Yet another "what you think of my new rig" thread

[Cassius105]

Hi

building a new rig and just finished sorting out all the components

though id post it here to get peoples opinions and such before i go ahead and buy it

Akasa Eclipse-62 Midi Tower Case
2x 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, 3 Pin, 2 Ball Bearing
AMD Athlon 64 3500 32/64Bit CPU S939 Winchester 90nm Retail
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
1Gb (2 x 512 Mb) Corsair Value Select Kit
1.44Mb Black Floppy Disk Drive
NEC ND-3520A DVD/CD drive/burner
LG 16x DVD drive
120Gb Western Digital Caviar 1200JD-FDB (7200rpm,8MB)
Logitech MX510 mouse
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 7.1 24Bit OEM
Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Antec NeoPower 480W ATX2.0 PSU
Classic Keyboard - Black - USB

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'd save $80 and get a 3000+ instead of a 3500+ which is only slightly faster, but aside from that it looks good.

 

[Jotho]

* I believe that mobo comes with a decent Creative onboard sound chip that would be at least equal to an SBLive card.

* Corsair VS seems to be one of the most recommended types of value ram.

* The NEC burner seems to be the consensus pick around here.

* Some people prefer other HD manufacturers, but I have a friend with that exact drive and he's been pleased so far.

* I'm not familiar with the case, but it is more personal pref than anything


Summary: I'm not the 'expertist' expert but I don't really see anything that should be problematic

 

[ribbon13]

Got a matching NEC/Mitsubishi LCD or CRT with that?
Is the floppy NEC too?

 

[Jassi]

Looks sweet. How much did the setup cost?

 

[Cassius105]

floppy is sony

and im gonna keep the monitor im using which is a Iiyama Vision master 1451 19"

Costs £1000(dunno how much that is in USD)

 

[ribbon13]

thousand pounds is $1,865.69

 

[Cassius105]

this board just as normal realtek audio

no creative stuff

i think you only get that on the SLI version

 

[larry89]

I suggest you get the DFI NF4 ULTRA-D also the Diamond SLI version of the msi comes with the sb live 5.1 not the ultra.

get a 3000+ athlon 64 winchester

 

[Cassius105]

Do SLI boards have any performance decrease with only 1 GFX card?

asking because as someone pointed out the SLI platinum has the sound blaster built in and because of this would actualy work out cheaper so tempted to get the SLI board instead as it would provide a cheap life extension in the future (say in 2 years time when i could pick up another 6800GT cheap and stick it in to extend the systems life)

if i did that would running a SLI board with only 1 GFX be okay?(i aint been keeping up with the whole SLI thing really)

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Originally posted by: Cassius105
Do SLI boards have any performance decrease with only 1 GFX card?

asking because as someone pointed out the SLI platinum has the sound blaster built in and because of this would actualy work out cheaper so tempted to get the SLI board instead as it would provide a cheap life extension in the future (say in 2 years time when i could pick up another 6800GT cheap and stick it in to extend the systems life)

if i did that would running a SLI board with only 1 GFX be okay?(i aint been keeping up with the whole SLI thing really)

There will be no performance difference running 1 card instead of two