It's Finished! 6:00 am - Rig Up and Running!

So, I was up until 6 am wrestling with drivers, game installs etc. I had a problem with XP not recognizing my keyboard and mouse after the first set of drivers, I did a repair install of the OS and wrapped up the drivers. Man that was a pain. But it's all done now, and that's awesome. I haven't tried anything too taxing on it yet. TF 2, UT III, and Demigod are all on there. I should be trying Dawn of War II soon though, and that's a big one as far as requirements go. I'm a little worried about my stock cooling on the CPU, but I'm using PC Wizard to check my temps/load and they don't look bad. CPU Temp (according to this) is a steady 29 degress Celscious with no load. After playing the various games for about an hour last night it got to about...50...That's not too bad right?

Anyway, I'm excited as hell...NOW I JUST NEED TO GET DEMIGOD TO UPDATE.

Sadly enough, I'll have to do it all over again soon because I'm running on XP, and need Vista. But now that I have the routine down it should be fine.

Is a decent system and those temps are fine. Mine idles around 40c, but i am using a 940 with turbo mode enabled.

Question about your motherboard and ram, since it's the same as mine. Did you have to manually set your ram timings and whatnot in your motherboard bios? Or did it pick up the speeds correctly by default?

Question about your motherboard and ram, since it's the same as mine. Did you have to manually set your ram timings and whatnot in your motherboard bios? Or did it pick up the speeds correctly by default?

DJ419

you should use some better software to moniter temps. you want to see core temps tomachiavell8x8

I just caught something.. It's called Jealousy, NICE rig.

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

Domobomb

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

Domobomb

[QUOTE="Domobomb"]

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

EdgeOfThorns316

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

So, I was up until 6 am wrestling with drivers, game installs etc. I had a problem with XP not recognizing my keyboard and mouse after the first set of drivers, I did a repair install of the OS and wrapped up the drivers. Man that was a pain. But it's all done now, and that's awesome. I haven't tried anything too taxing on it yet. TF 2, UT III, and Demigod are all on there. I should be trying Dawn of War II soon though, and that's a big one as far as requirements go. I'm a little worried about my stock cooling on the CPU, but I'm using PC Wizard to check my temps/load and they don't look bad. CPU Temp (according to this) is a steady 29 degress Celscious with no load. After playing the various games for about an hour last night it got to about...50...That's not too bad right?

Anyway, I'm excited as hell...NOW I JUST NEED TO GET DEMIGOD TO UPDATE.

Sadly enough, I'll have to do it all over again soon because I'm running on XP, and need Vista. But now that I have the routine down it should be fine.

MorbidToaster

You've got the same case that I'm getting. What's it like?

i agree i mean i played far cry 1 last year some time on this rig i got here, maybe i should put my old x1900 in and my pentium d:P

For monitoring system temps, I use this program.

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

[QUOTE="MorbidToaster"]

So, I was up until 6 am wrestling with drivers, game installs etc. I had a problem with XP not recognizing my keyboard and mouse after the first set of drivers, I did a repair install of the OS and wrapped up the drivers. Man that was a pain. But it's all done now, and that's awesome. I haven't tried anything too taxing on it yet. TF 2, UT III, and Demigod are all on there. I should be trying Dawn of War II soon though, and that's a big one as far as requirements go. I'm a little worried about my stock cooling on the CPU, but I'm using PC Wizard to check my temps/load and they don't look bad. CPU Temp (according to this) is a steady 29 degress Celscious with no load. After playing the various games for about an hour last night it got to about...50...That's not too bad right?

Anyway, I'm excited as hell...NOW I JUST NEED TO GET DEMIGOD TO UPDATE.

Sadly enough, I'll have to do it all over again soon because I'm running on XP, and need Vista. But now that I have the routine down it should be fine.

You've got the same case that I'm getting. What's it like?

[QUOTE="MorbidToaster"]

So, I was up until 6 am wrestling with drivers, game installs etc. I had a problem with XP not recognizing my keyboard and mouse after the first set of drivers, I did a repair install of the OS and wrapped up the drivers. Man that was a pain. But it's all done now, and that's awesome. I haven't tried anything too taxing on it yet. TF 2, UT III, and Demigod are all on there. I should be trying Dawn of War II soon though, and that's a big one as far as requirements go. I'm a little worried about my stock cooling on the CPU, but I'm using PC Wizard to check my temps/load and they don't look bad. CPU Temp (according to this) is a steady 29 degress Celscious with no load. After playing the various games for about an hour last night it got to about...50...That's not too bad right?

Anyway, I'm excited as hell...NOW I JUST NEED TO GET DEMIGOD TO UPDATE.

Sadly enough, I'll have to do it all over again soon because I'm running on XP, and need Vista. But now that I have the routine down it should be fine.

joshuahaveron

You've got the same case that I'm getting. What's it like?

[QUOTE="MorbidToaster"][QUOTE="EdgeOfThorns316"] lol i dont get comments like this...its like saying he should order up parts from the year 2004 or something, like he said a good game is a good game. You build a PC to run current and of course past era games, thats the point of it. I mean same with me, i just buily and i7, gtx 295, gigabyte extreme mobo, 6gb of 1600, vista 64....and im playing new and older games, and games like Neverwinter Nights and Kings Bounty. Im not gonna build a crap computer just because i may not be maxing out crysis every single night like i can. Enjoy your pc man, i just built mine and its incredible.EdgeOfThorns316

[QUOTE="Domobomb"]

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

EdgeOfThorns316

I was just saying... If you want to overkill, go ahead. not my $$$$.

[QUOTE="EdgeOfThorns316"][QUOTE="Domobomb"]

Wow, that rig is overkill for the games in your `currently playing`list.

Domobomb

I was just saying... If you want to overkill, go ahead. not my $$$$.

[QUOTE="Domobomb"]

[QUOTE="EdgeOfThorns316"] lol i dont get comments like this...its like saying he should order up parts from the year 2004 or something, like he said a good game is a good game. You build a PC to run current and of course past era games, thats the point of it. I mean same with me, i just buily and i7, gtx 295, gigabyte extreme mobo, 6gb of 1600, vista 64....and im playing new and older games, and games like Neverwinter Nights and Kings Bounty. Im not gonna build a crap computer just because i may not be maxing out crysis every single night like i can. Enjoy your pc man, i just built mine and its incredible.MorbidToaster

I was just saying... If you want to overkill, go ahead. not my $$$$.

1600 CAD + tax + appraisal so about ~1300 USD.

A lot of what I did to it, restoring it and such has been about time, rather than cash. Having a dad that restores cars helps too.

Also, what you do with your $$$ is up to you. For me, an ideal gaming PC, if I were to buy one right now, would be something along the lines of a 6400+ with a 4830, and 2GB of RAM, or an equivalent. If I can find a used 8800GT for cheap, I'd go for that. \

But otherwise, that is a really nice system.

Is a decent system and those temps are fine. Mine idles around 40c, but i am using a 940 with turbo mode enabled.

Lukozer

[QUOTE="Lukozer"]

Is a decent system and those temps are fine. Mine idles around 40c, but i am using a 940 with turbo mode enabled.

MorbidToaster

wow no pics ? Sonic_on_crack

[QUOTE="Lukozer"]

Is a decent system and those temps are fine. Mine idles around 40c, but i am using a 940 with turbo mode enabled.

MorbidToaster

That's not quite the words the wife used when she found out how much i spent on it... heh

[QUOTE="MorbidToaster"][QUOTE="Lukozer"]

Is a decent system and those temps are fine. Mine idles around 40c, but i am using a 940 with turbo mode enabled.

NSR34GTR

If you mean me then no i don't, but i have 3D Mark comparison links...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=982944

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcmv=180054

I wanna see some pics :D