New System

[MR_MADHATTER]

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two
Power Supply: Cooler Master 750 watt
MB: MSI 890FXA-GD70
Ram: 8GB 1600MHZ Corsair Dominator
Proc: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4 Ghz
HD: 1TB WD Caviar Black 6GB/s
Optical: Asus 8X Blu-Ray/DVD/CD
Video: NVidia GeForce 465 GTX 1GB DDR5
Monitor: HP S2331 23" LCD 2nd Monitor: 40" Samsung HDTV
Mouse: Razer Abyssus
OS: Windows 7 Home Pemium 64 bit OEM

Built in Houston TX at a friends house and with his help. Parts are from Fry's Electronics and Directron. Total price: About $1600

Solid system! It's the first computer I've seen in person that can run ArmA II with all the graphics options turned on all the way and not even blink. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT!!!!!!!!

[Skud]

Awesome, Mr MADHATTER! I've got a Phenom 940 3.0, ghz, and it runs everything very well. Yours should kick but!

[Caddys83]

Yay for Amd

[{CLR} Cobalt]

Dang AMD fanboys are out in force. They're takin over I tellz ya.

Good for you Mad. There is a good feeling about putting together a system that does what its supposed to and more.

I been parting out systems in my dreams for 2 years. Good thing is, the longer I wait, the better the latest and greater will be. Just something to throw money at.

[K PhaNTOM]

I spot too many AMD guys.

[Duke{CLR}]

Nice new rig there MH. How do you like that mouse? One of my mx518 went Tango uniform and I may switch.

[WalkinTarget]

Nice to see AMD rigs being built after all that Intel hoo haa for 2 years now.


They may not have the absolute top end chips, but for anyone but the hardest hardcore, they are a great buy. I'm curious to see how the six core chips perform in new games.

Ohh, and AMD is now going with a new CPU pin layout after all these years, so AM2/AM3 is soon to be relegated to the dustbin. Sad, but its no surprise seeing as how Intel does it every freakin' year.

[MR_MADHATTER]

It was ike this. I went to Houston thinking about the new hexcore. I am still curious like you WT. But when I actually discussed it with my buddy and really looked at the specs, There wasn't much difference. Intel wants over a grand for there top-o-the-line chip. $#@& Intel! So I reverted back to the price bend principle.

The price bend is the point at which the prices go up with not much increase in performance. I find that by the time a product falls to the price bend, it's been on the market long enough to know if it's a good product or not and still new enough that it is still considered a new high performance part with lots of usefull lifetime.

I like this mouse Duke. It's just a simple 3 button mouse with 3500 dpi resolution. I hate all those extra buttons cause I'm always hitting one by accident. One of the smoothest builds I have ever had. I don't know if I am getting better at this or what.

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

Sweet! AMD Rocks!

[ryanbatc]

Ooooh nice!!!

[WalkinTarget]

Yea, when that hex core 1055T was a blowout hot deal at $200, I was shocked ... shocked, I tell ya !!


When I found out that some old AM2+ boards could run it with just a BIOS update, I nearly fainted like a schoolgirl at a Beatles concert.

[Pumpkin_Jack]

Dam a 40" monitor i think mine is only 21"

Well anyways congratz!