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02-25-2008, 06:27 PM
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| Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006
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 |  My New Alienware ALX Rig... So my buddy was getting rig of his 2 or so year old Alienware ALX rig and I picked it up off of him for $100. It has the following: AMD (939) FX-60 dual core oc/d to 2.61ghz 4 1gb Corsair Memory (one with the flashy lights) 3 100GB WD's PNY 7600GT Audigy 2 zs Ultra 650w power supply Koolance Liquid Cooling System This rig is amazing, and for $100 bucks, I couldn't beat it. It came with a copy of XP 64bit, but I formatted it and installed 32bit Vista Business. I am going to upgrade later to Vista Ultimate 64bit. I have a few questions though... 1. I know there is 4gb of mem installed, but why is only 3 showing in Vista? Is it because the version I have is 32bit and 32 bit only supports 3055? 2. I want to upgrade the video card. It has room to make a SLI setup so I was thinking, should I go with 2 XFX 8600GT's or non SLI/1 eVGA 8800GTS? Those are all of my questions for now...I have been installing all my fave games including: COD, BF2, Doom3, Raven Shield, CS and a few others and I just love being able to max out all the settings and have no lag. Surprisingly, Vista is running very smooth. I guess the 3 gigs of mem and 2.6 gb processor are actually doing their job! hah
__________________ CURRENT RIG MB Asus A8N-32 SLI Deluxe CPU AMD 64 FX-60 2.6GHz HSF Asus Arctic Square 92mm RAM 4x 1GB Corsair XMS TwinX w/ LEDs GPU eVGA GeForce 8800GTS(g92) HDD 3x 100GB WD SATA 3GB/s PSU Corsair HX520w OS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Case Antec Nine Hundred w/ 5 120m, 1 220m fans Monitor 2x Planar PL1711M LCD $$$FOR SALE$$$ HSF Koolance Liquid Cooler w/ hoses and CPU block, HDD cooler and coolant - $80 PSU Ultra Xfinity 600w - $40 Case Alienware ALX - SALE PENDING |
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02-25-2008, 06:29 PM
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... 1. yes 2. 1 8800gts > 2 8600gt's (by a landslide)
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy (OH NOES IT STOPPED WORKING! I NEED AN X-FI!) / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 3200.. (trying to troubleshoot my HD 2900 Pro right now..) I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born.  |
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02-25-2008, 06:34 PM
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| former amd gt player  Join Date: Jul 2006
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... very very and i mean very good deals, your wicked lucky i can say that. the fx 60 sells for about 300/400 used on ebay.
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02-25-2008, 06:38 PM
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... this might be a crazy suggestion, but that FX-60 begs to be overclocked with its Unlocked Multiplier goodness, but if you have that rig in your sig (hey that rhymed  ) swap the 7600gt and the 6600gt and the CPU's and you can probably overclock like mad with the DFI Board in there and put the 7600gt back in the Alienware when you get your new video card and like sell the Alienware if you want (just a thought)
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy (OH NOES IT STOPPED WORKING! I NEED AN X-FI!) / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 3200.. (trying to troubleshoot my HD 2900 Pro right now..) I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born. |
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02-25-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... Hmm, well than I think I will go with the 8800GTS. As for swapping and stuff. I am thinking about just taking the ASUS board in this Alienware Case and swapping it with my DFI. I wanted to keep the ASUS a8n since it has SLI, but ****, with the 8800GTS, I could care less... What do you guys think? Whats the difference between the two 8800GTS. One is 320bit and the other is 640mb...is the difference big?
__________________ CURRENT RIG MB Asus A8N-32 SLI Deluxe CPU AMD 64 FX-60 2.6GHz HSF Asus Arctic Square 92mm RAM 4x 1GB Corsair XMS TwinX w/ LEDs GPU eVGA GeForce 8800GTS(g92) HDD 3x 100GB WD SATA 3GB/s PSU Corsair HX520w OS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Case Antec Nine Hundred w/ 5 120m, 1 220m fans Monitor 2x Planar PL1711M LCD $$$FOR SALE$$$ HSF Koolance Liquid Cooler w/ hoses and CPU block, HDD cooler and coolant - $80 PSU Ultra Xfinity 600w - $40 Case Alienware ALX - SALE PENDING Last edited by KNiGHTMaRe89; 02-25-2008 at 06:55 PM. |
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02-25-2008, 07:13 PM
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| wtfz0r  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... 8800GTS 512mb is the better one, and the difference between the two you posted is only memory, and only matters if you game at high resolution 
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02-25-2008, 07:16 PM
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... That was a steal!
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02-25-2008, 07:17 PM
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... Quote:
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy (OH NOES IT STOPPED WORKING! I NEED AN X-FI!) / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 3200.. (trying to troubleshoot my HD 2900 Pro right now..) I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born. | |
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02-25-2008, 07:18 PM
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| Gadget Freak  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lowell,Ma
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... don't waste your time w/ the g80 8800 gts. edit: Geez two post before I even got one in
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02-25-2008, 07:20 PM
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| Ultra Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY, USA
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| Re: My New Alienware ALX Rig... Get the GTS 512, otherwise you're better off with a GT 512. The GTS 320 and 640 are G80 architecture, while the 512's are the superior performing G92 architecture.
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