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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 Dual
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11-06-2006, 07:30 AM #1
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New Rig
I finally have new rig to call my own.
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 Dual Core Processor(2.13GHz,2MB Cache,1066MHz)
Aluminium ATX Midi Tower + 550W PSU - Black
ASUS P5NSLI NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Mainboard - Pentium® D/Core™ 2 Duo - ATX
2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x 1024MB)
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
2x 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS - nVIDIA SLI Configuration
19" MESH Widescreen LCD TFT Display with Multi Media, DVI-D, 8ms
5.1 High Definition 6 Channel Audio Codec (on-board)
Logitech S200 - 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
6x USB 2.0 Ports (8x possible on motherboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
Im so happy, Comments welcome but please dont spoil my happinessLast edited by Happy Shooter; 11-06-2006 at 07:32 AM. Reason: Info
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11-06-2006, 08:13 AM #2
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Re: New Rig
Nice setup. I have a similar setup.
The one suggestion I would have is to get a sound card. The onboard sound device uses CPU cycles to process sound. It's like running a video game using an onboard graphics chip.
I'd recommend the creative x-fi xtrememusic. I just purchased that board and love it. Others have experienced problems with the x-fi models. You can probably pick up an audigy 2 or audigy 4 model fairly cheaply. Look for something that supports EAX. You won't be disappointed.
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11-06-2006, 02:15 PM #3
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Re: New Rig
Sounds like a great system, any reason as to why you didnt go with the nVidia nfoce 590 setup?
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11-06-2006, 04:13 PM #4
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Re: New Rig
Not that the system is lacking CPU power. It's not like using onboard video since video is more crucial to high fps. While an X-Fi would help out, I would say it's better to get one for EAX effects and higher sound quality. I often find onboard sound to be tinny and not as full as a separate sound card.
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11-07-2006, 05:49 AM #5
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Re: New Rig
Stayed away form the 590 as it was out of stock.
£700 GBP instead of £900.
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11-08-2006, 12:02 PM #6
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Re: New Rig
Wow, thats a big price difference.
Oyee
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11-15-2006, 04:51 AM #7
Re: New Rig
I recommend the Core 2 Duo over the Pentium D. The Pentium D is much hotter than that of the newer Core 2 Duo and is also much less efficient among other things. (b/c the D is just two P4s side by side unlike the Core 2 Duo has a shared architecture)
Also make sure your PSU is a dual +12V rail type and each rail has at least 12Vs. You especially need it if you do SLI config with higher end cards.Acreo Aeneas
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11-15-2006, 05:31 AM #8
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Re: New Rig
Why two Geforce 7300GS in SLI rather than one Geforce 7600GT? The latter might cost $10-15 more, but I think you get better performance out of one 7600GT than two 7300GS.
Linky: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=533&chart=198 Not quite your model but it gives you a sense of how they compare.
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