 dragonPremium,Mod
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Spring, TX
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Computer Hardware ..
PC Hardware Discus..
1 edit | Your System - January/February 2009 Post your system specs if you've built/bought a new system during the months of January/February.
If you've changed your system, put "ADDED" next to the new component(s).
If you haven't changed anything - don't post!
»Your Systems (Part 2) |
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 kingdome74What Have You DonePremium
join:2002-03-27
Syracuse, NY
kudos:2
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| Re: Your System - January 2009 My main computer died on me on Christmas eve so I was pretty much forced to build a new computer at a time when money was in short supply but I still think I did OK.
SUPERMICRO MBD-C2SEE-O LGA 775 Intel G43 ATX Intel Motherboard
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···13182162
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···19116072
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20231190
So, I order everything New Years Eve to overnight so I could get it on the 2nd which was fine. Opened up the mobo and instantly panicked. When I ordered I only had 15 minutes to get the order in before newegg could do the over night so in my haste I didn't notice that the mobo had no IDE slots. AKKK!!! The WinXP drive I wanted to use that had all my programs loaded on is IDE and this mobo was only SATA. Fortunately I had a sata drive so I would have to load XP and my programs. On the down side I didn't have a sata optical so I had drive 50 miles over to Utica to get the only drive I could find (Lite-On 20x dvd/cd combo). Pain in the ass but not tragic. No that would come later when I started to build it and found the PSU I just bought:
Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V Power Supply - Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···17153023
didn't have a 8-pin connector for the mobo. After my wife talked me in off the ledge (to be fair we live in a ground floor apartment) I started surfing around the web and found a ton of build sites that said you could still use the 4-pin P4 connector as long as you weren't using a quad core. Cautiously I went ahead with the build and to my surprise everything works fine. Because that mobo has onboard video I left my vid card out to cut down on the load while I wait for my 4-8 pin connector to arrive. I'm constantly checking temps and voltages and physically feeling the wire to make it stays cool and so far everything is fine. The wire is stone cold. I'm hoping as long as I just play WoW on it and surf a bit it should be ok. Still even with everything that went crazy I kept the price (including gas to fetch the dvd drive) under 400.
Not exactly how I expected to spend my vacation that took me three months to get my boss to approve. Runs pretty quick compared to my AMD 64 3500 plus I upgraded my Win to x64 so I could "utilize" the 4 gigs of ram.
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 drakeOverdosed on confidencePremium,MVM
join:2002-06-10
Brooklyn, NY
kudos:5
·Verizon FiOS
1 edit | New system to be delivered this week from Dell Inc.
Dell XPS 630
• CPU
XPS 630, Intel Core2 processorQ6600 (2.40Ghz,1066FSB) w/Quad Core Technology and 8MB cache • RAM
8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz (4 DIMM)
• Grahics Card
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB • Hard Drive
1TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs) • Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit • Optical Drives
Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable **[edit: meant to reply to the topic, not the poster above-- my bad!]
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
1 edit | reply to dragon
I just bought a Dell Vostro 1710 as a second PC to be able to use in any room of the house. Although this is mainly intended as a business laptop, I wanted a sub-$1000 model that could use a discrete graphics card and still had XP Pro on it (it comes with an upgrade option to Vista Business).
Since my mother runs an architectural leaded glass business out of the house, I used her business name on the order (which they require), but paid for it in my name and with my credit card. The total came to $946.10, and the estimated ship date is 01/15/2009.
Specs:
Dell Vostro 1710
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo T5870 (2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Display: 17.0 inch Widescreen WXGA+ LCD Anti-Glare Display
RAM: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (128 bit)
HDD: 250GB 7200RPM SATA-150 Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor
OS: Windows Vista Business Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade (XP Pro installed)
Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+/-R write capability, with Roxio Creator
Audio: High Definition Audio 2.0 - I will probably use separate speakers
Network: Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Card/10-100-1G Ethernet
Ports: 6x High Speed USB, Type A, 1x IEE1394 4-pin, 15-pin HD VGA D-Sub, Audio LineOut/Headphones, Microphone Input
Battery: 5800mAh 6 cell, 5hr estimated life per mfr.
Weight: 7.1 lbs - a little on the heavy side for a laptop.
In addition, I have made some changes to my current desktop system, first posted in »Your System - January 2007, and updated the next month with the addition of the ViewSonic VG2021m monitor.
Samsung SH-S182M 18x DVDRAM drive - died, replaced with Philips SPD2413BD 20x DVDRW, which also died. Replaced 4 months ago with Pioneer DVR-115D DVDRW.
Added 2 HDD to system, one a Seagate 7200.11 1000GB SATA II, the other a Maxtor 500GB SATA II.
The 300GB OneTouch died, and was replaced by a 500GB Seagate drive like the 300 & 400 GB ones that are still working. It died, and was replaced with a 640GB Iomega UltraMax USB/Firewire drive in Jul 2007. It died in Feb 2008, but it was only the interface. I replaced it with a Seagate FreeAgent 750GB USB drive.
The Maxtor in the FireExpress enclosure also died, but again it was only the interface. I replaced it with a 300GB Seagate FreeAgent USB.
I was using the externals to store all the music, movies and so on I had downloaded over the years, and after losing data the first time one of them died, I made a regular habit of backing everything up onto CDR, then DVDR. This also explains how I've gone through so many optical drives - backing up several hundred GB worth of data really puts stress on them, shortening the laser's life.
To reduce the stress on my burners, I bought 3 more Seagate FreeAgent drives, which I copy anything I've downloaded onto and then disconnect them until the next time I add content to them. The three drives that were in the enclosure and the Iomega I later found were good; one of these went into my mother's PC to use as a place to store image backups after its main HDD died back in Aug 2008. The other two are in static bags waiting for later use. I may put them into enclosures to use with my Vostro laptop - both have SATA interfaces.
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 elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to dragon
Corsair HX620 PSU
ASUS P5K Pro @ 1600Mhz FSB
Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.8Ghz
4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 @ 1066Mhz
nVidia BFG GTX260 Maxcore OC2
SB X-Fi
1.3TB total HDD 1TB, 250GB, 2x 120GB
Vista x64 |
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 CajunTekInsane CajunPremium,MVM
join:2003-08-08
Arlington, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
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Ordered today!!
Case ( Coolermaster HAF 932)
Power Supply ( 750 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-750TX)
Processor ( [== Black Edition ==] AMD PhenomT II X4 940 Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology )
Motherboard ( [CrossFire] MSI DKA790GX AMD 790GX CrossFire Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 4 GB [1 GB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB PCI-Express x16 )
Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
CD/DVD Drive ( 16x DVD-ROM Drive Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive (LG 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black
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 CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX
·Suddenlink
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Dell Mini 9
Intel Atom Processor (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
Corsair ValueSelect 2GB DDR2 667
Intel 945PM / GS Express Chipset
Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Glossy 8.9 inch backlit LED display (1024X600)
16GB solid state drive
Cherry Red case
Mac OS X (Type11 USB boot install with Leopard 10.5.4 retail disc)
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Cant find my old post.
additions this month:
Dell 3007 WFP-HC from the outlet with coupon.
EVGA 55nm GTX 260
G.Skill 2 x 2GB pc8500
I moved my components into a NZXT Lexa that someone had in their garbage. The case is in very good condition and all of the temperature sensors work. |
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Liz2
join:2006-05-21
Saginaw, MI | reply to dragon
Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive-OEM
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···22136098
MSI N9600GT-TD512-OC GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card-Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14127382
Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800(PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT25664AA800-Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20148160
MSI P45 Neo-F LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard-Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···13130181
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400-Retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···19115037
Boardway 939PL-BK Black PC Case
»www.overstock.com/Electronics/Bo···moreinfo |
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Liz2
join:2006-05-21
Saginaw, MI | I kept the cd drive and dvd drive from the old computer. I just ordered a Sabrent CRW-UNIB 68-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Carder w/USB 2.0 Port supports SDHC/VISTA retail
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20300608
I am mainly using the new computer for gaming. |
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Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to dragon
I rebuilt my desktop system today. It took about 3 1/2 hours to remove the old hardware amd install the new components.
Motherboard LanParty nf4 Ultra-D AMD s939 Asus P5Q SE Plus Intel LGA 775
CPU AMD Athlon 64 San Diego 3700+ Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0 GHz
RAM Corsair XMS PC3200/DDR400 2x1GB G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK 2x1GB DDR3 1066/PC8500
Video Asus NVIDIA EN7600GS 256MB PCI-E 16X XFX PV-T84J-YAJG 540MHz 512MB DDR2 NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT
Internal HDD (3) - Seagate ST3320820AS Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA II (boot), WD WD10EACS-00D6B1 1TB SATA II, Seagate ST31000340AS Barracuda 7200.11 SATA II 1TB
(note on the Seagate ST31000340AS: it has f/w SX15, so is not affected by the recent trouble with this model. It is also why I chose a WD instead for another drive. For $40 more, I'll have fewer problems.)
External HDD 2 Seagate USB/1394a, one 300GB, the other 400GB. 2 Seagate FreeAgent desktop, one 320GB, the other 750GB.
Optical Drive(s) Pioneer 20X DVD-RW DVR-115D, re-used from old system. Lite-On 22X DVD-RW iHAS422 8 SATA (New).
The monitor, printer and scanner are the same as before. I also installed a 1394a PCI card to run the two Seagate externals using this interface. In addition, I installed the WinTV 250 PVR card and the eSATA RAID card from the old system.
The power supply (ThermalTake PurePower 600 W0129RU) and case (Apevia XPlorer Black) are being re-used.
This is the third system I've put together, and the best one yet. Time to put it through some benchmark testing - the CPU is running quite cool - both cores are at 36 deg. C.
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 EUSKill cancerPremium
join:2002-09-10
canada
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Description:
Intel Core I7 920 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 2.66GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S
Asus P6T X58 Deluxe Atx LGA1366 DDR3 LGA1366 3PCI-E16 PCI-E4 Crossfire Sli SATA2 Sas Motherboard
Corsair XMS3 TR3X6G1333C9 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1333 CL 9-9-9-24 i7 Triple Channel Memory Kit
BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX Maxcore 665MHZ 896MB 2.25GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 32MB Cache Ncq Hard Drive Oem
Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 Atx 9 Drive Bay No Ps Top USB2.0 FIREWIRE
Corsair TX850W 850W CMPSU-850TX 12V 70A 24PIN AT Power Supply Active PFC 140M Fan Powersupply
Lg GH22NS30 Black DVD+RW 22X8X16 DVD-RW 22X6X16 Dl 16X/12X 2MB Sata Oem
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 Dream KillerGraveyard ShiftPremium
join:2002-08-09
Forest Hills, NY
·Verizon FiOS
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New system for the end of the year build.
Purpose:
1)to game everything on highest at 1280x1024 with a
2)projected lifespan of 4 years and be
3)whisper quiet
Specs:
•CPU: Intel E8500
•Mobo: Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
•RAM: G.Skill 2x2GB 5-5-5-12 1066MHz
•GPU: Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4870 1GB
•HDD: WD 640GB Caviar Blue
•PSU: Corsair HX520w
Case:
•Antec 300
•1x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D @ 5v
•Thermalright ultra-120 extreme with Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D @7v (not pictured)
•Replaced gpu fan with ZalmanVF-1000 /w 2x 80mm Nexus fans at 5v (not pictured)
•Full Acoustipack treatment
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 MrBWHa Ya Doin'?
join:2003-02-17
Brooklyn, NY | reply to dragon
Re: Your System - January/February 2009 Thermaltake Kandalf VA9000SWA Full Tower Aluminum Case
OCZ GameXStream SLI 850W Power Supply
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P35
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler w/ Aerocool Xtreme Turbine 120mm Cooling Fan
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) *NEW* mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)*NEW*
MSI NX8800Ultra-T2D768E-HD-OC GeForce 8800Ultra *NEW* Asus Dark Knight Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 *NEW*
SAMSUNG SyncMaster 226BW Black WideScreen 22" 2ms Response Time
Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Music
Logitech Z-5500
2x Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache (RAID 0)
Seagate Barracuda ES 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 20GB 7200RPM 4MB Cache
*NEW* Logitech MX Revolution Mouse *NEW*
*NEW* Windows Vista 64bit *NEW* |
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 pcdebbRIP dadkinsPremium
join:2000-12-03
Brandon, FL
kudos:4
1 edit | reply to dragon
just got my new custom-brew up and running  running XP SP2 x64. Considering upgrading to Vista x64.
ASUS P5Q SE Intel LGA775 Motherboard
»usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&···elmenu=1
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 4mb L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
»www.intel.com/products/processor···core2duo
8GB (2GB x 4) Kingston 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM 800/PC2 6400
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20134797
ASUS EAH3450/DI/256M Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Low Profile Video Card
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14121259
PowerUp ATX Black Mid-Tower Case, clear side, Front USB/Audio 450-watt PSU included (upped to 500w), front LED and side case fan w/led
»www.compusa.com/applications/sea···4050%20P
my IDE hard drive is less than a year old, so for the moment I have the cdrom and hard drive on the same cable. I'll be picking up a new cdrom/burner today on sata
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I made a few changes to my rig last month...still not sure if the net result is worth it, but it's too late now...
Case: Antec SC600 Enermax Uber Chakra
Motherboard: MSI P35 Neo-F
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
RAM: 2x2GB Patriot DDR2 800
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 600W PC Power & Cooling S750 Silencer Quad
Video: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4870X2 2GB
HDD: Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB + [added] WD WD5000YS-01MPB0
Optical: Samsung SH-W163C PATA LG GCC-H20L BD/HD DVD SATA
Sound: Creative X-Fi Elite Pro + Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX
Monitor: Soyo Topaz S 24" LCD
OS: Windows XP x64 + Vista x64 dual-boot
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Prespd
join:2004-03-10
Wyoming, MI | reply to dragon
Bought an HP a6650f on thanksgiving, but that mostly crapped out on me in January. First the Samsung 500gig drive crapped out, and then the MB died when I swapped in a bigger power supply. So today's vintage is now....
Gigabyte MA78GPM-DS2H
AMD Phenom X4 9550 (salvaged from the HP)
BFG NVidia GeForce 9800GT OC 512MB GDDR3
6 gigs of Samsumg DDR2 800 ram (salvaged from the HP)
Raidmax Volcano 630W power supply
Disks: All SATA
Primary disk: Seagate ST3160827AS 160GB
Others:
Maxtor STM31000340AS 1TB
Western Digital WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB
Hitachi Deathstar HDP725050GLA360 500GB (HP replacement for the crapped out Samsung)
DVD/DL: HP DH16A6L (salvaged from the HP)
DVD #2: External Plextor PX-708UF2
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW
Cam: Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere AF
OS:Windows Vista Ultimate 64
Logitech LX700/MX3000 Keyboard/Mouse combo
And I thought my days of customization were over. I just couldn't sit still and leave well enough alone. HP told me I voided the warranty by adding the extra hard drives and swapping out the power supply. What a piece of crap the original setup was. But I am back on top with a system that screams good enough for me for a while.
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kingdome74What Have You DonePremium
join:2002-03-27
Syracuse, NY
kudos:2 Reviews:
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2 edits | reply to kingdome74
Re: Your System - January 2009 Added this PSU:
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···17139004
And this graphics card:
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14130416
Sweet jesus I just installed the video card and ...wow. Running 60 fraps everywhere in WoW cranked.
All it is stuffed in Lian-Li P-61 case which I already had.
This will complete the build. Nice little system... total cost $585 w/extended warranty on PSU.
Add this monitor:
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···24236052
Not a true 24 but I'm not anal about it. For the price I couldn't refuse.
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 brydry...it's meat-cake
join:2004-12-05
Safety Harbor, FL | reply to dragon
Re: Your System - January/February 2009 Removed:
2 x 512MB DDR400
2 x 256MB DDR400
120GB EIDE Maxtor HD
32bit OpenSUSE 11.1
Added:
4 x 1GB sticks DDR400
500GB SATA Maxtor HD
64bit OpenSUSE 11.1
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 gmlasamPremium
join:2000-06-14
Sun Valley, CA
kudos:1 | reply to dragon
Here is my gaming rig:
Mobo: MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum 750a Mobo 3.3 bios
CPU: AMD Phenom II 940 Black Ed. @3.7ghz, 32C idle/45C 100% cpu load on "Air Cooled"
CPU Cooler: XIGMATEK HDT-S1283
Memory: G.SKILL 8 gig DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 RAM
GPU: Two EVGA GTX260 Core216 in SLI OCed 729/1571/1200
PSU: PC Power & Cooling T1KWSR 1000 Watts
Drives: Samsung DVD Burner
HD: Seagate SATA 500gig
Case: RAIDMAX SAGITTA 2 ATX-928WS ATX
Monitor: Acer P244Wbii Glossy Black 24" 2ms (GTG) HDMI 16:9 Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse
ALTEC LANSING VS2421 28 Watts 2.1 Gaming Speaker System
3Dmark Vantage: P21723
»service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=738878
3DMark 06: 18414
»service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9890715
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