Did you or are you going to build your computer?

[blampars]

Growing up, my father always brought home a computer from work. They were always good enough to play games like X-Wing, Tie-Fighter, DOOM and then various flight sims like Aces over Europe/Pacific and Red Baron. By the time Mechwarrior: Mercenaries came out the Dell 200mhz Pentium I had at the time just couldn't keep up properly so I purchased a 3DFX Voodoo graphics card and learned how to install it. I've been building my machines ever since.

My current rig was built in early 2009 but has been upgraded a few times:
Coolermaster Storm Sniper case
Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler
Coolermaster 1000w PSU
AMD 955 OC'd to 3.7ghz (just can't get 3.8!)
Asus M3N72-D MB
4GB OCZ SLI-Ready DDR2 RAM @ 1066
Palit Sonic Platinum GTX460 x2 (SLI)
320GB WD HD @ 7200RPM
1.5TB WD HD @ 7200RPM w/ 64MB Cache
500GB Cavalry External (backup drive)
Samsung DVDR Drive
22" Samsung SyncMaster 2233
CM Storm Sentinel Advance gaming mouse
Crappy logitech backlit keyboard
Windows 7 64bit

CH HOTAS - Fighterstick, Pro Throttle, Pro Pedals
TrackIR 5 with Proclip

Hopefully this can get me through till March of 2012 without having to dump more money into it. I'd upgrade my MB/Memory/Graphics and possibly Processor next. My current wishlist at Newegg for upgrades would be around 1000 Could've saved a $100 or so if I didn't opt for the OEM Windows 7 copy. Oh well.

[swiss]

Which 955 is that, C3?


edit:
http://blogs.amd.com/play/2009/04/22...ion-processor/

[blampars]

Originally Posted by swiss

Which 955 is that, C3?


edit:
http://blogs.amd.com/play/2009/04/22...ion-processor/

Yeah it's the C3. If I recall there was some kind of issue with the C2 and so I had made sure I got the C3.

I think the main problem is I'm not well versed enough in OC'ing to get 3.8 stable. Getting to 3.7 was as easy as changing the Multiplier and I was good. I've tinkered with it, but haven't had any success.

Gonna check out that article now, thanks.

Edit: Ah yeah, I've read that article a few times before but I thought I read somewhere you need a "Full AMD" system to use that software?? I'll have to have another look.

Edit2: yeah, I need an AMD Chipset and I have nvidia chipset with this MoBo. I'll have to try doing it through the bios some more today.

[maclean525]

I built my current machine:

i7 950
Asus Sabertooth X58 mobo
Xigmatec Dark Knight CPU cooler
6GB 1600mhz ram
64gb SSD for OS and iRacing, HDD for everything else
HAF 932 case
Asus HD5850 GPU
Triple 23" Dell screens running Eyefinity.
Corsair 750W PSU
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

I expect to be upgrading to an HD 6870 pretty soon. I'm not a fan of crossfire/SLI and prefer the single card solution.

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by maclean525

I expect to be upgrading to an HD 6870 pretty soon. I'm not a fan of crossfire/SLI and prefer the single card solution.

I take it you meant 6970, as the 6870 is pretty much a hopped up 5770.

[maclean525]

Originally Posted by kimosabi

I take it you meant 6970, as the 6870 is pretty much a hopped up 5770.

Yes, it was a typo 6970 for me!

[Tacoma74]

Originally Posted by maclean525

Yes, it was a typo 6970 for me!

Go with a 6950. Flashing the GPU bios up to 6970 is easy as pie!! and you'll save a bit of cash. Only if you feel confident though.

Edit: Oh! And i suggest the 2Gb version of the 6950. I have a feeling video memory might be a large factor in how well CoD runs. But we will see...

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by Tacoma74

Go with a 6950. Flashing the GPU bios up to 6970 is easy as pie!! and you'll save a bit of cash. Only if you feel confident though.

Nice as it sounds - this will kill the card quickly. I wouldn't recommend it. 6970 already runs hot as it is. Besides that, there are power limitations for running 6970 BIOS on a 6950 card.