Sick gaming machine?

[FirstPC]

I'm about to place my order and was looking to get any last minute suggestions before I break bank. I'm mostly going to be gaming on the system and I want something very capable of handling anything I put in it at high details. Here's what I've put together...

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice

MOBO: ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD

RAM: OCZ 1GB DDR500 PC 4000

HD: Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM (SATA150)

PSU: Seasonic S12-500

CASE: Thermaltake Tsunami Black Alunimum

OPTICAL: NEC Black IDE DVD

FLOPPY: Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5

VIDEO: BFG 6800ULTRA

I have a DELL 19inch Ultrasharp Flat panel as my display.

 

[PsYcHoCoW]

Since you're going for a lot of high-end parts, you might want to consider the Geforce 7800GTX : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143036

The BFG model is out of stock and is about 20$ more than other models. Do you have a specific preference for BFG?

 

[FirstPC]

I have a BFG 6600GT that has treated me real well and I can get it for 449 at tigerdirect.

 

[peleejosh]

you can get a bfg 6800 ultra for a lot cheaper on the forums. also if you are planning to overclock, i wouldnt go with the asus mobo. Escpecially if you are getting that voltage extreme memory that you linked to. Get a DFI nf4 mobo so that you can give that memory enough volts. Also you paired up one of the quietest power supplies on the market with one fo the loudest cases on the market. You may want to think about a different case.

 

[FirstPC]

Yeah, I'm getting the same thing on other boards so I've decided to go with the DFI. It's actually cheaper than the Asus anyway.

What do you mean by getting it cheaper on the forums?

 

[peleejosh]

buy the video card used off of the for sale forum. it has a lifetime warranty anyway.

 

[FirstPC]

What case would you recommend? I wanna make sure everything is nice and cool. Noise won't bother me all that much but how loud are you talking here...

 

[peleejosh]

I dont know from personal experience, but others say its pretty loud. If you like that case, get it. You can always replace the fans with more quiet ones. or put the exisiting fans on fan controller. I would go with a coolermaster wavemaster over that case, though. Better quality and the same look.

 

[bob661]

I kind of like these.

 

[AdOgG0911]

Originally posted by: FirstPC
Noise won't bother me all that much but how loud are you talking here...

I used to say the same thing. But I just replaced my oldest PC at work and the 3 in my office right now are completely silent.

Now when I'm at home my case with the 2 120mm 130cfm fans is very loud and drives me insane so i'm about to purchase some different fans to make it quieter. I'd go with the quiet case.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Unless your getting the Premium model ditch the PC4000 ram, all models of the A8N-SLI except the Premium have the 240-245 1T problem. Which means to get higher you have to use the 2T command rate which more than wipes out the gain of the higher speeds.

Save some dough and get value ram and run a memory divider, or upgrade to the A8N-SLI Premium

 

[bob661]

They fixed that with the Premium? Hmmmm.

 

[speedy11309]

i have that tsunami case, the silver not the black, and i dont think its too loud. i mean, i cant get the damn thing to boot, but its pretty quiet with just the fans on. i like the case. its pretty nice.

 

[Aries64]

Originally posted by: FirstPC
I'm about to place my order and was looking to get any last minute suggestions before I break bank. I'm mostly going to be gaming on the system and I want something very capable of handling anything I put in it at high details. Here's what I've put together...

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice

MOBO: ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD

RAM: OCZ 1GB DDR500 PC 4000

HD: Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM (SATA150)

PSU: Seasonic S12-500

CASE: Thermaltake Tsunami Black Alunimum

OPTICAL: NEC Black IDE DVD

FLOPPY: Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5

VIDEO: BFG 6800ULTRA

I have a DELL 19inch Ultrasharp Flat panel as my display.

Instead of getting the 6800 Ultra, sell your 6600GT and use apply th esales proceeds toward a 7800 GTX. This will give you much better framesrates at any given resolution with all visual effects turned-on.

In addition to higher framesrates and better visual quality the 7800 GTX uses less power - this means it runs cooler and more quietly.