Teddy Starsmith

Happy sunday y'all So yea, instead of goiing to church, I spent the rest of this morning coming up with my latest list of system specs after the information here and at overclockersclub. Thank you all so much for your ideas and input. They've contributed a great deal to my knowledge and understanding of what I'm getting, especially the time it's taking me to get what I need. I appreciate it lots. I hope you all have a great weekend. Please look at the following recent list of specs and offer any further ideas or opinion, regardless if it's agreeing or disagreeing. I assure you that every comment so far has helped me come far in my decision of this build. Take care Note: Each product listed has a link along with it to inform the reader exactly where I'm buying it from. And I'll especially be getting that mouse suggested to me earlier on here. Thanks very much for the suggestion ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16827135204 COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119225 Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822148725 ASUS GTX670-DC2-2GD5 GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card : http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814121637 CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817139010 CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B : http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820145345 SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD): http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820147164 Bundle for Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K and ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard Fusion Thermo,SupremeFXIV,ROG Connect,Quad SLI/CFX: http://www.newegg.co...t=Combo.1066876 And na, I don't think I will go with water cooling. At least for the moment. I've decided, based on all the feedback I've gotten and research, that it's best if I only use that if I seriously plan to overclock. But if I ever have to, the option will already be on the motherboard, and hopefully the option of water cooling will be a lot less expensive by then. Take care everyone and thanks again!

Thanks for all the advice After lurking around this fourm and at the overclockersclub website (Yes I know, it's a dumb name, but it's still a very useful site) I've decided to go with the building approach ^^ Not only cuz I think it would be something fun to do, but I've always wanted to do it since I was a kid. Yea yea, I know, I'm being like Michael Jackon and living out my childhood, but I suppose it's not as bad as buying a themepark.^^...though with enough money, I probably would do that too... >.>...Ahem, anyways, back to the topic at hand. I also decided to get some hardware with features that I know SL doesn't support right now, but that doesn't mean they won't support it in the future. Therefore, I won't have to spend more time and energy upgrading and replacing later down the road, ensuring I can keep the same PC as it is for a much longer time. I have finished finding all the parts I need though, but I'll most certainly take the advice about the 660 ti geforce cards in account. Anyways, please tell me what you guys think Here is the following specs I've collected at the moment: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131876 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106183 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171048 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220707 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148725 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103960 Whew! Lots of stuff Made me break out into a sweat. Anyways, I totaled it all so far up to $956.94 with 0 shipping costs. Whatcha guys think though? Any opinions if I should change or add anything? Took me almost all last night and this morning to come up with all of this. I kinda been obsessed, hehe^^

Oh, forgot to ask this as well ^^ Whew, on a roll today eh folks? But I was wondering if anyone had any experience using the GeForce GTX 660 Ti with SL? Or at least the GeForce GTX 650 Ti? I've kinda got my eye wandering over those after spending awhile lurking through NVidia's lovely collection. ^^ Prices seem pretty reasonable given the specs. What do y'all think?

Howdy! So when you speak of a memory type hard drive, are you referring to SSD hard drives? And if so, I heard there's some hybrids out there somewhere that make us of both hdd and ssd technology, and that hdd drives, although slower, are able to store a lot more. Though, that last part is just a rumor. I'm not for sure. Hm....*ponders* But it seems like you got a really good deal I'll look into it. I suppose the geoforce 9800 series cards work best, no? For sl that is, especially it's picky compalibility in that regard.

Wow! Lots of awesome replies. Thank you so much guys ^^!!!!!! One last question I have though is something I'm most concerned about, especially since I'm in the deep south at the moment and we usually have humid and scortching summers...and that question is what cooling system do you all think would be the best for running something like SL? Thank you all so much for taking the time to provide me with much needed help. I greatly appreciate it I will most certainly take my time to analyze the information here and based off that choose which road to go down on. Have a good night!

Greetings fellow SL citizens. I come in peace, so do not fret. Recently, I have gotten sick of depending on laptops for running SL. Not only due to the strain SL usually puts on them, but overheating always finds me one way or another. Even the best of laptops have fallen to the roaring winds of heat fans and dust upon heat sinks from SL's sizziling might! And although I can just learn how to clean out the dust and apply thermal paste, there is still my worry upon the strain SL seems to put on laptops in general, plus I do not wish having to do that too often. So, after a bit of research and talking to a few close associates, I've come to the conclusion that I'll have the least amount of trouble with this game if I play it on a PC. Thus, I've decided to embark on a new adventure by making my first and real serious attempt at building my own PC. I prefer to do this with a budget of 1K, though I can go up to 2K if the situation is dire enough. The following is a list of specs I've gathered so far for the PC I plan to build. Remember, I wish to build one that's at least effective enough to allow me enjoying SL's full potential, minus the lag and other interal issues that I can't help ofc, including whatever Internet connection I'm on, which is cable btw. Please look below and feel free to add to or suggest modifications for the specs I plan to add to the PC so far: ATA board and drivers At least an i7 Intel Core Processor and a gtx 980. I'm not sure about the AMD line though. But if anyone has good suggestions on that, I'm very happy to hear em! Liquid cool or nitrogen liquid cooling for the system Power Supply doesn't need to be like 1000W. It can be 500W and still be alright with me. I need something though that will last and be reliable in that area though. Yea...that's all I have ^^ Pathetic, I know. But this is my very first time building one and I have no idea where to even begin. I'd like the processor to be able to run 3.4 Ghz at least with 16 GB of RAM at least. SSD storage technology would be nice too. I'm not too sure though on what else I need to order in regards to further details on the specs and just other parts I'm needing to add in general. Or if there's any specs I have listed that I need to modify. I'm kinda lost on this to be honest, as much as I hate to say it :/ Anyone have better suggestions? Let me repeat that I'm only wanting to build one that will at least give me the most performance out of SL. Thank you all for your time and I hope to hear back from you guys soon :D Teddanator!