Asus Rampage 2 Extreme mobo
24GB Dominator DDR3 memory kit
ATI Radeon HD 5970 video card
LGA 1366 intel i7 processor
NEC CRVD-42DWX+ curved gaming display
Hitachi 7K1000.B Hard Drive
G51 surround sound
G19 keyboard
Razer Copperhead mouse
So I am going to build this amazing gaming computer for someone who demands the fastest computer possible because he is a gamer and he trusts me to not up the price like everyone else around here.
I have a lot of experience with computers but not really with the higher end stuff. I went on Newegg and got everything top-of-the-line and just want to make 100% positive that im not going to waste my time or his money.
By that I mean a couple questions...
Generally are these parts compatible and work well together?
are they even good parts at all or would you suggest something better?
Will the video card work with 3 way SLI?
is it too big to fit?
If it will work, will the SLI be ready to install with all of the needed parts, right out of the motherboard box?
Will the power supply support three way sli and will it allow all of the cables needed to get that working?
Will using 3 way SLI render that pci slot (the longer black one) in the middle of the 3 PCI express 2.0 slots (the red ones) useless?
Do you need to use water cooling with that case or is it just an extra feature?
Will this motherbaord allow me to use RAID 0 for the OS with 2 of the 10k RPM hard drives Im getting?
Is it better to use RAID with a PCI card or the motherboard?
Is there anything extra you have to do for RAID (IE with the pci raid cards you have to plug in certain chords for each hard drive and install drivers) when using the motherboard or will it just work out of the box?
is the ram too fast for the motherboard?
PLEASE HELP IT WILL HELP ME OUT SO MUCH! THIS IS STRESSFUL!
Here is what I got...
TWO-Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136322
ONE- NEC Display Solutions LCD3090WQXi-BK Black 30" 6ms, 12ms(GTG) WQXGA Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824002419
THREE- BFG Tech BFGEGTX2951792H2OCWE GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814143182
ONE- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series 70SB088600007 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface Sound Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16829102021
ONE- RAZER Mako 300W RMS 2.1 Speaker System - US Full - Retail
Item #: N82E16836556001
ONE- Logitech G15 USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16823126034
ONE- Logitech G9 Black 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse - Retail
Item #: N82E16826104079
TWO- CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1866C9DF - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145232
ONE- ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail
Item #: N82E16835118223
ONE- ABS Canyon 695 4 x140mm Fan Multiple Heat Zones Full Aluminum Super Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811215012
ONE- ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817814011
ONE- Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601965 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115200
ONE- EVGA 141-BL-E759-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SLI Classified ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813188047
ONE- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116493
Subtotal: ,589.82
Hi all,
I have bought a Acer lcd monitor today and having the problem with some images. They are not displaying good. images have more white color instead of actual colors. It seems like editing your digital camera images and make it bright...some part is more bright and some part is normal.
That's how the images of the webpages are appearing now. I tried to do all kind of settings but no improvment. But my 6 years old Nec crt monitor displays good.
I am running window 2000 and I have changed my video card last month- e-Ge-Force FX 5200 with tv out.
I have no idea what is going on...
I forgot to say one thing... before I bought this Acer Lcd , I bought LG lcd monitor .. it gave the same problem and looks small so I returned it and bought this Acer Lcd.
Please share your experiences with me.
Thanks in advance..
Karah.
Yes I have unintall the previous driver and install the new driver also I tried with brightness and contrast ... nothing works. Is it the operating system... someone suggest go with windows xp...
How do I optimize my system for a dual monitor movie set-up?
I mean one picture spanning accross the two. I am running
System:
windows xp pro 2002 servise pack 2
Computer:
AMD athlon 64x2dual core procesor 4400+
2.21 ghz 4.0 gb ram
Video card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 gt
Motherboard
:A8N-SLI Premium
Hard drive:
WD SATA Raptor 74gb 10,000 rpm
Dual Monitors: Nec lcd 1512 15" and cm2015 lcd Balance 15" monitor.
If that helps. Oh, and yes I downloaded all the latest drivers. Even flashed my bios!
could it be a monitor brand incompatibility issue? if so where could I swap my two 15"s for one 30" (lol) would anyone buy these on ebay? the two work fine multitasking tho.
I have done this on other pc's, but those cards were identifiable because only the monitor cord plugged into the card. When I opened the tower I saw that the monitor plugs into what looks like the motherboard. How do I identify the video card?