I'm also picking up one of the two-tiered models on Thursday of this week. Consider yourself lucky. My drive to pick it up is three and a half hours (Atlanta).
Placed the order this morning. Dropped the Zalman VF900 because I couldn't find documentation ANYWHERE on whether it's compatible with the 8800 series cards or not. I also read that the new cooling solutions on them are fairly quiet, so I'll give it a shot. I'll update this post with pics once I...
Seriously, don't be all down on your new rig just because it didn't cost the same as a mortgage. As long as you truly appreciate what you have and that you're happy with the outcome, that's all that matters!
Oh, and you're wiring looks fine to me.
I don't see why you would have wasted your money, spawn447. That thing looks like it's going to kick some butt...
Going to stick with the Raptor and IDE DVD Burner for now. Updated component listing:
Case - Antec P180B
Motherboard - eVGA 680i
Video Card - eVGA 8800GTS
Power Supply -...
Fantastic responses. I really appreciate you all taking the time to look this over. I'm going to address these comments one at a time. Let me know what you think.
Yeah, I've been constantly trying to stay informed in the Nforce 680i SATA situation and it was my understanding that the latest...
Yeah, I think I'll swap over to the P180b to give me some extra room and cooling around the case. Any other ideas or comments about the RAM or hard drives?
To the almighty [H],
I need to call upon the community for a little help in finalizing the parts for my new computer build. This is the first system that I've had the opportunity to build from scratch in over three years. I've survived thus far on hand-me-downs from friends and family...
Keep in mind that even though this MMO is being made by Interplay, this is not the same company in the slightest that made the first two. I'm suspicious of the quality of the MMO since most of the original developers left to form Troika.
Also, keep in mind that this is NOT Fallout3, which is...
I use the latest version of Sunbelt's Kerio Personal Firewall (free). I've found it to be excellent and a worthy replacement for ZoneAlarm, which I personally consider antiquated.
I just reopened my account on Blackhand. I got a taste of the large guild, end-game raiding and didn't care for it much, so I figured I would go back to my roots of casual play. One of my goals with WoW is to have all of the armor sets for my class and I just completed Valor and one my to...