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 Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 02:30 Post subject: Building a new rig. |
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First time in 6 years I've finally decided to get a new rig.
Goes as follows:
Core™2 Duo E6700, 1066Mhz, s775, 4MB
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P5W DH Deluxe s775 Conroe, 975X, DDRII 800, 2xPCI-E Crossfire
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2GB of Corsair DDRII 800
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eVGA 8800GTX 768MB GDDRIII, HDTV, 2xDVI, PCI-E
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Any feedback, or "noe's you idiot don't buy that thing"ish comments are very welcome...that's a lotta money.
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chiv
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 03:33 Post subject: |
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are you building this yourself? have you put together a pc by yourself before? because i dont think youve got the right graphics cards for that motherboard... youll either need an sli board or some ati cards.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 04:23 Post subject: |
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lmao hellbeans, crossfire is ATI's version of nvidia's SLI. so your going to either have to find a new motherboard or a new video card.
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chiv
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 04:24 Post subject: |
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DAMN... wish id said that... lol!!
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 09:58 Post subject: |
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Oops, posted the wrong motherboard, it was one line down (I copy pasted it from the vendor's site).
Besides the motherboard, any other things I should keep in mind/change?
Edit: Oh and ofcourse I'm not building it myself, I have someone to do that for me, any advice by the way on cooling or any other things I might need?
By the does/will the 8800GTX support DX10?
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 10:39 Post subject: |
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Yes it supports DX10.. As for other advice, just make sure you get a decent case and a good quality PSU.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 11:08 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | DAMN... wish id said that... lol!! |
did you edit that? I swear it didnt say all that before I posted lol
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 11:20 Post subject: |
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nah i didnt edit my post... crossfire was the first thing i noticed, hehehe... doesnt matter thou.
for cooling, given that your running only 1 card, i dont really think you need to bother with liquid cooling... just make sure you have a nice open case, with a few fans in it and you should be fine.
and yeah make sure your got... well... id say an 850w power supply to be on the safe side and give you a bit of room for expansion.
what hd you planning to get? if youve got a bit of money to spend, you should do what im doing... get a 150gb raptor for your main drive... thats what im getting, and then some slower but beefier 500gb drives for storage.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 11:50 Post subject: |
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while at it, get a 550w+ psu and anforce 680i motherboard as well as a full tower to have plenty of room. especially for that long 8800 card. myself im waiting the coming intel price cuts to buy the new rig.
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2007 23:40 Post subject: |
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I've been thinking about a similar setup but with the following hardware:
Asus P5W64-WS PRO (not for the 4x16x PCI-E setup but rather because of the great reviews and the great expansion possibilites of it. I've heard that the nForce 680i has a lot problems too.. :\
Core2Duo E6600
Corsair TWIN2X 6400C4 DDR2 (same as Corsairs 8500C5 memories only cheaper and lower voltage specified...  )
XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3
I think my Seasonic S12 600w should be very capable of handling it.
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2007 05:38 Post subject: |
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kosmiq, go with the xfx 8800 gtx xxx edition... looks like the tweaked performance is worth the additional price, especially if your going for a single card setup.
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Jan 2007 12:59 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Jan 2007 13:22 Post subject: |
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why exactly is he in need of 4 gigs? Theres nothing ATM that even needs 2 gigs unless he's going to go to vista. Other wise 4 is overkill
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Jan 2007 13:26 Post subject: |
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You won't be able to use 4gb on 32-bit Windows anyway, it's pointless unless you use 64-bit.
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Jan 2007 21:48 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | lmao hellbeans, crossfire is ATI's version of nvidia's SLI. so your going to either have to find a new motherboard or a new video card. |
eh just cause he is using the crossfire mainboard dont me he cant use the nvidia 8800
just means he cant sli with a 2nd 8800 card .. his system is virtually identical to mine
i have the 6600
same board
2 gb ram pc800 ddr2
i have the x1950xtx master
just waiting on refund for faulty x1950xtx slave
then gonna get me a working one
all i can say m8
is this the following rig will rock
6700 core dou
p5wd mainboards
8800 nvidia
just make sure u dont cheap out on shit like psu & HDD`s raptors are nice drives
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chiv
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Jan 2007 23:14 Post subject: |
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^while thats true, its still irrelivant. if your going to fork out all this money for an nvidia card, and a motherboard, u might as well make it as upgradable as possible for future possible expansion. if he sticks with that layout, should he WANT a dual card setup later, hell need to dump his nvidia and get 2 atis, or buy a new board... waste of money. better to plan ahead.
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Feb 2007 11:09 Post subject: |
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This post is back from the dead!
I'm happy to update I have an upcoming rig in a week, specs are very close to what I had in mind.
Goes down like this:
Core 2 Duo E6600
2GB Kingston DDRII 667
P5NSLI s775 Conroe, DDRII 667, PCI-E
eVGA e-GeForce 8800GTX (superclocked)
Couldn't afford a raptor I'm afraid...got me another 250gb SATA II drive for the heck of it.
Thermaltake Shark VA7000BWA FT
TruePower Trio 650W Active PFC
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Any ideas? suggestions? I can always fuck em up and buy something else ;p.
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Feb 2007 11:21 Post subject: |
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I'd recommend going with a OCZ power supply. The mobo is fine, but I'd go with a nForce 680i board.
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Feb 2007 13:28 Post subject: |
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why not wait a month and look at what the ati dx10 cards have to offer? 
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Feb 2007 13:50 Post subject: |
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Get this mobo instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131142
Forgot what exactly the P5N-E has that the P5N doesn't have, but it's pretty important. Like quad-core support and maybe something else... But yeah I've got the p5n-e and, with a bios update, it's a great board. Awesome oc'ing and support for fsb 1333mhz and quad, so pretty well futureproof.
Also as a personal pref, I'd rather go with a slower cpu and oc it(I've pushed my lil e6300 past e6800 extreme in benchmarks without it breaking a sweat) and get better ram than going with cheaper ram and faster clocked proc. Your rig, tho.
Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz | 6GB OCZ DDR3 8-8-8-24 @ 1600mhz | eVga x58 Mobo | 2 x eVga GTX 460 SLI | Intel X25-M + 3x Seagate + WD Black = 2.75TB | X-Fi Titanium | PCP&C Silencer 750 | G15 KB | G5 Mouse | G35 Headset | Z-5500 Digital | Samsung T260HD
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