oooo... she is finally alive again...

[EngenZerO]

machine I am posting from...

if some rememberd my heatsink clasp broke two weeks ago... after a mobo and cpu RMA to zipzoomfly and them dropping the ball last week (didnt keep my uptodate and lied on the phone many times to me). I snapped and gave them a piece of my mind on Monday and they gave in and sent me a brand new mobo and cpu. So my computer is alive again...now to go play.

AMD64 3400+ (heatsink Swiftech MCX6400-V w/ 92mm Panaflo dont trust that retail sink)
MSi K8N Neo 250GB
1GB of Mushkin 222 Special running @ 2-2-2-5 @ 200MHz 1:1
BFG 6800 Ultra OC
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
WD Raptor 74GB
Lite-on CDR/DVD Combo
Coolermaster Wavemaster case w/ Antec 550



i am so happy.

 

[nick1985]

you know the drill....BENCHIES

 

[Mama]

Where'd that Ultra OC come from?

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: nick1985
you know the drill....BENCHIES

I actually lost a few 3dmark03 pts due to the 61.71 drivers and using XP SP2 RC2, but my in game framerates actually are a lot smooth than the 61.34 I used two weeks ago.

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: Mama
Where'd that Ultra OC come from?

I purchased it from Monarch Computers a few weeks ago, . I got really lucky that I snagged it.

 

[NokiaDude]

Out of all mobo's, you chose an MSI motherboard? You know they purposely use bad caps right?

 

[charloscarlies]

Out of all mobo's, you chose an MSI motherboard? You know they purposely use bad caps right?

That MSI is a great board. Have you personally owned one? I'm guessing not.

 

[golgotha]

Engen,

What do you think of that Mushkin 2-2-2 Special? It looks tempting...

-dp

 

[wetcat007]

Hey man how's the noise on your grpahics card I just got in on a deal at compusa for a prebuy of a 6800 GT, for $280, I'm debating whether I should plan on keeping it or, sell it on ebay, if it's nice and quiet I'll sure as hell keep it.

 

[Treyshadow]

Yes, that MSI is a great board, Nokia must not have used it.

I think everyone needs to realize how big a company like MSI is. They, like DFI have several different lines, and this one is top of the top.

Bump for a good board!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
Out of all mobo's, you chose an MSI motherboard? You know they purposely use bad caps right?

That's why they now specifically talk about using high-quality, Japanese caps on their boards, right?

Somehow I don't think that any board maker would intentionally use bad caps. Cheap caps that could turn out to be bad caps, maybe, although hopefully not these days. But intentionally using bad caps? What does that buy them?

 

[Corporate Thug]

nice rig

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: charloscarlies

Out of all mobo's, you chose an MSI motherboard? You know they purposely use bad caps right?

That MSI is a great board. Have you personally owned one? I'm guessing not.

I had a horrible experience with the MSI 655 MAX motherboard, RMAd it FIVE times before getting a good one... (through newegg)

 

[Schadenfroh]

id hit it

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: golgotha
Engen,

What do you think of that Mushkin 2-2-2 Special? It looks tempting...

-dp

so far its very stable and fast. i have no problems running it @ those speeds only with 2.7 volts. I got a great batch sticks.

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: wetcat007
Hey man how's the noise on your grpahics card I just got in on a deal at compusa for a prebuy of a 6800 GT, for $280, I'm debating whether I should plan on keeping it or, sell it on ebay, if it's nice and quiet I'll sure as hell keep it.

well... its only loud during bootup. once windows kicks in the drivers control fan speed and it quiets down. overall, i would say its not that loud.

 

[GrumpyMan]

"i would say its not that loud."

Why does that scare me?

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
"i would say its not that loud."

Why does that scare me?

like i said its noticable during bootup, but when window kicks in it throttles.

 

[GrumpyMan]

But when you are in a game like Farcry or some other graphic intensive game, does it throttle back up and become as loud as when it boots?

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
But when you are in a game like Farcry or some other graphic intensive game, does it throttle back up and become as loud as when it boots?

dunno, LOL. i have my logitech z-560 thumping that it drowns out the sound.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Thanks for the feed back. I'm thinking of going back to Nvidia again but that is the only problem I would have (noise). If I'm playing a game like Splinter Cell in which stealth and quite are needed, not too many explosions, I was wondering if a high pitched whine would annoy me.

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Thanks for the feed back. I'm thinking of going back to Nvidia again but that is the only problem I would have (noise). If I'm playing a game like Splinter Cell in which stealth and quite are needed, not too many explosions, I was wondering if a high pitched whine would annoy me.

i will let you know tonight... . I will game a bit with the speakers off and let you know how loud the pc gets.

give you a gist of what I believe is quiet acceptably quiet is under 30db. My highest rated fan is my heatsink panaflow which is 30db. so when windows kicks in... it gets quiet.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Thanks!

 

[EngenZerO]

ok... the 6800 Ultra is really not that loud when you game either. Its rather quiet, it really blends in with the case fans.

btw... farcry plays nice

 

[GrumpyMan]

I'm jealous. Thanks.