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The Anti-Midas
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2006
- Messages
- 6,974 (1.10/day)
- Location
- Florida, A.K.A. the Sweatbox
System Name | TOO MUCH RADIATOR! | The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox |
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Processor | Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz | Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz |
Motherboard | Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme | Asus Z170i Pro Gaming |
Cooling | Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators | Corsair H80i |
Memory | 4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 | 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 | PowerColor AMD HD7970 |
Storage | Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others | 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1 |
Display(s) | Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS | Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV |
Case | Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) | Cooler Master Elite 130 |
Audio Device(s) | RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 | HDMI sound device on 7970 |
Power Supply | LEPA G1600-MA 1600W | Corsair CX750M 750W |
Software | Win 10 64 |
Benchmark Scores | over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast" |
Well, Newegg finally got off of their lazy asses and refunded me the money they owed me for a faulty video card that they don't even carry anymore...
Anyway, I now have $300, and on friday I'm looking at around $150 more...
I have been looking into getting a new mobo, proc, and ram, but with $450 as my cap I can only get two of those. I have also been looking into just spending it all on a nice video card, as the one I have now sucks... (actually, its a pretty good card, but I like to max out the settings on whatever game I play, and if I cant max the eye candy, I wont play it, and, well, the 1600xt is just not good for doing that...) I have also contemplated saving the money and getting a damn nice dx10 card when more come out, but I'm still not sure if dx10 games are even gonna be supported on xp...
ANYHOO....
I have a few parts I will list that I have been looking at, any suggestions as to what I should get would be greatly appreciated.
PS: I play at 1280x1024, so the video card must be able to max the settings at that res if I choose to buy a video card. Also note that my current mobo only has pci-e x4, so an 8800gts wont run (I know, it sucks, I want one). Also note that if i decide on a mobo, I will also have to get ram, as I am currently on DDR-1 memory.
Proc:
C2D e6600, $318
C2D e6400, $220
Mobo:
Abit AWD9-MAX, $219.99
Asus P5W DH Deluxe/WIFI-AP, $224.99
Memory:
Wintec AmpX 2x 1GB DDR2 675, 4-4-4-12 @ 1.9v, $214.99
OCZ Gold 2x 1GB DDR2 533, 3-3-3-12 @ 1.9v, $217.99
G.Skill 2x 1GB DDR2 800, 5-5-5-15 @ 1.8-2.0v, $229.99
Video Card:
Sapphire X1900XTX 512 MB, $354.99
Diamond X1950XTX 512MB, $379.99
Anyway, I now have $300, and on friday I'm looking at around $150 more...
I have been looking into getting a new mobo, proc, and ram, but with $450 as my cap I can only get two of those. I have also been looking into just spending it all on a nice video card, as the one I have now sucks... (actually, its a pretty good card, but I like to max out the settings on whatever game I play, and if I cant max the eye candy, I wont play it, and, well, the 1600xt is just not good for doing that...) I have also contemplated saving the money and getting a damn nice dx10 card when more come out, but I'm still not sure if dx10 games are even gonna be supported on xp...
ANYHOO....
I have a few parts I will list that I have been looking at, any suggestions as to what I should get would be greatly appreciated.
PS: I play at 1280x1024, so the video card must be able to max the settings at that res if I choose to buy a video card. Also note that my current mobo only has pci-e x4, so an 8800gts wont run (I know, it sucks, I want one). Also note that if i decide on a mobo, I will also have to get ram, as I am currently on DDR-1 memory.
Proc:
C2D e6600, $318
C2D e6400, $220
Mobo:
Abit AWD9-MAX, $219.99
Asus P5W DH Deluxe/WIFI-AP, $224.99
Memory:
Wintec AmpX 2x 1GB DDR2 675, 4-4-4-12 @ 1.9v, $214.99
OCZ Gold 2x 1GB DDR2 533, 3-3-3-12 @ 1.9v, $217.99
G.Skill 2x 1GB DDR2 800, 5-5-5-15 @ 1.8-2.0v, $229.99
Video Card:
Sapphire X1900XTX 512 MB, $354.99
Diamond X1950XTX 512MB, $379.99