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[red_devil]

I notice there are quite a few of us "hardcore" PC gamers on this forum who also talk a lot about building computers and components, etc. Instead of a billion topics i figured maybe we could all consolidate in this topic and get it made a sticky.

Anyways, i'm finally looking to get my gaming rig. I don't have time to put it together so i'm checking out some places. I like the looks of http://www.icoda.co.kr/n_product/ so i might go there in person and see what it'll cost me. Also, there's the multi-level tech plaza at the Nambu Bus Terminal (closer to me than going to Yongsan) that i might check out but all those small shops there can be unreliable and nightmare to deal with so i might skip it.

This is the core components:

• Intel� Core� i7 960
  
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
  
• 6GB Triple Channel 1600MHz DDR3
  
• 2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache HDDs)
  
• Liquid Cooling system

Totally excited to play upcoming Medal of Honor, Call of Duty: Black Ops.

[8 years down]

Should be good. Although if I was spending that much on a new system right now I'd get 2 x 460 instead of the single 480. Around the same price (even a bit cheaper) and the sli 460s destroy the single 480 by a fair amount in every benchmark.

My system :p

i7 920 d0 @4.0GHz
GTX 460 1gb
6gb ddr3 1333
Antec 902

[red_devil]

Oh really? I didn't know that about the 460s. What did you end up paying? I need to do some research on SLi.

[8 years down]

310,000w for the 1gb version. I got the Gigabyte model with the dual fans, its pretty nice.

http://www.compuzone.co.kr/product/product_detail.htm?ProductNo=156761&BigDivNo=4&MediumDivNo=1016&DivNo=2043

Price on that site is 330,000 but you can probably dig around on gmarket and find cheaper ones.

The EVGA and MSI cyclone OC'd models are also very good.

[eamo]

Wouldn't any savings gained in buying two GTX460's for SLI be lost in the cost of the bigger and better PSU you would need to run two GPU's? As well as the higher power bills?

I'm not sure myself. Just asking.

If I was going the SLI/Crossfire route then I'd want two GPU's that have really low power consumption when idle. The thought of two power-hungry GPU's constantly burning away juice in my systems, even if I'm just surfing the net, would put me off.

[red_devil]

[eamo]

I don't know if Windows can control GPU wattage.......I do know that the ATI 5000 series has seriously low power consumption at idle....like 25w or something......I'm wondering if Nvidia cards can do the same thing.

[red_devil]

[8 years down]

460s are built on a different Fermi chip and consume far less power than its 465, 470, and 480 brothers.

For SLi 460s, a 650 - 750w PSU is recommended. That's very average for a gaming rig.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-460-sli-review/15

That wattage shown is total system watts by the way (on an i7 system), not just the cards. The reason a 650-750PSU is recommended is because they run most efficiently at 50% - 60% of their load.

[noky]

[8 years down]

[noky]

I sadly admit to only really thinking about the default 460 SLI vs 480 and did not consider the OP's specific setup. In a liquid cooling situation, temps are not going to be a problem.

[sheriffadam]

what kind of liquid cooling setup? Is it easy to obtain from within Korea? Or lots of orders from the US?

[Morticae]

Red Devil, could you link to that PC? I couldn't find it on the site.. then again, I can barely navigate it or find anything.

I was trying to determine if I should buy a gaming laptop from the U.S., or a desktop within Korea. The laptop could travel around with me, the desktop I don't know. I do plan on being here a couple years, though, so maybe.

[lalartu]

I made the best gaming decision of my life and bought a Gateway Gaming Laptop while in Canada during the boxing day sale.

It was 700$ and totally awesome

I used to be one of those people thinking that laptops would never be able to catch up to desktops in terms of gaming, but I think modern technology had developed to the point when laptops are becoming superior to desktops.

The reason why it is particularly good to get this as an ESL teacher is because you're expected to move a lot and may even go to another country and all you need for this laptop to work is a 20$ adaptor that I bought in Lotte department store.

So i would definitely suggest skipping on buying an oversized desktop (i did so my first year and had to sell it off because i moved back home for a while and shipping it is too expensive) and get a versatile gaming machine instead.


PRO
versatility - gaming in the public library/school during break/
very powerful
cheap (relative to a desktop with same specs)
play all games...ALL games. i played crysis on highest settings and obviously starcraft 2 as well. the few games that gave me trouble would work fine with medium settings
great for pc gamer outings/lan games

CON
gets hot, so need a cooling pad (30$), although usually i just place it on an inclined box and it runs just as well
hard to clean the insides. taking it apart isnt as convinient as PC
harder to upgrade (not nearly as hard as it used to be though)
easy to destroy (im especially scared of spilling something on it, as i often used to spill shit on my keyboard)
potentially stealable if you dont keep a good eye on it
screen size is fixed, but in my case it's 17.5" which is pretty damn big for a laptop.