Please help with final build questions

Because I know they will ask, what resolution will you be gaming at and will you be getting a new monitor in the future with a higher resolution.  After they know that they can help you better. I can also tell you that they won't think a 1TB will be best for your OS.  Try 2 500MB hard drives, one for OS and one for data storage.  Or 1 500MB for OS and a 1TB for backup. To defrag a 1TB takes a long time especially when it has all of your programs and games on it.

Also please provide your ticket number, that will help them speed up the process.



My two cents.

is this a prefab or black ops? letting us know this will better help us help u this way we know what options we have

what will you be using this computer for?

what are your needs?

what is your budget?

in terms of hard drives the more cache you have the more you can do with out turning on your hard drive. doing this you have to wait till it spins to its rpm speed then it has to transfer the data thus slowing it down. the higher the cache the better

with stock speed of 2.8GHz you will see a difference in games vs oc speed.

this is much better:

Here you go Ticket# 356903 --- Price: $1824 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $1824

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Not Available
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified by mushkin enhanced (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - Not Available
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Set 1 Raid Options: - Not Available
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896MB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-U12P High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)
H20 Tube Color:- Not Available
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - Not Available
Chassis Mods: - Not Available
Noise Reduction: - Not Available
Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: - Not Available
Boost Memory: - Not Available
Boost OS: - Not Available
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - Not Available
Office: - Not Available
Benchmarking: - Not Available
Install/Test Game: - Not Available
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

Edited by DST4ME - 24 Nov 2009 at 7:40pm

1. norton imo is better (more expensive tho/ a lil harder to use) McAffee is very user friendly, but the one they offer i believe is only 30 days of coverage.

2 yes it will handel it

3 DS gives you overclock warranty for 3,4,5 years. doing so voids the intel one but ds has you covered.

4 no he is just trying to get a better comission. pro and ult have XP mode

micro center offers cheap stuff yes but i know of two made by them and they are constantly getting repaired for idiot problems. the people who construct them in the ny store are morons and do things half a$$ed. before the computers ran right they each spent an avg of 12 hrs on the road and 3 weeks fixing it (all the trips combined) avoid them

Originally posted by Bishop Thank you all for the suggestions. I guess I am going to go with the 920. My concerns were getting a CPU that is slower and needed to be overclocked to get more out of it. I am not technical as you can tell so I have heard negative things about overclocking. I also know that there is a lot of hype and marketing when it comes to CPU & GPU companies. It is just difficult to get the real info. DST4ME - Thanks for your help again. 1. What internet security and anti-virus would you recommend for online gaming? 2. I am assuming that 750 PSU is more then plenty for future SLI configuration? 3. Will the DS warranty cover any issues including overclocking for the three year? 4. The sales rep. from Micro Center recommended that I get Win. 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Any issues with this versus Professional version? Thanks.

My pleasure

there is nothing wrong with oc when its done right and DS knows what they are doing, your oced 920 is under warranty and should last you minimum of 8 years.

1. ESET Smart Security, it has a 30 day full free trial, try it first then buy a license after 30 days its fast and light and you will love it, forget mcafee and norton

2. 750w will give you dual sli but not tri sli, for that you will need 1000w psu (corsair)

3. yes warranty covers the whole pc as you get it, so if its oced then its under warranty with the oc.

the sales rep from Micro Center is an idiot,

look here and tell me if you see anything that says you should get ultimate, the only reason I chose pro is because of xp support, otherwise I would have recommended premium.




Edited by DST4ME - 25 Nov 2009 at 5:40am

Congrats Let the torture begin

actually only gpu drivers are the ones that you want to update, but if you are having smooth gaming and nothing is wrong,I wouldn't even upgrade the gpu drivers for a while.

sometime they can cause problems, some drivers just won't play nice with some people's systems, I think all of us here has had that one time or another, where a gpu driver update just gave bsod or didn't play nice, so we had to go back to the one that was working before it.

and yes DS does load all the drivers.