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post #1 of 27
7/27/09 at 2:49pm
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So the little guy I made last December has been put down, but I learned alot from that build and have decided on taking some of the parts and moving forward. *Note, I should ALWAYS listen to my GF* I am ditching the apaive HTPC case as it used a one off power supply and was to tight for upgrading. It has been replaced with a CoolerMaster Elite 341:
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/prod...roduct_id=2876

I like this case because it fits a standard ATX power supply and laying on its side all the fan intakes are still open. I am using the same motherboard:
ASUS M3A78-EM


Upgraded to a real power supply this time:
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W

8 gigs of RAM:
Kingston HyperX KHX8500AD2K2


Moving to a QuadCore:
AMD Phenom II X4 920

Upgrading the cooler for the quad from the Blue Orb II to a COOLER MASTER GeminII


And a Radeon HD 4850 512MB for the GPU
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post #2 of 27
7/27/09 at 3:00pm
That is cool looking Darq.
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post #3 of 27
7/27/09 at 3:25pm
So you guys are both doing a build. Still sticking to the AMD i see.
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post #4 of 27
7/27/09 at 3:38pm
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Yep, for the money you cant beat AMD. That 4850e Nyako's getting is a kick ass CPU I could have easily gamed with it but if I am doing everything else might as well up the CPU to Quad as well.
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post #5 of 27
7/27/09 at 4:07pm
So I see why you want my benchmarks now.
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post #6 of 27
7/27/09 at 4:09pm
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Price vs Performance.
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post #7 of 27
7/27/09 at 9:33pm
Looks like a nice little machine
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post #8 of 27
8/3/09 at 1:35am
When do pictures and benchmarks come?
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post #9 of 27
8/3/09 at 2:04am
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I am starting the build over, its up and running I am doing benchmarking now but the OS is shot, and the build is was half ass just to test the hardware. I like this system its fast as hell. I tried to run 3dMark03,05,06 and they all crashed because they do not like Win7 and the fact that I am using my TV as a monitor so it spaz out when the tests start. I need to get some Vista 64 installed on this thing and run test on a fresh OS.
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post #10 of 27
8/3/09 at 2:12am
3DMark 03, 05, and 06 all run fine on my windows 7 install.
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post #11 of 27
8/3/09 at 2:02pm
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I think it has more to do with aero theme and switching on my TV. I have to force the Res right now so when 3dmark does its force change it borks my system. My TV is a whore when it come to stuff like that. I should just plug it into a normal monitor and test then set it up on my tv.
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post #12 of 27
8/3/09 at 3:21pm
Why are you running Win7? Just wondering.
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post #13 of 27
8/3/09 at 3:58pm
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Its the only 64bit OS I have currently.
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post #14 of 27
8/3/09 at 4:57pm
<---------------*Jealous*
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post #15 of 27
8/3/09 at 6:02pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
I think it has more to do with aero theme and switching on my TV. I have to force the Res right now so when 3dmark does its force change it borks my system. My TV is a whore when it come to stuff like that. I should just plug it into a normal monitor and test then set it up on my tv.
When I run any 3DMark, except for vantage, Aero is automatically disabled.
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post #16 of 27
8/3/09 at 6:30pm
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Yeah, when it goes to disable Aero is when it freaks out.
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post #17 of 27
8/4/09 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
Its the only 64bit OS I have currently.
Gotcha.
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post #18 of 27
8/20/09 at 1:54pm
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So I am still waiting on the OS but with Win7 RC I have noticed some weird ass tearing at the top of the screen when playing games or watching full screen videos. Any Ideas.
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post #19 of 27
8/20/09 at 3:31pm
You mean you can see like a white bar at the top of the screen?
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post #20 of 27
8/20/09 at 3:53pm
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Flickers and pulsing and the entire screen flashes when movies change cams.
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