Changed My Mind Again, Now with Opteron 165

[eXx08]

OK, sorry for so many post I want to get this build right. Here goes:

Proccesor: AMD Opteron 165

Memory: OCZ 2GB 2-3-2-5 Platinum

Hard Drive: Hitachi DeskStar T7K250

Graphics Card: Connect 3D Radeon X800GTO

Monitor: Acer AL1751B


Total Comes To $1094.72 On The Dot Including Shipping! Now that's better...

EDIT: Took out Windows XP Pro. SP2 X64

EDIT 2: Got OZC RAM

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[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: thekillerjks

MS Windows XP Pro. X64 Edition (Iffy, but cheaper than regular)

err, i think from the post before about getting windows XP alot cheaper it was referring to getting it errrr, gratis.... seriously tho, find a college student, they can usually get it thru their school for $10, i know i did.......

but also, i wouldn't recommend the 64-bit windows, driver support isn't anywhere near where it should be yet, stick w/ 32 bit windowz

 

[eXx08]

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83

Originally posted by: thekillerjks

MS Windows XP Pro. X64 Edition (Iffy, but cheaper than regular)

err, i think from the post before about getting windows XP alot cheaper it was referring to getting it errrr, gratis.... seriously tho, find a college student, they can usually get it thru their school for $10, i know i did.......

but also, i wouldn't recommend the 64-bit windows, driver support isn't anywhere near where it should be yet, stick w/ 32 bit windowz

I hear I need XP Pro to reconize two or more CPU's.
That would be great Any College Student Oferring XP Pro for cheap let me know!

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: thekillerjks

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83

Originally posted by: thekillerjks

MS Windows XP Pro. X64 Edition (Iffy, but cheaper than regular)

err, i think from the post before about getting windows XP alot cheaper it was referring to getting it errrr, gratis.... seriously tho, find a college student, they can usually get it thru their school for $10, i know i did.......

but also, i wouldn't recommend the 64-bit windows, driver support isn't anywhere near where it should be yet, stick w/ 32 bit windowz

I hear I need XP Pro to reconize two or more CPU's.
That would be great Any College Student Oferring XP Pro for cheap let me know!

Even XP Home will work fine with a dual-core CPU - the licensing is done per socket, not per CPU core.

Edit: And I'm not sure how it works at other universities, but at least at the one I attend - you can only buy one copy of any given software title, and you're not supposed to sell it IIRC. In any case, I'm not parting with my $5 copy of Windows XP

Edit2: I would also not recommend going with XP64 at this time. Driver support is very poor for some devices.

 

[ChiBOY83]

...also, how serious are you about oc'ing that system


AND, also, what is ur case and psu guna be, and also your mobo, thats a VERY important consideration (i can't provide and support of 940 tho, no experience there??? EDIT...thats a 939, nevermind

...sorry, i already bought my copy from the university of iowa.....

 

[eXx08]

alright I have a MSI K8N-Neo4/SLI and a Xclio 450BL PSU

I don't really plan to OC much but I may boost it up to 2.2GHz

And I have the Antec 100AMG SOHO FileServer Case.

 

[ChiBOY83]

errr...that XLCIO sorta scares me...im not very familiar w/ them. And my opinion on that is i wouldn't wanna put what you have onto a less than high Quality level PSU. Truth be told, i don't know much about that brand, and i also have never heard anything aobut it ever before. I would always 100% recommend ppl to spend $50 on the PSU and geta name brand.....might i recommend seasonic s12-430, it will set you back about 80 bones


EDIT: errr, wait, you said you already have that PSU.....well, i guess expectin u to shell out the 80 instead of 40$ more is prob askin too much....

 

[ribbon13]

XClio 450BL eh? I'm the one that popularized those when they first hit newegg's shelves. Still an awesome PSU for $53. =D

ChiBoy, I've disected a 450BL when they first came out. It's a repackaged Fortron FSP460-60HLN, without the APFC circuit

That 1GB is icky. CAS3 DDR400? That's gonna be quite a significant drop. For $30 more get a DDR500 stick and you can run it 1:1 with your CPU for your 2.2GHz overclock and get the finest 2-2-2-7 timings.

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
XClio 450BL eh? I'm the one that popularized those when they first hit newegg's shelves. Still an awesome PSU for $53. =D

why do i get the impression that "ribbon's rig" isn't running an XLCIO.....hahahahaha

 

[eXx08]

It is a very good PSU for the price, now off to bed,, I will be here in the mornin.

 

[Some1ne]

I wish I had known about this magical property of Opteron transitivity when I upgraded to dual-core, I would have done the same thing instead of getting an X2 3800+.

 

[eXx08]

I think I will go with the OCZ RAM

I Like the 2-3-2-5 Timings