Building my first 64bit system

its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Alright here goes, what is your opinion on this system that i am building. none of these are set in stone and i am open to any sugestions.

Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI
Processor: AMD 64 3500 (Sleghammer Core)
Memory: Kingston VRAM 2x512 PC2-3200
Video: 2x Apollo GeForce 6600GT 128meg GDDR3
Power Supply:OCZ Modstream 520w
Case: Thermaltake Tsunami
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All found on newegg, and under 1500ish.

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dene · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

Looks great have fun with it, 1 Suggestion maybe a radeon instead of a gforce?
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its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

I dont think ATI supports SLI . At least to my knowladge

Hoedizzy · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject:

your right they don't I would stay with that setup looks good to me!

its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Sweet, I am still wonding on a case, i like the Thermaltake but i donno, anyother cases?

its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Side note, know of any good heatsinks. dont want to do liquid cool, but want the 64 to remain cool as ice. not litteraly of course.

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject:

for good heatsinks look at Thermalright and Swiftech. Both make good quality heatsinks.
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Josh · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject:

I can reccomend the Thermaltake Xaser 3 case to you....lotsa space

Looks a nice setup...i am consiedring building a simlar system later this year in fact somewher along the lines of this:

MSI K8N neo4 platinum
AMD 64bit 3500+ Newcastle core
6800 GT PCI-ex
2 * 512mb Crucial Balistix PC3200 (which i already have)
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cookie monster · TweakNOOB Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 9

the sli will cost $100 extra, and 2 6600gts will be $400
so total will be $500

u can get a radeon x800xl for $300 which will outperform them, and u save $200

ot just get a $500 card with no sli

or a $400 6800gt with the sli mobo, then add another card later, i think 1 6800gt is as good as 2 6600gts and even better sometimes

1sttimer · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:

radeon is the upper hadn right now but once nvidia invests alittle more time in sli it will be bitchin and radeon wont know what to do
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its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

i dont know will the boards work if you only have 1 card not for sli? i blieve that asus has a chip that can change between the two. but i like the theory on that it splits the 16x in to 8x ect ect. check out asus's board for exactly what i am tring to say.

Spiegel · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject:

There may be an ATI version of SLI...eventually. So if you were to invest in an ATI card now, you could use their 'SLI' later. (Disclaimer: I read this in a magazine, I have no concrete proof unless I can find where I real it again) *shrug*

But then again, it really matters what's faster now, eh? Up to you, but looks nice so far...oh and depending on if you plan to get this setup soon/how much you wanna spend, dual core processors should be rolling out this summer or fall...but that's a long ways away. Also, if you DO go with nvidia cards and SLI, I'd say wait for the nforce 4 to come out...

That's just my 2c
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1sttimer · Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:

i agree with him ^^^^
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Yes, SLI boards will work with just one vid card, ATI or nVidia, doesn't matter. Right now, though, if you want to use SLI, you'll need nVidia cards.

The actual SLI circuit isn't used, until you plug in the second card, and the bridge chip between the two, which then splits the PCIe vid slots to two 8x slots, rather than one 16x and one 1x slot.
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Josh · Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

Could have said it better myself ^^^^

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1sttimer · Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject:

you might want to wait a month or so till nvidia make a little more
bang on the pci express just my .02
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its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Yeah, I might weight till around april or so maybe more opitions will be out and can see what is really happning.

Spiegel · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:04 am Post subject:

Well, a few NF4 boards are already out (I did some reasearch after my earlier post), so I'd say DEFINITELY go with one of those. They look to be some truly great boards, and they are very future-proof...SATA2, SLI, etc...

Anyway, good luck!
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its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

I see gigabite has a sli board with wireless networking and dual gigabit ethernet. not that . that matters but i do like the wireless...

Zero_Fresh · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but you could always just get a wireless card. I would not base your decision on that feature. (Not saying you are, but in case anyone else was thinking of it) Its always best o take a much closer looke than just neat little features that reduce used PCI slots.

From what I have gathered around the forums, there are mixed reviews with gigabyte. I believe more negative than positive. That's something you might want to consider.

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chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

I saw a review in Maximum PC last month and the Antec truepower 550 psu got incredible ratings. It beat out the OCZ psu.

As far as vid card's, I agree with the others that say you ought to wait if you can. There's going to be some nice sli cards coming out prolly in the next couple of months.

its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Yeah dont want to jump on it just yet, have to see what the market goes for. hopefully ati can get out a sli card???

Spiegel · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject:

They may, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I've seen no press releases or ANYTHING about it from ATI...so unless they spring it on us, ATI SLI probably won't be out anythime soon

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its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

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its_trick · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Now there are two of amd processors out there correct the 939 and the 940 right? So which is better i here the 939 is better but the 940 is cheaper?