Rate my rig?

[Hajime]

Looking for comments on this rig.

A few points:
#1: I will not be overclocking. This is a production rig, not a gaming rig.
#2: I am looking for stability above all else.
#3: I want to know about any hardware incompatibilities before I run into them.
#4: Gaming is a function of this PC. I'd prefer speed, but price is equal to performance in this respect. I've used Ballistix and Raptors already - The Raptor helped me the most, but a 200gb (400gb total) RAID-10 array will help me much more in this respect for a bit more money.


Antec SLK3700BQE
Antec Neopower 480w
DFI Lanparty UT 250gb
Athlon 64 3200+ s754
1gb (2x512) of Infineon HYB25D256800BT-5 revB PC3200, known good at 2-2-2-10 at stock volts
GF 6900NU (May OC this - or try to unlock pipelines/etc.)
2x Seagate 200gb SATA 7200rpm 8mb cache in a RAID-1 - may upgrade to 4x 200gb SATA in raid-10.

 

[Stangs55]

Go w/a 3500 over the 3200....you get more for your buck.

 

[BW86]

change your motherboard. The dfi was strictly made for overclockers. Go for an asus if you want stability.

 

[Sentinel]

yeah i'd say it looks good but if you aren't oc'ing then why lanparty

 

[Frew]

Originally posted by: BW86
change your motherboard. The dfi was strictly made for overclockers. Go for an asus if you want stability.

pffttt.... Thats like saying Intel is more stable than AMD. Chaintech VNF3-250 is the best buy.

 

[Hajime]

BW86/Sentinel: I went DFI over any other motherboard simply because it was such an excellent OC'ing motherboard.

If a mobo OCs excellently, it is extremely stable at stock.

LeadFrog: It had RAID-10 onboard, which I note the VNF3-250 lacks 😉. RAID-10 is the killer app in this case on a mobo for me.

Stangs55: Isn't the 3500+ S939, not S754?

 

[Appledrop]

ther is a 754 and a 939 3500

 

[Hajime]

Really? Is the 754 3500+ 90nm as well?

I may OC this yet!

 

[Sentinel]

sounds good then 😉

 

[cheesehead]

Not to my knowlege. I have only seen 939 Winchester processors. You may as well go for a NF3 S939 board, or, if you're willing to wait, a NF4. The extra bandwith can't hurt, and there will never be an A64 S754 above the 3700 anyway.