My new machine
So I broke down and decided it was time for a new machine. I was going to build my own and then I got to looking. I found all the pieces I wanted (all top of the line) and I could build it for about 2500 bucks (this includes water cooling).
When the day came (that was yesterday) I did even more research and found one already assembled for $1300 that had 95% of the pieces I wanted! SO I ordered it. Here are the specs:
Asus 775 socket MoBo
Intel G33 extreme Chipset
Intel QX6700 CPU (yeah the new quad core one with 8MB cache)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT video card with 512 MB memory (PCI Express 16x GI)
4 Gig DDR2 667 memory (the 240 pin DIMM)
2x 500Gig (1 terrabyte) HDD in RAID 0 Array set up
HD-DVD drive at 24x
DVD R-RW at 4x to 52x
19 in 1 card reader
Windows XP Pro
Integrated Dolby pro logic 7.1 surround sound audio card
Integrated 10/100/1000 LAN chipset/speed with 802.11b/g Wireless
6 USB 2.0 high speed ports
2 PS/2 ports
1 DVI and 1 HDMI port
S-Video out (on Graphicx card) a 1 S video with TV tuner card
6 rear audio out ports
2 front audio out ports
2 SP/DIF ports
2 firewire IEEE ports
infrared Receiver and remote control
The only thing I don't like is proprietary HD set up and no liquid cooling. I will have to get heat transfer shields for the memory as well, but those are cheap. It is fast, nimble and Dir-X 10.1 ready.
Sweet!
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