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 June 29, 2011, 06:05:57 PM
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just wondering if anyone else is into building systems for gaming and benchmarking ? or am i the only benchmarking geek here ? ... i just got finished building a computer with a i7-990x core with a asus rampage iii black edition ... it also has a fxf hd 6990 video card with Kingston HyperX T1 6GB DDR3 2250MHz Triple Channel Kit ...the hard drive is a m4 crucial 512gb solid state drive ... pretty sweet machine ,,,, will eat thru any game i throw at it ... i have a 24 gb memory kit coming for it when i decide to use some memory intensive CAD programs ,,, i built this from scratch ,,right from the power supply straight thru to the case ,,,,, i spent stupid money doing it to ,,,  anyways ,,, just thought i would see if there were any any others here that are interested in this type of expensive hobbie ... probably not ... but if u do ,,, just curious of what type of system and programs u utilize ...etc .. jim p
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July 01, 2011, 08:50:16 PM
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just wondering if anyone else is into building systems for gaming and benchmarking ? or am i the only benchmarking geek here ? ... i just got finished building a computer with a i7-990x core with a asus rampage iii black edition ... it also has a fxf hd 6990 video card with Kingston HyperX T1 6GB DDR3 2250MHz Triple Channel Kit ...the hard drive is a m4 crucial 512gb solid state drive ... pretty sweet machine ,,,, will eat thru any game i throw at it ... i have a 24 gb memory kit coming for it when i decide to use some memory intensive CAD programs ,,, i built this from scratch ,,right from the power supply straight thru to the case ,,,,, i spent stupid money doing it to ,,, anyways ,,, just thought i would see if there were any any others here that are interested in this type of expensive hobbie ... probably not ... but if u do ,,, just curious of what type of system and programs u utilize ...etc .. jim p Jim, it's a very cool choice you did. The hard drive space could be a bit more but you can add additional external disks with more space in case you need it. 24 Gigs of RAM memory is more than enough for the next years. It was not a waste of money and to do it from scratch is perfect. I did that myself and learned a lot through it. Is a Brain trainer. My choice of program would be for CAD: Allplan.....for Vizualisation: Cinema 4D and for the Rendering: fryrender. They work in harmony. Also, for Gameplay your machine is prepared. I play rarely now, cause i'am too busy. If just Seddlers or mostly Grand Prix4 (old game but great) from Geoff Crammond. I dislike it to play Ego Shooter. best to you Jim :) Martin
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July 02, 2011, 12:58:11 PM
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hey martin ,,, im happy you answered ,,, yes, even though the x58 platform is technically outdated ,,, all the bugs are worked out of it ,,, forgot to mention ,, i have a couple western digital VelociRaptor's and a few 2t external drives for storage ,,,,,, them damn solid state's are so expensive !!! .... i checked out the cad programs that you listed , wow ,,them are impressive for sure ! ,,, thank you for the information ,,,, i wasnt aware of any of them ..... i had been to your website and was impressed with your 3D work and had wondered what programs you use.. very talented  yea, i dont care for the ego shooter games either ,, my main game is microsoft flight simulator x ,,, on the computer i built it is very impressive for sure ,,,,, thank you martin for sharing your thoughts ,, best to you also sir ! jim
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July 02, 2011, 09:22:43 PM
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hey martin ,,, im happy you answered ,,, yes, even though the x58 platform is technically outdated ,,, all the bugs are worked out of it ,,, forgot to mention ,, i have a couple western digital VelociRaptor's and a few 2t external drives for storage ,,,,,, them damn solid state's are so expensive !!! .... i checked out the cad programs that you listed , wow ,,them are impressive for sure ! ,,, thank you for the information ,,,, i wasnt aware of any of them ..... i had been to your website and was impressed with your 3D work and had wondered what programs you use.. very talented yea, i dont care for the ego shooter games either ,, my main game is microsoft flight simulator x ,,, on the computer i built it is very impressive for sure ,,,,, thank you martin for sharing your thoughts ,, best to you also sir ! jim Jim , Flight simulator i've played too. We have something in common. Thank you for your kind words Jim.
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July 04, 2011, 12:03:40 AM
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just wondering if anyone else is into building systems for gaming and benchmarking ? or am i the only benchmarking geek here ? ... i just got finished building a computer with a i7-990x core with a asus rampage iii black edition ... it also has a fxf hd 6990 video card with Kingston HyperX T1 6GB DDR3 2250MHz Triple Channel Kit ...the hard drive is a m4 crucial 512gb solid state drive ... pretty sweet machine ,,,, will eat thru any game i throw at it ... i have a 24 gb memory kit coming for it when i decide to use some memory intensive CAD programs ,,, i built this from scratch ,,right from the power supply straight thru to the case ,,,,, i spent stupid money doing it to ,,, anyways ,,, just thought i would see if there were any any others here that are interested in this type of expensive hobbie ... probably not ... but if u do ,,, just curious of what type of system and programs u utilize ...etc .. jim p I've been building my workstations for years, Latest is a x58 Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R , I7 960, 24gb GSkill ram, Gigabyte GV-R577SO-1GD radeon 5770 1 gb video, OCZ Vertex 2 240GB SSD, 4-Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB drive ( 2 in raid 1). W7 64 bit. System is very fast and very stable, I don't overclock. I use it for photo processing and video editing only. Its about 6 months old. And yes it is odl tech too. I recently purchased 2- 2011 Mac Book Pro, both 15" noe an i7 2.0 quad sandybridge and one a 2.2 i7 sandy bridge, both with 8gb ram. These things scream, nearly as fast as my workstation for processing tasks. Sadly the macs are weak in the usb departmetn and my camera tethering is not reliable on them. So I also purchased a Toshiba 2.0 i7 Quad sandybridge laptop and its very very close to the MBP for speed. Not near the build quality but at 1000 bucks compaired to 1800 or 2000 for a MPB its a great piece. I mention this because sandybridge is very, very, very good, and I wish it had it for my workstation :) Gonna be another 12-18 months before its workstation upgrade time again :)
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July 04, 2011, 01:00:41 PM
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hey craig ,, very nice system you built ,, all the components you used are fantastic choices ,,, i've had several gigabyte motherboards and cards and never a problem . my next build is going to be sandy bridge for sure, i hear that they make phenomenal workstations ,,, at a helluva lot cheaper price too ... lol the toshiba laptop always have great reviews , i need to get a new one and i have been checking around and the Toshiba 2.0 is in my top three of choices ,,, thanks for the info craig ,, i appreciate it ...
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July 04, 2011, 01:46:25 PM
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hey craig ,, very nice system you built ,, all the components you used are fantastic choices ,,, i've had several gigabyte motherboards and cards and never a problem . my next build is going to be sandy bridge for sure, i hear that they make phenomenal workstations ,,, at a helluva lot cheaper price too ... lol the toshiba laptop always have great reviews , i need to get a new one and i have been checking around and the Toshiba 2.0 is in my top three of choices ,,, thanks for the info craig ,, i appreciate it ...
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The toshiba model number is A665 s5318 Got it at Office depot for 899
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July 04, 2011, 05:37:09 PM
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awesome ,, thank you craig ,, i appreciate that information ..
jim
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July 04, 2011, 05:53:08 PM
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awesome ,, thank you craig ,, i appreciate that information ..
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Make that a665 s5183x I should not try and do this stuff from mamory :)
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July 06, 2011, 12:13:21 AM
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thanks craig for the update ,,great reviews on that model laptop.. and a decent price too , i was thinking of going with an alienware , but they have too many bugs still ,,, i think . i believe toshiba is the way to go this time ,,,,,
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July 06, 2011, 01:14:05 PM
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thanks craig for the update ,,great reviews on that model laptop.. and a decent price too , i was thinking of going with an alienware , but they have too many bugs still ,,, i think . i believe toshiba is the way to go this time ,,,,,
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The HD is kinda slow, I replaced it with a WD Scorpio black 750gb 7200 rpm. I might take the optical drive out and replace it with an ssd, if I decide to upgrade my workstation SSD to a new OCZ Vertex III which is sata 6. it currently has a Vertex II which is really pretty fast. All in all a very nice machine. And priced right too. Just not as pretty as my MacBook Pro's :)
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July 07, 2011, 01:20:17 PM
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i was thinking about doing a hdd to ssd swap too . i recently purchased a crucial m4 256gb for my gaming computer and the thing is a beast .. it is also a sata 6 , and my motherboard ( asus rampage iii black ) has the updated marvel sata 6 ports ... so no problems at all .. my read/write speeds benchmark around 430/ 270 ..!! ive had it about a month now with no slow downs,bsod, or anything ...
that vertex iii will definitely wake that laptop up ! ,, they also score pretty high on reviews ,,,, i dont think u can go wrong with either ssd ... my bootup time for windows7 64 is about 12seconds ! ...
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