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"Files" huh... ~2280gb of space is excessive though. :P

 

Please, it's not what you think it is. Mostly work, games, other applications and stuff.

 

The Razer Deathadder is a mighty fine mouse.

 

Second that. Ever since I've been using it, the improved sensitivity, and so much comfortable, the cool looks and red leds, I never look back again.

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It's a little wasted when Intel recently announced a beefed-up Intel Core i7 950 (3.06Ghz) to replace the 940 (2.93Ghz), in which both versions are at the same price. :(

A little late to respond I know, but it was either build NOW or don't build at all. I did not have time to wait for the 950.

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A little late to respond I know, but it was either build NOW or don't build at all. I did not have time to wait for the 950.

 

Oic. So did you overclock your Core i7 940?

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I forgot to update current's setup. Updated parts in white.

 

Malevolence Classified Rig:

  • CASING: Lian Li PC-A71B + Lian Li W-75BT Window Side Panel
  • CPU: Intel Core i7 D0 @ 2.67Ghz (Overclocked from 2.67Ghz to 4.2Ghz range at personal preference)
  • HEATSINK + FANS: Thermalright TRue Black + 2 Thermalright Fan Holders + 2 Zalman-F3 Red - 2 Zalman Fan resistors
  • NORTHBRIDGE FAN: 1 Scythe Mini Kaze 40x10mm Blue LED fan
  • FANS: 6 Zalman-F3 Red
  • THERMAL COMPOUND: Arctic Cooling MX-2
  • MOTHERBOARD: EVGA X58 Classified E761
  • RAM: 6GB (03pcsx2GB) 1600Mhz DDR3
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 216SP
  • HDD 1: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
  • HDD 2: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
  • HDD 3: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • HDD 4: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • HDD 5: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • ODD: Lite-On 24X DVDRW
  • PSU: 700W Aerocool V12
  • Monitor: Philips 22" LCD
  • Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Gaming Keyboard
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder
  • Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
  • OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Edited by Malevolence

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You must download a lot of porn to justify having that much storage space. :P

 

j/k ^_^

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You must download a lot of porn to justify having that much storage space. :P

 

j/k ^_^

 

I promised you I do not waste money on HDDs to store porn. It's for mainly HD movies and TV shows dude.

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CPU:Core i7 920 LGA1366

MOB:Asus P6T Deluxe

MEM:3GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600mhz

GFX:BFG Geforce GTX 285 OCX

AUD:Creative SB X-Fi Elite Pro

SSD:Intel 160GB X25M SATAII SSD

HDD:WDC Black 640GB SATAII HDD

PSU:Seasonic M12D 850w

All wrapped in a Coolermaster HAF 922 case

 

Mouse: Razer Mamba

Keyboard: Microsoft/Razer Reclusa

Monitor: 22" LG M2294D

 

OS: Windows XP Home :) (The only OS all my fav programs work on)

 

Cost? Don't ask...

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I forgot to update current's setup. Updated parts in white.

 

Malevolence Classified Rig:

  • CASING: Lian Li PC-A71B + Lian Li W-75BT Window Side Panel
  • CPU: Intel Core i7 D0 @ 2.67Ghz (Overclocked from 2.67Ghz to 4.2Ghz range at personal preference)
  • HEATSINK + FANS: Thermalright TRue Black + 2 Thermalright Fan Holders + 2 Zalman-F3 Red - 2 Zalman Fan resistors
  • NORTHBRIDGE FAN: 1 Scythe Mini Kaze 40x10mm Blue LED fan
  • FANS: 6 Zalman-F3 Red
  • THERMAL COMPOUND: Arctic Cooling MX-2
  • MOTHERBOARD: EVGA X58 Classified E761
  • RAM: 6GB (03pcsx2GB) 1600Mhz DDR3
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 216SP
  • HDD 1: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
  • HDD 2: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
  • HDD 3: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • HDD 4: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • HDD 5: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • ODD: Lite-On 24X DVDRW
  • PSU: 700W Aerocool V12
  • Monitor: Philips 22" LCD
  • Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Gaming Keyboard
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder
  • Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
  • OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Late, but: how much did that all cost (excluding the last 4 HDDs)? Edited by F15pilotX

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Late, but: how much did that all cost (excluding the last 4 HDDs)?

 

Not cheap, honestly. Everything inclusive is about 4K.

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Yeah, see that's like waaayyyyy out of my price range. :P

 

But it will last you a long time.

 

Still don't know if you need all those HDDs though. Still thinking of getting a SSD in the future? They look awesome. :o

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Yeah, see that's like waaayyyyy out of my price range. :P

 

But it will last you a long time.

 

Still don't know if you need all those HDDs though. Still thinking of getting a SSD in the future? They look awesome. :o

 

Yes, I desperately require alot of storage space for my projects and works. I'm already looking at the SSDs right now and is still considering about it.

Currently the interesting models are Corsair Force F120 SSD 120GB or the G.Skill Phoenix Pro SandForce SSD 120GB.

With the recent talks on SATA 6.0Gbps and USB3.0, upgrading at this stage is at the wrong time.

Definitely later in time I'll make my rig USB3.0 ready by upgrading the existing USB2.0 ports on my casing and planting a new PCI card for it.

And changing to SSDs with current SATA 3.0Gbps... I'm not sure.

 

Oh I've recently added another component to increase air ventilation.

  • Lian Li BZ-502B (5.25" Intake cooling kit to replace 3 x 5.25" bays)
  • 1 Zalman-F3 (120mm Red LED Fan)

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Current Update status.

 

Malevolence Classified Rig:

  • CASING: Lian Li PC-A71B + Lian Li W-75BT Window Side Panel + Lian Li BZ-502
  • CPU: Intel Core i7 D0 @ 2.67Ghz (Overclocked from 2.67Ghz to 4.2Ghz range at personal preference)
  • HEATSINK + FANS: Thermalright TRue Black + 2 Thermalright Fan Holders + 2 Zalman-F3 Red - 2 Zalman Fan resistors
  • NORTHBRIDGE FAN: 1 Scythe Mini Kaze 40x10mm Blue LED fan
  • FANS: 7 Zalman-F3 Red
  • THERMAL COMPOUND: Arctic Cooling MX-2
  • MOTHERBOARD: EVGA X58 Classified E761
  • RAM: 6GB (03pcsx2GB) 1600Mhz DDR3
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 216SP
  • HDD 1: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
  • HDD 2: Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black
  • HDD 3: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • HDD 4: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • HDD 5: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
  • ODD: Lite-On 24X DVDRW
  • PSU: 700W Aerocool V12
  • Monitor: Philips 22" LCD
  • Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Gaming Keyboard
  • Mouse: Razer Deathadder
  • Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
  • OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Edited by Malevolence

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I wouldn't use an SSD for anything but a boot drive. Each cycle of an SSD's flash storage degrades it a little until you can't use it and the drive dies. Since you seem to have high capacity read/write cycles, an SSD is not a good choice yet.

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Each cycle of an SSD's flash storage degrades it a little until you can't use it and the drive dies.

 

Keep in mind that a write cycle is only complete once the ENTIRE drive is written over, and consumer SSDs are rated for tens of THOUSANDS of write cycles; so no matter how you use it, the SSD will outlast most of the rest of the system.

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New PC deployed. Oh yeah.

 

Here's what I have in it:

  • Case: Cooler Master Elite NV Edition
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-U3DL (LGA 775)
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13 gHz
  • CPU Cooler: Stock Intel (Thermaltake cooler is on the way)
  • RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 (PC2-6400)
  • PSU: Antec BP550 @ 550W
  • Video: PNY Technology geForce 9600GT @ 512MB
  • SSD: Corsair Nova 32GB
  • HDD1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB
  • HDD2: Western Digital RE3 200GB (IDE)
  • HDD3: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB
  • Optical: LG CD/DVD Burner
  • Sound: Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
  • Display: 2 x 19" standard LCD monitors
  • Speakers: Logitech X-240 speakers with sub
  • Input: Logitech 920 Illuminuated keyboard, Logitech M500 mouse
  • OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

 

And a few pictures...

 

Here's the motherboard...

mobo_.jpg

 

The RAM and SSD...

ram_ssd.jpg

 

The ****er lives!

it-lives.jpg

 

My cabling jobs are pretty ****ty... if you look hard enough at where that IDE cable goes, there is indeed a hard drive mounted in a DVD drive bay.

total-mess.jpg

 

And here she is at my desk, in all its dual screen glory! And I cleaned my desk up too. Oh, and yeah, that is a box of floppy disks on the left.

running-at-desk.jpg

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I like the case a lot. Also, don't you like widescreens or something? :P

 

With the SSD, do you notice any 'significant' speed up in boot time and all that jazz?

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The reboot speed is incredible with my SSD. It went from about a minute and a half from XP and a traditional HDD to right around 30 seconds. Might even be less than that.

 

[EDIT] I've had these monitors for ages. I didn't need to change them out since they work. xD

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The reboot speed is incredible with my SSD. It went from about a minute and a half from XP and a traditional HDD to right around 30 seconds. Might even be less than that.

Ain't that always the case with a fresh install?

 

Also, I like :)

Edited by Inferno

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Ain't that always the case with a fresh install?

 

Also, I like :)

 

SSDs run faster even if its a fresh install or its been running for a long while.

 

Still waiting patiently for the next generation of SSDs.

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Here's my current two rigs:

 

Rig 1:

Case/PSU: Antec Silent midtower case with power @ 500W

Motherboard: Asus P5Q SE

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.33 gHz

CPU Cooler: Stock Intel

RAM: 2 x 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 (PC2-8300)

Video: EVGA GeForce 9500GT @ 512MB

HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB

HDD2: Western Digital 500GB

Optical: Pioneer CD/DVD Writer

Sound: Realtek 8-ch HD Audio (onboard), Sound Blaster Audigy SE (separate)

Display: HP 19" widescreen LCD monitor

Speakers: general sub-woofer speakers (no brand name)

Input: HP usb keyboard, Logitech black mouse

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows XP Pro

 

Rig 2:

Case/PSU: Lenovo minitower case with power @ 280W

Motherboard: Lenovo (don't know the model)

CPU & Cooler: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 @ 2.4 ghz

RAM: 3GB DDR2 (PC2-6400) - don't know the brand

Video: EVGA GeForce GT 220 @ 1GB

HDD1: Hitachi serial 320GB (slow one though)

Optical: ATAPI CD/DVD Burner

Sound: Realtek HD Audio (onboard), Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium (separate)

Display: Hyundai 19" standard LCD monitor

Speakers: Creative 2-ch sub-woofer speakers

Input: Lenovo keyboard and Logitech quiet mouse

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

 

I have a third rig but that PC is old and I seldom use it for backup tasks.

Edited by purplescrin

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Got no pics to post yet. Though I will post the specs (for mine; I don't know my dad's specs).

 

Case: unknown brand, 500W PSU

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA79OX-DS4 (S-series)

Processor: Intel i3 @2.93 Ghz

Video Card: Nvidia 9800 GT, 1GB (Nvidia, from me? Well, I had no choice! I wanted ATI but Nvidia is better for video editing)

Ram: 2x Kingston 4GB DDR3

Primary HDD (System & Software Only): Seagate SATA 300 GB

Secondary HDD (Data): Seagate Sata 500 GB

Tertiary HDD: Western Digital 1 TB and Seagate 500 GB on Xtreamer Pro external networked HDD

Monitor: LG LED Flatron E2350, 21"

Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1 (old model)

Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Internet Pro (Wired)

OS: Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

We've got 2 more rigs, one for TV viewing and as a backup for encoding videos. The other is the super fast, 4 TB loaded PC of my dad, which is the primary video editing rig.

Edited by rSquar3d

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Updated my build with some upgrades...

 

  • Case: Cooler Master Elite NV Edition
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-UD3L (LGA 775)
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13 gHz
  • CPU Cooler: Stock Intel
  • RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 (PC2-6400)
  • PSU: Antec BP550 @ 550W
  • Video: EVGA geForce GTX460 @ 1GB
  • SSD: Corsair Nova 32GB
  • HDD1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB
  • HDD2: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB
  • HDD3: Samsung Spinpoint 320GB
  • HDD4: Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
  • Optical: LG CD/DVD Burner
  • Sound: Asus Xonar DS
  • Display: 2 x 19" standard LCD monitors
  • Speakers: Logitech X-240 speakers with sub
  • Input: Logitech 920 Illuminuated keyboard, Logitech M500 mouse
  • OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

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Ouch. Me thinks I have the suckiest accessories. Mainly speakers and input devices. Lulz.

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