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Brother's new system

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Smartazz

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He still needs the following parts for his new rig:
AM2 SLI Motherboard
SLI power supply

What he knows so far:
CPU: X2 3800+
RAM: 1GB of PC6400 RAM
Case: Cooler Master Centurion
NEC DVD-RW drive
250GB 7200RPM HDD Seagate
Dual eVGA 7900GTs

He games at 1600 by 1200 with all the details turned up. He will start building in about 2 weeks, just in case the G80 comes out by then. Any suggestions in what should be changed? And what about the motherboard and PSU? Thanks.
 
Get a perpendiculuar Seagate 7200.10 RPM drive, get a better quality PSU as well, make sure the 12V rail is above 20A (this is a huge plus for future upgrades), especially with that SLI going on, you will need some power.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
What's so good about the 7200.10 drives?
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a 320gig seagate perp. drive is about 95$ shipped at newegg its MUCH faster, 16mb cache, 320gig space...what more could you want 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Smartazz
He still needs the following parts for his new rig:
AM2 SLI Motherboard
SLI power supply

What he knows so far:
CPU: X2 3800+
RAM: 1GB of PC6400 RAM
Case: Cooler Master Centurion
NEC DVD-RW drive
250GB 7200RPM HDD Seagate
Dual eVGA 7900GTs

He games at 1600 by 1200 with all the details turned up. He will start building in about 2 weeks, just in case the G80 comes out by then. Any suggestions in what should be changed? And what about the motherboard and PSU? Thanks.
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Frankly, I don't think that cpu has the balls for 2 7900gt's. I hope he's overclocking.
As for the psu just look for the ones that are SLI ready and you should be fine.

Edit: try this psu http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-EN0560G&c=fr
 
Originally posted by: happy medium
Originally posted by: Smartazz
He still needs the following parts for his new rig:
AM2 SLI Motherboard
SLI power supply

What he knows so far:
CPU: X2 3800+
RAM: 1GB of PC6400 RAM
Case: Cooler Master Centurion
NEC DVD-RW drive
250GB 7200RPM HDD Seagate
Dual eVGA 7900GTs
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Edit: try this psu http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-EN0560G&c=fr
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He needs about half the power that the ENS-0560G can provide.
 
Take a look at the Epox MB http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22903

also reviewed on anandtech

about $130 US from MWave.com - I ordered on line Wednesday night and got shipping confirmation today. NewEgg and ZipZoomFly had them, but both sold out - I had never used MWave before, but might start using them more now

The board is based on the nVidia 570 chipset, sli and is supposed to overclock well which you're going to need with the 3800.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: happy medium
Originally posted by: Smartazz
He still needs the following parts for his new rig:
AM2 SLI Motherboard
SLI power supply

What he knows so far:
CPU: X2 3800+
RAM: 1GB of PC6400 RAM
Case: Cooler Master Centurion
NEC DVD-RW drive
250GB 7200RPM HDD Seagate
Dual eVGA 7900GTs

Edit: try this psu http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-EN0560G&c=fr
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He needs about half the power that the ENS-0560G can provide.
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For 100 bucks why skimp and buy something less powerfull?
Any way I'd wait for the 7950gt with 512 megs ram due out next week.
Then put the extra money into a better cpu or another gig ram. That should play anything at 1600x1200 res. When that no longer cuts it buy another 7950gt or mabe a G80. At least you know you have the psu to run them😉:beer:
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I forgot to mention, he already has a 7900GT, but I don't think a single 7900GT could do the job for high resolution gaming.
 
Originally posted by: Smartazz
I forgot to mention, he already has a 7900GT, but I don't think a single 7900GT could do the job for high resolution gaming.
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have him game at 1280x1024 for a bit or lower the settings to medium...
 
Originally posted by: bob4432
Originally posted by: Smartazz
I forgot to mention, he already has a 7900GT, but I don't think a single 7900GT could do the job for high resolution gaming.
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have him game at 1280x1024 for a bit or lower the settings to medium...
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Maybe I can convince him to game at lower resolutions until G80 comes out. Is there any idea how powerful the G80s will be?
 
Ah, so just adding 1 7900GT. In that case, I don't see a reason why to not go w/eVGA - you can always trade up in the next three months (to a 7950 or what-have-you [maybe R80???]), and the sell the other online.

But, I'll also put another shameless plug in for the X1900XT at great prices. 🙂

And, for all that is holy - start w/2GB of RAM!!! 😀

PM
 
I just realized, I have a 7900GT, if the G80 comes out soon and I want to upgrade, I actually could use the step up program.
 
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