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Haha, wow I'm super lazy today. Rainy days
I'm basically useless today, don't feel like doing anything - good thing I work for myself, hahaha.

My PC parts should start coming in tomorrow...
About time for a new pc build. Built my last in late '03 and its still running strong just not fast enough for me anymore.

Ya'll seen FAR CRY 2?
I loved the first one.. but the new one looks amazing!

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im supa dupa lazy cuz its today.

far cry the game?

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Yep, the game.

click here to check out some videos

Game will be available for PC, 360 and PS3 in about 2weeks.
I am also looking forward to Red Alert 3... might try the new COD "World at war".

Figured I'll play a little more games and save money by not going out.
My gas budget needs to be cut in half. Less mileage on the evo

We've already stopped going to movies.
DVD's only now for a couple of months. BlockBuster deals are great!
I always hated going to the movies, people are annoying and you pay to sit there and have them annoy you.

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I know where you're coming from ... the wedding band is what really means more. But, remember that the engagement ring is what she's going to be showing off to her friends ...

Robb, I just OC'd my machine over the weekend. If I start spending more cash on a new machine Katie will kill me. I am getting a new 120mm case fan and a GPU heatsink/fan today, but thats it hardware wise.

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What are you running right now?

My current home system (built back in dec of 03)
3ghz x86 478 intel 800FSB
1gb ddr2 400mhz dual channel (this was the latest back then, haha)
fx5600 256mb AGP (lol)

Parts arriving tomorrow..
Antec 900 case (liked how well ventilated it was and the price $80)
Q9550 2.83 Quad 12MB 1333FSB
XFX 3way SLI DDR2 board (DDR3 boards were too expensive, lol)
2 x 2x2gb Dual Channel DDR2 1066mhz (DDR3 is still too expensive)
1TB 32MB HITACHI HD (want to order another one, only $109 from tigerdirect)
896MB GTX 260 FTW EGVA (I want another one, so I can run SLI.. ahah)

I have 64bit vista ultimate that I got from a friend, thats still wrapped - that I'm gonna try.

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2.0 ghz AMD XP 64 X2 (clocked to 2.3 for gaming) w/ Zalman copper core heatsink
A-Bit AT-8 MoBo w/ 1000 mhz hyper transport FSB x2. HT is OC'd.
ATI Crossfire Xpress 200 southbridge
2 gb paired dual channel DDR2 400 mhz (OC'd as well) w/ heatsinks
512mb and 256mb ATI X1600 Pros in Crossfire. PCI-Xpress x16. Zalman cooler and mem heatsinks on the 256 ... soon to be on the 512 too. Cards are both OC'd. to 580mhz GPU and 432 mhz GDDR.
Antec P182 mid tower case (I think ... mine is silver and not black)
Some fan controller ... can't remember which off hand.
Antec 550w PS
300gb HD
22" Samsung LCD

It's suited me well over the years.

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Still a nice setup you got there.
I figured it time to step up to multiple cores, PCI express and multiple graphics cards

You do any PC gaming?

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Case is a P180 ... older one. Awesome case. All of the rails have rolled edges. Removable drive bays. Separated channel for PS.

Yeah, dual core processors and Xfire/SLI are nice.

I used to game a lot ... mainly CS:S, WoW and some strategy games. I still play a little CS and have just gotten in to racing sims. I picked up GTR2, Race 07 and GT Legends. I'll have Live for Speed soon. My Logitech Momo Race wheel just arrived the other day and I've been getting everything set up.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835119061

these are your friends for gaming ...

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Thanks... might have to get those ordered

I got a Masscool 8WA741

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Kinda neat. I really like the Zalman design because of the way the copper piping is routed. It allows for more surface contact. I also really prefer the upright fans on CPU coolers (which yours has as well) because it keeps the air flowing in a straight line through the case.

For the most part, copper is preferred for cooling. Though, my graphics memory coolers from Zalman are aluminum. I will get copper ones for the 512 card if Fry's has them in stock.

I'm going to be in Alpharetta tonight ... anyone want to meet for dinner?

i bought a new laptop the other week.

its not what matt described

but its 17", 3gb ddr ram, 250gb hd, and it was right under $500

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My parts came in yesterday afternoon, yay for tigerdirect
Case should arrive today from newegg.

Did an open run (everything hooked up with no case) last night, loving 64bit vista! (so far at least). I am able to run 6gb (3 x 2gb) sticks of ram but as soon as I add the 4th one for a total of 8gb the board gives me a "C1" error (memory error).

Eh, seems like that's the max amount that this board will accept for 1066mhz and 2.1V, since the board is design for 800mhz - but runs 6gb of 1066mhz fine.

Ordered an EVGA 3way SLI 780i
I want to run all 8gb

blowthrough system or AEM?

i wanna go AEM but after i get it tuned by matt i know i wont ever mess wit it nor will i use all the options its got...

blowthrough is cheaper but still $500 might as well spend lil more and go AEM...

what you guys think?

i want to run my car w/o stalling when i turn the a/c on and no stalling when i VTA.
and hopefully more power??

suggestions?

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numbers bomjoon


Just get the VTA tuned as good as possible. Wait for the GM IAT and JDM MAP patch to be finished and run it.

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will you pass emissions w/ aem?

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where i live there are no emmissions dood~



i guess as long as you dont have your SES light on and have a cat at the time of emmission you are good i think.

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Actually, I don't think you'll ever pass emissions w/ AEM because it doesn't have the same OBDII routines that the techs check for. It's not just a visual SES test ... they actually scan the car. I believe the AEM would return an error.

Robb, did you check prices at Fry's before ordering everything for your new rig? I was there Wednesday and noticed that some things were cheaper there than NewEgg ... mainly the GPU cooler I bought.

the one I linked earlier ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117

It was $24.99 at Fry's. That's about $27 w/ tax compared to $35.24 w/ shipping at NewEgg.

I also picked up a 120mm, BB, 100 cfm case fan for $12.99. Very competitive now that NewEgg doesn't have free shipping.

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I checked at Fry's.. but shipping & taxes =
I've happy with Tigerdirect's service and pricing, did check around and well I got some great rebates on my gtx 260 and memory. We have the on in Duluth, but thats quite a drive.

Yep, that confirms my suspicions of AEM.

I bought Crysis last night.
If you haven't played it and like FPS then GO GET IT!

I'm getting 20-30FPS at 1900x1200 in medium settings w/ 4x anti-aliasing - looks SICK!
Need to get the another gtx-260 in SLI and see what she'll do.

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Yeah ... I guess it depends on how far south you are. there is one in Alpharetta too ... that's where I went.

I'm not big on FPS. I played pretty far in to FEAR, but it honestly scared me a bit. lol. I'm not very good at FPS. I was okay at CS if I had a good team, but I was mediocre on my own.

I played Dirt on PS3 on Wednesday. That game is SICK! It has the best damage physics I've ever seen ... hands down. Realism is acceptable for an arcade style racer ... it's not like Tokyo Extreme, but not rFactor either. It's a good mix ... really fun.

The demo had 2 STi's against each other on a rally-x circuit (I guess that's what it's called .. where there are 2 lanes and they cross). Body panels pop off in the correct places ... glass, lenses, mirrors ... they all have independent damage characteristics. Yeah ... I'm not a great driver. lol.

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I have dirt for the 360, its definitely a worthy purchase.
Haven't played it a whole lot, buts its amazing to look at.

I have COD 4, that I haven't even played yet. (I have it on PC and 360).
My buddy is basically addicted to COD4 on the 360, plays just about every evening for atleast an hour to two.

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Sounds like me with the racing sims ... I've mainly been tweaking and learning the setup though. I spent about 6 hours with the overclocking the other night and didn't actually get too far with it. I couldn't drop the multiplier on the hyper transport and I coudl only bump the FSB by about 10% becasue of that. I might try to attack it again this weekend with the multiplier dropped on the HT and CPU.

BTW, with your setup, you could simply reduce the RAM speed in BIOS and run all 8gb of your RAM. That is a standard procedure for OCing anyway ...

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I managed to run all 4 sticks of 2gb 1066mhz but it was at 800mhz but I figured I already paid to get 1066mhz and I'm most likely gonna fiddle with it to get it faster than that - so just swapped out the MB so I'm not unhappy in the long haul.

I need to order another gtx 260

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Yeah, but if you plan to OC the processor it increases the memory speed ... so you generally have to bump down the memory speed and then OC the FSB to get the memory back up to speed. Here is an example ...

FSB: 200
CPU multiplier: 10x (x FSB = 2.0 ghz)
Memory Speed: 1000 (x FSB = 2.0 ghz)

FSB: 250
CPU multiplier: 8x (x FSB = 2.0 ghz)
Memory Speed: 800 (x FSB = 2.0 ghz)

Both are 2.0 ghz setups, the the second setup will be faster because of the higher FSB value. The FSB setting is the most important setting for speed.

But, if your new board will handle 8gb @ 1000 you may as well go that route.

On the side, I'm installing my new GPU cooler tonight and might snap some pics to post ... you should get some pics of your new rig too. I wanna see it.