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Question by Kevin: Is this Computer worth the price?
Im getting a pretty good amount back on taxes and wanted to update my core 2 extreme rig to this but the price seems kind of low. im a very avid gamer. i do like the 3 year warranty but i would like other opinions and input. heres the specs: ( its 4700$ )
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Case: * Apevia X-Dreamer 3 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window & Temperature Display [-62] (Black Color with Black Ring & Blue LED Fan)
Internal USB Extension Module: None
Neon Light Upgrade: None
Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) [+29] (500-1,200 RPM White Color with White LED Twister Bearing 8-14 dBA [+16])
Noise Reduction Technology: Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels [+29]
Power Supply Gasket [+5]
Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9]
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33 GHz 12M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 [+480]
Freebies: None
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49]
Cooling Fan: CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 360MM w/ Triple Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cool Capable, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silent at 18dBA) [+93]
Motherboard: (3-Way SLI Support) Asus Rampage III Extreme Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX LGA1366 ATX Mainboard – Overclockable w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, IEEE1394a, USB3.0, Bluetooth, SATA-III, RAID, 4 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1, & 1 PCI [+204]
Motherboard Expansion Card: None
Memory: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1866MHz Triple Channel Memory Module [+312] (Corsair Dominator)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+176] (EVGA Superclocked [+45])
Freebies: None
Video Card 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+561] (EVGA Superclocked [+45])
Video Card 3: None
Dedicated PHYSX Card: None
Multiple Video Card Settings: Xtreme Performance in SLI/CrossFireX Gaming Mode Supports Single Monitor
Power Supply Upgrade: 950 Watts – Corsair CMPSU-950TX 80 Plus Power Supply – Quad SLI Ready [+94]
Hard Drive: 128GB A-DATA S599 Series Gaming MLC Solid State Disk [+182] (Single Hard Drive)
Data Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System [+21] (1 x System)
External Hard Drive (USB3.0/2.0/eSATA): None
USB Flash Drive: None
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123L 12X BLU-RAY Player & DVDRW Combo (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: None
Sound: Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series PCI Express Sound Card [+199]
3D Vision Glasses: None
LCD Monitor: 22″ Widescreen 1920×1080 ViewSonic VG2228WM (Viewable 21.5 inch) LCD (Black Color) w/ Built-in D-Sub & DVI Input [+199]
2nd Monitor: None
3rd Monitor: None
Speakers: None
Network: Killer™ 2100 – Gigabit Maximum Network Performance Online Gaming Network Interface Card [+79]
Keyboard: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
Mouse: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
Mouse Pad: None
Gaming Gear: None
Extra Thermal Display: None
Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card: None
External Wireless Network Card: None
Wireless 802.11 B/G/N Access Point: None
Bluetooth: None
Flash Media Reader/Writer: None
Video Camera: None
Headset: None
Printer: None
Cable: None
Power Protection: None
Surge Protector: None
IEEE1394 Card: None
USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Floppy: None
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)
Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner: None
Office Suite: None
Games: None
Ultra Care Option: Ultra Enhanced Packaging Solution – Protect Your Dream System During Transit [+19]
CoolerMaster Thermal Fusion 400 Extreme Performance CPU – Thermal Compound Optimized for Thermal Dissipation [+10]
Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis – Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]
Service: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Best answer:
Answer by iBazooka
Seems like a steal just make sure that the cooling is sufficient for your hardware.
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Question by Patrick: Can this play modern games on high settings?
Lifestyle: Gaming
Condition: New
Operating Systems: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Colors: Black
Platform: PC
Orientations Allowed: Vertical
Form Factor: Mid-Tower
Bays: 2 – 3.5″ Drive Bays
4 – 5.25″ Drive Bays
Internal Bays: 4 – 3.5″ Drive Bays
Available 3.5″ Drive Bays: 5
Available 5.25″ Drive Bays: 3
PCI Slots (Total): 2
PCI Slots (Available): 2
PCI Express X1 Slots (Total): 1
PCI Express X1 Slots (Available): 1
PCI Express X16 Slots (Total): 1
PCI Express X16 Slots (Available): 0
Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Speed: PC3-10600
Memory Speed MHz: 1333MHz
Total Memory Size: 8GB
Memory Slots (Total): 2
Memory Slots (Available): 0
Memory Configuration: 2 x 4GB
Maximum Memory Supported: 8GB – 64 bit
PS/2 Connectors: 1 – Mouse
1 – Keyboard
USB Ports (Total): 6
Audio Out Jacks: 2
Line In Jacks: 1
Microphone Jacks: 2
VGA Ports: 1
DVI Video: 1
HDMI Ports: 1
Processor Brand: AMD
Processor Class: Athlon II X3
Processor Number: 450
Processor Speed: 3.20GHz
Processor Interface: Socket AM3
Processors Supported: 1
Processors Onboard: 1
Hard Drives Included: 1
Capacity: 1TB
Hard Drive Types: Hard Disk Drive
Speed: 7,200RPM
RAID: RAID-capable
RAID Modes: 0, 1, 10
Optical Drive Type: DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe
Optical Drives Included: 1
Audio Description: Integrated Audio
Audio Chipset: High Definition Audio
Channels: 5.1
Graphics Description: Dedicated Graphics
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Video Memory: 1GB
LAN Data Transfer Rate: 10/100/1000Mbps
LAN Description: Integrated
LAN Interface Type: RJ-45
LAN Ports: 1
Power: 350 Watt
Mouse Type: Optical
Buttons: 3
Scrolling Capability: Vertical
Keyboard Type: Standard
Height: 18.5″
Width: 8.5″
Depth: 20.1″
Specification Notes: [6] To provide the most accurate specifications, the specifications listed are based upon information provided
Best answer:
Answer by Collin Osting
yes this should be able to play games with high quality settings
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Question by john61484: Can someone help me find a reliable NAS solution?
I currently use a Silicon Image 3132 Sata Raid card and an 8 bay tower I got on ebay ($ 500). It was fine for awhile, but it lacks a couple features I’m really finding necessary. It doesn’t have Online RAID level migration or Online Capacity Expansion. It’s also software based, so every time windows freaks out, I have to restart to find that my array has to recheck for redundancy. I’m out of space on my 4.5TB raid 5 array, and I’m currently relying on a 1TB mirrored drive for storage. There’s more space in the tower, but I can’t expand the size of the array, and I want all my data in one place.
I’m open to any suggestions, but even though I have money, I’d rather not pay an arm and a leg. I have a good knowledge of computers, but not of Linux (I’m definitely willing to learn). I want something nice and reliable, capable of capacity expansion and raid level migration, and something will plenty of disk slots.
From what I’ve read, it looks like the cheapest way to go is to build a Linux NAS from old computers, of which I have plenty. I’ve even heard of this being done for under $ 500. But like I said earlier, I know nothing about linux. If this is the best way to get performance and reliability without too much cost, is there a walkthrough, parts list or installation instructions available somewhere?
Is it possible that I could reuse my existing RAID tower with the 8 drive slots, add some hardware and end up with a NAS instead of what it is now???
Best answer:
Answer by Colanth
FreeNAS if you’re wiling to learn. (Linux is open source, of course, so you can add or modify anything you want.) A cheap box – even the one you have – with a hardware raid controller and lots of drive space. (A Seagate 2TB is only $ 119 now – wait a few weeks and it’ll probably be $ 89, so that box can fit 16TB total.) http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_openwiki&Itemid=30&id=sug:en
Or Buffalo if you want to spend money.
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Question by smart_smarth007: Which motherboard is better an intel or asus???plz read the rest of the details too…?
if asus which one of these-
Asus M2A-VM HDMI
ASUS M2A -VM HDMI AMD 690G Chipset Socket AM2 uATX Motherboard / First Integrated VGA MB (ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics) supports Playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs with HDCP compliant and Support Dual-VGA output(DVI-D&RGB) and SurroundView / PCI – Express Sloat / 2000 MHz HT FSB / 533 – 667 – 800 DDR2 ( MAX 8GB)/ 4 SATA II Support Raid / 10 USB 2.0 / 10/100/1000 LAN / Audio – (For Athlon X2 Processors – 3 Years Limited Warranty)
Price: Rs. 4450/-
ASUS M2NPV – VM
ASUS M2NPV – VM NVIDIA GF6150 + nForce 430 Chipset Socket AM2 uATX Motherboard / Graphics – Integrated Geforce 6 GPU, High Defenition Video Processing with max. resolution 1920 x 1440, Dual VGA DVI-D and RGB (TV Support for SDTV & HDTV) / PCI – Express Sloat 533 – 667 – 800 DDR2 ( MAX 8 GB) / 4*SATA, 2*IDE / 2*IEEE 1394a / 10/100/1000 LAN / Audio – (For AMD Sockket AM2 Processors – 3 Years Limited Warranty)
Price: Rs. 4375/-
And if intel which one?Also sugest a proceso
Best answer:
Answer by mawduce65
Well, if you going with a socket AM2 for a CPU, I doubt you will find an Intel board for an AMD processor. As far as the boards you have listed, the ASUS M2NPV – VM is the better board because of the NVIDIA chipset, otherwise they are both decent boards. As far as the processor, the AMD X2 6000 at 3.0GHz seems to offer the best performance for the money.
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Question by halogenlamps: How in the world am i to get the proper raid drivers and make drive seen to downgrade to xp on inspiron 1525?
try to downgrade to xp on inspiron 1525 machine. I cannot find proper raid drivers. further, i am not sure my floppy drive is even being seen when i attach it. please help me find proper raid drivers so i dont get that “no hard disk drives found” error message while installing xp.
Best answer:
Answer by The Captain
If they don’t make the drivers… you are outta luck 
but if you can find compatible drivers… google for how to slipstream the drivers into the window’s xp install disk 
a few steps to follow, but it is rather easy.
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Question by isaacrichey [at] rocketmail [dot] com: is this a good gaming pc?
Depth:19.3 in
Height:16.7 in
Product Form Factor:Mid tower
Type:Personal computer
Weight:30 lbs
Width:7.5 in
PROCESSOR:
64-bit Computing:Yes
Installed Qty:1
Max Supported Qty:1
Multi-Core Technology:Dual-Core
Processor Main Features:HyperTransport
Type:AMD Athlon II X2 260 / 3.2 GHz
CACHE MEMORY:
Cache Per Processor:2 MB
Installed Size:2 MB
Type:L2 cache
MAINBOARD:
Chipset Type:NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
Processor Socket:Socket AM3
RAM:
Configuration Features:2 x 2 GB
Features:Dual channel memory architecture
Form Factor:DIMM 240-pin
Installed Size:4 GB / 8 GB (max)
Technology:DDR3 SDRAM
STORAGE CONTROLLER:
Channel Qty:4
Controller Interface Type:Serial ATA-300
RAID Level:RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, JBOD
Type:1 x Serial ATA – integrated
STORAGE:
Hard Drive:1 x 500 GB – standard – Serial ATA-300 – 7200 rpm
STORAGE CONTROLLER (2ND):
Type:1 x IDE – integrated
MONITOR:
Monitor Type:None.
GRAPHICS CONTROLLER:
Graphics Processor / Vendor:NVIDIA GeForce 7025
Type:Integrated
AUDIO OUTPUT:
Compliant Standards:High Definition Audio
Sound Output Mode:7.1 channel surround
Type:Sound card – integrated
INPUT DEVICE:
Type:Mouse, keyboard
KEYBOARD:
Interface:USB
MOUSE:
Interface:USB
NETWORKING:
Data Link Protocol:Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Networking:Network adapter – integrated
EXPANSION / CONNECTIVITY:
Expansion Bays Total (Free):3 ( 2 ) x front accessible – 5.25″
2 ( 2 ) x front accessible – 3.5″
5 ( 4 ) x internal – 3.5″
Expansion Slots Total (Free):1 ( 0 ) x processor – Socket AM3
2 ( 0 ) x memory – DIMM 240-pin
1 ( 0 ) x PCI Express x16
1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x1
2 ( 2 ) x PCI
Interfaces:1 x keyboard – generic – 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
1 x mouse – generic – 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
6 x Hi-Speed USB – 4 pin USB Type A ( 2 in front )
1 x network – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T – RJ-45
Audio
1 x par
POWER:
Device Type:Power supply
Power Provided:500 Watt
Voltage Required:AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
OPERATING SYSTEM / SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Office Preloaded:Includes a pre-loaded image of select Microsoft Office 2010 suites. Purchase an Office 2010 Product Key Card or disc to activate preloaded software on this PC.
OS Provided:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition
Software:Microsoft Office 2010 Starter
MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:
Service & Support:1 year warranty
Service & Support Details:Limited warranty – 1 year
Best answer:
Answer by Adam
NO!!! Its got a pretty old cpu (duel core) and also an intergrated GPU. I dont know how much your paying for it but DONT go near it.
It will run older games (sims 2..maybe) also cheaper 4.99 supermarket games but not anything like call of duty, etc.
Id really like to be able to talk to you and find out your budget etc >< I build PCS for a hobby and im allways happy to help.
The pc above id only pay about £200 ($ 350) and THAT would be pushing it tbh. You could buy that pc in parts for alot cheaper. The CPU is decent (not amazing) great programs which can help with homework etc.. but the intergrated graphics is where it falls down. for a Average gaming PC you need an addon GPU card.
P.s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUSVYSPp5P4&feature=related << this video shows you how that graphic card runs games. As you can see..very..very bad ><
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Question by Pierre A: How to install RAID1 with two new hard-drives with XP already install in the third drive?
I have just bought two 1.5TB Hard Drives. I wish to install them in RAID1 together.
I already have a 1TB Hard drive with Windows XP professional install on it. I do not wish to format this HDD and lose data.
All those three drives are in SATA.
I have a ASUS P5Q Turbo motherboard that handles Raid. I have read the booklet of my motherboard and followed the instructions to install. Here what I have done:
1-Set the “Configure SATA as” item to RAID (instead of IDE) in the Bios
2-In the motherboard interface (called Intel matrix storage manager), I have chosen my two new 1.5TB drives to be in RAID1 and left my 1TB in “non RAID Disk”
3-I have restarted and the system won’t boot.
4-so, I have changed the booting order to put the 1TB in priority for booting, Windows Xp starts then immediately crashed with a quick blue screen of death.
5-Only when I put back the “Configure SATA as” item to IDE, Windows will boot but WITHOUT my new drives.
Do someone knows how to set the new drives in RAID1 without reinstalling windows Xp Pro?
Best answer:
Answer by Variable
It’s actually quite easy to use Windows’ own software RAID 1 to mirror the data drives if you don’t want to use the hardware, which relies on drivers and stuff. Turn it all off and start again by booting into XP.
Right click on My Computer and choose Manage.
Under Disk Management you will see the two new drives. They will be Drive 1 and Drive 2 (Drive 0 is your old one).
Right click on the main part of the drive 1 window and create a partition and format it as NTFS. Make it very slightly smaller than the maximum.
Now right-click on the smaller grey box to the left and choose Make Disk Dynamic. Repeat this step for drive 2.
Go back to the right side window of drive 1 and right click, then choose Create Mirror. Choose Drive 2 as the destination.
It will take several hours to synch the two drives together so be patient.
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