Forum: Killer Rigs

on Mon 29 of March, 2010 20:59 UTC, by Kong Canada

For the last.... too many years I've been running the same old computer. The thing is a beast. It runs stuff that it likely shouldn't, but lately it's getting hard and harder as new software comes out designed to run on more up to date hardware.

That computer currently is...

Athlon XP 1800+ (1.55GHz)
Abit KR7A-Raid
Crucial PC2700 DDR
Radeon 9600TX
SBLive
WD 80gb and 120gb Harddrives
DVD-rom and DVD-ram drives

I've put together a new computer, only thing I'm missing is the video card due to it being on back order.

New computer is...

Case - Antec Three Hundredd Mini Tower
PSU - Antec Earthwatts 650W Power Supply
Motherboard - Asus R.O.G. Crosshair III Formula
CPU - Athlon II x2 250 Dual Core 3.0GHz (Temporary, will upgrade to a quad core Phenom II X4 645 Quad Core 3.5GHz in a few months)
CPU HSF - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2
RAM - OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 / 1333MHz 4GB (will upgrade with 2 more sticks to 8GB in a few months)
Graphics - Radeon HD 5770 850MHz 1GB 4.8GHz GDDR5 (will be purchasing a 2nd card for crossfire)
Audio - SupremeFX X-Fi?
Harddrive - WD Caviar Black 640GB SATA
Opitcal - Samsun SH-S223C DVD Writer SATA

Here are a couple of quick pics from my phone, I'll post better ones once i get the system fully up and running.

on Mon 12 of April, 2010 21:26 UTC, by Kong Canada

It's been a month since I first ordered the parts and seems my video card is FINALLY being shipped, just not the one I wanted. I told them to send me a XFX 5770 instead. Why it took a week to send it, I dn't know. Hopefully will be here in a few days.