Epic Computer Build
So for all the people who wanted to know exactly what craziness I've been doing with this computer build, here are the nuts and bolts of it. I got a new HP mini tower with these stats:
- I7 940 CPU
- 12 GB of DDR3 RAM
- Blu-Ray Player w/ DVD-RW
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
- 1TB HD
- nVidia 9600 GS
I really dug this system and installed Windows 7 64-bit Beta. But for some reason it kept blue screening. I had a HD crash, they were two 500GB drives in RAID 0, and couldn't keep the thing stable. So I decided to rebuild a computer with the guts of the HP. In the process I had to buy more than I thought I would but now as of today I'm done!!! The new "Epic" system is the following:
- Antec P183 Case
- Antec 750 Watt Power Suppy
- Asus P6T Mobo
- I7 Core 940
- 12 GB DDR3 RAM
- GeForce 275 GTX
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
- New 1.5TB Raptor HD
- Blu-Ray Player w/ DVD-RW
This baby screams! I'm also thinking of snagging my other GeForce 275 GTX from my current computer to rock the SLI :) This build took way too many trips to Fry's but in the end it was worth it. Now bring on Diablo III.
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I'm intensely jealous. This is all I need to say,
weeeee...you make a lot of money, good for you, rub it in
I thought the Raptors only went up to 300GB. Do you mean 150GB Raptor or other 1.5TB Western Digital drive?
Sorry Alex, Diablo III has been announced by Blizzard to not come out in 2010, hopefully 2011!!! At least you have Starcraft 2, the new WoW expansion, and Star Wars.
Awesome! Is it HDTV ready?
It'll probably be obsolete in a month... lol! How much was the final cost on a bad boy like that?
obligatory but can it run crysis?
that comp is a beast. what fry's do you go to? i'm always at the burbank one picking stuff up.. =]
Amazing!
- Nick R.
You installed Windows 7 Beta? I hope you mean RC. Also, stop buying Western Digital. Seagate.
Completely awesome build brother man! I am glad to see that you are still using your computer skills, I was beginning to thing you were losing geek cred!
Diablo 3, hell yeah. I can't wait!
I think I just came. Yep...sorry about your rug...
What do you need 12GB of RAM for?! I have 4 in my gaming PC and I really can't see a need for any more than that!
I also noticed the same thing as izzio - if you got a 1.5TB Raptor you must have some serious inside connections since they don't exist :P
that is pretty epic, u gonna overclock her?
Congrats, great specs on "THE BEAST". And Happy Birthday on Aug. 14th. A birthday we share, also i live in Vienna Va....
:D epic im so mad that you got the same mobo that im going to get grr you must oc the cpu its a must specially with that mobo it was built to be overclocked O.O check out this vid if you haven't already http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juGAE-0kuJA he does a good job of explaining the mobo :D take care and i hope to see you at the next nyc live show you do be it digg or trs
Grats on your new setup and heads up about running WoW with SLI enabled its rather hit or miss.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=31055014&sid=1
I hope Diablo III supports SLI.
What kind of monitor are you using with that? Also, I sent you a friend request on Facebook (/brianjaygroven).
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