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DjfunkmasterG
29-Jun-2008, 09:07 PM
I built myself a new PC to help with the storage and editing of the film. While my previous machine was no slouch, there have been tremendous advances in technology for PC's in the past year since I built the last system.

The new Specs....

Intel E8400 Wolfdale Core 2 Duo 65W 45nm Processor at 3.0ghz 1333 FSB
EVGA 780i SLi Motherboard
6gb of Corsair XMS ram latecy of 5-5-5-15
(3) 1 TB HDD's (Seagate SATA)
(1) 500GB Seagate Barracuda (Sata)
(1) 300GB Seagate Barracuda (Sata) transferred from old Machine
(2) EVGA 9600GT Sli Video Cards (DX10 512mb ram per card)
ENERMAX 700W SLi Power Supply with cool now technology.
Windows XP Media Center 2005 W/ SP3

The old Machine (Which is for sale - $650.00)

Intel E6700 CONROE Core 2 Duo at 2.67 ghz 65nm Processor 1066FSB
2gb of Crucial Ballistix Ram (Latency of 4-4-4-12)
Asus PN532-Sli plus Motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce 8500GT DX10 512mb GDDR2
Western Digital 300GB HDD
Cooler Max 700W Power Supply with Green Power Technology
(2) Seagate External HDD's at 300gb a pop.
Windows XP Pro w/ SP3

twistbud
03-Jul-2008, 05:53 PM
That Wolfdale is the best bang for your buck at the moment (so I've read). Pretty fast? Will be picking one up myself soon. :cool: