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Post Date: 2008-06-10
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    Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 5:18pm
ok i plan to buy this rig in a couple of months but idk if im overdoing it or not enough. i plan to use it for gaming and burning movies, maybe music too. The thing that got me the most confused was the the processor. it says 2 quad- does that mean 8 or just 4?

Specifications:
Case: Digital Storm 950Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 1000W SilverStone Strider (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI
Compatible) (Model: ST1000) (Silent)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 780i Core 2 Quad (nForce 780i SLI)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator DHX (Extreme-Performance)

Floppy / Card: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 500GB 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-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL
/ Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 WindTunnel (Copper Heatpipe Heatsink &
Zalman Case Fans)
Case Lighting: - No Thanks
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes
Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Overclock Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible
with complete stability
Overclock Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video
card(s)
Overclock Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the
operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home (Includes Service Pack 2)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image
Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support



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Posts: 215 		  Quote david5182 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 5:27pm
Nice rig.
 
Core 2 is just a brand name. #2 stands for second iteration of the brand.
 
Quad means that its a 4-core CPU. So, Core 2 Quad Q9450 means that a CPU with a model Q9450 is a part of the second generation of Core 2 microarchitecture.
 
Hope this clarified it for you.
 
 
Also, I would recommend:
 
Get 790i Ultra SLI + DDR3
Get Corsair's 1000W PSU instead
Get Vista 32bit
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Posts: 109 		  Quote MikeMaravani Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 6:14pm
cant do a 790i Ultra w/ a DDR 3

thx for the other tips but should i just upgrade to a 64 bit now instead of later?
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Posts: 100 		  Quote Wallyguitar Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 6:19pm

I'd suggest upgrading to 64 now.  I wish I would have ordered Vista 64 with my machine.

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Posts: 109 		  Quote MikeMaravani Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 6:23pm
PC Gamer magazine looked into a duel fan cooling system last month. Its suppose to be the best but its big and you have to install it above your mother board (so it cuts into either the hard drives or video cards. i was wondering what r u thoughts on it and are you guys going to put it in your systems.
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Posts: 100 		  Quote Wallyguitar Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 6:28pm
I'm confused on which cooling system you're speaking of.  Do you have a link to that article?  Or possible brand/model of the cooling system.

Edited by Wallyguitar - 10 Jun 2008 at 6:29pm

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Posts: 109 		  Quote MikeMaravani Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 6:31pm
idk id have to go home and look it up it will be a couple of hours before i can answer it.
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That cooler is very effective. However, it's too big and heavy for shipping with computers.
 
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Posts: 109 		  Quote MikeMaravani Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 11 Jun 2008 at 4:30pm
Yeah it the Thermaltake DuOrb. its a figure 8 fan with 2 fans. Its horizontal so it might block the ram slots or the PCI express slots
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The Thermaltake CPU DuOrb heatsink is decent but definitely no where near the best. It is designed to cover the entire top half of the motherboard to cool the CPU and ram.

Some motherboards with the big northbridge heatsinks won't be able to fit one of these and some cases might have issues as well because the heatsink is so close to the I/O plate. And you also are limited to standard ram heatsinks with this cooler.

It doesn't block off any slots unless you installed it wrong...
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If you're willing to drop the cash on dual 8800GT's, I'd just go ahead and get the ULTRAs.
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Posts: 4219 		  Quote !ender_ Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 11 Jun 2008 at 11:38pm

i would drop the 8800 gt x2 in a heartbeat for a single gx2 or at least a gtx

 
if youre going to OC the CPU, youre best off to add the ram OC too unless you want a lot of unused power sitting in your case twiddling its thumbs
 
id also suggest going up to lightscribe opticals or asking DSO for some other SATA opticals, those IDE space hogs are a dead tech that take up way too much space, are hard to move or move around, and are quite the eyesore, even in rounded covering


Edited by !ender_ - 11 Jun 2008 at 11:39pm
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Im mixed on the 98GX2 right now, after paying as much as i have for it, and looking at the current performance, id not recommend it. Though I must say ive only played Crysis so far the rest are just tests after I installed the games to make sure they work properly with V64. So my view is probably fairly slanted. Though I must say that a 98GX2 with all on high settings but with object quality on medium, the game is basically unplayable. (on 1200x900 btw) 
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