
SERVICE: Standard Warranty: 1-Year Limited Warranty Plus Life-Time Technical Support
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers
TEMP: NONE
TVRC: None
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
USBHD: NONE
VIDEOCAMERA: NONE
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 1792MB 16X PCI Express [+176]
VIDEO2: None
VIDEO3: None
WNC: NONE
_PRICE: (+1673)
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Coupon: SUPER (5% Discount) -$83.65
SUBTOTAL $1,589.35
Sales Tax (N/A) $0.00
Shipping: Fedex Ground $65.00
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GRAND TOTAL $1,654.35