Hiya All!
I'm new to the community, and actually, a newb to the PC world also. Apologies go out to everyone, I've spent the last 10 or so years living on a Mac (sorry). Now the computing world is opening up, and the wool has been pulled away from my eyes. On to the questions that Apoptosis suggested...
- How did you find the forums? A couple of people that I know and value their opinions and knowledge told me to get my tail to LegitReviews.com...
- Are you an Intel or AMD Fan Boy/Girl? Can't really say I'm a Fanboy (yet) but I am running AMD
- What type of gaming are you into? Haven't gotten into the gaming (YET!) on the comp, but on the 360 I play First Person Shooters, and driving games...
- Are you an overclocker? Not yet, but I definitely plan on it. I have my GPU OC'ed slightly over stock right now. MUST HAVE MORE POWER
- What system are you running?
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1055t 2.8GHz (stock now, but oh boy! can't wait to see what it can do!)
CPU Cooler: Stock (for now...hehehehe)
Mainboard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
GPU: Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X
RAM: 8GB (2GB x 4) G.Skill 1600 DDR3, with G. Skill Turbulence cooler
Hard Drive(s): 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM, 1TB Seagate Barracuda
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Chassis: Thermaltake Element G mid tower
OS: Dual-boot Win7 64-bit/Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
And I enjoy sunsets, long walks in the park, and the first cut in a fresh sheet of construction paper.
New to community
Re: New to community
welcome to the board!
you'll find plenty of expertise on 1055T's here as myself and 3 other people on here run 'em overclocked (just above 4GHz on mine benching right now) so get a $30+ CPU cooler and have some fun i have an H50 myself and as a daily driver out of the box it idles way high compared to heatpipe tower coolers, but get a couple high CFM fans on it and it runs very cool (or you can lap it like me) and you really have a lot of options with it
for some CPU cooler suggestions check out the latest article and see what the best cooler is you can afford
you'll find plenty of expertise on 1055T's here as myself and 3 other people on here run 'em overclocked (just above 4GHz on mine benching right now) so get a $30+ CPU cooler and have some fun i have an H50 myself and as a daily driver out of the box it idles way high compared to heatpipe tower coolers, but get a couple high CFM fans on it and it runs very cool (or you can lap it like me) and you really have a lot of options with it
for some CPU cooler suggestions check out the latest article and see what the best cooler is you can afford
-Austin
Screamin' BCLK:
775 System (Overclocking Platform): Q8400/Q8300/E8400/E7400/E7500 - GA-EP45-UD3R v1.1 - 4GB (2x2) OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 1066 CL5 2.1v Corsair TX-750w
Gamer: Asrock Z77 Extreme4, i7 3770K @4.6GHz, ThermalTake Armor A90 modded, 2x4GB GSKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 CL9, Corsair HX-750w, MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr
Server2012: Q9300 - 8GB DDR2 - Asus P5QL Pro - Corsair CX430 - Mirrored 2TB Seagate's with 2TB WD cav for fileshare backups, 1TB WD for OS backups
Screamin' BCLK:
775 System (Overclocking Platform): Q8400/Q8300/E8400/E7400/E7500 - GA-EP45-UD3R v1.1 - 4GB (2x2) OCZ Reaper HPC DDR2 1066 CL5 2.1v Corsair TX-750w
Gamer: Asrock Z77 Extreme4, i7 3770K @4.6GHz, ThermalTake Armor A90 modded, 2x4GB GSKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 CL9, Corsair HX-750w, MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr
Server2012: Q9300 - 8GB DDR2 - Asus P5QL Pro - Corsair CX430 - Mirrored 2TB Seagate's with 2TB WD cav for fileshare backups, 1TB WD for OS backups
Re: New to community
Welcome
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