should have gotten a standard 22" monitor + a 7" tablet (android). similar price to a touch screen 22" monitor but more practical imo.

Quote from dadge :

should have gotten a standard 22" monitor + a 7" tablet (android). similar price to a touch screen 22" monitor but more practical imo.

ive got one.lol only an epad but not bad,,i switch from using the monitor and my 47inch telly but usually use the monitor for lfs,i got the monitor because it didnt cost much more than a standard 22 inch,and the quality through the hd is brilliant,and no need for a mouse,

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Case: Antec 902 v3
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250gb
MB: GIGABYTE GA-MA78LMT-S2 AM3
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.8ghz
RAM: 4gb 1333
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5770 1GB

How does that system run on recent games? Looking at building an identical system (maybe different mobo but same chipset and a samsung spinpoint 500gb). Just wondered how it went and if its worth the upgrade from an athlon x2 5000+ BE and 8800GT?

if your motherboard is a socket AM2+, you can drop a phenom (AM3) straight into it with little/no hassle. i'm running a phenom 550 (duel core with loads of cache) and 8 gb of ddr2. coupled with my GTX470, there isn't many games out there that i can't run on high/ultra.

Quote from robt :

How does that system run on recent games? Looking at building an identical system (maybe different mobo but same chipset and a samsung spinpoint 500gb). Just wondered how it went and if its worth the upgrade from an athlon x2 5000+ BE and 8800GT?

I don't use it much for gaming. I use it for video editing but it runs LFS at MAX settings 200+fps and DiRT3 MAX settings at 55/60.

Thanks for the info guys, sadly I think my board is just plain AM2, AM2+ had only just ben released and was way out of my price range! Still, gives me an excuse for the Mrs to listen to when I spend a few hundred on a new pc

Quote from bmwe30m3 :

Mobo:Asus P5GDC DELUXE
RAM: 512 MB DDRAM
CPU: Intel P4 SL7PW 3.20 GHz
GPU: Nvida Geforce 6600 256MB
HDD: 160 GB Sata
PSU: 350W Forton

Old pics, there I had a ATA HDD.

Small Update:
It's in a case.
CPU: Intel P4 540 HT @ 3.5 GHz cooled by Arctic Cooling Freezer 7
Mobo: Asus P5GDC Deluxe
Ram: 512MB DDR2 + 1024MB DDR2
GPU: Asus EAH3650-Silent 512MB
HDD: 160GB
PSU: Fortron 350W

It's not a gaming rig, but runs lfs just fine, and MW2 Max settings @ 720p

New computer arrived today

Intel Core i7 2600
ASUS P8P67
8GB Samsung DDR3 RAM 1333Mhz
Palit GeForce GTX570
1 TB HDD

Also, should I be worried that SpeedFan is reporting CPU temperature of -60C? (However all four cores are at normal temperatures). There is no sign of this -60C reading in HWMonitor, so is this just SpeedFan failing?

I read somewhere that an unused temperature sensor can give negative values?

CPU : Intel i5 2500
Ram : 1x4GB twinmos 1333MHz DDR3 with heatsink
GPU : XFX GeForce 8500 GT Fatal1ty Edition
HDD : 80GB for OS & 1TB secondary
motherboard : GA-P67A-UD4
PSU : huntKey 550W 80% high efficiency
monitor : Samsung B2330 23" full HD
sound : creative SBS A300
OS : Windows 7 32-bit
Wheel : Driving force GT

>my face when someone spends ~$70 more on a P67 motherboard and couldn't add $20 more for a K-series CPU (unlocked multiplier, so you can actually overclock it)

Quote from eliajanineh :

GPU : XFX GeForce 8500 GT Fatal1ty Edition
OS : Windows 7 34-bit

Wat.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

>my face when someone spends ~$70 more on a P67 motherboard and couldn't add $20 more for a K-series CPU (unlocked multiplier, so you can actually overclock it)

when i bought it there wasn't other one with K but ,as well i dont like to overclock it would make the lifetime of the CPU shorter , on the other hand, without the "K" i can also overclock it (to 5.6 ) by the motherboard (see it ,its unlocked performance i can overclock any thing i want without any programs or anything els just the motherboard itself that was a good thing by gigabyte ) gigabyte p67a ud4

Quote from Bose321 :

Wat.

yes why not ! , its 2029MB with shared memory on Win 7 ,but the GPU is the lowest rated in the windows7 (5.4) i will get a HIS 6870 soon this summer

Quote from eliajanineh :

when i bought it there wasn't other one with K but ,as well i dont like to overclock it would make the lifetime of the CPU shorter , on the other hand, without the "K" i can also overclock it (to 5.6 ) by the motherboard (see it ,its unlocked performance i can overclock any thing i want without any programs or anything els just the motherboard itself that was a good thing by gigabyte ) gigabyte p67a ud4

1. K and non-K were released at same time.
2. Overclocking doesn't shortens lifetime of CPU by any really serious margin (3.4 -> 4.4 GHz overclocked CPU will live over 5 years unless you have really bad cooling)
3. You cannot overclock non-K processors with P67 motherboards, you could have saved $50-$100 by getting H67 mobo instead of P67, and as a good addition you'd get support for onboard graphics (to still have something in case your GPU dies, for example)

Quote from E.Reiljans :

1. K and non-K were released at same time.
2. Overclocking doesn't shortens lifetime of CPU by any really serious margin (3.4 -> 4.4 GHz overclocked CPU will live over 5 years unless you have really bad cooling)
3. You cannot overclock non-K processors with P67 motherboards, you could have saved $50-$100 by getting H67 mobo instead of P67, and as a good addition you'd get support for onboard graphics (to still have something in case your GPU dies, for example)

I mean there wasn't the one with K on that place where i bought it there was a i7 950 and i5 2400...dont remember the rest ....but it was the newest and the best one there in the shop so i bought it ,maybe after about 10 years i would need better CPU for gaming but this one very good right now there's no need to overclock it , i think this system will be great for gaming with the HIS 6870 you dont need more for the games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... Ys2CJJc&feature=inbox

Quote from eliajanineh :

maybe after about 10 years i would need better CPU for gaming

2-3 years, actually.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

2-3 years, actually.

for LFS 50 years lol

Quote from h3adbang3r :

8800GTS 512, E6750 @ 3.2
1680x1050, 8xAA, 16x AF

Nice AI names!

Edit: Sorry for bumping and old thread just to quote some ancient post. It was a mistake and I apologize.

Quote from anbiddulph :

Intel E8400 3ghz (no overclock)
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
4 GB DDR2 800mhz ram (2X2GB)
Gigabite Motherboard (dunno which 1)
500GB Hard Drive
HP Pavilion t250 case :P
650w PSU Win Power

Update (well, almost new system):

AMD Phenom 2 1090T @ 3.4Ghz - 3.7Ghz turbo core
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
8GB OCZ Platinum 1600Mhz (4x2GB)
Asus M4A88T-M 880G Motherboard
500GB Hard Drive
Zalman Z7 plus case
Arctic power 700W PSU

Quote from anbiddulph :

Update (well, almost new system):

AMD Phenom 2 1090T @ 3.4Ghz - 3.7Ghz turbo core
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
8GB OCZ Platinum 1600Mhz (4x2GB)
Asus M4A88T-M 880G Motherboard
500GB Hard Drive
Zalman Z7 plus case
Arctic power 700W PSU

Nice setup

Quote from anbiddulph :

Update (well, almost new system):

AMD Phenom 2 1090T @ 3.4Ghz - 3.7Ghz turbo core
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
8GB OCZ Platinum 1600Mhz (4x2GB)
Asus M4A88T-M 880G Motherboard
500GB Hard Drive
Zalman Z7 plus case
Arctic power 700W PSU

Um. Why would you pay $300 for 8GB of RAM when you can get those same 8GB for $75?

did i miss something? i can't see where he posted the price.

Quote from dadge :

did i miss something? i can't see where he posted the price.

OCZ Platinum 8GB kits start at $280 from what I can see in quick Google search.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

Um. Why would you pay $300 for 8GB of RAM when you can get those same 8GB for $75?

because i got the ram, processor and case off a friend for £60