{"id":212,"date":"2012-02-06T12:06:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2012-02-06T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:06:15","slug":"new-gaming-setup-so-powa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/new-gaming-setup-so-powa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gaming Setup So Powa~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided I deserved a new gaming setup. \u00a0One that would be completely and utterly over the top. \u00a0So here&#8217;s what I ordered:<\/p>\n<p>Maingear Shift SuperStock configured with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core i7 3960X Six-Core 3.3GHz SandyBridge-E CPU<\/li>\n<li>32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR-1866 RAM (8x4GB)<\/li>\n<li>3x AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB cards in CrossFire<\/li>\n<li>1500W Silverstone Strider PSU<\/li>\n<li>3x 480GB Corsair Force GT SSD SATA 6G (in RAID-5)<\/li>\n<li>1x 3.0TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM Drive<\/li>\n<li>LSI MegaRAID SATA\/SAS 9260-8i 512MB 8 port RAID card<\/li>\n<li>12x LG SuperMulti Blu-Ray Burner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this monster will be driving 3x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anandtech.com\/show\/4196\/nec-pa301w-review-the-baddest-30-inch-display\" target=\"_blank\">NEC MultiSync PA301w<\/a> flat panels in portrait mode with EyeFinity. \u00a0This will amount to 5120&#215;2560 resolution, more or less.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got the monitors already and hooked up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/new-gaming-pc\/\">my old PC<\/a>, but it can&#8217;t really handle it (I get a lot of micro-stuttering, have to turn anti-aliasing completely off, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>So I can&#8217;t wait to get the new PC and have a go! \u00a0Should be ready in a week or so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordered a new Maingear gaming PC with 3x 7970s and a SandyBridge-E 3960X to drive 3x 30&#8243; panels in portrait from NEC&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-and-internet","category-games","tag-gaming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ictG-3q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36,"url":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/new-gaming-pc\/","url_meta":{"origin":212,"position":0},"title":"New Gaming PC","author":"john","date":"December 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s been a long, long, long time since I\u2019ve bought a new gaming PC, but I finally took the plunge a month and a half ago. 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