New pc wooo!

dazftw

Well not so new yet... still waiting on my 8800GTX should be here tomorrow!

This is my 1st ever build and im happy so far...!

Setup:

Antec 900 Case
OCZ 700 Watt
C2D E6600(with zalman 9500)
Asus P5N32-E SLI
XFX 8800GTX
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer the big fatality one..
2Gb OCZ 1066Mhz SLI Ram
Plain DVD Drive/Writer
320GB seagate Barracudda 16mb
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit

Loads of new games.. a new surround sound headset.. joystick...

All came to over 2000 anyways.. not sure lol



Anyways heres pics Will have more up soon enough..

NOTE: Theres no 8800 yet and I had the sound card that came with the asus mobo to test it cause I couldnt figure out the audio cable... will sort that out soon enough aswell.. Its all a bit messy aswell

DirkVoodoo

Great case, well done and well wear.

Still disappointed you went for the Zalman cooler when there are better options out there, you should still get a good overclock tho, maybe not if the summer temps keep rising :rolleyes: .

dazftw

I want to get it to 3Ghz... Or up to like 2.93 or whatever the core2 extremes are ..

TerrorFirmer

Nice. Makes me realise how basic my machine is. No fans at all, apart from the stock intel cooler....:o

hopeful

Good job...those Antect cases look nice.
You might want to get a few cable ties in there before your 8800 arrives

dazftw

hopeful wrote:

Good job...those Antect cases look nice.
You might want to get a few cable ties in there before your 8800 arrives

yea I spent a houir last night doing all that! Sorting them out! Im going to try make it clean as possible.. :rolleyes:

sebastianlieken

haha, sweet system, tho, like me ur gonna need sunglasses at some stage to look at ur case....lights THAT bright....phew....a welders mask might be better suited

very nice tho

DirkVoodoo

Let us know what system temps u get with that case when fully kitted out and OC'ed.

dazftw

Now im guessing core 0 and 1 are the cpu?

christophicus

Yes core 0 and 1 are teh CPU. That looks so nice man. well done!!

DirkVoodoo

Are you using manual fan control on speed fan?

Those are some good temps, but with a 200mm fan sucking air out the top I guess Im not surprised.

EDIT: Am i correct in assuming from your desktop resolution that you have not got your 8800 yet?

awhir

try core temp much more accourte also nice system

i will post some pics of my upgrade soon.

dazftw

No I had it.. I didnt install the drivers for it yet so everything was all horrible looking.

Ive run into a few snags though which have been the same last night... Ive even gone back to xp to see if it would work!

I have a Medusa 5.1 Headset and the mic just isnt working at all...

Its really annoying! Im pretty sure its all connected up right to the x-fi card but nothings coming out.. Sound is perfect just no mic

Im going to try the sound card now I got with the motherboard see if that fixes anything which I hope it does!

Ill post pics up after I try..

dazftw

More pics :P

TerrorFirmer

Hmmm it's nice, but I prefer my PC

dazftw

Im well jealous.. I hope my pc can run crysis like yours :rolleyes:

dazftw

woo new games just came in the post lol

C&C 3 and Tom Clancys Vegas

DirkVoodoo

Is that a tube of hand cream i see on the desk

dazftw

Tis yea... Funny that.. I have it for my job my hands get really sore from folding paper lol! You wont believe that but sure :rolleyes:

care face? lol

p.s It wouldnt be suitable anyway haha

(god im going get in trouble for that now)

bretttp1

Is that the 19" Samsung? I thought you were going for the 22"

The 22" will have to go on my list of upgrades wanted

dazftw

I am getting the 22" just not for awhile.. I still owe money of this one

DirkVoodoo

Thats a grand screen sure. The beauty of building yourself is you are always waiting for that next component (for me, the thermalright Ultra-120 extreme!). So in essence, your system is never really finished, unless you are a serial builder. There will always be a better component around the corner.

Side note, anyone seen the price tag for the underwhelming 8800 Ultra?? Crazy!!

TerrorFirmer

You could build a semi decent gaming machine for the same price....

awhir

whats the point with having a very powerfull pc with a small screen.

to take full advantage you would need a 20" to show the full power the best.

dazftw

Off all things.... I cant get my mic to work its really annoying I duno wether its the mic or the vista drivers for the x-fi but the mic is just to low to be audiable(spelling?)

TerrorFirmer

awhir wrote:

whats the point having a super gaming rig with a shhitty small lcd havoc.??

What?

awhir

sorry being dislexuic doesnt help

**** 1 with my spellings .

oh the other post is edited

Froot

IMO lose the fatality soundcard, which in fairness is vastly overpriced for what you get, and instead throw in another 2 gigs of ram...

dazftw

Id have to upgrade to 64bit to get use out of 4 gigs and have to buy 2 gigs which would cost me around €250 + 64bit OS €100(unless I can upgrade for cheaper)

The card cost me 140 :rolleyes:

DirkVoodoo

Isnt their some issue with X-Fi soundcards in Vista? I think L31mr0d advised me against buying one right now for this reason.

awhir

omg you paid 250 for ur ram lol.

i paid 130 for my cruical balltix which probly will clock just as fast as ur ocz stuf.

hopeful

DirkVoodoo wrote:

Isnt their some issue with X-Fi soundcards in Vista? I think L31mr0d advised me against buying one right now for this reason.

Worked fine in Vista for me with updated Creative drivers....gone back to Xp for other reasons though.

shanethemofo

The medusas are just dodgy headsets tbh. i bought mine back in november and have gotten nothing but trouble from the mic and occasional BUzzing from the headphones when listening to music. Very dissapointed.

uberpixie

shanethemofo wrote:

The medusas are just dodgy headsets tbh. i bought mine back in november and have gotten nothing but trouble from the mic and occasional BUzzing from the headphones when listening to music. Very dissapointed.

The buzzing on the headset may be being caused by the way your USB ports are grounded on your PC.

When I power the head set using my USB ports on my shuttle, I get a very low buzzing in the background when I am listening to things.

However I tried using the 2 pin power adapter that is also included with the headset and power the headset from the wall, I have no issues what so ever(you might what to try it).

I have had zero issues with the headset, it is very comfortable and the MIC is quality.

uberpixie

DeafVision wrote:

Off all things.... I cant get my mic to work its really annoying I duno wether its the mic or the vista drivers for the x-fi but the mic is just to low to be audiable(spelling?)

Just make sure the actual mic is enabled in Windows settings.

Mic is muted by default in windows, you have to go to the recording settings in volume controls and select it as a recording device and unmute it.

dazftw

I went and spent 30 euro on a microphone today and that doesnt work either?

Some laugh! Im using it in teamspeak and it just turns itself off after awhile? Its all really annoying tbh!

Those happy faces are sarcasm and the fact I dont care I just want to fix the problem.. :mad:

challengemaster

DeafVision wrote:

I went and spent 30 euro on a microphone today and that doesnt work either?

Some laugh! Im using it in teamspeak and it just turns itself off after awhile? Its all really annoying tbh!

Those happy faces are sarcasm and the fact I dont care I just want to fix the problem.. :mad:

uhm, you've heard of voice activation in teamspeak.. right? :rolleyes:

Grim.

sennheiser ftw daz sennheiser ftw!!!

dazftw

I have to go usb whatever I do.. usb is the only one that will work lol