MY New Super COMPUTER

**carvercasey** · 28.01.10, 13:40

Just built a new machine for just under $800

This machine is a GREAT build for the money. It runs circles around pre-built $1500 machines

heres the specs:

-AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
**Overclocked to 3.2GHz on stock cooling**

-4GB (2 Sticks of 4 available) DDR2 1066 RAM

-MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

-GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX Ultra Durable II AMD Motherboard

-Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive

- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive

-OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply

-Sunbeam AC-9B-HUVB Blue Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

**Vation** · 28.01.10, 14:33

Congratz on new BOX, it may serve you well and reliable for years.

However.
I am not sure if Dual-Core CPU and GeForce 8800 GT makes it supercomuter. It is not too much computing power even if talking about CUDA. Storage size seems to be average.

I mean if you had FASTRA or FASTRA II

FASTRA specs
FASTRA

FASTRA II sppecs
Specifications FASTRA II
FASTRA II benchmarks
Benchmarks FASTRA II

Mostly it.'s not what you have but how much processing power you are able to use effectively.

Good PC, have fun.

**v6ph1** · 28.01.10, 15:12

nothing special - you can build a faster PC for less money:
Use an AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 150€ (afaik 190$ ?)
an AM3 Mainboard with 770 chipset: 100$
4 GB DDR3 - 60-70$
HD5770 - 150$ (or HD4870 for the same)
Normal Enermax PSU with 425W (noone needs more!) - 70$
1 HDD - 70$ (Not any special one - a Variant with 500GB on one platter and 7k2)
At least one case for 70$ and a DVD burner for 30$.

sum: 750$ - 50$ less and even faster.

- v6ph1

PS: Prices are todays Euro prices from germany using a course of 1€=1,3$. (rounded with tax)

**RUBBER** · 28.01.10, 23:20

my pc

Box Antec
Corsair VX550
Asus P6T SE
Intel CORE i7 920 2.66Ghz
Cooler Freezer Extreme
NVIDIA 9800 GT
6GB DDR3 1333 MHZ Tri Channel
Disck 1TB sata2 32MB cache
DVD burner Sata DVDRW 20x

only 850 euros

**sano3000** · 02.02.10, 01:27

great pc for non-hardcore gamer....

**Nobody** · 02.02.10, 01:45

Originally Posted by sano3000

great pc for non-hardcore gamer....

Eh. Running games on maximum settings is overrated.

Saving money is good.

**Vation** · 02.02.10, 15:28

It's worth to buy average PC and update it frequently/selling older PC parts at eBay and so on.

Eh. Running games on maximum settings is overrated.
Saving money is good.

Absolutely agree with you Nobody. Maximum setting are overrated not much different than middle ones.

great pc for non-hardcore gamer....

For some it might be, server usage and for those who understand and are able to use parallel computing with GPU's.(nVidia CUDA or ATI Stream)

Programming Massively Parallel Processors

**dredream** · 03.04.10, 10:59

You should have gone for a cheap DX10 card that way you could enjoy the newer games. Also, 8800 eats a lot more power and produces a lot more heat. I would go with what v6ph1 suggested for the GPU. Also buddy your PSU is overkill for the setup.

But, slow and steady H/W updates can change a lot

**anon** · 03.04.10, 17:35

The thread starter is a (now banned) spambot, but it's nice to see constructive posts here.

**tokiodrift1** · 03.04.10, 19:12

My PC was a high-end PC when buyed a year ago (still upper-class), but for the future I'm looking for a green-it-pc.
I think they're called nettops.
They dont have enough power for video-encoding or latest games, but they are enough for general work like office, web and even media-playback stuff (up to 1080p with XBMC).

The big plus is that their power consumption is very low.
Furthermore sometimes they're available in tiny cool-looking cases (Example: AcerRevo, Zotac Mag).

For a little time I jumped to a laptop, but the ergonomy was not as good as I thought.

**thecoolest** · 01.05.10, 08:21

as maybe i want 1 too

its maybe intel i7 processor(cache speed is about too 15mbps spl tuning up for imac

too)
nvidia 480 graphic card
2tb seagate hdd
gigabyte or msi motherboard (which run my processor)
8gb ddr3 ram

its only my wish if i can make it then ..lol

**japanrocker** · 02.05.10, 13:55

Originally Posted by Vation

Absolutely agree with you Nobody. Maximum setting are overrated not much different than middle ones.

i agree it looks like there is no difference between the middle settings and the highest settings in many video games. The only game i see a huge difference is mw2

**--->HDBD<---** · 02.05.10, 16:16

Alienware Area 51ALX Eloxiertes Premium-Desktopgehäuse, Schwarz
Intel® Core™ Core i7-980x (3.33GHz 12MB 6.4GT/sec)
Original Windows® 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - Deutsch
Dual 2GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card
12 GB (3 x 4 GB) Tri-Channel-Speicher mit 1.333 MHz
512GB Solid State Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" Dual HDD - (2x256GB)
Blu-ray RW-Laufwerk (Blu-ray, DVD und CD lesen und schreiben) und 24 x
DVD+/-RW-Laufwerk (DVD und CD lesen und schreiben)
Alienware Multimedia-Tastatur - Schweiz/Deutsch (QWERTZ)
Alienware TactX™ Maus
Killer™ Xeno™ Pro Netzwerkkarte
Integriertes HDA mit Dolby Digital 7.1

**anon** · 02.05.10, 17:50

Originally Posted by --->HDBD<---

Alienware Area 51ALX Eloxiertes Premium-Desktopgehäuse, Schwarz
Intel® Core™ Core i7-980x (3.33GHz 12MB 6.4GT/sec)
Original Windows® 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - Deutsch
Dual 2GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card
12 GB (3 x 4 GB) Tri-Channel-Speicher mit 1.333 MHz
512GB Solid State Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" Dual HDD - (2x256GB)
Blu-ray RW-Laufwerk (Blu-ray, DVD und CD lesen und schreiben) und 24 x
DVD+/-RW-Laufwerk (DVD und CD lesen und schreiben)
Alienware Multimedia-Tastatur - Schweiz/Deutsch (QWERTZ)
Alienware TactX™ Maus
Killer™ Xeno™ Pro Netzwerkkarte
Integriertes HDA mit Dolby Digital 7.1

I can post my specs too if that's what this thread's now about, but I'm going to be made fun of...