KNiGHTMaRe89
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So my buddy was getting rig of his 2 or so year old Alienware ALX rig and I picked it up off of him for $100.
It has the following:
AMD (939) FX-60 dual core oc/d to 2.61ghz
4 1gb Corsair Memory (one with the flashy lights)
3 100GB WD's
PNY 7600GT
Audigy 2 zs
Ultra 650w power supply
Koolance Liquid Cooling System
This rig is amazing, and for $100 bucks, I couldn't beat it. It came with a copy of XP 64bit, but I formatted it and installed 32bit Vista Business. I am going to upgrade later to Vista Ultimate 64bit.
I have a few questions though...
1. I know there is 4gb of mem installed, but why is only 3 showing in Vista? Is it because the version I have is 32bit and 32 bit only supports 3055?
2. I want to upgrade the video card. It has room to make a SLI setup so I was thinking, should I go with 2 XFX 8600GT's or non SLI/1 eVGA 8800GTS?
Those are all of my questions for now...I have been installing all my fave games including: COD, BF2, Doom3, Raven Shield, CS and a few others and I just love being able to max out all the settings and have no lag.
Surprisingly, Vista is running very smooth. I guess the 3 gigs of mem and 2.6 gb processor are actually doing their job! hah
It has the following:
AMD (939) FX-60 dual core oc/d to 2.61ghz
4 1gb Corsair Memory (one with the flashy lights)
3 100GB WD's
PNY 7600GT
Audigy 2 zs
Ultra 650w power supply
Koolance Liquid Cooling System
This rig is amazing, and for $100 bucks, I couldn't beat it. It came with a copy of XP 64bit, but I formatted it and installed 32bit Vista Business. I am going to upgrade later to Vista Ultimate 64bit.
I have a few questions though...
1. I know there is 4gb of mem installed, but why is only 3 showing in Vista? Is it because the version I have is 32bit and 32 bit only supports 3055?
2. I want to upgrade the video card. It has room to make a SLI setup so I was thinking, should I go with 2 XFX 8600GT's or non SLI/1 eVGA 8800GTS?
Those are all of my questions for now...I have been installing all my fave games including: COD, BF2, Doom3, Raven Shield, CS and a few others and I just love being able to max out all the settings and have no lag.
Surprisingly, Vista is running very smooth. I guess the 3 gigs of mem and 2.6 gb processor are actually doing their job! hah
) swap the 7600gt and the 6600gt and the CPU's and you can probably overclock like mad with the DFI Board in there and put the 7600gt back in the Alienware when you get your new video card and like sell the Alienware if you want (just a thought)
