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post #41 of 397
9/13/07 at 3:10pm
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
What did you have in it? I assume that's without an OS, but even then...I get to $1300 with a much lower system, about $400 saved in the graphics department. So yeah, post specs.


I sold my old comp for 500...Bought this base system for 750, sold the processor for 100, bought a new processor, and 2 more gigs of ram, and fan/fan control unit and now i'm at 1000 total....

I had a 7950GX2 in my old machine, that I put in the new machine, then XFX warranteed it out for a 8800GTS 640mb.
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post #42 of 397
9/14/07 at 4:56am
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Alright, just alittle update on what I've bought for the Water Cooling setup.

1 x Thermochill PA120.3 triple fan radiator
2 x Thermochill PA 120.3 Shrouds
6 x 120mm Anti-Vibration Fan Gasket - Black
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound
1 x EK-Multioption RES 250 rev.2 - 1/2" Barbs
1 x Swiftech RadBox MCB-120 Revision 2 - Black
15' Masterkleer Tubing 7/16" ID 5/8" OD
1 x Pentosin G11 Long-life Coolant - Blue
1 x Panaflo 120mm Ultra 115CFM (I'm getting a total of six for the Radiator)
1 x Arctic Silver Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier

I still have alot more to go and this is just for the cpu.
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post #43 of 397
9/14/07 at 1:45pm
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post #44 of 397
9/14/07 at 4:20pm
A 120.3 for just the CPU ???
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post #45 of 397
9/14/07 at 7:10pm
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Originally Posted by shazza View Post
A 120.3 for just the CPU ???

I'm thinking about getting a pelt for the cpu. So I'm going to need some beefy cooling for the hot side of the tec. If not ill add my gpu to the loop too.
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post #46 of 397
9/14/07 at 7:14pm
Got it. Reason I ask is, just received my PA120.3 today - it is freakin' HUGE!

Not quite sure it's gonna fit on my Alienware m9700 notebook.
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post #47 of 397
9/15/07 at 12:17pm
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lcd:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116084

I think this is going to be my monitor for this build. 28" @ $669

Costco, has it for $599, I've just never really heard of them. I've worked with newegg for years and trust them.

Anyone done any business with Costco?
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post #48 of 397
9/15/07 at 12:51pm
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post #49 of 397
9/15/07 at 1:00pm
Costco is a good company. I don't belong because I just don't usually have a lot to save by buying there, I thought about joining earlier to get a westy 37" WUXGA HDTV for $699 but decided against it
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post #50 of 397
9/15/07 at 1:05pm
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They charge a 5% surcharge, for non-members. Which would still be cheaper than Newegg..

hmmmm, choices... choices...

Thanks for the comments Sol and pd.
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post #51 of 397
9/15/07 at 3:06pm
Have seen some good reviews on that Viewsonic ... and at half the price of the 27" Dell 2707WFP, it's hard to argue with it!
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post #52 of 397
9/15/07 at 3:11pm
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post #53 of 397
9/15/07 at 6:02pm
i wanna 30 inch dell My 24 is tiny now
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post #54 of 397
9/17/07 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
This is it just in case you didn't know exactly what I was talking about It doesn't have DVI, but you can buy a DVI-HDMI cable and the problem is solved. It should go great with your beast!
Be warned though. HDMI to DVI doesn't give you the full potential for your LCD. My LCD is capable of 1388x766 or some random number like that and if I use a VGA cable I get that and have more control over the picture threw the TV and my PC. But if I use the HDMI to DVI cable I am locked in at 1280x720 and there is over scan. No way of fixing it easily threw the tv because the HDMI inputs are locked to that setting and do not offer the image scaling correction that the VGA port does.
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post #55 of 397
9/17/07 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
Be warned though. HDMI to DVI doesn't give you the full potential for your LCD. My LCD is capable of 1388x766 or some random number like that and if I use a VGA cable I get that and have more control over the picture threw the TV and my PC. But if I use the HDMI to DVI cable I am locked in at 1280x720 and there is over scan. No way of fixing it easily threw the tv because the HDMI inputs are locked to that setting and do not offer the image scaling correction that the VGA port does.

Great info Darq, thanks. I'm still trying to figure out the monitor part of the build.

But this build is going to take awhile. I plan to lap the cpu hs, bow the D-Tek Fuzion water block, lap the gpu block, and paint the mobo tray black.

Hell, I'm thinking about boring out the pump for better flow and make a custom slot nozzle for the waterblock.. lol

oh mang.
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post #56 of 397
9/17/07 at 3:04pm
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post #57 of 397
9/17/07 at 6:02pm
This is my TV:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1170289358105
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post #58 of 397
9/18/07 at 1:24pm
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post #59 of 397
9/18/07 at 1:41pm
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I wonder if my work has these little guys


I wonder what that is for
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post #60 of 397
9/18/07 at 2:05pm
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Originally Posted by SolApathy View Post
On the Nvidia control panel do you have it set to use the built in scaling of the display? (under change flat panel scaling) Under that what is it showing as the native res & custom res? under manage custom res, do you have it set to "treat as an HDTV"? (if so uncheck that option, as it drops you into a preset 720P res)
Linux so its a little different and I have tried/changed all settings that come up. If you are connecting threw the HDMI ports on most TV's that I have seen it reports back either 1080 rez or 720 rez were if you go threw the VGA/DVI port you can set it to just about what ever you want like a standard LCD Monitor.
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