I've now ordered all the parts. I got
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 1366 motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365) ($289)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66ghz CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202) ($280, I'll OC it up to like 3.8ghz)
nVidia GeForce GTS 250 512mb GPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468) ($130, free Cod: World at War too)
Corsair 750w PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006) ($120)
OCZ Gold 6gb DDR3 RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365) ($100)
Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATA HDD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284) ($100)
And this case ($140): http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NQ==
I also got a DVD drive and a wireless card with three antennas.
1T is so awesome. I'm so glad that HDDs are cheap as dirt. Though I would never spend that much on a case it is quite sexy.
i have 2 gigs of the OCZ gold ddr2 667
also, are you not getting a heatsink? akudood;
Nice. Can't wait to see the result.
Quote from: reefer on July 09, 2009, 02:03:31 PM
1T is so awesome. I'm so glad that HDDs are cheap as dirt. Though I would never spend that much on a case it is quite sexy.
Yes and I'll be adding second and third terabyte drives for backup and extra storage... the case is expensive, yeah, but it's worth it for what I've read is superb cooling and sound deadening
Quote from: Trevor on July 09, 2009, 02:23:39 PM
i have 2 gigs of the OCZ gold ddr2 667
also, are you not getting a heatsink? akudood;
uh between the mobo's built-in heatsink and the stock one that comes with the i7 I should be fine, the case has good cooling
Good idea. I wish there was something to automatically backup shit n_u
Hot damn, i sure would like me one of those
Quote from: wziard on July 10, 2009, 01:34:15 AM
Yes and I'll be adding second and third terabyte drives for backup and extra storage... the case is expensive, yeah, but it's worth it for what I've read is superb cooling and sound deadening
uh between the mobo's built-in heatsink and the stock one that comes with the i7 I should be fine, the case has good cooling
you of all people do not seem like the type to skimp on something like a heatsink
Quote from: Trevor on July 10, 2009, 07:50:52 AM
you of all people do not seem like the type to skimp on something like a heatsink
intel isn't a shitty hong kong company barely making a profit, their shit is good. I plan on upgrading to a liquid system later anyway.
Quote from: reefer on July 10, 2009, 01:37:06 AM
Good idea. I wish there was something to automatically backup shit n_u
i think he's installing os x so there is
Quote from: Prowling Kewn on July 10, 2009, 10:23:05 PM
i think he's installing os x so there is
yes although last time I used Time Machine it took up an absurd amount of space
All the shit arrived yesterday, and I put it together today. Nothing DOA or defective, the case is beautiful and the Corsair PSU even came in a felt drawstring bag ( doodhuh; ).
On the agenda is
1. install windows, install mobo/gpu drivers and make sure everything is working properly
2. get latest bios
3. attempt to install OS X, which I'm guessing will fail at least 10 times before I get it to work days from now.
thumbup; Cool stuff, you should take pics thumbup;
Got OS X installed and fully working, and played around with overclocking the i7 a bit. Right now it's at 3.2ghz (factory clock is 2.6), although it can get up to 4.0 (but I need a better CPU cooler for that).
(http://boyah.net/images/snorkel/hackintosh1.jpg)
(http://boyah.net/images/snorkel/hackintosh2.jpg)
I wish i had a screen that big :(
If I was building a desktop now myself, I'd skip the Core 2 Duo's and get a i7 myself; but i'm getting a laptop so blah.
Quote from: ã'ã‚·ã'£ã'¢-ã›ã‚“ã±ã„ on August 01, 2009, 02:41:05 PM
If I was building a desktop now myself, I'd skip the Core 2 Duo's and get a i7 myself; but i'm getting a laptop so blah.
i7's are nice, but Quad's don't run games quite as good as Core 2 Duo's do.
Quote from: Nate on August 03, 2009, 09:53:14 AM
i7's are nice, but Quad's don't run games quite as good as Core 2 Duo's do.
that makes no fucking sense because even if games didn't support full quad-core threading it would still be
at least as good as a dual-core
Quote from: wziard on August 03, 2009, 05:12:06 PM
that makes no fucking sense because even if games didn't support full quad-core threading it would still be at least as good as a dual-core
Well sure, it runs as good as a Core 2, but if you aren't getting any performance increases based on spending over $200 on a processor, I don't quite see a point.
Quote from: Nate on August 03, 2009, 11:25:17 PM
Well sure, it runs as good as a Core 2, but if you aren't getting any performance increases based on spending over $200 on a processor, I don't quite see a point.
You can run most games fine on a single core CPU of decent clock. Why not just spend $40 on an old Core Duo? Oh yeah, because the point of computers isn't games doodhuh;
Quote from: wziard on August 04, 2009, 12:53:10 PM
You can run most games fine on a single core CPU of decent clock. Why not just spend $40 on an old Core Duo? Oh yeah, because the point of computers isn't games doodhuh;
Depending on what type of computer you want.
Quote from: wziard on July 10, 2009, 01:34:15 AM
Yes and I'll be adding second and third terabyte drives for backup and extra storage... the case is expensive, yeah, but it's worth it for what I've read is superb cooling and sound deadening
uh between the mobo's built-in heatsink and the stock one that comes with the i7 I should be fine, the case has good cooling
stock heatsinks are fucking terrible even with a case that has good cooling and they tend to be loud as fuck
anyway
my original point when posting this was that you don't seem like the type of person who would settle for something like a stock heatsink when you could easily get much better for $20-30
What in the world do you need an i7 for?
Nice dude!
That is such a beast setup.
Mine sucks:/
Quote from: Trevor on November 27, 2009, 05:58:54 AM
stock heatsinks are fucking terrible even with a case that has good cooling and they tend to be loud as fuck
anyway
my original point when posting this was that you don't seem like the type of person who would settle for something like a stock heatsink when you could easily get much better for $20-30
I guess but I've been running OC'd at about 3.4ghz for months with no cooling problems so I'll stick with the stock one until I need to go to 4
Quote from: TheSequel on November 27, 2009, 10:34:29 AM
What in the world do you need an i7 for?
converting hundreds of 50-60mb images at a time from raw to jpg or tif is something I do several times in a week, and i7 makes it go really, really fast
also processing HD footage, editing/generating HD images, applying filters and the like to massive files in photoshop, are all things I do frequently
Quote from: wziard on November 28, 2009, 02:30:06 PM
I guess but I've been running OC'd at about 3.4ghz for months with no cooling problems so I'll stick with the stock one until I need to go to 4
okay dude
My laptop forever overheats