mmy new gaming rig, final specs (i hope)

[aixenv]

thanks for any advice and help narrowing down and learning more about certain component dilemnas i was having, system will be ordered first thing friday, comment away, my work is paying 1300 of the cost, so i figure my personal cost will be less then 750 give or take a few, so obviously can't go wrong there, one of the perks at working in the IT industry

well enough talking, here's the rig:

Case: Thermaltake Shark Black ATX Full Tower Case, Model "VA7000BWA (cases are definitely a subjective item, i've changed my thoughts a few time, but feel a full tower is what i want and this case seems to have a good layout like i want and is pleasing to the eye as well)
PSU: OCZ PowerStream 470W Power Supply With Adjustable Power Rails With LED Indicators, SATA Connector, Model "OCZ470ADJ"
motherboard: MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA for AMD Socket 939 CPU
cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Socket 939 Processor
heatsink/fan: Thermalright Heatsink, Model "XP-90" w/ Panaflo 80mm fan (using arctic silver 5)
memory: OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200
harddrives: two WD Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD and one WD 200GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD2000JD
graphics card: agp8x Nvidia 6800GT 256mb
sound card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS PCI
speakers: Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 Speakers (great bang for the buck)
monitor: ViewSonic G220fb 21" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor

cant wait to build it up and benchmark it and see how it handles everything! thanks again for all the great information and advice. Only thing left I can think I might want to do is replace the stock fans in the Thermaltake case with some Panaflo or Tornado's (although from what i read the tornados are extremely loud)

this will definitely blow the doors off my amd 850 w/ nvidia geforce mx2

aix

 

[meltdown75]

that is a pretty sweet setup!!

 

[aixenv]

thanks , i spent a lot of time researching the best components

i am going to make a change

new PSU:

OCZ PowerStream 470W Power Supply With Adjustable Power Rails With LED Indicators, SATA Connector, Model "OCZ470ADJ"

 

[BW86]

If your going to get tornados make sure you get a fan controller.

EDIT:Make sure you get a 130nm chip and not a 90nm(winchester). The stock bios wont recognize the 90nm chip and you wont be able to boot. Unless you have a friend that will let you borrow his 130nm chip so you can update the bios and then slip in your chip, you cant get the new winchester chips.

 

[IamTHEsnake]

... or use the computer he's typing from and download the bios onto a disk. Then simply update the new comp with that disk. No need for a 130nm chip.

 

[Ender17]

needs less OCZ

IMO

 

[aixenv]

ya i read about that issue with not handling the winchester out of the box, ill just update bios as suggested,

as to the ocz comment, that ocz psu is stellar:

Output: +3.3V@28A, +5V@34A, +12V@33A, -5V@0.5A, -12V@0.5A, +5VSB@2.0A

see http://www.newegg.com/app/Sear...oductResult.asp?DEPA=0 for more info

and to the ram that's top notch also, i'd be curious what you'd suggest for both parts, always willing to hear suggestions as nothing is set in stone yet

 

[PVD]

Looks GOOD!!! I spent alot of time researching also and bought my rig this week. Great choice!!

 

[imported_lamer]

dang, two 10000 hard drives?!?! That's sweet as heck d00d

 

[aixenv]

thanks,

pvd i like your taste looks like mine lol, now im thinking about finally upgrading monitors, i've been using an aoc or kds or sony 17inch for all my gaming life, and i see this nice viewsonic .21 pitch 21inch crt that does 1600x1200 @ 87 just callin my name....

G220fb 21" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor

 

[Insomniak]

I'd hit it.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

That system looks great.
Are you planning on overclocking?

 

[aixenv]

im gonna flash the 6800 to the ultra, leave it there, and test overclocking with the ram, gfx card, cpu/mobo see what type of ceiling i get in benchmarks, learn the limits of my hardware and then set it back to a basic "default" setting since the default should be plenty for my games

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: IamTHEsnake
... or use the computer he's typing from and download the bios onto a disk. Then simply update the new comp with that disk. No need for a 130nm chip.

I tried a blind flash with my friends av8 and it didnt work Hope everything works out