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lunarus
So the time has come, AoC came out, and…. my pc hated it. yes i was running at a whole 8fps… so after a short trip to ebuyer, and a whole days wait afterwards im left with my branfd new set up, wana see??
ok so dont laugh but the only thing i havent upgraded yet was the graphix… (yes im still running an 8600GT)
Heres the long list of stuff that got bought.
ASUS P5K premium (i wouldnt sugest it unless you know what your doing, i had nothing but problems with the sound drivers)
Q6600 (thanks to the new cooler is running at a cool 3GHz)
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (keeping the OC’d Q6600 at i nice 40 degrees C)
580w PSU (i cant remember the name or the make, but its black, and does the job ^_^)
Last but not least there was the ram, DDR2 4GB (2x 2GB sticks)
All in all my shopping list came to around 250 quid, bargin!
now im running AoC at around 18 FPS -_-
was it really worth it? well… yes… theres still alot more i can do with it, trust me, big ideas follow, water cooling, case modding, 2×8800GTS running in duel Sli and finaly getting around to setting up my raid drivers.
this year will be exciting, and is now dubbed “the year of gaming”
but it doesnt stop there, gamers everywhere know of the sacred holiday of “winterimas” well…. im preparing myself for it. More will come when i deam it worthy, but all you need to know is, it involves things like, LAN, layer 3 switches, and brand new server build…. oh wait, i’ve said to much!
Hi mate! great plog I started my own, It’s wazhim’s gadget goodies blog It’s on the custpc website as well. I git a comment fron dannybiy hat he liked my blog
Your blog is awesome. You are obviously setting your sights much higher han me I’ll get bthere …:-)
fascinating reading
keep it up!
wazhim
Sounds like you’re in dire need of a GFX card - 18fps 
Hi Lunarus, before you run off and order those 2×8800GTS to enjoy the power of SLi, please take a minute and review your motherboard’s specs. You’ll find that this board at best can run 2xATI cards in Xfire. But even that I wouldn’t recommend, because the second video slot is only 4x instead of the recommended 16x speed. So if you wanna play with Sli, the only way to go forward is the 9800GX2. Apart from that, this motherboard is great, though.