Hello All,
My first post in here and am enjoying reading the forums. I currently bought a box that was custom built by another engineer in order to play SWTOR/graphics development. I gave up on MMO's after WoW but here I go again... In order to save money I went with a box that has the specs listed below. I will build an i7 box later this year but don't have the money right now since I'm saving for a surf trip to S. Oaxaca. My system specifics are as follows:
Case - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
Power Supply - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020&Tpk=corsair%20tx%20650
MB - ASUS M4N68T-M V2 AM3 NVIDIA Geforce 7025/nForce 630a Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131669
CPU - AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871R
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL (x2 = 8GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313
Vid. Card - *don't have the exact info yet, will update when i get the specs*
Nvidia GeForce 550Ti 1GB PCIe 2.0 x 16
HDD - Don't have the specifics on it as I'm at work but it is a 250 GB on Sata II I believe.
SSD - *not purchased yet* Thinking about picking this guy up today:
Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/90G 2.5" 90GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239044
Cooling - *not purchased yet* Zalman has always been good to me so I was thinking about this:
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118046
OS - Windows 7 64 bit (with Ubuntu but not DB atm)
Games - SWTOR, WoW, Urban Terror, Q3 Arena (don't hate, still the best FPS ever made, or will be made and you know it)
So to start I would like to overclock my AMD and have not done this in a while. I am reading up on the specifics in various threads on TH but would like to have my own thread and input from you guys. Also, if you have any recommendations on mods to my system shout it out, I'm always down to hear new ideas/suggestions. Thank you for reading/posting!
-REE
My first post in here and am enjoying reading the forums. I currently bought a box that was custom built by another engineer in order to play SWTOR/graphics development. I gave up on MMO's after WoW but here I go again... In order to save money I went with a box that has the specs listed below. I will build an i7 box later this year but don't have the money right now since I'm saving for a surf trip to S. Oaxaca. My system specifics are as follows:
Case - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
Power Supply - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020&Tpk=corsair%20tx%20650
MB - ASUS M4N68T-M V2 AM3 NVIDIA Geforce 7025/nForce 630a Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131669
CPU - AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871R
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL (x2 = 8GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313
Vid. Card - *don't have the exact info yet, will update when i get the specs*
Nvidia GeForce 550Ti 1GB PCIe 2.0 x 16
HDD - Don't have the specifics on it as I'm at work but it is a 250 GB on Sata II I believe.
SSD - *not purchased yet* Thinking about picking this guy up today:
Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/90G 2.5" 90GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239044
Cooling - *not purchased yet* Zalman has always been good to me so I was thinking about this:
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118046
OS - Windows 7 64 bit (with Ubuntu but not DB atm)
Games - SWTOR, WoW, Urban Terror, Q3 Arena (don't hate, still the best FPS ever made, or will be made and you know it)
So to start I would like to overclock my AMD and have not done this in a while. I am reading up on the specifics in various threads on TH but would like to have my own thread and input from you guys. Also, if you have any recommendations on mods to my system shout it out, I'm always down to hear new ideas/suggestions. Thank you for reading/posting!
-REE