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[Joseph Davis]

jd extremeoverclocking.com
spend maybe 1hr reading and you will catch up real quick... ive been on there a few years longer than hmt.... 

Shut the fuck up and spoonfeed me what I want, Arnold.

[Jorsher]

jd extremeoverclocking.com
spend maybe 1hr reading and you will catch up real quick... ive been on there a few years longer than hmt.... 

Shut the fuck up and spoonfeed me what I want, Arnold.

Best bang for buck - cheap quad core q6600 with decent aircooler overclocked to 3.2-3.6ghz $180 or less
8gb "performance" ddr2 ram for under $100, or just 8gb ram for around $50
any card from the radeon 4800 series, whatever is in your budget

[Joseph Davis]

If you want to stick with an intel setup, this dual core is a GREAT bang for the buck:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072

3.3 ghz air cooled all day long for me. I play everything maxed out at 1680x1050 with a 4850 with not a single hiccup.

Just as a frame of referrence, what do you play?  I'm sure it exceeds whatever I'm into, but I'd like a frame of referrence.

[Jorsher]

I second the 4850, it's what I'm using.

You can find them for under $150 now and they will play anything you throw at it.  Only game I can't play at 1920x1200 is Crysis on max settings, it'll only run about 10-20fps.  FEAR 2 and COD5 WAW I've been able to play at 1920x1200 with max settings at a playable framerate without any problems.

Running a quad q6600 @ 3.6ghz overclocked on aircooling.  OCZ Vendetta2 (and it's lookalike, forget the brand) are the best CPU air coolers according to the last reviews I've seen.

Dual core should be plenty if you just do normal apps and gaming.  I only went with a quad because I do h.264 video encoding which will use all cores at 100%.  Encoding at the stock 2.4ghz 2nd pass would only go 2-4fps, and at 3.6ghz would go 5-7fps.  12 hours to encode is a big difference compared to 18 hours at the stock speeds.

[BoostedSchemes]

slickdeals.net, you can have a quad core, a 4870 and more gigs of ram than you need for <350$
just decide on a good mobo

[Joseph Davis]

The problem with spending the extra nickels for a Q6600 or the like means I'll want to overclock it, which means I have to get a better motherboard with more options which costs more.  Meh.

[Jorsher]

The problem with spending the extra nickels for a Q6600 or the like means I'll want to overclock it, which means I have to get a better motherboard with more options which costs more.  Meh.

True.  I recommend the gigabyte boards.  Asus are probably good as well, but I'm using a gigabyte now and know it has more options than I know what to do with.  I got this board:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2919
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358

$135 from newegg, $115 after MIR.  Kinda pricey for a board but it has 8 x usb + 2 x usb headers, optical out, 8 x sata, raid support, 2 x pci-e 16x (not needed unless you'd run two vid cards), 3 x pci-e, 1 x pci, even IDE if you still use that crap, etc etc etc

They have cheaper boards that are just as good without all the extra ports and slots, but all the features needed for overclocking.

[Ntrain2k]

Just as a frame of referrence, what do you play?  I'm sure it exceeds whatever I'm into, but I'd like a frame of referrence.

Recently, FEAR2. Have played Crysis, left4dead, etc etc.  all at 1680*1050

[Jorsher]

Corsair PSUs are also top notch :yes:  I'm running the Corsair 750TX.

You can find SATA DVD burners for $10-20, so yeah definitely upgrade.  IDE will clog up your case.

[BoostedSchemes]

the overclocked 300$ core2duo rig i built for my bitch 2 years ago can probably eat half of your faggot machines alive

[Jorsher]

the overclocked 300$ core2duo rig i built for my bitch 2 years ago can probably eat half of your faggot machines alive

Not a $180 core 2 quad @ 3.6ghz

[BoostedSchemes]

you dont count you know how to install a video card -_- and your not a virgin

[Joseph Davis]

Why would I want a DVD drive?  I have one, it's never used.

[Joseph Davis]

well cdr/dvdr unless you have a 20gig flash drive laying around.

I have 8 gigs of flash drive in my hip pocket, 1.3 TB of USB harddrives, and www.homemadeturbo.net/upload/

Should I buy a DVD drive and be like you?

[Sinister]

well cdr/dvdr unless you have a 20gig flash drive laying around.

my 16 that i got for $25 is pretty handy 

[Joseph Davis]

Also, if any of you fucksticks were useful you'd have just refered me to this:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/overclocked_cpus.html

[Jorsher]

Well, when I updated my BIOS I didn't choose to save the settings and lost what I had set for 3.6ghz.  Had to start all over.  Fortunately, I got a new high score:



Shitty cheap quad cores

Should probably get a better primary harddrive.  This 5200rpm 500gb is hurting me...

[Joseph Davis]

I have another TB in the shitty OC'd P4.  Actual HDs are decently fast.

PS - USB HDs are fast enough for WOW. 

[Jorsher]

Also, if any of you fucksticks were useful you'd have just refered me to this:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/overclocked_cpus.html

Hmmm I didn't know of this, nice find

My harddrive is ranked 13 on their list.  I have 4 x 1TB Western Digital WD1001FALS

[Joseph Davis]

I have an XP thumbdrive, yes.

[Jorsher]

If you're going to build a new comp and run a 32 bit os, you might as well not bother.  It may save more resources but you're also capping your ram at slightly under 4 gigs.

It only has 3.25gb usable when I'm on the XP 32-bit partition.  It'll vary slightly but yeah 32-bit FTL.

[crxtuner]

Just built my system around x-mass when new egg had some deals.
Asus m3a78 mobo 70$
2x2gb gskill 1066mhz ram 59$
Amd athlon 3.2ghz x2 94$
Evga 9600gt 80$

Does everything I demand of it and on water setup from my old build I have the 3.2@ 3.8ghz with idle Temp of 35c and load at 48c. Plays counterstrike source on max settin with many frames to spare along with crysis on I e step below max settings. For the money spent and the unlocked multiplier this chip makes a great buy.

[crxtuner]

If you're going to build a new comp and run a 32 bit os, you might as well not bother.  It may save more resources but you're also capping your ram at slightly under 4 gigs.

It only has 3.25gb usable when I'm on the XP 32-bit partition.  It'll vary slightly but yeah 32-bit FTL.

Win 7 64bit ftw!

[Joseph Davis]

If you're going to build a new comp and run a 32 bit os, you might as well not bother. 

Fuck that, I'm old school. 16 bit FTW, Windows for Workgroups bitches.

[Jorsher]

If you're going to build a new comp and run a 32 bit os, you might as well not bother. 

Fuck that, I'm old school. 16 bit FTW, Windows for Workgroups bitches.

You use Microsoft Bob, don't you?

[losesomethinbra]

I think they should have a "Gamer" release where its just the bare bone essentials - not like it would cost them anything to remove shit

[hatchboy]

I tried to install this shit, booted from dvd with 7068 release x64 bit. It won't let me extend/split my primary C: partition.
SO i booted back into vista, and tried to use "disk manager" to "shrink" my C: and it will only let me shrink 80 MB? WTF? And even if i try that it say's "access denied" .

JD! JORSCHER! BDV! wtf?
Could it be cause vista puts MFT and all that shit at the end of the drive or somethign? Its fully Defragged etc...
I have 140gb free on C: .

What do i do? Could it be Page filing shit?

[QikEnuF]

It isn't faggot-friendly

[hatchboy]

It isn't faggot-friendly

Well apparently Craigslist is because i just saw you on there!

[jagojon3]

It isn't faggot-friendly

Well apparently Craigslist is because i just saw you on there!

Does that mean you were viewing the gay personals?