my heatsink is bigger 9700>9500

my hd is bigger and faster 2x250Gb sata raid0

my CPu is faster e6750 oced to 3.6

my E-**** is also bigger too

ok my single 7950gx2 sucks but I don't care

 

sounds like a nice rig What chipset and RAM? 3dmark06 scores??

this is also my first system, i was on a budget and i think i did pretty darn good. i was going to get the 9700 but it wouldnt fit in my case. i plan to get a raptor drive soon and run it in RAID. might also get another GTX cheap off a friend and run it in SLi.

upgrade to a dx10 card, it works wonders (but you also have to get Vista, and not all the drivers are completely perfect yet...)

 

well thump we are pretty much living the exact same routine. student, GF, working when off school, working out, i too sold a bunch of stuff recently to get money (old model trains actually, you'd be amazed at what people pay for that stuff).

 

Striker Extreme.... 680i
2Gb OCZ Sli Ready pc2-6400 (not OC frendly)

9534

I's so pissed tho my ram is holding me back from going higer than 1600/800 it WILL NOT go any further

I'm waiting thiss the 9 series crds and vista SP1 come out before I jump into dx10, i'll buy more/better ram then too

 

ya people are really anticipating those 9 series cards, they are supposed to get all the kinks out and be 100% smooth etc etc.

i dont really have a bottleneck on my system right now, i could OC a ton more. if i was to run my CPU stock i would have to underclock my RAM. and the 680i SLi is awesome for overclocking, and with the zaleman my temps are perfectly fine, plenty of room for more OC. its just so fast now i dont really need to OC more, and i dont want to shorten the life of my parts too much.

 

I cranked the HELL out of my vcore and couldn't get 3.6 or 3.8 I was PISSED!!! i'm rock solid @ 3.2 1.35vcore but at like 1.5 I cant get it to boot windows at 3.6. i'm like WTF!!!!!!. I think it has something to do with the ram tho, i'm also pissed I cant run stalker with any kind of HDR at even minumum settings, yet I can run HL2, DOOM3, Farcry and Prey with 16x Af 4-8x AA with @ 1680x1050 with eveything maxed..... makes no sense

 

ya, man that sounds annoying. my graphics card destroys everygame on highest settings, FEAR i get like 172 fps no prob. nov 16th Crysis hits the market, cant wait. that will be a good dx10 test.

On my OC, i havent even had to up the voltage yet. If i pushed it much further i would though, one of these days im going to see if i can hit 3.8 or 4.0 and still keep temps decent. i know my RAM and mobo can handle it no prob. and generally the e6600 and the other c2d procs are excellent OCs but sometimes they just wont go the length. i would do it just for kicks, i wouldnt run it there though.

my friend has similar OCZ RAM as your and it doesnt OC well at all either. go with corsair next time.

 

My set up. I did some tests when I switched from a Pentium D 3.6ghz to the Core 2 Duo at 2.66ghz. The Core 2 Duo was about 30% faster that the Pentium D in just about everything I ran thru it.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66ghz
Intel DG965WH MB - Onboard HD Audio
BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB Graphics Card
Western Digital 250GB SATA 300 main HDD
Western Digital 250GB SATA 300 secondary HDD
Western Digital 400GB SATA 300 HDD --| All in an AMS 4 drive
Western Digital 500GB SATA 300 HDD | eSATA enclosure
2 Samsung 500GB SATA 300 HDD --| JBOD setup
3GB DDR2-800 memory
Lite-On LH-20A1S DVD Burner
Lite-On LH-20A1L DVD Burner
Windows XP Home SP2
Gateway 24" FPD2485W Monitor

 

That's easy, try having kids!!! Wanna see a money drain? Have a kid.

Nice pc. I have a Dell XPS Gen 4, 3.73 GHz hyperthreading cpu Extreme Edition, 1066 MHz FSB, 2 GB ram running at 533 MHz, 160 gb hd, ATI Radeon x850PE w/256mb of video ram, SB Audigy ZS sound card, almost got it paid off!! Top o' the line back in early 2005.

In case you guys like tweaking your registry to improve performance, I suggest http://www.tweakxp.com/

That is a very good site frequented by other XP operators and things they have found to work, and things to avoid!!

 

I hate computers.

 

Me too. Thats why I just take it to my uncle and say have at it. Last time all I wanted was more ram. Turns out I got an almost new machine... Only thing that didn't change was the case and hard drive.

 

Can I call your uncle my uncle too?

I've built many PC's and they run great for awhile, but their like an old Chevy... Oil leaks, loss of power, starts to misfire, so you have to pull the engine and rebuild it.

Screw that.