Stringjam Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 Just completed building my first PC. I was a bit amazed when the thing actually turned on and worked. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 Processor: Intel Core i7 930 HD's: 160GB Intel X25-M SSD (System, Apps) (2) 750GB Seagate Barracuda ES drives in RAID 1 (storage) Memory: 6 GB G.Skill Pi DDR3-1600 Graphics: Sapphire Toxic ATI 5850 - 1GB Misc: PSU - OCZ ModXStream-Pro 600W Corsair H50 CPU Cooler NZXT Alpha Classic Case ASUS optical drive Quote
NateFollmer Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 Man that's a powerhouse haha. Id love to have that much RAM for when I'm using my 3D apps (especially sculpting). I may have missed it but are your HDD's SATA? There's nothing like building your own pc. Its simple and sometimes cheaper! Edit: nevermind, I see the cables are SATA so your image answered my question ha. Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted June 20, 2010 Super User Posted June 20, 2010 are you running Xp? Quote
bandsr4me20 Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 building computers is so much cheaper than buying them from the store. Nice setup too! Quote
Super User Dan: Posted June 21, 2010 Super User Posted June 21, 2010 Is it really that much cheaper? Every time I ever looked into building a gaming PC it always added up to being pretty close to buying retail (from the likes of TigerDirect or some other well priced retailer, not Best Buy, etc.) Quote
bandsr4me20 Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 It was cheaper for me when i built mine for gaming. Didnt have to buy a monitor so that made it cheaper too. Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted June 21, 2010 BassResource.com Administrator Posted June 21, 2010 Ok, that would be the ultimate gaming machine. Either that, or some heavy-duty rendering (video?). Nice setup! Quote
Big Tom Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Good lord, man!!! I am envious. Are you gaming, running any recording software (obvious guitar player), or did you just want something beastly because you could? How does she run Bass Resource? Quote
Stringjam Posted June 21, 2010 Author Posted June 21, 2010 Good lord, man!!! I am envious. Are you gaming, running any recording software (obvious guitar player), or did you just want something beastly because you could? How does she run Bass Resource? Recording is the primary reason - - I got tired of pegging my CPU every time I opened a soft-synth with my last computer. It's probably going to see a few games as well. Quote
NateFollmer Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Ah, sound work is a killer on CPU's. I used to dabble in sound recording back in my prime... ok I was 13 HA. When I look at that rig (for the third time haha) I see 100's of millions of polygons..... God I'm a geek! @Dan - Normally it's cheaper if the rig is high end. If you get a mid or low grade PC, it's actually cheaper to just buy one. I got a refurbed Gateway for around $200 from Tiger Direct. The only thing I put it in it was more RAM and a graphics card, so the whole build ended up being around $400. This was 3 years ago, you could probably get a comparable system today for the original $200 HA. Quote
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