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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Never mind - he'll come back when he sees his Mac license does not work on PC 😉

      Gai...

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        liam887
        last edited by

        Dammit - I am back for obvious reasons. I will have to dropbox my models from my Mac to PC until next payday. How annoying...

        @solo said:

        What are the specs of the super machine?

        I still have a few parts to come (another GTX690) but as it stands:

        Case NZXT PHANTOM 410 WHITE GAMING CASE
        Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Quad Core i7-3820 (3.6GHz @ max 4.4GHz)
        OC Settings Show/Hide
        Motherboard ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
        Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST QUAD-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
        Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
        2nd Graphics Card NONE
        3rd Graphics Card NONE
        Memory - 1st Hard Disk 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
        2nd Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
        RAID NONE
        SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
        1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
        2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
        Memory Card Reader NONE
        Power Supply CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£119)
        Processor Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
        Extra Case Fans 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)
        Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
        Fan Controller NONE
        Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
        Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
        USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
        Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
        Floppy Disk Drive NONE
        Firewire NONE
        TV Card NONE
        Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
        Office Software FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2010 Professional Edition
        Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
        Monitor NONE
        2nd Monitor NONE
        DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
        Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
        Keyboard & Mouse NONE
        Mouse NONE
        Speakers NONE
        Webcam NONE
        Headsets NONE
        Surge Protection 6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector + Auto Power Off Function (£19)
        Cable Tidy NONE
        Printer NONE
        External Hard Drive NONE
        Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Nice setup - although you could have the 4Gb version of this graphic card, too - the difference (in price) should not be that significant.

          Gai...

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          • soloS Offline
            solo
            last edited by

            I'd have gone 32GB ram, what did you pay?If you do not mind me asking.

            http://www.solos-art.com

            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              liam887
              last edited by

              @solo said:

              I'd have gone 32GB ram, what did you pay?If you do not mind me asking.

              That rig above was £1300 and £1680 after tax. I will upgrade the RAM but if I had chosen more Ram and a better graphics card it would have pushed over my budget.

              Now I have the machine will build upon it.

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              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                As long as your happy that's the main thing.

                With computers you're always chasing your tail.

                Nothing more satisfying than just having something you enjoy and a few bob in the pocket for a curry.

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                  liam887
                  last edited by

                  Yeah and typical PC fashion have had it for 4 days and only just working.

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                    sonder
                    last edited by

                    Windows 8? Everything else looks great.

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                      liam887
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Windows 8? Everything else looks great.

                      I already bought W7 so I thought I would get 8 to try out. I will have 7 on another partition maybe.

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                        CJRyan
                        last edited by

                        Just out of curiosity, what was the "Windows Experience Index" number? The fact that I don't have SSDs, always has dragged mine down to the mid 5's. Processor, memory, and graphics are in the high 7's.

                        I know this is a more or less arbitrary assignment of numbers, but does the SSD, bring your numbers up to the high 7's?

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          I have windows 8 and SU runs perfectly. To me, it looks like a windows 7 with some UI changes (in favour of touch screens) but nothing too much else.

                          Gai...

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                            liam887
                            last edited by

                            @cjryan said:

                            Just out of curiosity, what was the "Windows Experience Index" number? The fact that I don't have SSDs, always has dragged mine down to the mid 5's. Processor, memory, and graphics are in the high 7's.

                            I know this is a more or less arbitrary assignment of numbers, but does the SSD, bring your numbers up to the high 7's?

                            I will check when I get it back to my house, currently in a taxi

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                              liam887
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                              @liam887 said:

                              @cjryan said:

                              Just out of curiosity, what was the "Windows Experience Index" number? The fact that I don't have SSDs, always has dragged mine down to the mid 5's. Processor, memory, and graphics are in the high 7's.

                              I know this is a more or less arbitrary assignment of numbers, but does the SSD, bring your numbers up to the high 7's?

                              I will check when I get it back to my house, currently in a taxi

                              My number was 8, but I still havent had all the drivers installed and running two 32" Tv's as monitors, not sure how those things can alter the results.

                              Here are a few pics of the machine too.


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