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[d2arcturus]

Finalized $2000 Canadian -- Been waiting awile for this, got me all giddy...


Antec P180 Mid Tower
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego
Zalman CNPS7700-CU Heatsink/Fan
OCZ Premier 2X512MB PC3200
BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC PCI-E
Enermax EG495P-VE Noisetaker 485W


So please rate it /10, interested to hear some comments.
Ordering second set of OCZ 2X512MB later.

 

[Newfie]

wtf!!!! $2000!!!!! Where did you get those! NCIX??

 

[fierydemise]

I'd really suggest you get another GB of memory, BF2 stutters badly without it

 

[d2arcturus]

Originally posted by: Newfie
wtf!!!! $2000!!!!! Where did you get those! NCIX??

yeah, i am upgrading though
i dont have to buy HDs, optical drives, and that other stuff

Originally posted by: fierydemise
I'd really suggest you get another GB of memory, BF2 stutters badly without it

ah wise man, you remind me, thank you

 

[Gloryfieldzi]

Use:
AMD Athlon 64 San Diego 3700+
Thermalright XP-90 OEM Heatsink w/ Panaflo H1B 92mm fan + Arctic SIlver 5 (www.jab-tech.com has all this for 44 USD shipped)
Either 2x Twinmos Speed Premium PC3200 512mb (if you want tight timings but only DDR500 speed)
or 1 GB Kit 2x512mb OCZ Platinum Rev2 (if you want 3-4-4 timings but be able to hit DDR600 speed)
For the video card, wait and see what ATI has to offer first.
Get a OCZ Powerstream 520w powersupply

 

[ryanv12]

Yeah, don't bother with 512 mb sticks, especially if you're going to play BF2. 2GB all the way, that's the first thing you should do.

 

[tooltime]

nice system...."got me all giddy" lol...i know the feeling...i ordered a p180 this morning for a new build...can't wait to open it.

do some research on the ram, i am no expert on bf2 but i did not know it would benefit from over a gig of ram

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Gloryfieldzi
Use:
AMD Athlon 64 San Diego 3700+
Thermalright XP-90 OEM Heatsink w/ Panaflo H1B 92mm fan + Arctic SIlver 5 (www.jab-tech.com has all this for 44 USD shipped)
Either 2x Twinmos Speed Premium PC3200 512mb (if you want tight timings but only DDR500 speed)
or 1 GB Kit 2x512mb OCZ Platinum Rev2 (if you want 3-4-4 timings but be able to hit DDR600 speed)
For the video card, wait and see what ATI has to offer first.
Get a OCZ Powerstream 520w powersupply

no reason in waiting for ati's version of video card. why wait for a small change in performance, if any? price wont be any different.

 

[d2arcturus]

Yeah i'm just going to order 2 more sticks of 512, I want 4xAA for God's sake.

Originally posted by: tooltime
i am no expert on bf2 but i did not know it would benefit from over a gig of ram

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1618155&enterthread=y

 

[btdvox]

yeah man I just updated my rig today with extra Gig ram from 512, makes BF2 run that much smoother

 

[Diasper]

Get 2x 1GB sticks - they can overclock well (Crucial Ballistix and even Crucial Value) at low voltages.

The 2T thing isn't good to go for. Overclocking with all 4 dimms populated you will be stuck at 2T - while that's not as important for single core as they are far from being bandiwdth starved if you every migrate to X2 it will make a far more significant difference. Quite simply, the X2 will undoubtedly benefit from higher fsbs and lower latencies and so given the memory controller cannot handle high fsb and low timings you will not have the same performance as someone operating 1GB sticks at 250mhz at 3-3-3.

Moreover, I'd go for a 3000+ Venice and then save what cash I did for dual core which will become more important in a year. The 3000 won't be far off you're San Diego in reality while dual-core is clearly far superior in the longer term - win-win.

Please have a look at Crucial Sticks

 

[dguy6789]

2T will not make a difference for him performance wise, don't you dare try to convince him otherwise when it has been proven that it won't.