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Post Date: 2008-03-12
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    Posted: 12 Mar 2008 at 9:22pm
I was showing my wife the difference between my current cpu vrs the one I was lookin at buying (q6600) and she pointed at the top cpu's and said "why dont you get that one at the top?" and I said "thats over a grand just for the cpu" and she said "well get a good one so it lasts for a while" so this is what I ordered

System Configuration:
Case: Digital Storm 950Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 850W SilverStone Decathlon (Dual SLI Compatible) (Model:
 DA850) (Silent) 
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 Extreme 3.00GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB
 Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 780i Core 2 Quad (By: eVGA) (nForce 780i SLI)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator (Dual Channel)
 (Extreme-Performance)
Floppy / Card: - 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-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 8800GTS 512MB (By: eVGA)
 (PCI-Express) 
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi FPS Fatal1ty Champion (Includes
 Front I/O Unit) 
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 WindTunnel (Copper Heatpipe Heatsink &
 Zalman Case Fans) 
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode
 Tubes)
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes
 Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Overclock Processor: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my processor
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 Vista Home Premium
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: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard +
 Optical Wheel Mouse)
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

I jumped all over itBig%20smile
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support
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Posts: 262 		  Quote Duke Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 12 Mar 2008 at 9:30pm
Your wifes a keeper.
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lucky devil.
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Posts: 193 		  Quote bfrank2me Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 12 Mar 2008 at 10:46pm
Hahahaha, amateurs! LOL

All that means is that she's about buy herself something you are absolutely against and will use your bleeding edge CPU as justification.

At least you can console yourself by playing Crisis at 1920 x 1200 on high settings!
...the first hundred years are the hardest
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Posts: 1527 		  Quote SunfighterLC Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 12 Mar 2008 at 10:55pm

This is why i refuse to get married, I want our bank accounts to stay seperate, thank you. haha.
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Posts: 52 		  Quote VIDAR Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Mar 2008 at 6:16pm
what would be a good A/V program kapersky seems to be good. Any suggestions would be apreciated.
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Posts: 52 		  Quote GruntMaster Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Mar 2008 at 8:14pm
I'm running Avast on two pc's and it's been working great for freeware. I loaded it on my old XP system for a while to test it out before loading it on my new DS pc.
 
It even found 2 viruses on the old pc that the Norton did not and it's much less of a resource hog than Norton. Norton really slowed my system down. Avast does not.
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750W Thermaltake
250GB HD
2GB DDR2 Corsair 800Mhz XMS2
GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
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Posts: 840 		  Quote widdlecat Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Mar 2008 at 10:36pm
Wow! Lucky you! Nice rig... nice wife! LOL
I've used Grisoft AVG for years and it's done nicely. I still have to use an anti-spyware tho. I hope you get your pc up and running right off. Good luck!

Seeing all these killer rigs makes me sad that I'm broke LOL! I'm lucky that I haven't taken to 1st person shooters... yetConfused
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Posts: 52 		  Quote VIDAR Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Mar 2008 at 11:21pm
Hey thks for the info folks, Ill check avast out now.
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Posts: 0 		  Quote Tyler Lowe Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 17 Mar 2008 at 12:52am
I run Nod32. Newegg is selling the ESET security suite for $20 less than ESET's own site right now. It's lightweight, and knock on wood, no virus or spyware infections yet. I've previously used Norton Pro, McAfee, Zone Alarm Security Suite, and AVG. ESET is far and away the least obtrusive security product I have used to date. If it were not for the blue tray icon, I would not know it was running. Well, well worth the ~$50 I spent on the all in one solution, but they do offer the Nod32 AV as a stand alone product as well.
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Posts: 98 		  Quote bucephalusbaghdad Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Mar 2008 at 10:28pm
i use AVG, and i pretty only use it as an alarm system, cuz thats about all itll do so far. i then use spybot and adaware and whatever else to clean up the actual mess, haha. i dont typically have the money to drop on a decent solution like tylers, so im stuck with oddball medleys of freeware- and that in turn causes me to suggest that tylers recommendation is probably best.
Intel Q6600 2.94ghz
Evga Nvidia 780i Core 2 Quad
2x 1gb DDR2 Dominator @1066mhz
2x GeForce 9600GT Superclocked
2x WD HDD 250gb 7200rpm's
850w ThermalTake PSU
Silverstone Windowed TJ09
SyncMaster 953BW
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