My new rig

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

My new rig. Parts are ordered. Everything except the X800 should be here Monday/Tuesday.

Athlon64 3500+
Asus A8V
1GB Mushkin 2-2-2 Special PC3200
Radeon X800 XT Platinum
74GB Raptor SATA
250GB Maxtor SATA
Antec 550W PS
NEC 2510 DVD Drive
Logitech 5300 5.1 Speakers
Logitech Elite Duo MX

Parts kept from old system:
Nokia 445pro 21" Monitor
Generic 17" Monitor (secondary display)
Radeon 9600Pro (until the X800 gets here)
200GB Western Digital IDE
60GB Maxtor IDE
SB Audigy
ATI TV Wonder
Lite-On 16X DVD-Rom
Lite-On 24X Burner
Antec Full Tower Case

This is my first MAJOR upgrade in over 2 1/2 years. Hopefully I'll get a couple good years out of this one too

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

the bank is offically broke...thats a nice setup

 

[ponyo]

should be good rig for p0rn browsing.

 

[InlineFive]

I wish I had money like that! Congrats!

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

It wasn't too bad. I got some deals and has some AMEX rewards certificates I've been saving up, so the total cost of everthing I bought was barely over $2000. And I'm selling my old PC to my brother-in-law for $400, so it's really only costing me about $1600.

 

[Megatomic]

Nice. You owe us some benches when you get it all together.

 

[RussianSensation]

Do you plan on overclocking?

Because at HardOCP recent article shows A64 3000+ overclocked to 2.45ghz being a very good alternative and a faster one at that. Of course the same argument could be made about overclocking A3500 2.2 to 2.45+ but it costs SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.

Awesome system though....

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

I've never really overclocked much. Only thing I'm overclocking now is my 9600pro, so I wasn't really planning on doing it with my new system. Maybe down the line when this system gets too slow to run stuff at 1600x1200 & full AA/AF...

 

[janagan]

If you have a chance i would advise you to change the moboard to msi or something else. I had really bad issues with the asus board and spent a week trying tyo sort various things, i then bought a msi board and it worked first time. And also look at the motherboard section for all the unhappy people with that board.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: janagan
If you have a chance i would advise you to change the moboard to msi or something else. I had really bad issues with the asus board and spent a week trying tyo sort various things, i then bought a msi board and it worked first time. And also look at the motherboard section for all the unhappy people with that board.

Change from an Asus to an MSI :Q I sure wouldn't do that. MSI boards have a habit of dying suddenly on me and a few others on this forum....

 

[sisooktom]

Originally posted by: janagan
If you have a chance i would advise you to change the moboard to msi or something else. I had really bad issues with the asus board and spent a week trying tyo sort various things, i then bought a msi board and it worked first time. And also look at the motherboard section for all the unhappy people with that board.

I don't get all this hype about the MSI board. It's been out what, 3 or 4 weeks? Give it some time and there will be plenty of pissed off MSI users too. Not saying it's not a good board, but people were hyping this thing before it even came out.

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

There is no MSI 939 board available for purchase yet anyway. Everything I've read about the A8V board makes it out to be pretty good...

Besides as I said, this stuff is on it's way, there's no going back (without 15% restocking) anymore

 

[fLum0x]

i would like to see your benches compared to mine when you and i both get the x800 xt pe. my specs are pretty similar.

AMD3400+
WD 36.7gb raptor
2 WD 120gb (raid 0)
lite-on combo drive
lite-on dvd buner
gigabyte k8ns pro (nforce3 250 chipset)
1gb corsair xms pc 3200
antec 550W PSU
thermaltake silent boost HSF
Antec p-160 case

hsf could be better, but with the p-160, i am running 2 120mm fans, hsf, and psu. It makes for a REAL quiet machine.