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It's time for "Not A Dell" to start
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It's time for "Not A Dell" to start
Well, seeing as my dirt bike is being sold tonight, I thought I might celebrate by opening a build log. Let's just say my attitude at this moment is...
 I never thought my dirt bike would sell, but I am going to get 1400 for it. time for another great gaming rig to be built. Opinions, opinions, opinions. I want every comment or crit you can come up with. It will be oc'd as far as i can go without being risky. I'm getting the Antec P180 and the additional 80 mm fan plus a TT Bigtyphoon on there for sufficient cooling. Also, my bedroom is as cold as hell, at night when I'll be folding it's like 16*C down there  Do you think that'll allow me to go far in oc'ing?Specs, here we go: Antec P180 Super Mid-Tower Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester TT Big Typhoon Asus A8N32-SLi eVGA GeForce 7900 GT CO OCZ 2 GB Gold PC4000 XTC Gaming RAM WD 250GB Caviar SE16 w/ 16mb cache Enermax Noisetaker 600W LG Supermulti DVD Writer/Dual Layer DVD Creative Soundblaster Xfi Xtrememusic (PURCHASED!) Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 surround speakers BenQ FP91G+SB 19" w/DVI, 8ms Logitech G5 corded gaming mouse (PURCHASED!) Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (PURCHASED!) XP Home OEM w/ SP2 ______________________ $2626.21 CAD Will this be a nice gaming rig? I can finally afford something expensive. Good grades and a job pay off, I reccommend getting a job!  Stay in school, don't do drugs kids. 
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The BT is big. Really big. I had to cut a hole in the side panel of my case so it could get enough air. It keeps my temps at or below 50*C. I actually have the same HD model you have posted above WD2500ks. It works well for me. It cut my load times in half compared to my old IDE drive. I think there's a bug with the S.M.A.R.T. function of it or the temps run pretty high. 50*C-70*C. It doesn't feel this hot to the touch though. I'm not familiar with your DVD drive. My NEC works well and I'm sure that yours will too. I dont' see anything else except to envy your new monitor. 'grats.
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I have 2.8Ghz 24/7 with the same cpu/heatsink
 Great, great chipsPlus my rooms as hot as hell
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By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe. http://www.last.fm/user/niko-time/
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i hope the hsf will fit in there... I don't really wanna cut a hole in the p180 cuz it's a triple layer material so it might defeat the purpose of getting it.
the fps isn't extremely high, but do games still run really well on it? I want to mainly play games but during schoolwork i multitask a lot. Would it be able to play FEAR on highest settings? Or Far Cry? 
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Not sure about them simply because I dont have them, but you would be able to play bf2 with everything maxed
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i play oblivion w/ "ultra high-settings" 1280 x whatever without hangups. Well... only 1 hangup. If i get 5-8 NPC's onscreen it slows down to about 15 fps.
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And God said: ∇ • E = ρ / εo; ∇ • B = 0; ∇ x E = - ∂B/∂t; ∇ x B = μoJ + μoεo∂E/∂t; and there was light .
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I'm happy then. Oblivion on ultra settings. wow, I'm really really happy! I also plan to get another 7900 GT CO in SLi this summer/fall. the first upgrade.
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Why is it called project not a dell, did you used to have a dell or something. Or are you putting it into a dell case?
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Note: My FAQ's are outdated, with the lack of time i have recently it's likely to take some time before they are updated... $50 / $1300 for new computer, which consists of;
Acer H243Hbmid 24" (On its way) - Cooler Master Centurion 5 Cac-T05-WW (Antec 1200 at Christmas) - Sony Optiarc 24x DVD Writer - Intel Core i7-920 1366 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 500gb 7200RPM - ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 - Corsair 650W SLI/Crossfire Ready (Antec CP 850W at Christmas) - Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000 - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1gb
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good question. all my life i've had a dell. never a comp of my own, always the family's comp. i'm on a dell right now. its a p4 with a 64 mb geforce 4 mx 440 and 512 mb of ****ty dell ram. i can't even listen to music and go online without it taking 20 minutes to process a letter. i have no idea what a diff the new comp will do compared to this. i can't imagine what graphics and speed will be like
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well it sounds like that dell has some problems but a custom build will be a nice upgrade.
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