- Mar 16, 2009
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Specs:
AMD 7750 Kuma @2.7Ghz Stock cooling
Asus M3A78-CM
Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 3Gb/s 7200rpm HDD
2x1Gb Corsair Ballistix DDR2 1066 (Dual Channel)
MSI GeForce 9500 GT 512mb 128-Bit GDDR3
Raidmax Scorpio Case(Using included 420w PSU)
Gateway 17" Widescreen LCD
Already Had:
Combi RW16x10/DVD
Maxtor One Touch External Hard Drive 220Gb
Keyboard+mouse
Price: $430
Purposes:Some gaming (COD4, Farcry 2, Fallout 3, maybe some others), School.
Farcry 2 Benchmark. All High settings, no Vsync, No AA, 1028x720 resolution.
* Average Framerate: 34.71
* Max. Framerate: 48.05
* Min. Framerate: 27.91
My thoughts/Experience:
CPU:
-My CPU runs a bit hot. 38-42C idle 57-63C on Load
-Huge upgrade for me (Had a Socket A PC)
-I haven't tried the Cool N' Quiet driver yet.
Motherboard:
-No options to lower voltage
-Read my 1066 as 800
-Easy BIOS
-Easy Manual
-Front panel connections were easy to connect
GPU:
-Free Farcry 2
-No complaints, it does it's job.
-Will be upgrading as soon as I can.
Case:
-420W PSU included.
-Sharp Edges
-Cramped
--My HDD and Optical drive hang over the Mobo just abit.
-3 Case fans
-Personally don't like cases with panel in the front covering the drive bays. I do like the blue light on the front though.
-I was going for an all blue theme, I ordered the black case with blue LEDs. Found the completely blue on after I put this computer together.
-Front panel connections were easy to connect
I would have 3Gbs of ram, and aftermarket cooler for my CPU, and a better GPU but I had to buy a monitor. Found this one at buy.com for $85 shipped.
I know it's no-where near the best rig but I was on areally tight budget. And I don't do all too much gaming because of school. But when I do play games like Fallout 3 or Farcry 2 I get pretty consistent FPS with no hick-ups. I haven't been able to play COD4 on this machine yet. (When Il eft my apartment for hom I grabbed the wrong CD case). Also going to be getting a new mouse+keyboard.
AMD 7750 Kuma @2.7Ghz Stock cooling
Asus M3A78-CM
Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 3Gb/s 7200rpm HDD
2x1Gb Corsair Ballistix DDR2 1066 (Dual Channel)
MSI GeForce 9500 GT 512mb 128-Bit GDDR3
Raidmax Scorpio Case(Using included 420w PSU)
Gateway 17" Widescreen LCD
Already Had:
Combi RW16x10/DVD
Maxtor One Touch External Hard Drive 220Gb
Keyboard+mouse
Price: $430
Purposes:Some gaming (COD4, Farcry 2, Fallout 3, maybe some others), School.
Farcry 2 Benchmark. All High settings, no Vsync, No AA, 1028x720 resolution.
* Average Framerate: 34.71
* Max. Framerate: 48.05
* Min. Framerate: 27.91
My thoughts/Experience:
CPU:
-My CPU runs a bit hot. 38-42C idle 57-63C on Load
-Huge upgrade for me (Had a Socket A PC)
-I haven't tried the Cool N' Quiet driver yet.
Motherboard:
-No options to lower voltage
-Read my 1066 as 800
-Easy BIOS
-Easy Manual
-Front panel connections were easy to connect
GPU:
-Free Farcry 2
-No complaints, it does it's job.
-Will be upgrading as soon as I can.
Case:
-420W PSU included.
-Sharp Edges
-Cramped
--My HDD and Optical drive hang over the Mobo just abit.
-3 Case fans
-Personally don't like cases with panel in the front covering the drive bays. I do like the blue light on the front though.
-I was going for an all blue theme, I ordered the black case with blue LEDs. Found the completely blue on after I put this computer together.
-Front panel connections were easy to connect
I would have 3Gbs of ram, and aftermarket cooler for my CPU, and a better GPU but I had to buy a monitor. Found this one at buy.com for $85 shipped.
I know it's no-where near the best rig but I was on areally tight budget. And I don't do all too much gaming because of school. But when I do play games like Fallout 3 or Farcry 2 I get pretty consistent FPS with no hick-ups. I haven't been able to play COD4 on this machine yet. (When Il eft my apartment for hom I grabbed the wrong CD case). Also going to be getting a new mouse+keyboard.
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