New computer for D3? - Page 5

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*Shivers*....I don't know how anyone can play anything on a laptop unless it's sitting in a docking station with a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. But I guess you'll be able to go to McDonald's and eat a cheeseburger while you play on their free wifi




I laughed...

As to the my gaming setup.

I have pieces together a mid-high to low-high gaming platform.

Grand Total: $713.55 /w tax /w shipping

This is from scratch PC so it's not missing components.

Case/Base components

250x2gb hdd

Radeon 6870 1gb /w crossfire support

680w ps

8gb cas 9 /w hs ddr3(1600) ram

ASUS P7P55D-E LX mobo

Intel I-5 760 CPU|||Quote:








For the OP, I would argue using a single GTX 580 instead of 2x GTX 560, as it's arguably approximately as powerful. Then, of course, with a single 580, you can upgrade later to 580 SLI. It depends on your monitor setup as well, of course.




I agree, the only case I would suggest 2x GTX 560 is if you are planning on using 3D Vision Surround, which D3 would not support anyway.




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I laughed...

As to the my gaming setup.

I have pieces together a mid-high to low-high gaming platform.

Grand Total: $713.55 /w tax /w shipping

This is from scratch PC so it's not missing components.

Case/Base components

250x2gb hdd

Radeon 6870 1gb /w crossfire support

680w ps

8gb cas 9 /w hs ddr3(1600) ram

ASUS P7P55D-E LX mobo

Intel I-5 760 CPU




For the price it's a good setup, ready for D3. I approve. Only thing is even if your 6870 supports crossfire, your mobo doesn't. You won't need it anyway but I thought I would point it out in case someone else would want to build a similar computer.|||Quote:








I agree, the only case I would suggest 2x GTX 560 is if you are planning on using 3D Vision Surround, which D3 would not support anyway.





For the price it's a good setup, ready for D3. I approve. Only thing is even if your 6870 supports crossfire, your mobo doesn't. You won't need it anyway but I thought I would point it out in case someone else would want to build a similar computer.




Sonova....good catch! and yes I wasn't planning on really going xfire support primarily due to the technology not truly being utilized at the moment.|||Quote:








*Shivers*....I don't know how anyone can play anything on a laptop unless it's sitting in a docking station with a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. But I guess you'll be able to go to McDonald's and eat a cheeseburger while you play on their free wifi




17.3 inch monitor is more than enough

and a laptop keyboard is fine, because really, how many keys do you actually use for D2 or any game for that matter ?

the need for a real mouse I can agree with

the main reason for wanting this is that I have a lot of down time at work, and though I'm not allowed to install games on my work pc, they have no problem letting me play games when there's no work to do|||Wow, lots of tech-specs here about processors, video cards, cooling, etc.

My question is... Running what? Programs (games) have to be installed under an Operating System, and I'm curious to know if people are still running WinXP, or Win Vista, or if anyone has a working Windows 7 system. In anticipation of D3, I bought a brand-new Windows 7 system from a custom builder but couldn't get it to run for an hour without going blue-screen on me. I wasn't trying to play fancy games, either, just web-browsing and looking at videos on YouTube or CNN or wherever.

What do all you highly-technical hardware builders recommend as an O/S ?|||Sounds like a conflicting hardware or driver issue. Win7 has been rock solid for me, by far the best windows I've run to date.|||Quote:








Wow, lots of tech-specs here about processors, video cards, cooling, etc.

My question is... Running what? Programs (games) have to be installed under an Operating System, and I'm curious to know if people are still running WinXP, or Win Vista, or if anyone has a working Windows 7 system. In anticipation of D3, I bought a brand-new Windows 7 system from a custom builder but couldn't get it to run for an hour without going blue-screen on me. I wasn't trying to play fancy games, either, just web-browsing and looking at videos on YouTube or CNN or wherever.

What do all you highly-technical hardware builders recommend as an O/S ?




Well......firstly.....the OS can cause blue screens but not as commonly as broken drivers/hardware, if the reputation of the custom builder is not very good that could have been your first problem. I'd recommend finding a tech savy friend nearby to once over your machine to check for faulty hardware, alternatively the custom builder should have had some sort of warranty for you.

To answer your OS issue, I have heard the least problems coming out of the already stable windows xp OS. Vista OS will give you the most amount of issues from what I've been told but apparently SP2 for Vista fixes alot of original issues. 7 doesn't have as many issues expressed in Vista and I personally have not had any issues with it. The microsoft updates aren't top notch so going in and manually finding those drivers is sometimes the better option for 7. So IMO from I would go from XP then to 7, then to Vista (if you have to) Although you may want to be careful with XP I think there was talk about support going away from it.|||Quote:








Wow, lots of tech-specs here about processors, video cards, cooling, etc.

My question is... Running what? Programs (games) have to be installed under an Operating System, and I'm curious to know if people are still running WinXP, or Win Vista, or if anyone has a working Windows 7 system. In anticipation of D3, I bought a brand-new Windows 7 system from a custom builder but couldn't get it to run for an hour without going blue-screen on me. I wasn't trying to play fancy games, either, just web-browsing and looking at videos on YouTube or CNN or wherever.

What do all you highly-technical hardware builders recommend as an O/S ?




I've been using Windows 7 64 bit as soon as the "Beta" version was available. It's one of the best Windows OS imo.

As for your BSOD problems, it is not directly related to the OS. Blue screens are a protection from your OS, against major hardware failures. Basically it means that you have a hardware or a driver problem. There are many tests you can run to diagnose the problem. First I would suggest a memory test (memtest86 or Prime95 with custom MB assigned). If it fails, it means you have either a faulty memory module or a faulty memory slot (on your mobo). But before you do those tests, make sure your computer is not overclocked, usually you want to go into the Bios and load optimized default settings. Also, while you are there (in the Bios), make sure your memory specs meets the vendor specifications. If your memory supports XMP profile, it's usually the easiest way to set it up, otherwise you will have to look in your motherboard's manual and set the frequency and the timings manually.

That would be the first step, come back here with the results and we'll tell you what to do next.|||I'll get my new PC by the end of the week .

I already purchased my 22'' and I believe this is the best size, not too big and not too small for gaming|||Quote:








I'll get my new PC by the end of the week .

I already purchased my 22'' and I believe this is the best size, not too big and not too small for gaming




I personally went from a 22 to a 24....and now I can comfortably say that I don't see myself getting anything any bigger.