Motherboard

dead mike

TD Member, Legend, Puncher of Faces, Chatbox King
really a waste even then, for real 3.5 ghz phenom ii x4 nvidia 460 high grade amd motherboard maybe 5 hundred total lol
 

Cock

Cockilicious
Staff member
but then its gonna be a $2000 rig when that comes out vs $1300 now for 2500k. buyer preference, i guess.

ivy is so close why not wait and see if it drives the current i5's price down?

lol@Deadmike the idea is to buy current hardware not stuff that's 2 years old ;)
 

OG buckshot jr

TD Admin
AMD's specs always look good, but then perform like crap. But, then again, that's why they're much cheaper than Intel... It's good, cause then there's two classes of equipment, depending if you want decent shit, or serious shit.
 
Ok so I bought my computer, missing mobo and SSD, 5-10 days before I get them:

Haf 932
Corsair AX750
EVGA Z68 FTW EATX mobo
i5 2500K
EVGA Superclock heatsink/fan
16g ddr3 1600 corsair vengeance
180g Force 3 SATAIII SSD
750g WD black caviar
EVGA GTX 570

With new 27" Samsung SA350
Razer Black Widow kb
Razer Naga Molten mouse
Steelseries Siberia V2 headset

As soon as ssd and mobo are here, I can play bf3!

Thanks for your help and comments!!!

ONE LOVE! :)
 

Glocky

Drinking your tears
Looks solid... but if you want a +1 from me... must post sexy system build pics when it's done! (please do some cable management!)
 
I am still waiting on the motherboard. I got all my stuff from Canada Computers since it's close to my house and their prices were lower than Newegg, especially when you deduct the shipping costs. It's been 15 business days today, and they still don't have an ETA on the mobo. I just asked them to cancel the order on it, and placed an order through Newegg. It's about $10 more than through the store, but for the quicker shipping time, I'll pay the extra $10!

I will post some pics next weekend once I get the time to put everything together and get it up and running!
 
So, my system is up and running now. The freggin SSD is so fast.. I am loading into windows before the stupid animation even finishes! So far, everything except my cpu has a 7.9 windows index rating. My CPU is sitting at 7.5, but I think once I overclock it should go up! I couldn't believe it, but I installed windows, all the updated drivers for my hardware (had them d/l and on cd) and the system rebooted at least 15 times.. the whole thing took 35 minutes!!

I don't have a wireless network card for it though, and I won't bother getting one as I just ordered the service from Teksavvy. I didn't want to go with their standard modem since every review I read trashes it. I just bought a motorola modem from amazon, and had to wait to have it in hand to order the service. I promised pics, and I took some, but my data cable for my phone is at work. I will bring it home Monday and upload the pics (I did a lot of cable management Glocky!).

Now, I am going to entertain myself throughout the week with seeing how far I can push the CPU :P
 

47

TD Admin, Chicken Licker, Top Shelf Sleeper
overclocking - if it aint broken, fix it 'till it is
 
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