The monitor has a native 1920x1200 resolution. (System Shock 2 works perfectly with very little effort). While I could have purchased Windows 7 Professional OEM for a little less money, Windows 7 32-bit is alot more useful. However, only 3.46GB of my 8GM is useable in 32-bit, so it is not really forward thinking. The 32-bit version of Windows 7 seems a lot more compatible than the 64-bit version with older games and such. I grabbed the 320GB drive out of the old system (the newest drive in the old system), for the 32-bit version. I purchased the retail version of Windows 7 in order to have 32-bit and 64-bit installations. I could have saved some money by buying a Core i5 and took advantage of the integrated Intel HD graphics for HD content, but I would also like to play games like Starcraft II and Dragon Age: Origins at a decent resolution, features and framerate. However, PowerDVD would give blue screens when playing Blu-rays until I updated to the beta 460 drivers. The monitor can support HDCP over DVI, and also has an HDMI port. The Geforce GTX 460 is the first nVidia card that can also support these codecs without downsampling. The audio codec on the motherboard is the ALC892, which supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. My Blu-ray drive came with PowerDVD 8, which is sufficient for Blu-ray playback, except for 3-D Blu-ray discs. The USB 3.0 controller is a separate NEC chip. Get some twisties, they work well.ĭo not plug anything into the USB 3.0 ports until you have fully installed the motherboard drivers. You don't want small wires to fall within the path of the blades. There is not a lot of room and three very exposed fans. This case requires disciplined cable management. The front audio connectors are not the tightest. The right panel also supports the motherboard. It is a very good case, however, it requires 6-screws to take off a panel. Lian Li cases require a degree of intuition. Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 1GBĪSUS VW266H Black 25.5" Widescreen LCD Monitorįrom my prior machine, I took the following:Ĭreative Labs Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers LG Black 10X BD-ROM SATA Internal UH10LS20 Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB 元 Cache Not willing or able to spend the huge amount that I did the last time, I came up with the following: About a week ago, I decided that the old rig, which was cutting edge 5 years ago, was so long in the tooth that I needed a new computer.
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