Off to school hopefully with a new rig...

smith.p.sean

Hey all, long time no talk. Ive been very busy this summer going to england... where i met josh and puerto rico... anyways... im looking to build a new rig for college and would appreciate comments and suggestions on what i can change to make it better while keeping it in the same price range at about 1300 ish...

without further ado,

-ASUS K8N-DL Dual Socket 940 NVIDIA nForce4 Professional Extended ATX Server Motherboard
-eVGA 256-P2-N562-AX Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
-Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply
- AMD Dual-Core Opteron 265 Italy 1000MHz HT Socket 940 Processor Model OSA265CBBOX
-CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) ECC Registered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048RE-3200

This totals at 1240.xx. I was thinking about adding on a raptor for my OS?... thoughts suggestions on best drive would be nice. Also, is 550 watt power supply going to be enough or should i look to up it especially if im going to add another proc in a year or so..

Thanks all in advance, once im off in my apartment and done having summer fun i imagine that i will be a regular again.
Sean

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smith.p.sean · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject:

thanks... i love you guys too

After reading about the 320 gig 3.0 gb/sec sata drive... i might get that instead of a raptor... gimme some advice guys... i want to order in the next day or so so i can have it shipped all to my new apartment and have it waiting when i get there. :)

Sean

sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

AHEM core 2 Duo... E6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003 369.99 (can be found cheaper, newegg is expensive for this proc IMO)

DFI Infinity Core 2 Board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136168 199.99

same everything else

can I ask why you were getting a dual socket MOBO? were you planning on getting another 265 opty later down the road?
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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject:

ummm.. hate to double post but... Id recycle your vid card if you can, and wait for DX 10 cards, then get somethin near the top of the line for that... if your running dual opties, stick wid whatcha got + vid card suggestion
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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

smith.p.sean · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject:

yes, in a year or so im planning on getting a second proc. how long until the direct x10 cards come out??? if its within a month or so i might wait... um.. the card i have now is a 9200 agp

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sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject:

ah, your a while off, then what I'd do is get a cheap PCI-E card to tide you over, DX10 cards arent gonna come out until like, december, Jan, with Vista (Correct me if Im wrong) Also, the quad core kentsfield is scheduled for then too... there's alot of hardware right around the corner, I think AMD is going to release its 65 nm soon too... If I was in your position, Id wait for the dust to settle from Core 2's launch and then buy... if you must buy now, you'd get better performance from the core 2, with AMD's roadmap, that processor may be hard to find in a year or so... K8L's are supposed to launch along with AM3 (from what I've seen, not set in stone) you'd be fine with whatcha got for now though.
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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject:

sry again...

this is a thread about DX10 and release date..

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/DX10-arriving-ftopict196164.html

Q1-Q2 in one post, and sometime in the last post...

AMD's roadmap...
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=12689
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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

smith.p.sean · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject:

ic... well perhaps ill wait til christmas then... i guess i could use some extra cash now ne ways.... the problem is with my current rig... it doesnt work, its been out of commission for quiet some time. We had a power surge here and it killed the mobo. I guess i could make due with my laptop until then... i was just looking forward to a new gaming... i mean school rig...
ill think this over tonight, i might get the pentium and a cheap graphics card for the time being.

Sean

smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:56 am Post subject:

alright, ive decided that ill x the vid card for now and wait for one for christmans, in its place im going to add a second optie and the 320 gig seagate 7200.10 edition with the paralel writing stuff. total is at 1402 with shipping. Also, is this power supply going to be enough????? i think i might need to look for a larger one with two procs and eventually a great graphics card.

Sean

smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

thanks for the input and help... its a done deal now. My new computer is as follows.

MB ASUS K8N-DL ServerWork GCLE - Retail

VGA EVGA GF6200 128-TC-2N27-SX - Retail (until the dx10 cards come out :) )

PSU ANTEC|TP3-650 RT - Retail

2x CPU AMD|OPT 265 1.8G 940 2x1M 90N R - Retail

MEM 1Gx2|COR TWINX2048RE-3200 184P - Retail

HD 320G|ST 7K 16M SATA2 ST3320620AS - OEM

Its going to go into a 14 year old mint condition full sized server case :) :) :) :). people are going to look at it and laugh and say how much it must suck... if only they knew.

WOOHOO!!!!!!

so anyone want to make me a new sig?

sickofsoyo · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject:

looks good man, and I like the vintage Idea.
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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

smith.p.sean · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject:

woohoo, ive got the system and its all put together. It runs fast.... really fast. It can multitask like none other. I scored 26220 Dhrystone and 22195 whetstone in sisandra under arithmetic. Im very pleased. Installation went very well, no hiccups. no DOA parts. Life is good :).

Sean

Xal · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:

Good to hear bro, enjoy

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Nexus Fans
Custom case

sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject:

nice, glad to hear it

imagine gaming with a DX 10 card

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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings