My new Linux/OC/Gaming build :)

[Remp]

Yeah, Dual Booting is for gaming And I'll use Linux for programming, and general computing. I wouldn't need a config like this only for programming :P Btw, I wanna play Guild Wars 2, and a few upcoming games like GTA 5, and other games like Saints Row the third...etc these newer games I couldn't run on my current machine.

[encryptedbytes]

Instead of dual/multi-booting, you might also consider using virtual machines. A virtual machine is an isolated guest operating system that runs within the host operating system. Using a virtual machine, you can have your favorite flavor of Linux running on your Windows machine or run some version of Windows in your Linux environment. Some of the most popular virtual machine applications are:

• Virtual Box (for Windows, Mac, and Linux, free)
• Parallels (for Windows, Mac, and Linux, $79.99)
• VMware (for Windows or Linux, Basic is free, Premium is $189)
• QEMU (for Linux, free)
• Windows Virtual PC (for Windows, free)

You probably won't have much luck running games or video intensive apps in a virtual machine, but having another environment and your favorite apps it available to you without rebooting into another operating system can be very handy.

[Remp]

Yeah, I know about virtual machines, but I'll just stick with dual booting, because mostly I wanna play games on Windows, I don't really need anything else... only Photoshop and Illustrator, but these two are not for virtual machines too... I think. By the way you can play games on Virtual machines, at least I had success running a few smaller indie games, and they ran pretty well!

[encryptedbytes]

By the way you can play games on Virtual machines, at least I had success running a few smaller indie games, and they ran pretty well!

Yeah, smaller more lightweight games may run well enough, but I was thinking more of the higher end graphically intense stuff. Even with top notch hardware you could have problems running that kind of stuff.

Another thought on virtual machines... they're also handy for when you want to try out an operating system without carving up your hard drive for something you may not care to keep. It's nice to be able to fire up an empty VM, load the new OS, and start playing around with it right away. I most recently did this very thing when the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released. Being an operating system that not only was new to me, but also still in beta and months away from officially being released, there's no way I'm going to go mucking about with my partitions for something like that.

[Remp]

You got me thinking now... as you know I really like experimenting with new stuff I think I'm gonna try the new Windows 8 through Virtual Box Thanks for the tip :P

[Krymzn]

This has me even thinking

I'm gonna try the Windows 8 through Visual Box as well! Thanks for this.

[encryptedbytes]

You got me thinking now... as you know I really like experimenting with new stuff I think I'm gonna try the new Windows 8 through Virtual Box Thanks for the tip :P

This has me even thinking

I'm gonna try the Windows 8 through Visual Box as well! Thanks for this.

I highly recommend keeping a few VMs around loaded with your favorite operating systems. They are a great way to try out new ideas and new software without taking the risks of messing up your system!

[Grumpy]

Wow, I must say that's some pretty impressive stuff, and I'm impressed by the fact you've managed to accomplish that. Should be a great PC to game on and I wish you the absolute best of luck with the system!

[DarthVader3257]

Those specs sound excellent for gaming on a Linux. I wasn't fully aware that gaming works fine on Linux platforms, but now that you mentioned it, I might as well give it a try when I order my laptop. Thanks for sharing!

[psufootball]

Nice specs, that's pretty similar to what I've got and it works pretty good.