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4. How much money did you spend on the rig as it is right now?
This rig has cost me about 3500 Euro.
5. How often do you update/buy a new rig?
I had three systems in 1 year (2008) but this one (started building it in Dec 2008) I will keep until the new Gulftown core i9 (6 core from Intel socket 1366) is out , then I also while upgrade to windows 7 and the new DX11 GPU from NVIDIA (GT300/NF100).
6. What components are used?
- MSI Eclipse motherboard
- Cpu cooler , Scythe Mugen2
- Core i7 940.(running at 3923MHz, Turbo 4106MHz 1.39V)
- Corsair Triple3X 12GB DDR3-1333 Cl9 (Running at 1428MHz 8-8-8-22-1T 1.55V)
- 2x MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-Super oc (Running at Core 718MHz , Shader 1486MHz ,Memory 1271)
- Power Corsair HX1000W
- HDD Samsung spinpoint F1 500GB SATA2 & Samsung spinpoint F1 1TB SATA2.
- Optical drive Samsung SH-203D Black OEM
- Soundcard , Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio.Monitor ,Samsung Syncmaster T260HD
- Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
- Logitech G5 Gaming Laser Mouse.
- Windows Vista Home Premium 64Bit
- Case fans 6x Antec Tricool Bleu Led.120mm
- 3x Antec Tricool Red Led.120mm
- 3x Scyhte S-Flex 1600RPM 120mm
- 1x Antec BIG BOY 200
- Cooler Master Cosmos S.
7. Why ATI or NVIDIA, why Intel/AMD?
I'm a NVIDIA fanboy , I started out with a 780i Asus Formula motherboard and I liked SLI. Now I believe NVIDIA has better support with there drivers and the 280 in SLI runs like hell (that fast).
Don't get me wrong , ATI brings out great GPU's but for now my heart is with NVIDIA. I also use Badaboom for video Transcoding and that goes fast man , something ATI doesn't have. (Hilbert -- really ? .. Try CyberLink Espresso). Intel , well the Core i7 speaks for it self , it's not cheap but it got real horsepower and is so easy to overclock.