Gaming PC

[pocketcthulhu]

Originally Posted by Heaven_is_inferno_orange

I always love the multiple monitor setups.Thanks for the RAM suggestions.
As for ASUS, we have a love hate relationship lol. I love there MB but not there VC. I've had 3 ASUS video cards now that gave me probems. Two were bad and one of them I RMA'd and the new one from the RMA which is the 3rd the heatsink actually went out on after a year of use. I modified it with a processor heatsink lol and it works just fine now. But that was the biggest reason I went EVGA on my new machine. The ASUS MB though have always worked pretty well for me though.

amd video cards aka ATI should diaf I have had Horrible luck with ati cards at work, If given half a choice i prefer xfire branded nivdia cards in desktop machines.

[insomniac2k2]

G.skill has not let me down in several recent builds. Good memory for cheap. Very OC' able too

[Gigachip]

Originally Posted by pocketcthulhu

amd video cards aka ATI should diaf I have had Horrible luck with ati cards at work, If given half a choice i prefer xfire branded nivdia cards in desktop machines.

I've only had one ATI card, and that was the x300 way back in '04
but that didn't last long, I changed it out to a nvidia card after I bought the computer.
Guess I've always been a Nvidia person, EVGA and PNY. Nothing was wrong with the x300 either, just wanted a better card.

[pocketcthulhu]

we use the small formfactor dell machines at work and Every Ati card i have put in my desktop has burned out within 6 months.

[insomniac2k2]

I'm far from Pro ATI, but I must say that my Radeon 5850HD Black edition has been running very strong for several years. It still plays all high end games @ max settings. My latest is BF3.

Those SFF dells are a nightmare for several reasons. We had to stop buying them. Those cards are likely burning out from one of the major issues with the SFF's. Terrible heat distribution, and other than ample fans.

[Scott@Bjorn3D]

Here is my rig from my signature on my site.

Black Mongoose: Intel I7 970 | Corsair H70 Water Cooler | Asus Rampage II Extreme | NVIDIA GTX680| 12GB Corsair RAM | 512GB Crucial M4 SSD | 1TB Seagate 7200 11 | Lite-On DVD | Lite-On DVD-RW | Creative X-FI Fatality PC-E | Corsair 1200Watt Gold Power Supply | Dell 2707 Monitor | Logitech Z5500 Digital Speaker | Logitch G15 Gaming Keyboard | Logtiech MX Wireless Mouse | Windows 7 64 Ultimate |

[pocketcthulhu]

Originally Posted by insomniac2k2

I'm far from Pro ATI, but I must say that my Radeon 5850HD Black edition has been running very strong for several years. It still plays all high end games @ max settings. My latest is BF3.

Those SFF dells are a nightmare for several reasons. We had to stop buying them. Those cards are likely burning out from one of the major issues with the SFF's. Terrible heat distribution, and other than ample fans.

God i can agree on that, we got 400+ of the optiplex 620's with the faulty capacitors in them a few years ago and we ran ourselfs ragged fixing them.

[pocketcthulhu]

keyboard of choice for desktops merc stealth.

[insomniac2k2]

We still warranty replace Opti's with bad caps, but much less these days. There were terrible capacitors available to the OEM world the last 4-6 years. The latest ones are much better.

HP also had a ton of Cap issues during this time from what i've read.

Originally Posted by pocketcthulhu

God i can agree on that, we got 400+ of the optiplex 620's with the faulty capacitors in them a few years ago and we ran ourselfs ragged fixing them.

[pocketcthulhu]

Originally Posted by insomniac2k2

We still warranty replace Opti's with bad caps, but much less these days. There were terrible capacitors available to the OEM world the last 4-6 years. The latest ones are much better.

HP also had a ton of Cap issues during this time from what i've read.

im pretty sure hp and dell were using the same vendor for caps, I forgot the details but dell had to Make up a lot with us after that fiasco.

[c_LoW29]

I built mine as well here are the specs:

Cooler Master Storm Trooper
GIGABYTE GA-Z68AP-D3 INTEL Z68 LGA1155 MB
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3Ghz Unlocked LGA1155 CPU
8GB DDR3 PC10666 1333MHz
Seagate 1TB Serial ATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-6G
Diablotek DA Series 600w ATX Power Supply
Sony Optiarc 24X DVDRW SATA OEM
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6870 GDDR5 1GB OC PCIe
CoolerMaster V6GT Heat Sink

[Heaven_is_inferno_orange]

I have always used Nvidia chipset VC. But the HP laptop my husband took to Iraq with him had an ATI in it and it was pretty much done once he came home. Of course the heat and sand could have been what killed the card lol.
Jealous of the liquid cooling systems Im seeing in some of yours. Been wanting to try one out in one of mine but its just not realistic with us being Army and moving alot. Besides Army movers are the worst.

[Heaven_is_inferno_orange]

Originally Posted by pocketcthulhu

keyboard of choice for desktops merc stealth.

My keyboard LOL

[Gigachip]

Originally Posted by Heaven_is_inferno_orange

I have always used Nvidia chipset VC. But the HP laptop my husband took to Iraq with him had an ATI in it and it was pretty much done once he came home. Of course the heat and sand could have been what killed the card lol.
Jealous of the liquid cooling systems Im seeing in some of yours. Been wanting to try one out in one of mine but its just not realistic with us being Army and moving alot. Besides Army movers are the worst.

go with a liquid cooling kit.
if you want liquid cooling I'd recommend this kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835181016
or the H100

they're well built and good for beginners compared to the full blown out cooling sets. Being they house the Radiator+pumps in one device