critique my config.

you got a ticket number for that?

I dont know for sure but it looks like you may need to upgrade your cooling a bit with 3 sli gpu's + your quad. If I were spending that mutch on a pc I would defineitely go for the liquid cooling

If you got that much $$$ to spend on a pc I would go with one of the liquid cooling options. But I would wait for someone more knowledgeable to reply.

Edited by Bouke285 - 07 Sep 2008 at 10:09pm

how about this $3237

I did drop you to dual sli, you can add later

the liquid cooling is for the cpu and not the gpu, you can get much higher/stable results with liquid cooling.

here I forgot to take off a couple of small things $3207

you can add upto 8GB of ram if you like, so you can upgrade later, you got vista 64bit so it will recognize and use all of your ram.

you can go triple sli later

you don't have to get everything right now, thats the beauty of buying from DS,is that you can add to it

Edited by DST4ME - 07 Sep 2008 at 10:18pm

done almost all of that for him HM checkout my build. but since he has a budget I gave him one HDD.

lol I took that off too

I agree with WC. Also, triple SLI with a card that only has a 256bit memory bus and a frame buffer of 512MB is not the best way to go. The scaling is terrible at the resolutions triple SLI really ought to be just starting to show it's muscle.

ok so:

$2892

Chassis: Digital Storm 950Si
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB Cache)
Motherboard: NVIDIA 780i Core 2 Quad (Chipset: nForce 780i SLI)
System Memory: 4GB DDR2 OCZ at 1066MHz (SLI-Ready Edition)
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 320GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Wireless Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: Liquid Chilled FrostBite CPU Only
Internal Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Modifications: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: Yes, Overclock memory timings (Includes Memory Fan Kit Installed)
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

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Edited by brandon92591 - 20 Aug 2018 at 1:45pm

2 HDDs is the best way to go, if you can, do so

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The short answer is, in terms of real world advantage, no. Synthetics designed to test RAM bandwidth are going to show DDR3 with a clear advantage. I am going to say you will see much greater performance increase from the liquid cooling. Given one place to put your budget vs the other, I would improve the cooling over worrying about DDR3, no question. The only time DDR3 makes sense IMO, is if you have already fit everything into your budget you wanted and are looking for that last small edge. The only thing I would do behind DDR3 is a 10k RPM HDD.

Edited by Tyler Lowe - 07 Sep 2008 at 11:24pm

my antivirus norton and some type of spy sweeper but was not up to date.  but I clicked on a bad link and it asked am I sure I want to download and my mistake I said OK. 

Edited by rai-zero - 08 Sep 2008 at 10:33am

thank you guys sorry to have got this thread off topic.

It will probably take a good eight hours to remove this. I've had to deal with this on a few of my friend's computers and my brother's computer.

Get Malwarebytes, Adaware, and SuperAntiSpyware, and CCleaner.

Run CCleaner and remove all the temporary files and cookies and uninstall anything suspicious.

Run the scan with all of the listed programs, excluding CCleaner. Hopefully this will help. Defintely get an antivirus to block anything from connecting. Bitdfender, Trend Micro, ESET, or Avast.

I have done a million tests, spysweeper beats everybody hands down, the only one that comes close to it is SUPER AntiSpyware, but when infected, its best run spysweeper cause it has no false positives nad does not miss anything.

nod32 will get rid of it, Malwarebytes is not the only that can clean it, ss can sd can.

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Edited by brandon92591 - 20 Aug 2018 at 1:45pm