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Hey guys, Just want a little second opionion..

After a much needed upgrade to this 80 gig, p4 3.2 ht and 8500 gt It's official. I Dropped about $875 on a new machine

New! CoolerMaster Elite 310 Mid-Tower 420W Case with See-Thur Side Panel

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366

(500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

(3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58 Pro Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire DDR3

6GB (2GBx3) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Triple Channel Memory

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express

Really happy with what I put together. It's also coming with some free games and nice mouse and keyboard.

Just tring to get a little advice on this machine as to bassicly anything.

thanks -

Chris

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weak GFX card but ok.

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weak GFX card but ok.
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GFX is fine. Can play almost all games at high settings at 1680x1050 ( but i think you could do a little better with an ATI 4770 which is as fast as a 9800gtx at the price of the 9800gt). Good thing you didnt went fot a more expensive vga considering the upcoming vga's from both nvidia nd Ati by the end of the year and their a announcements that we will see a big jump in graphics technology from the current line to next line of vga's

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ur gfx card surely bottleneck the whole system if u play latest games such as crysis on high reso.. everything else seems ok.. if u upgrade the gfx, make sure to also upgrade the power supply..

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that power supply is weak for an i7 build, if your from usa go here www.newegg.com or the Uk www.overclockers.co.uk

Recommended power supplies are: Corsair TX/HX series 650 to 850W, or Coolmaster Real Power Pro 600 to 850W, or Thermaltake tough power range.

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[QUOTE="hows3r"]

Hey guys, Just want a little second opionion..

After a much needed upgrade to this 80 gig, p4 3.2 ht and 8500 gt It's official. I Dropped about $875 on a new machine

New! CoolerMaster Elite 310 Mid-Tower 420W Case with See-Thur Side Panel

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366

(500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

(3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58 Pro Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire DDR3

6GB (2GBx3) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Triple Channel Memory

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express

Really happy with what I put together. It's also coming with some free games and nice mouse and keyboard.

Just tring to get a little advice on this machine as to bassicly anything.

thanks -

Chris

Good computer. But vga card isnt good. you can buy Nvida GTX200.

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[QUOTE="samuraiguns"]
weak GFX card but ok.
adamosmaki

GFX is fine. Can play almost all games at high settings at 1680x1050 ( but i think you could do a little better with an ATI 4770 which is as fast as a 9800gtx at the price of the 9800gt). Good thing you didnt went fot a more expensive vga considering the upcoming vga's from both nvidia nd Ati by the end of the year and their a announcements that we will see a big jump in graphics technology from the current line to next line of vga's

Now you're making me feel bad for getting two GTX 260's... but we'll see what happens. :P @TC: Basically I have to agree with what's been said... your PSU needs an upgrade, and your GPU is a tad on the weak side, but otherwise nice build.

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[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="samuraiguns"]
weak GFX card but ok.
vgm007

GFX is fine. Can play almost all games at high settings at 1680x1050 ( but i think you could do a little better with an ATI 4770 which is as fast as a 9800gtx at the price of the 9800gt). Good thing you didnt went fot a more expensive vga considering the upcoming vga's from both nvidia nd Ati by the end of the year and their a announcements that we will see a big jump in graphics technology from the current line to next line of vga's

Now you're making me feel bad for getting two GTX 260's... but we'll see what happens. :P @TC: Basically I have to agree with what's been said... your PSU needs an upgrade, and your GPU is a tad on the weak side, but otherwise nice build.

Why feel bad. New cards are coming but probably we wont see games taking advantage the new GPCPU"s from nvidia and Ati for another 1-2 years and your 2 gtx 260 will most likely last you at least another 2-3years for gaming ( with high settings that is)

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[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="vgm007"][QUOTE="adamosmaki"] GFX is fine. Can play almost all games at high settings at 1680x1050 ( but i think you could do a little better with an ATI 4770 which is as fast as a 9800gtx at the price of the 9800gt). Good thing you didnt went fot a more expensive vga considering the upcoming vga's from both nvidia nd Ati by the end of the year and their a announcements that we will see a big jump in graphics technology from the current line to next line of vga's

Now you're making me feel bad for getting two GTX 260's... but we'll see what happens. :P @TC: Basically I have to agree with what's been said... your PSU needs an upgrade, and your GPU is a tad on the weak side, but otherwise nice build.

Why feel bad. New cards are coming but probably we wont see games taking advantage the new GPCPU"s from nvidia and Ati for another 1-2 years and your 2 gtx 260 will most likely last you at least another 2-3years for gaming ( with high settings that is)

That's what I figured. I'm still looking forward to what's in store for the GeForce 300's and Radeon HD 5000's though. 8)

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[QUOTE="vgm007"][QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="vgm007"] Now you're making me feel bad for getting two GTX 260's... but we'll see what happens. :P @TC: Basically I have to agree with what's been said... your PSU needs an upgrade, and your GPU is a tad on the weak side, but otherwise nice build.

Why feel bad. New cards are coming but probably we wont see games taking advantage the new GPCPU"s from nvidia and Ati for another 1-2 years and your 2 gtx 260 will most likely last you at least another 2-3years for gaming ( with high settings that is)

That's what I figured. I'm still looking forward to what's in store for the GeForce 300's and Radeon HD 5000's though. 8)

If they turn out to be as good as they claim they are i'm upgrading my poor 8800gt that served me for 18 months up to now ( about time to get something that will get me to run crysis at 1920x1200 with 16xAA)

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Thanks for all the responses!.. So am I screwed with a 420 watt?? ahh.. also.. a few months from now im getting a new card.. should I just run dual 9800 or a single gtc or w/e series?

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you would be better with a 650 w power supply and a ati radeon 4870 or 4890.

that would get you crysis playable at hi def 1900x1200 all settingsvery highan poss even 2x aa.

all you need

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Thanks for all the responses!.. So am I screwed with a 420 watt?? ahh.. also.. a few months from now im getting a new card.. should I just run dual 9800 or a single gtc or w/e series?
hows3r

I say stick for now with both the 9800gt and that psu( although is only 420W is a quality one and is enough for now). Since you are gonna get a new vga in few months get a psu when you get that vga

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[QUOTE="hows3r"]
Thanks for all the responses!.. So am I screwed with a 420 watt?? ahh.. also.. a few months from now im getting a new card.. should I just run dual 9800 or a single gtc or w/e series?
adamosmaki

I say stick for now with both the 9800gt and that psu( although is only 420Wis a quality one and is enough for now). Since you are gonna get a new vga in few months get a psu when you get that vga

How do you know it is a quality PSU? Most PSU's that come included with case are horrible.

According to a search I did about that case with a 420w PSU, they said it only had 16a on the 12v rail, I would want at least 25a on a 420w PSU. Can you verify what PSU came with the case, and what it's specs are.

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[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="hows3r"]
Thanks for all the responses!.. So am I screwed with a 420 watt?? ahh.. also.. a few months from now im getting a new card.. should I just run dual 9800 or a single gtc or w/e series?
opamando

I say stick for now with both the 9800gt and that psu( although is only 420Wis a quality one and is enough for now). Since you are gonna get a new vga in few months get a psu when you get that vga

How do you know it is a quality PSU? Most PSU's that come included with case are horrible.

According to a search I did about that case with a 420w PSU, they said it only had 16a on the 12v rail, I would want at least 25a on a 420w PSU. Can you verify what PSU came with the case, and what it's specs are.

I guess since its a coolermaster case then its a coolermaster psu and coolermaster does make quality psu (i might be wrong but it will be strange if it has anoother psu brand ).

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Well, there is no 420w PSU listed on Cooler masters website, so if it is a cooler master, I doubt it is a good quality unit. And yes, Cooler Master does make some quality PSU, they also have some that are not as good also.

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