First build.

[Moonsabie]

I found a cheap SLI motherboard so the idea is to at first run with the 6600GT and when i need to just go out and buy anothere (nice thing is price will have probly droped agin.)

main idea is not haveing to throw down alot o cash right away but spend a little and get a system that runs well then when need drop a few more nickels and get a nice upgrade.

I hope i understand the whole SLI thing right. =P or this idea shot to hell. any who here's the build.



AMS CF-2029 BLK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$56

THERMALTAKE Silent PurePower TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) ATX 420W Power Supply 115/230 V
$37

MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Sleeve Cooling Fan
$10

Albatron K8SLi Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
$114

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
$146

mushkin SP3200 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
$80

GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
$161

HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 HDS728080PLA380 -0A30356 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA II Hard Drive
$53

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SBLK
$25

Total:682(with shipping)

Upgrade options when needed(hopefully price will drop. a bit befor i do)

ZALMAN ZM-NB47J Aluminium NorthBridge Chipset Cooler
$12

ZALMAN CNPS7000B-CU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan/Heatsink
$50

mushkin SP3200 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
$80

GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
$161


My main fear is if my case will have good air flow with the front being blocked up. a window kit on the top to fix or?

Your thougths.

 

[Moonsabie]

seems like that whole duel video card will work nicely from the reviews out there i just interested what new stuff will come out wile i am waiting to build

 

[twitchee2]

sli is a waste. it not worth it becase a subgke 6800gt will out preform dual 6600gts. and now the 7800gtx will out perfrom dual 6800ultras thats just my take on sli. i would sugest getting a 800xl from monarch fro $249 much better deal on a mych better card then a 6600gt

 

[Moonsabie]

they say if the game supports SLI it runs pritty nice.? http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1733&page=1

 

[rise]

everybody says that a single 6800gt will outperform 2x 6600gt's but its simply not the case.

thats not a bad upgrade path if thats what you can afford. the 6600gt is pretty capable but you don't mention what your game settings are or your resolution expectations.

i don't know anything about that board but make sure your ram is compatable.

edit--and for the love of God don't get that psu. even if you never sli, spend another $20 now and get a decent psu.

 

[Moonsabie]

Might you have a PSU in mind =P i keep going cheepo but if i going SLI i gess i better get a good one now i have a dell 2005FPW so i like to play at High Resolutions right now the game i want to run smooth is Battlefield too doesn't have to be full setings. i jsut know once i start upgradeing this and that my computer blows up to like 860 dollars and i just can't do that

aye good idear cheaking on bord now. http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/mb/specification.asp?pro_id=190
not to sure where they say the ram at. =O

 

[Cares]

Originally posted by: rise4310
everybody says that a single 6800gt will outperform 2x 6600gt's but its simply not the case.

thats not a bad upgrade path if thats what you can afford. the 6600gt is pretty capable but you don't mention what your game settings are or your resolution expectations.

i don't know anything about that board but make sure your ram is compatable.

edit--and for the love of God don't get that psu. even if you never sli, spend another $20 now and get a decent psu.

Yes a single one might outperofrm 2 6600GTs but his point is that he can buy one now (cheaper than a 6800GT) and then when the 6600GT drops in price, he'll pick up another one. Therefore being significantly cheaper than the 6800GT.

 

[rise]

@ alphaq- yeah, i was agreeing with him.

OP- the x-clio will be fine if you're not oc'ing, the xclio 450. newegg has it for like 52.

so you don't have the 2001 now, right? i had a 6600gt agp that did fine on 12x10 with bf2. you may waqnt to check anands bf2 card review to see some resolutions. there are a bunch of otheres around too. in fact, rollo in video has a comprehensive list of benches between the cards in sli on different games/resolutions etc. a search of "6600gt sli benches" should get you it.

 

[n7]

Everyone has their own opinion...but in mine, SLI really is a waste.

Get the non-SLI Epox EP-9NPA+ Ultra - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123236
& the Gigabyte X800XL instead

 

[Moonsabie]

i am doing no OCing and i have the 2005FPW thanks rise4310

seems like a few people don't like th SLI is that b/c some games don't Support it or even when supported it doesn't preform well ? any reviews on duel video card preformence only one i found was this one http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1733&page=1

 

[rise]

heres rollo's and a couple, not manufacturer specific as aside from different cooling and packages, there is no difference.

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050524/index.html
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1546369&enterthread=y
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2451&p=8
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Njk2LDE=
perhaps the best for you to look through.

 

[Moonsabie]

thanks agin rise4310 just wow.. all info i needed. seems like best option for me!

 

[rise]

anytime, even though i have a hard time getting past that bunny in your sig

 

[Moonsabie]

hehe apparently this bunnie its trying to take over the wourld

 

[rise]

i'm trying to figure out how to make it look like a foot coming in from the side to boot it, lol

 

[Moonsabie]

Haahah alsome.... oo and one othere thing will SLI preformence/Tec improve as better drivers come out and game patches you figure.?

 

[rise]

yeah, nv has a couple new drivers that are supposed to do that among other things like utilizing dual core cpus. but i really don't know much about them.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24044