Systemax Gaming Computer
Systemax’ AMD socket AM2 based Gaming PC gaming monster comes standard with several hardware choices inclidung an AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor, Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 memory and a 7200 RPM SATA II hard drive. Pick your optical drive or drives such as 20X dual layer DVDRW. This Crossfire-ready system is based on MSI's K9A2 Platinumn mobo with 7.1 channel integrated high-definition audio and dual gigabit LAN. Choose your video card from a carefully selected group of PCI-Express video cards from NVIDIA and ATI. Systemax has perfectly engineered this monster for peak performance with the smooth Windows operating system. Click on "Configure" above to see the default configuration, or to add or change components. Go on, click and create your dream machine.
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Silverstone Temjin TJ09 ATX Case
The Temjin TJ09 is the first SilverStone chassis designed meet the challenge of cooling high-end video cards. A brand new mid-section air duct was created to bypass the hard drive cage, allowing the strategically placed 120mm to draw cool air from outside of the chassis and blow it directly onto the expansion slot area. CPU and hard drives are also cooled exclusively by 120mm fans to maximize airflow while reducing noise.
MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard
It’s the Platinum standard. Which means it’s better than gold. We’re talking about MSI’s new K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX Socket AM2+ motherboard. Built for the most powerful multimedia and gaming systems. Built for AMD Phenom,
Athlon, and Sempron processors in the Socket AM2+ package, the K9A2 Platinum features Dual Core Center, Live Update Online, Live Update 3 technologies. Based on the AMD 790FX and SB600 chipsets, this high-performance ATX platform supports HyperTransport 3.0 up to 2600MHz, Dual DDR II 10066/800/667/533 memory up to 8GB, PCI-E x16 (supports CrossFire Technology), SATA2, eSATA, RAID 0, 1 and
0+1 mode by Promise T3, flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing, GbLAN, IEEE 1394, and USB 2.0. MSI’s gone better than Gold, with the new K9A2 Platinum AMD 790DX Socket AM2+ motherboard.
Smash the Hourglass!
With The AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor Frustrated by staring at the hourglass icon as soon as you try to work on more than three programs at once, especially when you’re working with digital media?
Increase your performance with the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core processor. Work or play with multiple programs without any stalling or waiting. Dual-core technology
is like having two processors, and two working together is better and faster than one working alone. Do more in less time with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor.
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Note: Some images show an empty case, but you will receive a complete system with all parts installed.
Case Features
Dual 120mm Fan Slots
Dual 120mm fan slots on top for additional cooling options.
Easy Access I/O Ports
Flip-up top mounting front I/O ports for your peripherals.
Mid-Section Cooling
See-through mid section air duct for superior cooling.
Cooling for Graphic Cards
Dedicated mid section 120mm fan provides cooling for graphic cards.
Removeable Motherboard Tray
Slide out reinforced aluminum motherboard tray for easy access.
Motherboard Features
AMD
790FX Chipset
AMD 790FX Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™
3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and quad PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It
is optimized with AMD latest AM2+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent
system performance and overclocking capabilities.
ATI
CrossFireX™ Technology
ATI’s CrossFireX™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating
the need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX™
allows higher anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture
settings. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with the advanced
3D settings, and check the effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews
within ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.
PCI-E
2.0 Graphics Interface
PCI-E 2.0 doubles the bus standard's bandwidth from 2.5 Gbit/s to 5 Gbit/s,
meaning a x32 connector can transfer data at up to 16 GB/s in each direction.
PCI-E 2.0 also features improvements to the point-to-point data transfer
protocol and its software architecture.
What You Should Know
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Got Enough
Memory? Bet You'll Need More!
Windows Vista and today's software
applications make much greater demands on your system's memory. Adding
peripherals, like webcams, USB hard drives, and complex Internet pages, all
take memory. Watching DVD movies, or watching videos on the web, or
playing PC based games demand increased memory. So take full
advantage of your system's potential, your operating system's enhancement
and entertainment capabilities, and your software's productivity by expanding
your system memory!
The best time to
add more memory is when you buy your system! Get the memory that's
right for your computer, whether laptop, desktop, or All-In-One.
Click Here for our Memory Upgrade Options. »
Shared
Memory? Or Where Did My Memory Go?
Your computer uses memory to run your
Operating System, applications, peripherals, and to generate and display
graphics on your computer monitor. Video memory is a form of RAM, and is
either built into your motherboard; or on a graphics card (video card).
Depending on the motherboard's configuration, and that of the video card (if
separate or built-in to the motherboard), your computer may have to draw on
its own RAM memory to meet its video memory needs. This creates shared
memory, where your computer’s RAM will be shared between its own Processor
(CPU) and its graphics chip.
The result is that some systems will have
shared memory, some will not. If you have 2GB (for example) of system
memory installed, you may notice that your system reports significantly less
memory. This is because your system is using shared memory for your
video.
What can you do about this?
You can actually configure this shared memory through your computer’s BIOS
settings. However, this is a setting best left alone, since it is
typically optimized for display performance, and making changes may impact
display resolutions, and other video capabilities.
The simplest solution is usually to either:
increase your system memory; or to upgrade the video hardware. By
upgrading to a new video card with built-in video memory, then turning off
shared memory, you will free your system to use it's maximum potential
memory, and provide your system with much more robust video features.
How Much
Memory Do You Really Have?
When you look at the specifications for a computer, it will display the
installed memory, and typically the maximum memory that can be installed.
However, while these are real values, they represent a potential useable
memory depending upon the installed operating system, and other factors. The actual useable memory may be different
(lower) from these values.
The reason is simply that a computer may have a limitation in the operating
system (such as Windows 32 bit versions), or configured to use shared memory,
which reduces the amount of RAM that is available to the CPU by using
some of it for other purposes, such as for video memory. In some
cases, you can control the maximum useable memory through system settings,
by upgrading from a 32 bit to a 64 bit version of Windows XP or Vista, or by upgrading to a video card that has internal onboard video memory.
But always
remember, that the amount of memory that your system reports, is not always
the amount of actual installed memory. For example, if you have 4GB
installed, 32 bit versions of Windows will typically report 3.2GB due to a
limitation of Windows itself. Also note that different Windows
programs report available and maximum memory differently, which can be
confusing. If you find that you need more
memory, we suggest expanding your system memory, since this is the most
effective performance increase, and the one that is easiest to perform .
Smash the Hourglass!
