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Post December 21st, 2005, 11:55 pm

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Post December 22nd, 2005, 12:28 am

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sweet looks like u got watercoolin and everything. And I like ppl who go with AMD and ATI over Intel and nVidia so THUMBS UP!

Post December 22nd, 2005, 12:48 am

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ah what are all those tubes then? power? oh yea I see now

Post December 22nd, 2005, 12:51 am

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do PCI cards fit in your case??

I've gotten like 3 of em and they're all too short for my case. its really stupid and pretty make-shift because I had to bend em up and tape em to the I/O slots.

Post December 22nd, 2005, 1:15 am

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So how do you like the AMD dual core processor? I really want to get one some time. Surprised you didn't go with the nvidia 7800 GT though. Those are quite awesome.

Post December 22nd, 2005, 4:39 am

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No-name case? that's an Antec SuperLanboy im 99% sure. Nice system, but you shuold've gone for the toledo core dual processor. Nice pick of other components, although the vid card *could* have been a bit more upgraded, but it's not needed unless you're a hardcore gamer. Or you're like me, be a gamer but turn down all your settings so the games run on your ghetto pc. :D

Post December 22nd, 2005, 4:14 pm

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Originally posted by Hyper_Goliath

No-name case? that's an Antec SuperLanboy im 99% sure.

Yeah, it is, I own one. They're very nice mid-tower cases, pefect foot-rest level [:D].

Post December 23rd, 2005, 2:43 am

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Antec is DEFINATLY a Name Brand case for the custom builders. I see them through UPS all the time, not to mention they make some popular models.

Post December 23rd, 2005, 3:35 am

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i would have spung for a 7800 gtx if i were getting a 1337 G4m1ng r1g such as that one

Post December 23rd, 2005, 8:39 am

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Nice comp -- now go get yourself a Cat5e or Cat6 cable that is not coming apart at the RJ-45.

Post December 23rd, 2005, 9:49 am

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^LOL someone cut the cord a little far back. Id reccommend buying a crimping tool. Works wonders and made all of my cuts clean and perfect.

Grr...I both love to network and hate it at the same time.

Post December 23rd, 2005, 11:01 am
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I would of went with an Athlon x2 4000+ and an X1800XT instead of your CPU and GPU setup. Nevertheless, nice rig.

Post December 24th, 2005, 12:12 pm

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Post December 24th, 2005, 1:31 pm

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Darn it, I almost forgot .... shrinking the size of your pictures before uploading them to a forum is NEVER a bad idea either. Image[;)]

Post December 24th, 2005, 1:37 pm

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I don't think using Xfire/SLI is a good idea, you spend a lot more money, yet you could get better performance simply by using a better card, which is a lot cheaper. If you can, go for the 7800 or just leave it with what you have. But nice comp anyways.

Post December 30th, 2005, 1:35 am
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SLI x800/X850 Crossfire editon

Wow, that crossfire is a whole nother $200 all in itself. I myself am completely happy with my x700 Pro AGP, so i can't even imagine what your card would be like.

Post December 30th, 2005, 1:45 am

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Wow Quite nice computer u have there SFFT that should be fast allmost 2 GB of rams and and i think never freeze on u like some computer does

Post December 30th, 2005, 4:16 pm

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Originally posted by SixFlagsFiesta

I built a clone machine for my wife this weekend, same board proc ram hdd everything except the gfx card. I used the BFG Tech 7800 GT OC, sadly it lags on lags on CS:S on high settings and only gets 25 FPS on Nolimits. My rig with the 2 x850 gets 100 FPS on nolimits and never lags on cs:s. So i cant complain.


ATI cards run source based games much better than Nvidia cards do.

The x800 series is just fine. SUre its not as powerfull as the x1800 but you get alot more performance for you buck than the 1x00 series.

Post December 30th, 2005, 10:03 pm

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Hey SF -- how's the new machine running? Any bugs or anything?

Post December 31st, 2005, 12:50 am

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Originally posted by SixFlagsFiesta

... dam thing cought fire, was droped, finaly i ran it over with my truck and threw it into a tree chipper. I still think its funny that i got a call at 4am telling me that i need to pick my smoldering pile of silicone that set off the data centers dry pipe.


ROFL!!!!! [lol][lol][lol]

Post December 31st, 2005, 11:13 am

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Yeah, EA has a rapid habit of grinding my last gear with their "hell it compiles, ship it" attitude. If they would only take a few more months on stuff -- wow, we would actually have workable pieces of art.

Hey SF ... are we coming to an agreement and not slaying each other? [lol]

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Post January 3rd, 2006, 10:23 pm

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How can you use two x850's in crossfire mode when the mobo is made for SLI? Shouldn't you be using a crossfire board?

Post January 4th, 2006, 12:03 am

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so the rumor about ati crossfire-ready (and editon) cards can work on SLI boards is true. I know what I'm putting in the first computer I'm going to built.

Post January 4th, 2006, 12:16 am

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I'm must likely be using the x1600pro cards because they have 512mb of memory and newegg has it for $150.

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