New PC Time.

[Mangofett]

2 DVD drives = 2 legit game CDs...

in b4 "use no cd crack n00b :|"

 

[Mewgia]

oh linkiboy ill give you my abra for your pc infact you can have two and my kadabra as well and when can we make the trade? kthnx.

 

[SkuiD87]

Hey guys,

Has anyone here thought about buying a new Intel based Mac Pro (they're uber powerful machines) and just running Vista off Boot Camp? I've tried this on a Macbook Pro and it seems to be running smoothly. I'm heavily considering buying a souped up Mac Pro....though I'm not sure how great it'd be for Gaming. Maybe the Mac hardware won't run as smooth on Windows?

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[imgod22222]

I find two DVD drives convient. Yes, direct copying is faster this way, and also when self-restoring after a backup is much faster when you can read 2 disks at once (for me at least)

O.O Wii isos have to be burnt at low speeds? sht. I burned all mine at 16x.

 

[Dirtie]

Hey guys,

Has anyone here thought about buying a new Intel based Mac Pro (they're uber powerful machines) and just running Vista off Boot Camp? I've tried this on a Macbook Pro and it seems to be running smoothly. I'm heavily considering buying a souped up Mac Pro....though I'm not sure how great it'd be for Gaming. Maybe the Mac hardware won't run as smooth on Windows?

What are your thoughts on this?

Give us some hardware specs and we'll tell you.


Linkiboy, if you're gonna go with a brand name PC, it might as well be Dell. Anything with HP on it will be bundled with crap, and the support you get might be good for 6 months, but after that they won't give a shit about you. Oh, and did I mention that many brand names such as HP use second-hand/refurbished parts?

 

[Mangofett]

Dell uses refurbished parts too.

And I've had bad experiences with Dell(my laptop), my first computer was an HP and still works today.

And I'm reformatting the hard drive, doesn't matter what crap its bundled with.

 

[thac0nfus3done]

IMO, Dump lightscribe, get just a regular dvd burner, drop down to 2 or 3 gigs of RAM, make sure you are getting the best RAM for the configuration. At the price range you are looking at with that CPU you are almost surely getting DDR-2, you need to get a mother board that supports PC-6400 DDR2800 MHz. (I think it's PC6400) Getting more RAM of lower specifications is kind of a waste IMO, unless you are doing hardcore video production. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Dirtie]

Dell uses refurbished parts too.

And I've had bad experiences with Dell(my laptop), my first computer was an HP and still works today.

And I'm reformatting the hard drive, doesn't matter what crap its bundled with.

If that's the case, then it probably comes down to the motherboard. Most of the other components might be decent, but brand name PCs almost always use cheapo motherboards, that are either less than ideal for overclocking, or lacking features, or lacking expansion slots, or only have 1x PCI-E instead of 16x, etc etc
Just make sure you know exactly what you're getting.

 

[fischju_original]

$1936.00

X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Silver Color)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
MSI P965 Neo-F P965 Chipset LGA775 Supports Core 2 Duo CPU FSB1066 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &7.1Audio
2GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
Video Card 1:NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 16X PCI Express
Video Card 2:NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 16X PCI Express
Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Power Supply: 1000 watt NXZT

Two 8800GTS, just drop the memory to 2GB and the monitor, it is sooo worth it

This is at cyberpowerpc btw

 

[Kyuzumaki]

I'm currently using a MacBook with Xp and OsX even it runs games not as nice as my 7800 does but they work. I've also tried games on a macbook pro with radeon x1600 halo, call of duty 2 (native mac on OSX) they went really well, in windows mode AOE3 and counterstrike were fine.

I would wait for Leopard to be released! As I understand you can upgrade the graphics cards in the Mac Pro's. And the new eight core ones are gonna be soo fast....in OSX at least most windaz programs will ignore the other cores

Has anyone here thought about buying a new Intel based Mac Pro (they're uber powerful machines) and just running Vista off Boot Camp? I've tried this on a Macbook Pro and it seems to be running smoothly. I'm heavily considering buying a souped up Mac Pro....though I'm not sure how great it'd be for Gaming. Maybe the Mac hardware won't run as smooth on Windows?

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Mewgia]

Why was my post deleted? It was a joke, replying to part of a post linkiboy made a bit earlier.
Me is sad...

And yeah, you may want to consider a Mac+ Bootcamp. Extremely good computers, and OSX is awesome as well.

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

Hey guys,

Has anyone here thought about buying a new Intel based Mac Pro (they're uber powerful machines) and just running Vista off Boot Camp? I've tried this on a Macbook Pro and it seems to be running smoothly. I'm heavily considering buying a souped up Mac Pro....though I'm not sure how great it'd be for Gaming. Maybe the Mac hardware won't run as smooth on Windows?

What are your thoughts on this?


my thought is solaris or ubuntu is free is more stable
why pay for a unix based system when you can download it legit for free?

I find two DVD drives convient. Yes, direct copying is faster this way, and also when self-restoring after a backup is much faster when you can read 2 disks at once (for me at least)

O.O Wii isos have to be burnt at low speeds? sht. I burned all mine at 16x.

as i've stated 32142342342345 times, you can't direct copy DVDs!


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fischju won't listen to anyone because he knows everything so there isn't a point in commenting on his crappy configuration.

i just see the point of making posts on here asking for advise and then the logical advise you've been given by 2 other people you wont follow.


lol hows that for an updated post?

 

[Darkforce]

$1936.00

X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Silver Color)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
MSI P965 Neo-F P965 Chipset LGA775 Supports Core 2 Duo CPU FSB1066 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0,    &7.1Audio
2GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
Video Card 1:NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 16X PCI Express
Video Card 2:NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 16X PCI Express
Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Power Supply: 1000 watt NXZT

Two 8800GTS, just drop the memory to 2GB and the monitor, it is sooo worth it

This is at cyberpowerpc btw

That would make a pretty decent setup! Only thing I'd do different is buy 2 80GB drives instead of the 1 160GB drive and have them set in Raid 0.

There's nothing in the budget for a monitor though... I know you only want a 19" Linkiboy but personally I'd spend the extra $0-50 and get a 20" screen - they've come down a lot in price over the recent months and resolution is a lot higher at 1680x1050 vs 1400x900.

 

[Kyuzumaki]

OS X is very stable much more than windows. In my experience linux tends to be less stable. I personally use the gentoo distro, slightly harder to get up and going but once you get it there it's very good.

 

[Bowser128]

Although you may want to ignore Fischju's incessant advertising of CyberPowerPC (seriously, the first thousand times you recommended the site was enough Fisch) I agree with him on the 8800GTS front. If I was buying a new dream machine I'd get an 8800GTX, but an 8800GTS is a small amount of the cost for a large amount of the performance.

 

[fischju_original]

I would guess that 2 8800GTS cards would be faster and cheaper than a high end 8800GTX

 

[slayerspud]

For processor get a E6660, make sure you get decent cooling then overclock it to around 3.3, works great for me.

 

[Mangofett]

The only thing concerning me right now is the reliabillity of CyberPower... Anyone besides fischju buy from them?

Oh and also I need a pretty big harddrive, since in addition to gaming I do a lot of movie editing.

 

[fischju_original]

CyberPower isn't some random company, their PCs always get reviewed very highly

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

but cyberpower isn't anything to write home about either
you can do alot better usually for a cheaper price