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[Multibocks]

I wouldn't want to embarass you =)

[mikekim]

so um.. handmedowns anybody? lol

sorry Jack, you are too late on this one...

i have either given away or sold off most of my old kit.

[Ualaa]

I generally go for very massive upgrades over the previous system.
And then keep them for three to four years, before the next upgrade.

And then have the current/new system to game on.
The second (previous system) for a web browser or miscellaneous computer.

And the third system, probably 6-8 years old...
Used to be passed along, but lately a bare-bones system for $250 has been superior.



Ironically, my roommate has a huge chain of handing down.
He does upgrades a lot more frequently.

So he upgrades his main system, say MB/Processor/Ram.
Moves that stuff to his second system.
And then moves from there to a friend's system (Mark).
Moves Mark's stuff to Mark's son's system (Kyle).
And with the last upgrade moves Kyle's stuff to another friends system (Jimmy).

They each kept their tower, power supply, hard drives, OS (had to reinstall Windows on a couple of them).
Quite a juggling act.

[Multibocks]

Man I gotta wait two weeks for an update. You are killing me MainGear!

[Multibocks]

I'm really not a big fan of RAID 0 on SSDs - you lose TRIM which is crucial to ensuring that the drive array maintains its performance through the life of the system.

If you wait about two weeks there's some wicked fast drives coming out that will be as fast as the current gen in RAID 0. Sorry, I can't mention names.

Chris is the Vertex 3s that were just added to the configurator what you were talking about?

[Multibocks]

so here is what I bought, sorry if the format sucks

PRODUCT F131 Super Stock
PRICE $1,891.00
Special Promotions: $100 Instant Savings - MARCH $-100.00
MADNESS!
Special Promotions: FREE Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2
Chassis: F131 Super Stock - Solid Panel with Included
Acoustic Dampening
Exterior Finish: F131 Super Stock - Stock Black Included
Motherboard: Intel® DP67BG Extreme Series Included
Featuring USB 3.0 and SATA 6G [B3 Stepping]
M.A.R.C. Laser Engraving: Yes, I'd like you to
laser engrave my MAINGEAR. F131 Skullwing Pattern
Processor: Intel® Coreâ"¢ i7 2600K $149.00
3.4GHz/3.8GHz Turbo 8MB L3 Cache GT2
Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR LiquidX 1500 Included
Supercooler
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: YES! - $49.00
RedlineT Overclock My System!
Memory: 16GB Patriot® Division2 Viper Extreme $267.00
DDR3-1866 Enhanced Latency (4x4GB)
Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: EVGA® $364.00
GeForceT GTX 580 Superclocked 1.5GB GDDR5
w/ PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]
Power Supply: 850 Watt Seasonic® X-850 80+ $59.00
Gold Certified Modular Power Supply ROHS
Hard Drive Bay One: 120GB Intel® 510 SSD SATA $207.00
6G (w/ TRIM) [450MB/s Reads]
Hard Drive Bay Two: 120GB Intel® 510 SSD SATA $304.00
6G (w/ TRIM) [450MB/s Reads]
Optical Drive One: 24X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive w/ Included
LightScribe Technology
Audio: 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Surround Included
Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical In and Out
Network Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet Included
Wireless Network Adapter: Integrated 802.11b/g/n Included
Wireless - up to 300Mbps!
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth Technology Module Included
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate $110.00
64-bit
Security Software: Microsoft Security Essentials
The Final Finesse: Designed, Manufactured, and Included
Supported in the USA - Flawless Craftsmanship and
Wire Management
Angelic Service Warranty: Lifetime Angelic Included
Service Labor and Phone Support with 1 Year
Hardware Warranty



Subtotal: $3,300.00

[Mercurio]

Looks like a really nice system. Congrats and I hope it gets there soon! You should be flying with five accounts.

You ARE playing five accounts, aren't you? This would be totally wasted on one.

[pinotnoir]

Thats a lot of cash. I am looking at getting the vertex 3 ssd and upgrading to win 7. I have to get a new video card too. The new ATI 6990 is the fastest card on the market but it cost $700. I will probably go for a $350 card instead.

[Sam DeathWalker]

$3,300? LoL ... well.

Anyway the SSD seems a good choice (229 at newegg) but keep in mind that random reads of tiny files is most important for WoW (I was looking at the files accesses and there are a lot of tiny /under 16K/ reads)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ps,2881-7.html

Although its dead last in this catagory there is no where near 20,000 i/os a second in wow, probably not even 5000 so ummm ....


I would not trust a $60 850 watt power supply but maybe prices have fallen since I last looked.




Pinotnoir Here is the best $300 video card for wow:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tchlink:top:en



Well looking forward to your reports on lag in capital city, looks like your computer should be almost texture lag free; lets see da results!

[MiRai]

While it is no doubt a nice system, I would urge people who can hold out for the time being to wait for LGA 2011 later this year.
Unless AMD brings something to the table, I have a feeling Intel is going to be decimating benchmarks [and wallets] with LGA
2011. We'll hopefully be looking at 6 and 8 core 22nm processors at launch.