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    • L Offline
      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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      http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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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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          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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                  • L Offline
                    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

                          VISIT MY ONLINE GALLERY
                          http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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                            liam887
                            last edited by

                            @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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                            http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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