New Comp let me know what you thing

[Brock123]

Well, I'm building a new comp and this is what I have so far. Selling my comp this monday so ordering it the same day.

Antec 900 - already got

From the egg
NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner Model 7170A-0B - OEM -$31
EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI -$160
HIPER HPU-4K580-MS ATX12V v2.2 580W Power Supply -$90
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i -$220 MIR $15
Intel E4300 -170

From Frys
OCZ DDR2 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz OCZ2P8002GK -$160

~$850 shipped

I'm getting the 7900gs in the hopes of using it as a physics card in the third slot when the 8600 comes out. If not I'll give it to my wife. I know there are no hard drives on there but I already have a few of them laying around.

I'm also hoping to OC the e4300 to around 2.8 or 2.9.

Let me know if you have any better plans for me around the same price. Maybe a little more because I am getting 700 for my old one.

 

[Tarrant64]

Someone please tell me he doesn't need that mobo for 2.8-2.9?

That looks like a sweet setup, but...f*** the E4300. Go E6600. That's what I'd do.

 

[moosey]

Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Someone please tell me he doesn't need that mobo for 2.8-2.9?

That looks like a sweet setup, but...f*** the E4300. Go E6600. That's what I'd do.

I wouldn't touch one of those 680i boards regardless. In regard to the o/c thing, you're only aiming for 333FSB (9x333) so for that type of o/c a $100 board would do.

I'd also get an X1950Pro in place of the 7900GS.

 

[Brock123]

Yeah but seeing home I'm buying a cheap vid now I want the 3rd slot incase I can use it as physic card later

 

[alimoalem]

asus p5b or gigabyte ds3 mobo

enhance 5150w 500w from ewiz.com ($65 i think)
or at least get an enhance liberty or fortron. seasonic and corsair are out of ur budget and Hiper isn't the best

i think i saw a $190-80rebate 7900GS in the Hot Deals forum but i may be wrong

 

[Brock123]

Checked didn't see the rebate
I did get the ram off the hot deals a week or so ago though.
Thanks for the input keep it coming

 

[Brock123]

Looked into the enhance 500w but that site only had one user review compared to the 111 reviews of the hiper on newegg

 

[shabby]

Skip the 680i and get a p5b or ds3 like alimoalem suggested.
Its too pricey of a mobo for such a "low end" cpu.

 

[moosey]

Shabby said it again and its a good point. Most of your setup is more along the lines of a budget build and you're getting that expensive buggy motherboard.
Get an S3 (or DS3 if you spend more)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017
It will o/c that chip fine

And an 8800GTS 320MB with the money you save
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130082
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130038 (o/c version)

 

[Brock123]

I guess I'll go that way might last me a year instead of 6 months that way.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: Brock123
Looked into the enhance 500w but that site only had one user review compared to the 111 reviews of the hiper on newegg

that may be true but i go off anandtech user recommendations first, reviews second. i'm sure the hiper is good, just thought i'd put it out there. btw, newegg gets a lot more sales and people post reviews there a lot more than ewiz (not to discredit ewiz...just "justifying" the psu's lack of reviews). either way, the enermax liberty 500w is $105 on newegg and has more reviews (also 5 star). it has 22A on both rails(32A combined), compared to the hiper's 18 and 20A (unknown combined). if i were in your shoes, i wouldn't spend $90 on a rig like that.

btw, i just checked ewiz's user reviews of the enhance: link. are you sure there's only 1? btw, i find the lowest rating to be a 4-star. looks like no one got a DOA or anything that bothered them too much. i would go with the enhance linked or the fortron 450w from newegg for $50. there's no way you'll be using 450w. and yo ucan add that $40 saved to get a better card (x1900xt? or save it for DX10?).

again, just recmmendations. if you do go with the 8800GTS 320MB, i would go with the 500w enhance "to be on the safe side" and have some extra money to pay for the card.

 

[Roguestar]

PSU -> Corsair 520W
MB -> Asus P5B or Gigabyte DS3
GPU -> X1950Pro

 

[yh125d]

Are you sure you can use a regular graphics card as a physics card? I've never heard of that. Dedicated phys cards yes, but not dedicated vid cards used as phys cards

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: yh125td
Are you sure you can use a regular graphics card as a physics card? I've never heard of that. Dedicated phys cards yes, but not dedicated vid cards used as phys cards

nVidia and ATi seem to be moving in that direction, seeing as graphics cards are just add-in highly-threaded FPU boards (when it comes down to it) they could be use to process a lot of instructions other than just graphics calculations; physics was one idea leaked recently. I don't think drivers are released supporting it yet; I haven't heard much about it in a couple of months now.


Edit: And just to end the PSU argument:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024

 

[Brock123]

I must have been looking at the wrong enhance psu
The inhanced looks nice how about this one though??
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817812004

 

[Brock123]

Just ordered. Pretty much the rig at the top but went with a e6600 instead.