Overhaulling the rig (Read S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is killing my PC!)

DaIceMan · Post by **DaIceMan** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:19 pm

stopthekilling77 wrote:congrats man, i always get a tinge of jealousy when other people get to order their parts! my wish list has been sitting on newegg for months and months now just waiting for me to press the "buy now" button!

sounds like you'll be having some fun soon!

Actually I believe it's the "move to cart" button, followed down the line by the "submit order" button. ;)

*not that I'm addicted to newegg or anything :looks around for wife: *

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:57 am

My computer should now boot to the sound of "Goliath Online."

To recap.

Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Delux
Processor: Intel Core2Duo E6600 Conroe
RAM: 2G DDR 2 G.Skill 800Mhz RAM
Video: 2x ATI Radeon X1900XT in Crossfire mode (One HIS, one ATI)
Cooler: Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu
PSU: OCZ GamerXStream 600w
HD1: 80G SATA WD Raptor 10,000x HD
HD2: 200G SATA WD 7,200x 16M cache HD
DVD-ROM: 16X Aopen DVD-RW
Case: SuperFlower Melody SF-201

So all in all my new rig SHOULD be superbadass. Some preliminary benchmarks. These were done at 1920x1200 all video options on.

CS:S Time Demo 139.67 FPS
HL2:LC Time Demo 87.6 FPS
BF2 98 FPS

But here's where I get concerned.

CPU Temp: 32C
Mobo Temp: 45-50C

Are these temps normal for a Conroe? I thought they were supposed to be cooler. All proc and RAM settings are bone stock.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:01 am

Temps are fine

The motherboard temp is a little high, but that will always be the case with a dual gfx setup.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:19 am

Supreme Commander and Test Drive Unlimted are constantly crashing before the game initalizes. I can't figure out if this is a Crossfire problem or a audio problem but my sound in BF2 is all jacked up. My buddy is going to return my Audigy to me tonight so we'll see if that fixes the issue.