New computer to be assembled this weekend gang

[Ded10c]

No, I realised that. Provides some faint amusement after ten hours' lifeguarding.

[hitchcockgreen]

lol yeah i can see that. let's not encourage the idiot.

[FirBirGir]

Well here's mine, Scrappy. Still needs a few parts but it runs pretty damned well.

I saw someone walking out of Fry's with this same case. Made me do a double-take...

[hitchcockgreen]

Just purchased a Venomous X heatpipe for my CPU (had been using the stock heatsink/fan so far (-ugh -pretty taxing when doing video conversion using all the cores and tapping out all the hyper-threads ) and a RAM kit.... 12GB of DDR3. Should kick some a** by Wednesday next week.

I was having a hard time deciding on a CPU cooling system.... was torn between a Noctua heat pipe (in my experience they are fantastic) and a Corsair H70 water cooling system (a bit of a hassle mounting in my case, but not too hard). In the end I went with some kind of impulse buy, but a well-respected product.

[FirBirGir]

I'm still squeezing life out of my Q6600 quad core and 8800GTX. I've upgraded every other part of the PC but it's just a matter of time before I'll have to build a new one. So far, it's still doing well with games.

[ColdFusion]

Just upgraded.

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz 7.5 5.9
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB 7.5
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series 7.4
Gaming graphics 7931 MB Total available graphics memory 7.4
Primary hard disk 788GB Free (891GB Total) 5.9
Windows 7 Ultimate

System
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Manufacturer SYX
Model SYX-SBT-X58
Total amount of system memory 12.0 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 932 GB
Disk partition (C:) 788 GB Free (891 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 35 GB Free (40 GB Total)
Media drive (E:) CD/DVD
Disk partition (F:) 455 MB Free (500 MB Total)

Graphics
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Display adapter type ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Total available graphics memory 7931 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 2048 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 5883 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.821.0.0
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller

Notes
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The gaming graphics score is based on the primary graphics adapter. If this system has linked or multiple graphics adapters, some software applications may see additional performance benefits.

Now if I just had time to play.

[hitchcockgreen]

Nice rig, Coldfusion. Windows Experience scores are always lame when they pick your lowest score.

I'm guessing your 1TB drive is probably 5400rpm which is why.

[ColdFusion]

Maybe 7800, I don't remember at this point.
I am planning to add a solid state drive the first chance I get.

[hitchcockgreen]

That's what I did....just for the operating system. Had a second drive to install all my software on. That will increase your score big time. It will boot really fast too. If I disabled my POST screen, I could boot in about 15 seconds.

[Blunt Force Trauma]

I've read about some really fast boot times like that.

But win7 actually being 100% ready for you to interface from pressing the on switch without continued process interruption is usually around 20-35 seconds depending on how much crap is in your startup.

[FirBirGir]

You can find start up utilities that will keep the crap from running immediately. I used to use one in Vista but haven't set it up yet in Win7. It was nice that nothing would launch at first boot, I had everything launch starting 5 minutes after boot and staggered them over about 5 minutes.

Eddy

[hitchcockgreen]

msconfig is the best tool to keep things from running at startup. Lots of seemingly innocent software end up throwing updaters in there and it's a pain in the a**, especially if your computer isn't high end.

And for most things running as services you can always set them as delayed start from services.msc

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There's another little tool I sometimes use that makes pretty much anything run as a service. Doesn't work for everything (well it will, but the program may not work right). I use that for things like uTorrent and PS3MediaServer on one of my home servers.

[Sno]

I usually go through msconfig and disable the crap I know I don't need to be in start up.

Hmmmm...Does Java update itself when you run across an applet, or do I need it as start up?



HITCHCOCKGREEN! WHAT PS3 GAMES DO YOU HAVE!?

[hitchcockgreen]

Java runs an updater in the background and will periodically bug you to update. Used to be moreso than flash, but not anymore.

I have over 70 PS3 games but *ahem* can't play them online *ahem*.

[Sno]

Send me your PSN so I can whoop yo a** in MW2/Black-Ops/Bad Company 2!

All, the joys of Playstation notwork. It's all good, I have finals this week and next anyways and I need more time for New Vegas and to try out Fallout 3 GOTY

[Ded10c]

PSN was DDoS'ed a while back. They might still be fixing that, not sure.

[hitchcockgreen]

Send me your PSN so I can whoop yo a** in MW2/Black-Ops/Bad Company 2!

All, the joys of Playstation notwork. It's all good, I have finals this week and next anyways and I need more time for New Vegas and to try out Fallout 3 GOTY

Seriously I would Sno, but I don't play online. I have a modded PS3. That effectively ends my onilne gaming for the time being there.

[Blunt Force Trauma]

I have over 70 PS3 games but *ahem* can't play them online *ahem*.

I have the same phlegm issue with PC games.

[hitchcockgreen]

Not so much a problem with the games themselves, just the hardware. I selfishly decided I own the hardware I purchased and wanted it modified.

Then I went about buying a 2.5" wd scorpio blue (1tb) and backed all my games up there.

Now I rarely need a disk at all (a few exceptions) but the moment I hit psn i'll either a) be banned, or b) be told I have to update my firmware to the latest (official) release.

Weighing the pros and cons I decided being offline was no great loss.

[Sno]

No using a "safe" hard drive so you can connect and enjoy the rampant security updates that take 5 hours to download??