NEW AMD 64 SYSTEM

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: HiDeAtHfInItIoN
yaya just another post right? rag on me a couple more times so u can get to 5k woot!

I have an average of three posts per day. I wouldn't exactly call that "sitting at my computer all day", nor does it make me a master neffer like you seem to be suggesting.

You opened yourself up to this situation by asking for our opinions. You come across as a 10 year old who's jealous of his friends who know more about computers than he does. Get a life. :thumbsdown:

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

ok ok sorry man im not ten im 21 it just pissed me off when us aid everything sucked it might not be the best but its good enough for what ill be doing ok it doesnt suck though

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

ya...

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: HiDeAtHfInItIoN
ya...

OK fine, it doesn't all suck. I'm just very fussy when I choose my components, and I try to ensure that I'm getting the best value possible for my money. That way I can afford to upgrade more often and keep my system up-to-date. Your system will be very fast. As others have said, you get points for "rice factor". :beer:

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

I understand what can u advice me then? for future upgradability...If i need to hold off on buying this comp i could but i have no system now and ive been waiting for a month and a half now! lol

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: HiDeAtHfInItIoN
I understand what can u advice me then? for future upgradability...If i need to hold off on buying this comp i could but i have no system now and ive been waiting for a month and a half now! lol

I don't think you'll have to wait long for nForce 4. A month or two at most.

The 3000+ would save you $200 which you could put towards an LCD monitor.

You could get a 250GB Maxtor HD w/ 16MB cache that would perform just as well as the Raptor and hold three times as much data.

Thermaltake makes terrible HSF's. The Thermalright XP-120 will destroy the heatpipe you were looking at.

Again, OCZ RAM instead of Corsair.

The Thermaltake case is silly. You would be much better served by an Antec case/PSU combo.

The Pioneer 108 is a great choice if that's what you're getting. If you were planning on the 107, get the 108. You might want a DVD reader as well.

If you must buy now, you could go with nForce 3. Asus makes the A8N. The 6800GT is a good choice for an AGP graphics card.

Waiting a month is well worth it IMO. PCI-E is the future. You'll have to replace two critical components if you buy now, unless you plan to just use the system for a few years until it's completely obsolete without ever upgrading the graphics card.

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

ya im basically gonna use it till its obsolete then build again...and im realy sick of waiting i waited for the 90nm to come out so i think ill build now. and i already bought the thermaltake case, heatsink and fan

 

[randumb]

Nice system, although price/performance could be better. I gave it a 9.

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

also sickbeats i was gonna tell u they have the 300gig maxtor 16mb buffer for only ten bucks more then the 250 gig on newwegg, might as well get that right

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: HiDeAtHfInItIoN
also sickbeats i was gonna tell u they have the 300gig maxtor 16mb buffer for only ten bucks more then the 250 gig on newwegg, might as well get that right

Yep.

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

well this is what i ended up with tell me what ya think, most of my parts are here and im happy so far.

 

[PrISM506]

Originally posted by: HiDeAtHfInItIoN
well this is what i ended up with tell me what ya think, most of my parts are here and im happy so far.

I've got the same CPU and CPU fan as you do but with a Thermalright XP-90 heatsink instead. With just that @ idle, she runs at around 40 C. I think that's alright considering the fact that I haven't finished adding all of my case fans. The Thermaltake Silent Cat (mine is 92mm also) is damned quiet and moves a nice amount of air.

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

awesome i cant wait to get this all setup thanks for the info

 

[Arcanedeath]

I gave it an 8, over all it looks to be a good system, I wouldn't have chosen some of the parts you did but it's more personal prefrence and Price/Performance factors than anything else why I didn't rate it higher.

 

[raildogg]

you must be rich. nice memory btw, a bit too expensive for me, but still ... nice.

 

[saltedeggman]

as someone mentioned..... if you want more space....ditch the raptor and get the new SATA II drives with 16mb buffer....

provide the speed of raptor and mucho more space

 

[XBoxLPU]

You chose a VIA chipset over the nForce3 which was stupid IMO. Then you spent $200+ extra on the CPU unnecessarily. For what you're spending on your memory, you could get some awesome OCZ stuff that would have been better.

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The Via K8T800/Pro is a great chipset. Now having said that I would also recommend going with an Nforce 3 motherboard only if you were going to go Socket 754.

OCZ better then Corsair ? I am not sure who the n00b here is....

 

[nick1985]

5, only because you are wasting a ton of money with "fast RAM" when it makes no difference at all over value ram for the athlon64. :thumbsdown:

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

lol it looks like some of you didnt read this very well, i ditched the raptor and a few otehr things like the via chipset mobo, my final rig is in my sig

 

[bluewall21]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

You chose a VIA chipset over the nForce3 which was stupid IMO. Then you spent $200+ extra on the CPU unnecessarily. For what you're spending on your memory, you could get some awesome OCZ stuff that would have been better.

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The Via K8T800/Pro is a great chipset. Now having said that I would also recommend going with an Nforce 3 motherboard only if you were going to go Socket 754.

OCZ better then Corsair ? I am not sure who the n00b here is....

The K8T800 Pro is quite nice (although I really can't compare to the nForce3, no VIA horror stories here).

 

[OMGoddess]

7, because I like your choice in memory and most of your parts. As much as I liked the Thermaltake Brand, I think you would have been better off with the Tsunami Drea (also from TT) I've owned both and like the dream a lot more.

 

[gamekid]

i havent read all the post but did u consider the nforce4 board coming out?

dont bitch me out if this was brought up, a simple yes is fine.

 

[LordPhoenix]

Nice. Looks like someone is gonna have some fun.

 

[HiDeAtHfInItIoN]

first the tsunami case by thermal take wouldnt fit in the spot where my case is by one inch!¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ so that was ruled out. second i did consider nforce4 and i researched it alot and im not that impressed pcie isnt all that. and sli is so young im not messin with. I should be good for a yr or two b4 i build again. thanks guys