mindaugas
06-17-05, 11:37 AM
First off, thanks so much for all the help from everyone here on this forum. I really appreciate it, sincerly.
http://mindaugas.us/gearbox-lan-crasher.htm
That's the final box with price including shipping. It is absolutely best bang for the buck system imo.
I've gotten some heat for the Typhoon, but I think it'll be fine so no more "you should have gotten the Thermalright, TT sux". If it sucks I will be sure to let everyone know ;)
I plan on overclocking the CPU to 2.7GHz with that setup, maybe more if I can push it. This is the first time I will be doing serious overclocking since the Athlon 1GHz days :) I may need to lap that heatsink which will also be a first for me also, we'll see.
Those 2 SATAII drives in a RAID 0 array should work nicely also, yes I back up my data.
This will also be my LAN rig so I spent literally hours finding a case I liked and thought was pretty. My fiance hates it so I know I did good :) I wanted a clear side panel and some sort of read out on the front integrated on the case, I really liked the MGE but the price for it was too high plus the side panel is that round grate. If it was clear or possibly in a different shape I would have gotten it. I don't want to spend time modding the case right away, especially one that expensive. This one may end up orange also :)
The web hosting company I work for is looking at starting a game hosting division so this is kind of in preperation for that also. Hence the higher end video card instead of just a 6600GT. I want higher res which is what ultimately made me decide on the extra $100 for the x800. I also have a 9600XT so I know ATI is good for some high quality stuff. Don't know about the oc potential of that card but I'll soon find out.
All of this was rush processed and also overnight. I don't think Fedex does saturdays so I probably won't get it until Monday, it would be nice to get it tomorrow though and play with it on the weekend.
Thanks again and I look forward to giving you guys bench and oc results.
http://mindaugas.us/gearbox-lan-crasher.htm
That's the final box with price including shipping. It is absolutely best bang for the buck system imo.
I've gotten some heat for the Typhoon, but I think it'll be fine so no more "you should have gotten the Thermalright, TT sux". If it sucks I will be sure to let everyone know ;)
I plan on overclocking the CPU to 2.7GHz with that setup, maybe more if I can push it. This is the first time I will be doing serious overclocking since the Athlon 1GHz days :) I may need to lap that heatsink which will also be a first for me also, we'll see.
Those 2 SATAII drives in a RAID 0 array should work nicely also, yes I back up my data.
This will also be my LAN rig so I spent literally hours finding a case I liked and thought was pretty. My fiance hates it so I know I did good :) I wanted a clear side panel and some sort of read out on the front integrated on the case, I really liked the MGE but the price for it was too high plus the side panel is that round grate. If it was clear or possibly in a different shape I would have gotten it. I don't want to spend time modding the case right away, especially one that expensive. This one may end up orange also :)
The web hosting company I work for is looking at starting a game hosting division so this is kind of in preperation for that also. Hence the higher end video card instead of just a 6600GT. I want higher res which is what ultimately made me decide on the extra $100 for the x800. I also have a 9600XT so I know ATI is good for some high quality stuff. Don't know about the oc potential of that card but I'll soon find out.
All of this was rush processed and also overnight. I don't think Fedex does saturdays so I probably won't get it until Monday, it would be nice to get it tomorrow though and play with it on the weekend.
Thanks again and I look forward to giving you guys bench and oc results.