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[Iceman]

The Tsunami is a really badass gaming case.

[Novahawk]

Tai-Chi lol...

but i personally like this case: (and im probably going to go with this one for my comp) this

Edited by Novahawk, 07 January 2007 - 06:21 PM.

[Iceman]

$204 shipped OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$115 Shipped GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965

[Iceman]

Sorry, that case is ugly as f*ck.

[Novahawk]

Omg, its not a big black box! its sux!!!

[*CHILIDOG*]

I kinda like it looks like it fell of a jet or something.

[Mike2077]

$204 shipped OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$115 Shipped GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965

Look at how bad the reviews are on that RAM. If its not around four stars I don't even look at it. All of those people can't be jackasses.

And the ds3 just has better quality capacitors than the s3.

[Iceman]

Most of the people who post reviews on newegg are stupid. Take those with a grain of salt, if you see a lot of people saying they had to RMA the item they bought, usually that means newegg received a bad set of hardware (it happens). It is usually better to get reviews for hardware from people who actually know the hardware.

And the ds3 just has better quality capacitors than the s3.

- Where'd you get that at? If that one has better hardware, then you're right, stick with the one you picked out. The only difference I saw between the two was the LAN chipset.

[Janton]

5-5-5-12 Timings? Disgusting. OCZ is f*cking awesome if you buy their best sh*t, but that RAM, is not their best. Get some Patriot Sigs The timings are better and the 40 dollar rebate is nice. Now I'm sure I'm about to get flamed about liking patriot, so let me just inform everyone I use Patriot, OCZ, and Corsair. But I've worked with this RAM alot, it is reliable, and has good over clock potential. I've had a pair of 2 x 512MB clocked at 500+mhz. (DDR2 1000)

[Iceman]

Janton, give us your expert advice on how memory timings are affected with Conroes. The number people/research I have done, has led me to believe that timings aren't nearly as meaningful as they were with AMD (but this was when they first came out, i'm sure there is more info about it around now). Maybe you can share your knowledge on it?


For your video card, the 8800GTS is a much better price/performance: http://www.zipzoomfl...ductCode=322839 $380 with free shipping (and after a $30 MIR). Better card, better warranty, nVidia, and lower price

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For another $50 you can upgrade to the 150gb raptor as opposed to the 74gb...

Edited by Iceman, 07 January 2007 - 09:44 PM.

[SoB]

The Tsunami is a really badass gaming case.

it overheats like crazy fyi...no airflow what so ever

[Mike2077]

I don't want the 150gb version because all I'm putting on it is OS and games. Rest of the sh*t on the Seagate. And I'm reluctant to go DX10 so soon with the first card on the market. It just doesn't seem smart. The x1950 will handle anything for a good while now and I'll switch over to DX10 down the line.

Yea I don't take all the newegg reviews seriously but when only like 50% recommend it somethings wrong.

Edited by Mike2077, 07 January 2007 - 11:33 PM.

[Janton]

Wait this guy is going Conroe too? I need some notes on who's building what and when.

[Iceman]

And I'm reluctant to go DX10 so soon with the first card on the market.

- It is DX10, but still should have support for DX9, right? I don't think you are required to run DX10 on that card, in fact, I didn't think DX10 was out until Vista?

Edit: read this about the 8800GTS DX9/DX10...

Wait this guy is going Conroe too? I need some notes on who's building what and when.

lol

Edited by Iceman, 08 January 2007 - 12:46 AM.

[Mike2077]

Hmm for that much of a performance boost over the x1950 I'm gonna have to go 8800gts.

Will that Zalman GPU cooler be compatible with the 8800 gts?

Edited by Mike2077, 08 January 2007 - 08:56 AM.

[Iceman]

Will that Zalman GPU cooler be compatible with the 8800 gts?

- I wouldn't know... First thing I would do is run a search (i found this) > http://www.xtremesys...d.php?p=1919215

specifically "The VF900 won't fit it and the GTS cooler is better, regardless."

I couldn't really find too much in terms of cooling the 8800gts, maybe someone here who has one or is much more familiar can help you out.

[Janton]

Well I can honestly say the only GTS/GTX cooler I know of is the Danger Den water block. But I'm sure you weren't talking about that.

[Mandraque]

Janton, give us your expert advice on how memory timings are affected with Conroes. The number people/research I have done, has led me to believe that timings aren't nearly as meaningful as they were with AMD (but this was when they first came out, i'm sure there is more info about it around now). Maybe you can share your knowledge on it?


For your video card, the 8800GTS is a much better price/performance: http://www.zipzoomfl...ductCode=322839 $380 with free shipping (and after a $30 MIR). Better card, better warranty, nVidia, and lower price

reference 1
reference 2

For another $50 you can upgrade to the 150gb raptor as opposed to the 74gb...

ill explain. lower timings equal better overclock ability. Can you argue that?

[Novahawk]

what if you arent planning on doing any overclocking.. then would 4-4-4 still have significantly better performance then 5-5-5? or would you not really see a difference if you weren't going to overclock?

[The Drizzle]

You wouldnt notice it for normal every day use. When overclocking though, most people(like myself) like to push the absolute best possible preformance out of their stuff, so insane low timings are more importat for that.