Currently I'm running:
Abit K-7 lite mobo
athlon xp 1800+
2X256 pc2100 ddr
Geforce 2 ti
40GB 7200rpm HD, seagate I believe
Amazingly this thing is able to run UT2004 at medium settings 1280X960 pretty smoothly. Just thought i'd throw that in since it kind of suprised me. The geforce 2 ti was a nice card.
Anyway here's what I'm considering:
An Nforce4 board with SLI. ~$150 - I was originally going to go dfi lanparty and socket 754, but I recently decided to wait it out for the N4. SLI will be nice because I can slap a 6600 GT in there and 6 months or so down the road, if i decide I need some more power, I can put in a second one ( at an even cheaper price by then) and not have to get rid of my old card. The integrated firewall, Nvidia OC'ing program, etc are nice as well.
Athlon 64 3000+ socket 939 ~$190
Venus 12 HSF + artic 5 thermal paste ~$43
I've heard the fan is very loud on the highest setting. When turned down from 5500 to 4000 though, I hear it looses only 1-2C but quiets down significantly. Either way I don't want a jet engine...but I'm not that concerned with noise overall.
Thermaltake tsunami /w 400W PS http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-133-138&depa=0 ~$140
OR
Thermaltake xaser /w 420W PS http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-133-125&depa=0 ~$146
I was sure about the tsunami at first. I really like the look of of it, and the cooling system looked pretty nice, but when I went to get the link for this post I saw the xaser. I don't like the look quite as much, but it looks like it'd be a little better in terms of cooling. Most of the reviews I saw gave the tsunami pretty high ratings, haven't seen anything on the Xaser though. I'm open to suggestions here and am a little worried about the P/S, but I really don't want to spend anymore than 150 on Case+P/S
Geforce 6600GT ~$200
This seems to be the best performance/price card. If leadtek has a one out by the time the N4 boards come out I'll likely go that route, as leadtek has always put out good overclockers at a reasonable price in my experience.
Seagate 200GB 7200RPM Serial ATA HD ~$109
OCZ Performance Series Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3500 - Retail ~$210
Cas Latency: 2.5-3-3-7 http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-146-950&depa=1
I'm hoping to be able to hit a 266 overclock (+33%), putting the CPU at 2.4GHz. I'm also hoping that memory will be able to handle 266 as well, It's the cheaper OCZ stuff, but OCZ nonetheless so I think it'll be all right.
I realize it's probably going to be about a month( right?) before the SLI boards start coming out, so prices will change and some better deals might come around, but how does this look for a guideline? Input is appreciated
Abit K-7 lite mobo
athlon xp 1800+
2X256 pc2100 ddr
Geforce 2 ti
40GB 7200rpm HD, seagate I believe
Amazingly this thing is able to run UT2004 at medium settings 1280X960 pretty smoothly. Just thought i'd throw that in since it kind of suprised me. The geforce 2 ti was a nice card.
Anyway here's what I'm considering:
An Nforce4 board with SLI. ~$150 - I was originally going to go dfi lanparty and socket 754, but I recently decided to wait it out for the N4. SLI will be nice because I can slap a 6600 GT in there and 6 months or so down the road, if i decide I need some more power, I can put in a second one ( at an even cheaper price by then) and not have to get rid of my old card. The integrated firewall, Nvidia OC'ing program, etc are nice as well.
Athlon 64 3000+ socket 939 ~$190
Venus 12 HSF + artic 5 thermal paste ~$43
I've heard the fan is very loud on the highest setting. When turned down from 5500 to 4000 though, I hear it looses only 1-2C but quiets down significantly. Either way I don't want a jet engine...but I'm not that concerned with noise overall.
Thermaltake tsunami /w 400W PS http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-133-138&depa=0 ~$140
OR
Thermaltake xaser /w 420W PS http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-133-125&depa=0 ~$146
I was sure about the tsunami at first. I really like the look of of it, and the cooling system looked pretty nice, but when I went to get the link for this post I saw the xaser. I don't like the look quite as much, but it looks like it'd be a little better in terms of cooling. Most of the reviews I saw gave the tsunami pretty high ratings, haven't seen anything on the Xaser though. I'm open to suggestions here and am a little worried about the P/S, but I really don't want to spend anymore than 150 on Case+P/S
Geforce 6600GT ~$200
This seems to be the best performance/price card. If leadtek has a one out by the time the N4 boards come out I'll likely go that route, as leadtek has always put out good overclockers at a reasonable price in my experience.
Seagate 200GB 7200RPM Serial ATA HD ~$109
OCZ Performance Series Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3500 - Retail ~$210
Cas Latency: 2.5-3-3-7 http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-146-950&depa=1
I'm hoping to be able to hit a 266 overclock (+33%), putting the CPU at 2.4GHz. I'm also hoping that memory will be able to handle 266 as well, It's the cheaper OCZ stuff, but OCZ nonetheless so I think it'll be all right.
I realize it's probably going to be about a month( right?) before the SLI boards start coming out, so prices will change and some better deals might come around, but how does this look for a guideline? Input is appreciated
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