My new rig

[Vinceisg0d]

Welp, I think I've finally decided, here goes!

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core Processor S939 Manchester 2.2GHZ 512KBX2 90NM Retail Box

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme 675MHZ 512MB 1.7GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I TV-OUT SLI Ready Video Card

OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 CL2-3-2-5 184PIN Pin Dual Channel Memory Kit /W Ramsink

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300GB SATA W/ NCQ 7200RPM 8MB 8MS Hard Drive 5 Year MFR Warranty

Antec True Power 2.0 550W ATX12V V2.0 SLI 120MM Fan Power Supply

THERMALTAKE TSUNAMI VA3000 ALUMINUM CASE 4X5.25 2X3.5 5X3.5INT NO PS Black MIRRORED W/ WINDOW

LG GSA-H10A 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM W/ SW Burner


Arctic Cooling Accelero X1 NVIDIA 6800/7800 Series VGA Cooler SLI Ready 500-2000RPM 9.82CFM

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Music 24BIT Sound Card

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard NFORCE4-SLI S939 DDR 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E 3PCI SATA RAID LAN Sound 1394


Total is $2,540 canadian after tax and shipping.

Whatcha think?

 

[RussianSensation]

I'd get a HDD with 16mb cache.
X1900XT/X > 7900GTX
Don't care for SLI motherboards.
Probably would go with BenQ or NEC burner unless you need to burn DVD-RAMs
If you plan on overclocking, I'd get Opteron 165. Otherwise 4200+ is good.

Overall good.

 

[Koharski]

that sound blaster is GREAT card. I love mine

 

[Vinceisg0d]

Which HDD would you go with? I'm ordering from ncix.com

Something like this:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?...622AS&manufacture=Seagate&promoid=1001

 

[Bobthelost]

That HD isn't bad, seagate have a good warranty (5 year) and are ok speed wise.

Ditch the SLI motherboard unless you are definitly going to use it, it's a marketing trick to waste your money (works too).

Think about the 1900XTX, it's cheaper than the 7900GTX, as fast if not faster, and the only real downside is the higher noise and power draw.

That's a bit of a crap PSU for a high end system. I'd get an enermax liberty instead. Or a seasonic s12, or even a OCZ powerstream. 500W is more than enough for it. Hell a 400W would probalby be ok.

 

[Vinceisg0d]

i definitely cant fit the liberty into the budget, will i be fine for the time being until I can afford the new one?

And any specific 16mb hdds you can think of that are around 130-160$ price ?can of course

Hm..maybe I can, let me check

I am just going to cancel the order (I ordered it half an hour ago), take out the SLI, change the card to the 1900XTX, change the PSU to that, change teh HD to something better..and it should be around the same price..

Lemme reupdate..I assume if I cancel they just refund assuming its not processed (it's not.)

 

[Vinceisg0d]

New specs:

Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT 500W ATX12V V2.2 20/24PIN Modular Cable Power Supply W/ 120MM Fan

Powercolor Radeon X1900XTX 650MHZ 512MB 256BIT 1.55GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I VIVO HDTV Video Card

ASUS A8N-E Motherboard ATX S939 NFORCE4 Ultra DDR PCI-E16 PCI-E4 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA RAID Sound GBLAN

BenQ DW1655 Lightscribe DVD+RW16X16X8 DVD-RW16X16X4 CDRW48X48X32 OEM DVD Burner Black W/ SW

Seagate Barracuda 300GB 7200.9 16MB 11MS ATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive 5YR MFR Warranty

Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 ATI X1800/X1900 Series VGA Cooler Crossfire Ready 500-2000RPM 9.82CFM

Everything else the same..that totals to 2417. I can put in another 130$... any ideas?

 

[Bobthelost]

That looks pretty fantastic, only thing to note is that you invalidate the warranty on the graphics card by swapping out the heatsink, i'd put everything together and run it for a week or two to make sure you don't have a defective one.

The 1655 is a nice drive, but it's a lightscribe one, the 1640 should be a bit cheaper if you're never going to use the lightscribing.

 

[Vinceisg0d]

Lightscribing? I'm unfamiliar with that... So I guess I won't be using it. lol.

Hmm..now to spend another 150$ no idea on what though lol

I see, lightscribing, something to do with labels..yea i wont use that. Did you mean the 1650 instead? that's the step below the one I had.

Will something like watercooling be useful? or just plain stupid.

 

[RussianSensation]

Lightscribing is neat because it lets you write words on the CD like Cancun Party 2006 and it'll show up when you burn the cd. But I think you need special CDs to do that and they cost more.

The seagate drive is good.

$150...hmm you have a set of speakers?

What about getting 2x7900GT cards vs. 1 X1900XTX card? Would that fit if you add $150?

 

[Vinceisg0d]

I have a set of z5500s...

2 7900GTs would require SLI wouldn't it?

I could jump from 4200+ to 4400+ but i heard it was hardly noticeable.

Could just get a logitech G7 for 100$ C

Could also get a second HDD..