| FastFord58 said: I just built a similar system: i7 940 Rampage ii mobo 6GB ddr3 1600mhz GTX 285 OC Cosmos 1000 case Corsair 1000 W PS The Rampage 2 actually overclocks the cpu automatically, it's hilarious. I'm typically running active cores on the i7 at 3.2 to 3.3 Ghz without tweaking. I run Crysis on a stock cfg with 8x AA at 1600x1250 (or somehting like that) with everything at max at butter framerates. Damn that game is gorgeous...sorry KZ2, as pretty as you are, you're late to the graphics party by 2 years.
Enjoy your rig. I've been out of PC gaming for like 6 years, and I can't imagine why now that I have got back into it. |
The Intel i7's overclock themselves. That's not your motherboard doing that. When the temps and voltages fall low enough, the chip will shut down some of the unused cores and overclock the remaining core/s. Nice build.
| WraithPriest said: The only thing I'd change is for a GTX260 Core 216 as they're not much more and they're much better than the 512/1GB 4870s |
That's $234 vs the $160 for the HD 4870. That's quite a bit more. However, I've decided to buy a second and run them in CrossFire. 2 HD4870's for $320 is hard to pass up. A single 280 GTX still costs that much by itself.
| Baggins said: Ditch the Acer 24inch LCD - It's terrible, real nasty budget model. Apparently the Hanns-G HG281D which is 28inches is available for only a little more, at least in the UK (£200 vs £250)... And it's 28 inches!!! I got it and it's very nice. |
The reviews say it's pretty good. I've, however, never heard of a Hanns-G. At £250, that's $360.00 USD. $110 more than the ASUS (not an Acer).
The rEVOLution is not being televised
