My DS pc reviewPost Date: 2010-05-11 |
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Muz ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 246 |
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Greetings to all. It's been about A month and i wanted to throw my personal review on the new machine i got here at DS. To start off with, here is my build:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master HAF 932
Processor: Intel Core i7 930 2.88GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible) Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (128GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: CMFSSD-128GBG2D) Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - 1x (1TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Fatality Champion (Includes Front I/O) (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 Extreme Performance (Does NOT fit on the regular EVGA X58 3X SLI) Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue) Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty I'm getting an OC of 3.77Ghz and this runs extremly COOL and QUIET. Idle temps are mid-upper 30c. I havent even pushed this system to the max yet but i'll tell you after having photoshop, word, internets, 2 modern games running (battlefield bc2/Heroes of newerth), ventrillo, and itunes, this comes to around 15% load and mid-upper 40c. When i'm playing battlefield for around 2 hours, its still runs about 40c and still extremly quiet. My average room temp is around 70-75f. Overall, i can't tell you how happy and satisfied i am with this machie that i've dubbed it "MegaMuzv 2.1337" haha. Having that SSD as the main drive makes load times almost instant. Windows 7 boots up in like 10 seconds and battlefield is seconds as well. While changing maps, its literally 5 seconds and boom, game time!
I'll update this thread maybe once or twice a year to give an ongoing review to see how well this will age. I can already tell that like a fine wine, will still kick some serious butt years from now with the exception of maybe a new video card.
Now...Ladies and gentlemen.. For the thousands in attendance and the millions at home watching/reading this..Lllllllllllets get ready to ruumblllllllllllle!!! Pics for all! I
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rholyrag ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Oct 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 841 |
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Great looking rig... |
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Simpleviet ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65 |
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oh snaps. you play HoN!! My favorite hero from it would be the panda man.!
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Muz ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 246 |
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Nice! Yeah I like Valkyrie and predator. Good times! ANd it runs flawless on max settings even in crazy battles!
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