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It's that time again...

Post by Qball » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:17 pm

.. time to build a new rig!



Just ordered the parts for a new build. It's been about 5 years since I built my current rig so I think it's proved its worth but i'm getting to the stage now where games are either running slow or just not running due to shader support on my Radeon. Or, worst of all, games that should be beautiful are being run in such low settings that they look ugly.



So... I started looking to upgrade but new graphics cards need new mobo's as they run on PCI-e and those mobo's need new RAM cos it's 240 pin now and so on and so forth so decided just to build a new rig and sell mine on.



SO arriving next week should be:



Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - 2.4ghz

Asus P5B Deluxe/Wifi Mobo

2GB Corsair 6400 800mhz RAM

250gb WD SATA2 HD

Radeon X1950XT 256mb

Antec P150 Case



The usual DVD, floppy, soundcard etc



Hoping to overclock the cpu to 3ghz and crank up the settings on all my gaming goodness, though I don't think it'll help much with BF1942 or AHL :fluffle:



It's costing me about £800 all in as i'm re-using my monitor and speaker setup but once I get the money from selling on my current rig it's not costing all that much and if it lasts me another 5 years i'll be happy but with a little luck this one will be far more upgradable as the mobo is Quad Core compatible as well as crossfire capable.
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Post by BlackHawk » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:42 pm

evil... i wish i had the money :P
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Post by Mark Gor » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:31 pm

Nice! :)



I haven't run into any problems with games yet so I'll hang on to my "old" AMD 3400+ and GeForce 6600 for a while.
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Post by Johard » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:41 pm

I'm gonna stick with my 3500+ and 6800gt at least until Vista, DX10 and all the new tech stuff has been out for a short while..



Prob have a look when Enemy Territory is released.



Might be a bit cheaper then.... 8)
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Post by Mark Gor » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:59 pm

Johard wrote:Might be a bit cheaper then.... 8)


It's always a bit cheaper "then". :P
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Post by pbsaint » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:04 pm

Nice rig :)



*me hurries to finish uni and get a job*
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Post by Sisu » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:41 pm

Qball wrote:It's that time again...


Heh First i thought it was that time again..... The time when Tan always posted about server/ventrilo etc payments ;)
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Post by Qball » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:54 pm

heh heh, always loved those 'that time again' posts.



Will pick up 2142 once it's built and I have a rig capable of playing it without annoying me so you might see a bit more of me Mark et al who ventured into that forum of gaming.



Looking to find a team based game I can get into again cos I really do miss clan play or at least server based team play, offline games just don't hold my interest and the amount of time I still spend playing in the almost dead communities of AHL and BF1942 just reitterates how much I enjoyed my time within those games and in this clan.
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Post by Johard » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:31 pm

Qball wrote:
Looking to find a team based game I can get into again cos I really do miss clan play or at least server based team play, offline games just don't hold my interest and the amount of time I still spend playing in the almost dead communities of AHL and BF1942 just reitterates how much I enjoyed my time within those games and in this clan.




Here here.. :D
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Post by Mark Gor » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:39 pm

Qball wrote:Will pick up 2142 once it's built and I have a rig capable of playing it without annoying me so you might see a bit more of me Mark et al who ventured into that forum of gaming.


Just add Mark_Gor to the in-game buddy-list when you get it. :)
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Post by BlackHawk » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:58 pm

Well, im sticking with my amd 2700+ and ati 9600XT for now...



Ill be getting a new system in a year or two i guess....maybe longer.
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Post by Qball » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:35 pm

Have added you Mark but no reply yet, had to settle for Qballio as Qball was taken. So far it seems ok, I quite like the badges etc but haven't mastered shooting without zooming yet and making newbs start without even grenades is just silly. Anyway i'll be playing it most nights until it annoys me or forever if that never happens :p



p.s this rig keeps handling everything I throw at it on max settings and i'm not even oc'ing it yet... :fluffle:
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Post by Mark Gor » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:38 pm

I've been busy for over a week. I'll play some tonight though! :)
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