New computer has been purchased

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07-14-2009, 04:27 PM
Owltoid

New computer has been purchased

About 6 months ago I mentioned I was purchasing a new computer. My laptop can only 3-box and I wanted to move to 5-boxing. I purchased the computer, had some fun, and then the power supply blew up. Luckily I was still within the 30-day return period (there was warranty too but it was just easier this way) and I returned the full system. I decided at that point to take a break from WoW.

Well, I'm back, and a new computer has been ordered. I want to advertise for www.buyxg.com because I think they have great deals. I paid $1,654 for the following machine, including full assembly and shipping to Connecticut:

Case: Azza Solano 1000
Power Supply: 1,000 Watt Azza Gaming Active PFC Power Supply SLI/CrossFire Ready
CPU: i7 920
Motherboard: Asus P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio
RAM: Corsair 12GB (DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 1792MB 16X PCI Express
Hard Drive 1: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM
Hard Drive 2: 32 GB Ritek RiDATA 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk
OS: Vista Premium 64 with free upgrade to Windows 7

Other stuff included:
LG 22X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Keyboard & Mouse Combo
Logitech Extreme PC Gaming Headset
600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers
Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU
FREE! 4GB USB 2.0 Portable Flash Drive
07-15-2009, 03:31 AM
jag989

Quite nice :) Were you sure to have your OS installed on the non-SSD?
07-15-2009, 09:58 AM
Owltoid

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Originally Posted by 'jag989',index.php?page=Thread&postID=216521#post2 16521

Quite nice :) Were you sure to have your OS installed on the non-SSD?

With my first computer that had an SSD (the one I returned) I made the mistake of having the OS installed on the SSD. This time I was alert enough to request they put it on the 500GB drive. The only thing going on the SSD is WoW (for now).
07-15-2009, 07:00 PM
Ualaa

Nice system, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
07-16-2009, 03:47 PM
chaosultimamage

Very nice machine! I'm jealous :(

I just got a new job, so hopefully I can afford to get a new one soon. lol
07-24-2009, 05:11 PM
Ess

Cool machine you got there!

Makes me wonder though... what is the result. How is the five boxing going. Settings/frame rates ect.?
07-24-2009, 06:33 PM
Owltoid

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Originally Posted by 'Ess',index.php?page=Thread&postID=218665#post2186 65

Cool machine you got there!

Makes me wonder though... what is the result. How is the five boxing going. Settings/frame rates ect.?

Earlier this year I had basically the exact same system except with a worse video card (GTX260 with 800GB) and then my power supply failed. Before that I was 5 boxing with ease. Dalaran was about 30-40FPS with very little to no stutter if I remember correctly. I had all video settings to max, with the exception of one. I don't remember what that setting was, but if it was at 75% then everything was smooth... if it was at 100% then the whole system was unplayable.

I'm out of town but will be 5-boxing next weekend on the machine. I'll update how the thing is doing with the GTX275 1.8GB video card.
07-24-2009, 06:48 PM
Meathead

Nice machine Ive bascially got the same exept for me i got crossfire 4870's and gskill ram with the i7 940 not a huge diffrence betwin the 920 and 940 but i always like to test the best :p with that setup i got 22300 in 3dmark 07 but also got 2 500gig raptor drivers so that wow will load up faster with then and win 7

P.S Go to windows 7 ;)
07-25-2009, 06:38 AM
Ess

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Originally Posted by 'Owltoid',index.php?page=Thread&postID=218679#post 218679

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Ess',index.php?page=Thread&postID=218665#post2186 65

Cool machine you got there!

Makes me wonder though... what is the result. How is the five boxing going. Settings/frame rates ect.?

Earlier this year I had basically the exact same system except with a worse video card (GTX260 with 800GB) and then my power supply failed. Before that I was 5 boxing with ease. Dalaran was about 30-40FPS with very little to no stutter if I remember correctly. I had all video settings to max, with the exception of one. I don't remember what that setting was, but if it was at 75% then everything was smooth... if it was at 100% then the whole system was unplayable.

I'm out of town but will be 5-boxing next weekend on the machine. I'll update how the thing is doing with the GTX275 1.8GB video card.

Ow, that is very cool indeed. I am looking forward to your update next weekend ;-)
By the way what are you screen resolutions?

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Originally Posted by 'Meathead',index.php?page=Thread&postID=218681#pos t218681

Nice machine Ive bascially got the same exept for me i got crossfire 4870's and gskill ram with the i7 940 not a huge diffrence betwin the 920 and 940 but i always like to test the best :p with that setup i got 22300 in 3dmark 07 but also got 2 500gig raptor drivers so that wow will load up faster with then and win 7

P.S Go to windows 7 ;)

Are you already using windows 7? You do not have driver issues or anything like that?
07-25-2009, 07:29 AM
grap

yes, drivers w7 x64 are already in nvidia or ati web since few months.
07-25-2009, 09:02 PM
Meathead

To ESS the drivers for Win7 work fine i say better then vista but thats my opion I mean i get more fps in windows 7 then i do with winxp shocked me :p