biulding a new system

[Mulgrew]

ok ill try this again

im biulding a new system but im gonna wait till conroe comes out to see what prices are like because on 24th amd are dropping there prices too so ive heard

what i want to know is what

motherboard ?

cpu (will probley not be getting FX or EE as they are overpriced and can overclock cpu anyway) looking at 4400+ AM2 at the mo but whats 6700 & 6800 going to be like and when are they due

ram looking at 2 gig

gpu 1900xtx or gx2 (but no water blocks for gx2 as of yet) how far can i clock these

water colling system must handle cpu, gpu, northbridge (was looking at Asetek Waterchill Xternal CPU/VGA/Chipset Cooling System whats it like performance like)

have psu though in current rig http://www.nesteq.de/ its the NA 6201 620W

im running a 21" crt belinea 108080 so can go upto res of 2048 x 1536 so want to biuld a system that will run games with all the eye candy

sound card if needed (at the mo i have old creative 5.1 dolby surrond system that handles line in digital and optical ) (is 7.1 that much better in games ?)

any help is appreciated but can you disscus the pros and cons of the parts

thnx in adavance

 

[Bobthelost]

I don't think watercooling a 7950X2 is going to be worth it, just go with an XTX and overvolt it. Maybe get an XT and crossfire it if your budget can stretch.

I've never heard of that brand of PSU, if you want to replace it then for a non crossfire setup a good 500W will be enough, for a crossfire settup you do want a 600W PSU. Think Seasonic, OCZ, PCP&C, Fortron, Silverstone, Antec (Neo HE line only imo), Enermax etc.

I don't think the difference between 5.1 and 7.1 is worth it, if you wanted sound quality then a sound card is a must, if you wanted the effects from a sound card then it's a yes again. Personally i'd just leave the soundcard for a month till the bank balance has recovered a bit and think about it again then. The creative XFI are one of the best cards around, but creative can't do drivers to save thier lives.

 

[akshayt]

get intel conroe for cpu

 

[hardwareking]

i'd say the conroe e6600 is the best option.Pair that up with an ASUS P5WD_H.
As for video card,u'd be better off getting the x1900 xtx and putting a water block on it.There should be some out there which covers the ram chips as well.So overvolting+overclocking is safe.
As for PSU's i'd suggest uget a PSU from enermax or silverstone.
As for 7.1 or 5.1 channel surround sound,u'd need a good sound card like the creative xiFi platinum or xiFi fata1ty.
Thats gonna be one sweet rig.

 

[Mulgrew]

psu is one of the best you can get its a 620 watt and fan only comes on when its 50 c +.
the reason i got it as it is quite becase the new system i want to be quite

also what diffrence would a raptor make to system performance say just for windows and games

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
I've never heard of that brand of PSU, if you want to replace it then for a non crossfire setup a good 500W will be enough, for a crossfire settup you do want a 600W PSU. Think Seasonic, OCZ, PCP&C, Fortron, Silverstone, Antec (Neo HE line only imo), Enermax etc.

Have you had an experience with the neohe series? I've heard mixed reviews about them. Also to add another one to your list... enhance. They have a good 500w in the 5150gh and a crossfire 600w in the 0560g. As for MoBos, DFI is decidedly AMD except for a few. Asus will probably come out with a solid c2d board and foxconn recently came out with a new am2 board that's supposed to be the best am2 overclocking board to date. You can find this on the AT homepage under their recent reviews.

 

[JAG87]

If you want to run at 2048x1536 with all things maxed, you need SLI or crossfire. Even at that resolution you are going to need some AA and some AF, and if you have only 1 card its going to suffer.

I would suggest two voltmodded 7900GTs in SLI. You can purchase an SLI water block to cool both of your GPUs. The block is a bit expensive, but the ability to reach 700+ on the core and 900+ on the memory will be worth all the money the waterblock costs.

Now that should be able to do 2048x1536 with 4xAA and 16xAF like butter. Good luck.

 

[JAG87]

oh and for mobo, well it all depends on your CPU. Either way go with ASUS. M2N32-SLI if you go with AM2, or the future nVidia Intel edition nforce 590 board.

 

[Mulgrew]

if i go for am2 think its gonna be foxconn c51xem2aa and probley go for gx2 vid card