asch

I pulled the trigger today and purchased the following...

• UBISOFT Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - OEM (FREE BUNDLE DEAL)
• eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
• ENERMAX Liberty ELT620AWT ATX12V 620W Power Supply - Retail
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
• ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
• CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail
• ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

I should be up and running in a week!

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Black_V!per

Tell us how it runs!!!!! Benchmarks man, i want benchmarks!!! Killer rig, congrats on the upgrade!

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jmaker

And also tell us when you start getting the crackling and popping from your lovely X-Fi.

I just really hate this card.

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Boot

Yeah, I was wondering asch why you are going with a sound card and not just using the mobo onboard? I can't find much detail on the ADI AD1988B but I would think 8 channels should do ok for most apps.

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asch

If that's the case, I'll be sending it back. I tried to google anything about issues with those cards and didn't find anything. Most problems were solved with drivers.

I did just find this report though.

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asch

A few bumps but so far everything is running and installing ok. I tested BF2 last night on a public server. I had the video options set to the max running at 1280x1024 and FRAPS put me at 100 FPS... with the occasional dip down to 80.

I haven't had any issues with my X-Fi xtrememusic either.

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Grunt 70

nice Asch...glad things are going well...new builds are fun, exciting and a little bit stressful.

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DudeMan

apart from the fact i got the 1024mb gx2 evga card and the gygabite DQ6 Mobo... snap... and its a beast.... man you will not be dissapointed... the slowest thing on my PC is the DVD rom.... and its the fastestaround... lmao...

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DudeMan

you can say that again.... between paying for the rig to building it i swear never properly slept.... kept worrying about breaking a piece....

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asch

Everytime I do a full rebuild like this I tend to take my time to make sure the parts are in the best position for airflow, cables are at a minimum, etc. The part I really really hate is putting the thermal paste and cpu fan on. It seems those went ok though. My cpu idles at 25C degrees.

I almost went with the gx2 but figured I would be upgrading to one of the nvidia 8-series cards using the evga step-up program. Those cards should be out very very soon.

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eGoatBoy

Congrats on the new rig Asch!! TravelinWilbury helped me put together a new rig...building rigs is his sort of thing, not so much mine...and he was way too casual with the thermal paste...I was stressing but he was cool as could be

Anyway, it's very pleasing when all comes up in happy state, and the smoke doesn't get out

BTW...I did end up with the 7950 GX2 and have been pretty happy with it. I have to check out the step-up program as well...but we'll see.

Anyway, enjoy the new rig. Hope it makes you even more lethal on the field...it didn't help me though, my twitch still sucks

Cheers,

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DudeMan

how do you do the evga card registration.... i registered on their site, and i have an account... but i am not sure what im supposed to do to get on that 90 day list... i am also getting the DX10 when it arrives....

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asch

I believe all you have to do is register your card. The 90 days is from your purchase date so you'll need a receipt most likely. Read through the step-up program and read through the T&Cs and the FAQs. I haven't looked at it since I purchased my card. I'm waiting to see what evga comes out with in the nvidia 8-series cards.

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Shiner

Very nice system. You went a bit higher on a few of the specs than I did (better MB and Video Card), but otherwise our new setups are very similar. I love my setup as I can run any current FPS game with max everything without worrying about frames.

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There's a customer support link or RMA link that you go to. You'll be able to see your registered video card and initiate a step-up. You can start one just to see what cards are available or check how much time you have left for the step-up.

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