SO I got my 8800GTS 512mb on christmas it is the MSi OC version with 730mhz core and 1944mhz mem speeds, it is on hell of a card and I'm very pleased with it. I am playing Crysis in DX10 very high settings at 1440x900 and it is very smooth never goes below 20fps. the card came with Dirt and Lord of the rings online which I will give to my mum as I give her my old 7900GS.

I have also got my best 3Dmark06 score 13661 with my CPU at 3.6Ghz and the card at 830Mhz and 2Ghz Mem.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4441537

SO my PC is now as follows

Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3Ghz

ASUS P5N32-E SLi 680i Nforce mtherboard

MSI OC 8800GTS 512mb 730mhz/1944mhz

4GB Corsair Xms2 900MHz RAM

CoolerMaster I-Green 600W PSU

2x 250GB Hitachi HDDs in RAID0

Thermaltake Armour Full tower

Vista Ultimate 64bit

Here are some pics of my PC and the 8800GTS they aren't very good I realy should have taken the pics before I put it in teh PC.

Ok so allot has changed since my last blog (see blow). I have now got the two 250Gb SATA2 Harddrives and they are both running in RAID0 it makes things so much faster I did also get Vista Ultimate 64Bit which I'm surprisingly pleased with I was expecting it to be rubbish since almost everyone on GS told be not to get it. but I'm happy with it and its not bad for gaming at all.

Another two upgrades I didn't plan on getting are another 2Gb or Corsair XMS2 DDR2 ram now running at 900Mhz with my E6750 constantly Clocked to 3GHz which makes Crysis so much more smoother.

I have also get a new PSU as my old one was just a cheapo PSU. After much debate I get a 600W CoolerMaster I-Green which arrived today I hope to save the planet and play games Jk I was actually hoping to save a few £$ a month on bills as the I green is 85% efficient.

so my PC now looks like this

Core 2 Duo E6750 OC @ 3Ghz + AC cooler 7
ASUS P5N32-E SLI Nforce 680i
4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 RAM @900Mhz
Geforce 7900GS OC @ 635Mhz/800Mhz
2X 250GB HDD RAID0
CoolerMaster I-Green 600W PSU
Vista Ultimate 64Bit

Anyway here are some pics

My 7900GS fan modd with 635Mhz core overclock

I also did a little fan modd to my 7900GS while I had the PC apart so I can squeeze a little more power out of it before i get the new 8800GTS 512mb due out mid December. I took the 60mm fan of the GPU heatsink and replaced it with a 92mm Evercool spider fan the. The card is overclocked to 635Mhz Core speed and 800Mhz memory the 7900Gs is a very good overclocker its stock core speed is 450Mhz so 635Mhz is a very good overclock. but whats better is the card Idols at 38c and is 45c underload with the 92mm fan.

Ok so The fan arrived and so did the LEDs to go in the 250mm fan. Iam having trouble with the LEDs I put in the 250mm fan they will work when powered from a 12V mains connection but when I connect the fan into the PC the fan fires up but the LEDs don't light up, I'm hoping the guys at the The Custom-Built PC Union can help me with it.
I still haven't finished the case yet as you can see in the pics there is still allot of blue light in th e case which will have to go, I will put a green power light instead of the Blue one and the Harddrive cooler will fan green fans put in it. then after that is finished I will have to paint the inside black which will have to wait cos I really can be bothered to strip the PC now.

I also got Vista Ultimate installed and it works fine all my old games work didn't really have any driver issues. and I got the RAID0 configuration sorted so now I have a hitachi 250GB deskstar and a Seagate Barracuda 250GB HDD in RAID0 and it really does make a difference in loading times every thing is much faster.

I have also been playing Call of Duty 4 I got it yesterday and it is great very well optimised game and very good single player and multiplayer. I will post some screens soon.

Sorry about the picsI too them with my mobile

I got my a Thermaltake Armour case the other day to replace the old Foxconn case I had you will what a difference the Armour is compared to the Foxconn. I will go with a Green theme with the TT Armour rather than the Blue I have gone with previously but the case is blue for now until the Green fans and Cathodes arrive.

My next upgrade will be another 250gb Hitachi Harddrive to put in a RAID0 configuration with my current one, then I will get Vista Ultimate 64Bit so I will be DX10 ready when I get one of the New Ati cards that hopefully come out next month. Keep an eye on my blog for my short reviews of them.

So Here is my Thermaltake Armour Case:

When the case arrive I got a bit worried when I saw the box I had trouble getting it though the door it was so big. Lucky the case didn't take that much room in the box but it is still a big case.

Here you can see the size of the box the case, it did come well packed so no damage in delivery thank god.

Some more pics

I got the Armour with a 250mm fan on the side for better cooling I will put some LEDs on it later.

I think I will Spray the inside black it looks a bit dull just gray, I don't know why Thermltake don't paint the inside black anyway.

Here is the comparison shot of the Armour and my Old case.

Here is a Pic of my old case with everything in it you can see how cramped it was but it still had pretty good temps.

Now everything is out of the old case I can prepare it for its new house

I have the motherboard and PSU in so far the cable management wont be easy with this case as their aren't many places to hid the cables.

All those cables were just for the fans that came with the case.

The case is to big to go on the desk so it will have to go underneath for now.

It is blu for now but I will get some green fans and cathodes so I will go for a Nvidia Green Theme.

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I finally got a Core 2 Duo E6750 to replace my Pentium D 945 and what a performance increase this thing is fast, I haven't tried it on any games yet but 3D Mark and general PC use has improved so much. here is the installation process in pics and updated pics of my PC. I got the E6750 for £120 ($240) inc postage, which is pretty good price for the UK, but the best part is that my old Pentium D 945 is still worth allot on ebay I can get about £70 for it now.

Here is the rest of my PC setup:

Core 2 Duo E6750
ASUS P5N32-E Sli 680i
7900GS 256mb @ 618mhz/800Mhz
2GB Corsair XMS2 800Mhz ram
Hitachi 250GB SATA2 HD

The nice box the proccessor came in, it had a heatsink included but I used my Artic Cooler 7 pro instead.

Here is the E6750 its self doesn't look any different to any other Intel CPU

Here is the Artic Cooler without the fan just about to be removed

Ok so now the heatsink has gone we can see the old Pentium D 945 covered in Artic silver thermal paste

So now the Pentium D is out, the motherboard is ready for the new Core 2 Duo

so the Core 2 Duo E6750 is in and the heatsink is back on lets see what this thing can do

here are the 3D mark scores no over clocking the CPU in this test only the Graphics have been overclocked

Pentium D 945 scores
GPU @ 618Mhz core and 800Mhz Mem
CPU @ factory clock 3400Mhz

Score: 5212
SM2.0: 2186
HDR/SM3: 2152
CPU: 1709

Core 2 Duo E6750 Scores
GPU @ 618Mhz core and 800Mhz Mem
CPU @ factory clock 2.67Ghz

Score: 5517
SM2.0: 2200
HDR/SM3:2155
CPU: 2391

And here are some pics of the PC in action wiring needs some work