im ordering today jsut want one more last ok

[twitchee2]

ok guys well its taken me 6 months to save up and im finally ready. so here goes waht do you think?

DFI ultra-d and 3700 SD combo from monarch
Leadtek 6800gt
Nec 3540a
seagate 7200.8 250gb
msx518
logitec elite
audily(sp?) 2 zs
z5300e

i have 520w modstream, TT tsunami, and a patriot 2*512 2-3-2-5 ram

how does this look? and i want to thank everyone that helped fro the past few months thank you for all or time.

 

[nick1985]

seems like you could save hundreds by getting a 3200 and OC'ing it to the 3700 speeds. Also you can save a bunch more cash with almost no performance hit by getting a gig of regular value 3200.


*edit*

i see you already bought that RAM...

 

[JBT]

For PCI-Express Id go X800XL rather than a 6800GT.

 

[Crescent13]

:thumbsup: looks good, and nick1985, overclocking doesn't add another 512K of cache to the cpu

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: JBT
For PCI-Express Id go X800XL rather than a 6800GT.

dont want to start anything, but id disagree, the 6800GT (although a little more money) would be the better choice, IMHO (espacially since its almost a guarantee you can clock it to Ultra speeds)

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
:thumbsup: looks good, and nick1985, overclocking doesn't add another 512K of cache to the cpu

the extra 512kb cahce will do next to nothing in gaming, and wont justify spending $100+ in other applications (such as encoding, etc)

 

[twitchee2]

this is more a video editing then gaming machine but it will also see a fair share of gaming i got the 6800 becasue i kno i can OC and the the 3700 for great stock speed and oc abilty with the 1mb

 

[rise]

i wouldn't bother with the audigy myself. the karojen is nice with almost no performance hit unless your an audiophile. save the $$ and get it later if you want.

like nick said, the 3000 or 3200 may be just as good although i like my 3700.

 

[twitchee2]

im sticking with the 3700

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
ok guys well its taken me 6 months to save up and im finally ready. so here goes waht do you think?

DFI ultra-d and 3700 SD combo from monarch
Leadtek 6800gt
Nec 3540a
seagate 7200.8 250gb
msx518
logitec elite
audily(sp?) 2 zs
z5300e

i have 520w modstream, TT tsunami, and a patriot 2*512 2-3-2-5 ram

how does this look? and i want to thank everyone that helped fro the past few months thank you for all or time.

You're not gonna go for the 3800+ X2? Will do better for video editing..

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
:thumbsup: looks good, and nick1985, overclocking doesn't add another 512K of cache to the cpu

im well aware, but the extra 512k doesnt really add very much in terms of performance, especially not enough to justify the price increase

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: Crescent13
:thumbsup: looks good, and nick1985, overclocking doesn't add another 512K of cache to the cpu

im well aware, but the extra 512k doesnt really add very much in terms of performance, especially not enough to justify the price increase

I downgraded from a 1mb 3400+ to a 512kb 3000+ and I'm pretty sure the larger cache made a big difference, especialy in multitasking. I dont think the extra 400mhz is causing the extra slowdown, but I could be wrong.

 

[twitchee2]

im sticking with the sandy everything else looks good

 

[n7]

Keep the SD & be happy

I really like your rig choices.

Very similar to how i would do it, though i too would get the X800XL. The 6800 GT is a bit better though, & not all that much more expensive though, so whatever.

One thing i would do is replace that NEC 3540 with the BenQ DW1640.
That newer NEC doesn't get the greatest reviews...& the BenQ does
BenQ also has native bitsetting support & overspeed burning.
No modified firmware flashing or BS like on the NEC.

 

[twitchee2]

should i get the 3520a?

 

[n7]

My recommendation stays the same

 

[w00t]

I like it.

maybe reason he wants 6800gt is to he can oc to ultra speeds the x800xl doesnt oc as well.

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: w00t
I like it.

maybe reason he wants 6800gt is to he can oc to ultra speeds the x800xl doesnt oc as well.

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