Rex's Secret Squirrel Mods

[Rexpelagi]

http://www.toytokyo.com/productImages/19_1.jpg

Geeze, you thought I was sitting all winter and I was leaving my car the same... well you were right. :-p

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/rexpelagi/Computer%20Stuff/DSCN1155.jpg

The main things are (along with other assorted goodies):

Core 2 Duo Wolfsdale E8400 @ 3.0 GHz (will probably overclock it)
Gigabyte Motherboard
512 MB 8800GT Video Card
4 GB DDR2 800 Ram

Fun fun. Yes, there is no status change on the 7.

I just got it all setup today with x64 for now. I'll have to install some games to run at max settings to see what kind of frame rate I can pull off.

[SableGTO]

Internet mods for the win!

[tedBalog]

G.Skill memory? Really?...

Are you running 64-bit version of windows?

[Rexpelagi]

G.Skill memory? Really?...

Are you running 64-bit version of windows?

Ya G.Skill memory, it's cool because it has this holographic front cover on the package and an F1 car on it.

On a serious note it was rated as some of the best ram on newegg. I got 2x2GB sticks for $80.

I'm running 64-bit XP for now. I had some problems getting the drivers to work, but once I got everything updated I was fine (this is harder than it sounds, as when I updated to SP2 I lost the internetz, so I had to jump back and forth to my laptop to update stuff until everything was working).

Sadly I haven't bought a game in 5 years for the PC so I think I may stop by BestBuy sometime this week and pick something up to see how the system handles it.

[BlkBullitt]

Look out... this bish will run WoW like you can't even imagine. Leeeeroy Jenkins!!!!!

[DsmFighter]

Ghey= this thread


I don't even know 1/2 the stuff I'm looking at in those pictures.

[tedBalog]

SLi compatible motherboard? I'm a fanboy of gigabyte, use their boards in every PC I build.

[GTkyle]

Yeah z0mg i seez the lollerboard and the stfuprocessor, wheres the 87 gig roflfan?

[Rexpelagi]

SLi compatible motherboard? I'm a fanboy of gigabyte, use their boards in every PC I build.

Nope, it isn't an SLi board. If I wanted to go with an SLi board it would have been quite a bit more money. I was looking to build the system with the tower for ~1k. It came out to $1120. If I would have went with a pretty good SLi board I was looking more in the range of $1270 or so. I figure that the $150 saved coupled with the money for another video card could just end up getting me a newer better card in a year as opposed to running two older cards SLi'd for the same price.

[tedBalog]

I see, my rig is:

5200 Athlon64, 2Gb Corsair XMS2 800, GeForce 7950GT x2 all on a gigabyte motherboard.. Yours will blow mine away though :D

Invest in a good monitor too.. I'm running a 22" widescreen samsung.. it's amazing

[Enfynet]

You can get NoLimits and download some uber-cool rollercoasters and see how well it handles the .3ds files. ;)