[gsferrari]

Well..i've done it...blown a paycheck on a new gaming system

Full credit to IronDreamer for leading me down this path of destruction

I enlisted his services to get this thing build because I think such things are best left to those who know what they are doing - and I dont have time to learn right now...He kindly agreed to do the needful and perhaps in 10 days time I will have a new PC that will allow me to play my growing collection of games...and complete HL2.

I desperately need to get back into CS:S and live in the realm of headshots!!

mikey: im sure your rig will smash mine into the ground but wait till I catch you online on BF2 mate!


[size=medium]Details:

* eVGA GeForce 7800 GT CO 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI
* AMD Opteron 165 Dual-Core 1.8GHz 1MB (per core) 64/32-Bit (939)
* DFI Lan Party NForce4 SLI-DR Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE-1394/PCI-E/SATA/DDR/ATX 64 939
* PC Power & Cooling SLI 510W ATX 2.01 Power Supply
* Maxtor (7L300S0) MaXLine Plus III 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA
* Antec Performance One P180 ATX Mid-Tower No PS
* Lite-On SOHC-5236K 52x32x52x16 DVD/CD-RW Combo Black
* 2 GB (2 pcs 1GB) DDR (400) PC-3200 Patriot (PSD2G400KH)
Total: $1,572.84 [/size]



I have a severe case of nosebleed now

This thing costs more than my car!!

The only justification is "I didnt buy a $3000.00 car

" which I easily could have...

The lengths people will go to in order to justify a bad decision

[size=medium]Whaddyallthink??[/size]

 

[apnk]

 

[CMacDaddy]

Why the opteron?

Isnt that a server processor?

 

[gsferrari]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CMacDaddy Why the opteron? Isnt that a server processor?

It is a processor...period...I believe there are 3 series (100 / 200 and 800)

I chose AMD because the two cores talk to each other on the die. Intel uses a 800Mhz FSB which can be a bottleneck.

Also - I just like AMD more

I was originally going for the FX series but IronDreamer steered me this way...I'll ask him to chime in with his thoughts.

LOL

 

[gsferrari]

 

[james__bean]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CMacDaddy Why the opteron? Isnt that a server processor?

The 165 is a dual core 939 socketed processor. Don't ask me why AMD decided to release their server processors on a desktop socket. Reasons for getting that processor over a regular dual core X2 are the fact that its cheaper and comes with more cache than the x2 3800. It should overclock well, which is generally the reason enthusiasts go with the opterons. I just picked up an Opteron 148 (single core) myself. People have been getting 3 Ghz on air with these.

 

[james__bean]

Oh BTW, you wouldn't happen to know what chips that Patriot ram uses would you? That system looks pretty good, especially the power supply. I'm curious as to why you didn't just go with a dvd burner since they're so cheap these days.

 

[gsferrari]

Quote:

Originally Posted by james__bean Oh BTW, you wouldn't happen to know what chips that Patriot ram uses would you? That system looks pretty good, especially the power supply

I dont think it uses the TCCD chips...probably PCB-815

I am not 100% sure...can you clarify?

Quote:

I'm curious as to why you didn't just go with a dvd burner since they're so cheap these days.

I'll get a burner as well. I need two optical drives anyway.

 

[james__bean]

Well they wouldn't be TCCD anyways because you have 1 gig sticks there. TCCD only comes in 512. As far as the sticks, I was just curious if it was UCCC or if it was something else. Do you have a link to a newegg page or product page?

 

[cire]

Quote:

Originally Posted by james__bean Well they wouldn't be TCCD anyways because you have 1 gig sticks there. TCCD only comes in 512. As far as the sticks, I was just curious if it was UCCC or if it was something else. Do you have a link to a newegg page or product page?

ultra is the only company as far as i know who makes 1gb TCCD sticks. a 2gb pack costs like $260

 

[james__bean]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cire ultra is the only company as far as i know who makes 1gb TCCD sticks. a 2gb pack costs like $260

Do you happen to have a link to those?

 

[Duncan]

If you are a hardcore gamer, then you should've bought four sticks of 512mb RAM as that has lower latency than the 1GB sticks...

Other than that, looks pretty sweet... and better than mine

My current setup (looking at making this in to SLI)

Geforce 6800 256mb
AMD Athlon64 3700+ (939)
EGS NF1 Extreme SLI mobo
4 x 512mb sticks
2 x WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM drives (Raid 0)
Enermax 600W PSU
Audigy 2
Philips DVD RW
Sony CD RW

I am aiming to lower my gfx card to 6600GT, but go down the SLI route... might backfire... not sure if losing half of the memory bandwidth will lose me more than i'll gain?!

 

[james__bean]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duncan If you are a hardcore gamer, then you should've bought four sticks of 512mb RAM as that has lower latency than the 1GB sticks...

If you run 4 sticks you're forced to run your command rate at 2T. That absolutely kills performance, much more than the difference between cas 2 and 2.5.

 

[PFKMan23]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duncan AMD Athlon64 XP3700+ (939) !

The XP series CPUs and the Athlon 64s are different. That said as far as your GPU dilemma goes, personally I wouldn't do it. I think that yeah you might see a small increase, but unless you sell your 6800 for near what you ubough it for, I'd just stay with what you've got.

 

[kissell123]

Thats almost exactly like the computer Im gonna build soon. The only differences are that mine will have a Athlon64 3500+ Venice, Lian Li case, and 1GB of Patriot ram. Except mine totals to $1130.

About the graphics cards I would just upgrade to a 7800GT instead of 2 6600GTs. Its less work and I think the 7800 is still faster for the same price, maybe a little more.