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[That Commander]

Well, my gaming rig of 3 years malfunctioned on Tuesday of this week. The end result is no POST or beep codes. Evidence suggests that it is the CPU since it had locked up on the screensaver; at the very least the motherboard was working as the video card was still working. Honestly, that is speculation, though.

...So, I am back to my original computer

Specs:
Gigabyte GA586TX motherboard
Intel Pentium Pro 200 with MMX
256mb SDRAM
"Plus Power" 200 watt PSU
40GB IDE Seagate something (run via PCI-IDE adapter card for 48bit LBA support)
S3 Trio64 2mb 2d accelerated VGA

Dualboot OS/2 and Windows 98 SE.

Pic (my apologies for the very bad quality)


New machine in the future will based around intel Q6600/8400.

Cheers

[That Commander]

Ok. I have done some initial scoping for the specs of a new machine:

CPU: Intel i5 760 (2.8GHz, 4 core)
MB: Asus P7P55-LX
RAM: 4GB Kit 1600 Kingston
VGA: ATI 5750
PSU: Thermaltake Evo Blue thing 550W
Total cost: $768 from MSY.

If this screams midrange - that's because it is. However, it is probably safe to say it is more than twice as powerful as my last machine. According to PassMark* website, at least.

(*I find it amusing that the nVidia 7300 LE is about as powerful as the nVidia GeForce4 440 MX. )

Cheers

[priorax]

My only suggestions is to change powersupplies. Look out for something which is 80 Plus certified, like a Seasonic or a Corsair.

[That Commander]

My only suggestions is to change powersupplies. Look out for something which is 80 Plus certified, like a Seasonic or a Corsair.

Thanks, I will look into it.

Cheers

[*666*]

CPU: [Intel] Core™ i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
GPU: [NVIDIA] GeForce GTX 470 x2 (SLI)
Cooling: Corsair H50 CPU cooler
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium FATAL1TY Champion PCIe
RAM: 6.1GB Corsair Dominators
Monitor: Sumsung 2233RZ 22" 120mh / Chimei [LCD]
Motherboard: ASUS GA-X58A-UD7
Power Supply: Antec 1000Watt TruePOWER Quattro (1000Watt Amacrox repalced the piece of shit)
Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
Hard Disk Drive(s): 63 GB SSD, 1TB x 3 (New WD Black Caiver)
Keyboard: G15
Head Phones: Audio Technica: ATH-AD700
Speakers: G51

just go pimp like that

[That Commander]

I've settled on an Antec TP-550 with Bronze level 80 Plus certification (~81% efficiency at full, 50% and idle loads). For those who are interested, the TermalTake Evo Blue was rated at max 75%. The Antec is cheaper and more efficient.

Thanks for bring that to my attention.

Cheers