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**Samurai** · 02-02-2008, 12:33 PM

At long last, some might say!

I've been wheezing along with an Athlon XP2100+ for the past few years now, keeping it running smoothly, but the time has come to push the boat out and treat myself to a new toy.

An Antec P182 arrived yesterday morning, and I'm now planning to fill it with all sorts- so far I've got a 650W PSU on the way, and there's a Core2 Q6600, 4GB of 800MHz DDRII RAM and an nVidia 8800 GTS earmarked for it as well. I'm looking forward to seeing if there's much of a performance increase.

Happy days.

Marian87 · 02-02-2008, 12:38 PM

Oh my God! you've got a monster on your hands...puts to shame my new computer.

**Samurai** · 02-02-2008, 12:46 PM

Well, it's going to be running Windows (Windows XP Pro 64, to be specific) which I'm not entirely chuffed about, but it's the only real alternative for a Photoshop/Lightwave machine to Mac OS, and I'd decided some time ago that the iMac's were a waste of money and the MacPro- as good a machine as it is- isn't worth me doubling my budget. Being a Windows machine, I'll see about half of those specs in real-world use, but Windows will be well fed.

**Lt. Cannonfodder** · 02-02-2008, 02:05 PM

Had my new setup which is nearly identical to yours for couple of weeks now, and I love it. Hope it's the new G92 GTS you are getting.

And dont worry about the XP64 Pro, I've ran it for over a year at work without any real problems. It was the only real choice for the new home comp too.

Nutsy · 02-02-2008, 02:30 PM

Same setup as me... Only difference is I have a 750watt psu... And thats 500 of unused watts

Good thing PSUs are more efficiant the less power they consume

Adamastor · 02-02-2008, 06:20 PM

i found a bargain which is very similar to that one: q6600, 2gb 800mhz ddr2, g8800gt (gt is half the price for 80% of the performance of the gts) and a 500gig sata2, for 800 euros. i suspect the falling dollar is helping me out here

once it arrives ill be poping in another 2gb for extra fps fun.

**Samurai** · 02-03-2008, 01:22 AM

Good to know those with the same hardware don't have any horror stories.

mattc · 02-03-2008, 05:57 AM

Lightwave runs beautifully on 4 cores....

**Lt. Cannonfodder** · 02-03-2008, 05:58 AM

*hugs his quad core*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamastor

(gt is half the price for 80% of the performance of the gts)

Half the price? Not really, and the lack of GT's on the market is (or at least was) a big factor when putting together a new machine. But if you are on budget, GT is the way to go.

@Samurai: You might want to consider getting another 4GB of ram while you are at it... it's dirt cheap these days and you really dont have to worry about running out of memory for a while

**Comco** · 02-03-2008, 07:01 AM

Greg - You're building the same PC I built just before Christmas. Right down to the P182 case.

You'll be happy with it mate. I'm even running *gasp!* Vista on it with absolutely no problems. Very happy with it.

My only question is - Why a GTS and not a GT? Maybe there's been a price drop now but when I bought mine, the GTS was actually more expensive and the GT is a mouse's fart away from the power of a GTX for half the price...

02-02-2008, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Samurai This time you see Join Date: May 2006 Location: (Northern) England Posts: 4,119	Building a new PC! At long last, some might say! I've been wheezing along with an Athlon XP2100+ for the past few years now, keeping it running smoothly, but the time has come to push the boat out and treat myself to a new toy. An Antec P182 arrived yesterday morning, and I'm now planning to fill it with all sorts- so far I've got a 650W PSU on the way, and there's a Core2 Q6600, 4GB of 800MHz DDRII RAM and an nVidia 8800 GTS earmarked for it as well. I'm looking forward to seeing if there's much of a performance increase. Happy days.
	Here comes the water, It comes to wash away the sins of you and I. This time you see- like holy water, it only burns you faster than you'll ever dry.

02-02-2008, 12:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Samurai This time you see Join Date: May 2006 Location: (Northern) England Posts: 4,119	Well, it's going to be running Windows (Windows XP Pro 64, to be specific) which I'm not entirely chuffed about, but it's the only real alternative for a Photoshop/Lightwave machine to Mac OS, and I'd decided some time ago that the iMac's were a waste of money and the MacPro- as good a machine as it is- isn't worth me doubling my budget. Being a Windows machine, I'll see about half of those specs in real-world use, but Windows will be well fed.
	Here comes the water, It comes to wash away the sins of you and I. This time you see- like holy water, it only burns you faster than you'll ever dry.

02-02-2008, 02:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lt. Cannonfodder SFM Guru Realname: Tuomas Kankola Join Date: May 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Age: 22 Posts: 310	Had my new setup which is nearly identical to yours for couple of weeks now, and I love it. Hope it's the new G92 GTS you are getting. And dont worry about the XP64 Pro, I've ran it for over a year at work without any real problems. It was the only real choice for the new home comp too.
	www.tuomaskankola.com www.undo.fi

02-03-2008, 01:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
Samurai This time you see Join Date: May 2006 Location: (Northern) England Posts: 4,119	Good to know those with the same hardware don't have any horror stories.
	Here comes the water, It comes to wash away the sins of you and I. This time you see- like holy water, it only burns you faster than you'll ever dry.

02-03-2008, 05:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
mattc SFM Guru Realname: real? What's that? Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 36 Posts: 678	Lightwave runs beautifully on 4 cores....
	Apathetic bloody forum. I've no sympathy at all....

02-02-2008, 12:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Marian87 SFM Guru Realname: Marian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Romania Age: 21 Posts: 235	Oh my God! you've got a monster on your hands...puts to shame my new computer.

02-02-2008, 02:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nutsy SFM Obsessed Realname: Simon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Never Never Ever Forever Land Age: 26 Posts: 1,333	Same setup as me... Only difference is I have a 750watt psu... And thats 500 of unused watts Good thing PSUs are more efficiant the less power they consume

02-02-2008, 06:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Adamastor SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 133	i found a bargain which is very similar to that one: q6600, 2gb 800mhz ddr2, g8800gt (gt is half the price for 80% of the performance of the gts) and a 500gig sata2, for 800 euros. i suspect the falling dollar is helping me out here once it arrives ill be poping in another 2gb for extra fps fun.

02-03-2008, 07:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Comco Administrator Realname: Tim Join Date: May 2006 Location: ACT, Australia Posts: 2,781	Greg - You're building the same PC I built just before Christmas. Right down to the P182 case. You'll be happy with it mate. I'm even running gasp! Vista on it with absolutely no problems. Very happy with it. My only question is - Why a GTS and not a GT? Maybe there's been a price drop now but when I bought mine, the GTS was actually more expensive and the GT is a mouse's fart away from the power of a GTX for half the price...

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