New System

I know it's been a while, but I figured I should make mention to my new "rig" I got.

I decided it was time to upgrade, and for now, I will probably most likely use this as a gaming box, and eventually it will become my general desktop machine.

## Specs ## - [Intel Quad Core 2 Processor (Q9450)][q9450] - 2.66ghz each core. - [4gb of DDR2 1066mhz][ram] (for the technical, 5-5-5-15) - 2x[500G Seagate Sata HDDS][hdds] (its not really meant to be a storage box) - [Antec Nine Hundred][case] Case (but this case definately has drive space!) - [Gigabyte 9800GX2 1GB][gfx] (naturally it's PCI-e) - And for those who care, motherboard is a [EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 (nF780i SLI A1 Version)][mboard]

So far, since getting it, I have been playing games on it nearly non-stop, something I have missed doing for such a long time. Sure I had the my Console games, but nothing really beats PC Gaming -- And it's true!

Some of the games I've been playing include Assasins Creed, SWAT 4, HL2, Empire Earth and Battlefield 2142.

I did do a [3d Mark rating of it][3dmark], and it seemed to perform quite well -- of course no where near what the other machine rates at!! (Yes, that's right, it is running Vista -- not because I really want to, but because unfortunately, if i want to run Windows Games, I'm going to need a Windows Install, and in my honest opinion, Cedega is yet to get you close enough not to need one..)

In the next few weeks I will install Linux on it (onto the second hard drive it has), and will post about how that performs. Hopefully I can find something that will challenge the video card under linux (oh and I will give Cedega another try under this machine to see how it goes).

For now, Adios!

[hdds]: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=st500320as-barracuda-7200-11-sata-3-0-gb/s-500g-hd&vgnextoid=c89ef141e7f43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=47f281f8c0f43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&reqPage=Model [ram]: http://www.corsair.com/products/go.aspx?pn=TWIN2X2048-8500C5D [gfx]: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9800gx2.html [case]: http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15900 [q9450]: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAWR [mboard]: http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=132-CK-NF78-A1 [3dmark]: http://service.futuremark.com/resultAnalyzer.action?resultType=18&resultId=71180