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Marcus Kobra
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« on: May 24, 2007, 03:28:36 pm »
Hello all. As this deals with my future computer i felt it was at least.. marginally relevant to UO. Hoping for suggestions from those computer savvy folk out in the wide world. Here Is me current build I'm looking at:

NOTE: Plus Signs (+) mean a dollar amount added to base price..

[size=08pt]Gamer Ultra SLI GT [Athlon64 / 64 FX] (NO MONITOR)


CAS: Hot New! CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Tower 420W Case (Black Color)
CASUPGRADE: NONE
CS_FAN: Extra Case Cooling Fan [+3] (3 x Fans [+6])
CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology [+1209]
CD: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: NONE [-14]
CABLE: Round Cable Upgrade for Hard Drive, Optical Drive & Floppy Drive [+19]
FLOPPY: NONE
FLASHMEDIA: None
FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit + 2 EXTRA CASE FANS
HDD: Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives [+1] (160GB (80GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
HDD2: NONE
IEEE_CARD: NONE
KEYBOARD: Logitech Deluxe 104 PS/2 Keyboard (Black Color)
MOUSE: Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse (BLACK COLOR)
MODEM: NONE
MONITOR: NONE
MONITOR2: NONE
MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)MSI K9N4 SLI-F nForce 500 SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA-II RAID MBoard w/ Dual 16x PCI-Express
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory [+180] (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Killer K1 10/100/1000 Gigabit High Speed Online Gaming PCI Network Interface Card [+179]
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional w/ Service Pack 2 [+31]
PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU [+19]
PRINTER: None
PRINTER_CABLE: None
POWERSUPPLY: 500 Watts Power Supplies [+49] (**Recommended** NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply)
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
SOFT: McAfee Anti Virus 7 [+15]
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS 24/7 LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: (BLACK) Logitech X530 70Watts 5.1 Configuration Speaker System
TEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)
TVRC: None
UPS: None
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
USBHD: NONE
VIDEO: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO2: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEOCAMERA: NONE
WNC: Netgear WG311T Super G 108Mbps PCI Adapter [+40]
WAP: NONE
ZIP: NONE
_PRICE: (+1737) [/size]

Did a bit of research and the : (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology [+1209]
Seems to be a 3.01 Ghz *flashes smile* Did some snooping around to confirm that idea. Anyone got a few suggestions please throw them my way. Gonna wait another month then order up this behemoth (or whatever comes out of the suggestion box) and have it waiting for me when I get home.

Thanks for reveiwing!!
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2007, 03:40:23 pm »
If you'll add brands of all of this components, would we very helpful.

I.E. the same drives of WesternDigital and Samsung can differ in reliablity and write/read speeds and stuff.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2007, 03:47:13 pm »
A good point, though you may not have noticed (I mean this with no disrespect or ill tone but) many parts say "Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA" So sadly the place i am going through will assemble the system from the "best" available parts on hand. For reference: www.cyberpower.com

Is where I went

It all sound rather good.... though I lost the build I made becaue it didnt save to the "shopping cart" grrr!
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2007, 03:51:22 pm »
The remark about major brand blah blah by nvidia blah blah is only stated in context of GPU. General specs are not enough to say if it's okay. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2007, 06:46:11 pm »
yay for cyberpowerinc!
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2007, 08:05:23 pm »
Get a voice recognition module as well!
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2007, 08:56:57 pm »
All looks really good.  I've had problems with my SLI but thats with GeForce 6600GT series so hopefully the ones you have will be better.  Basically the fan burnt out on one of them.  I'm still yet to replace it.
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2007, 10:42:36 pm »
I piss on SLI...Get a single powerhouse card rather than two middle-powered ones. SLI haexperienced a lot of problems and the concept is basically flawed in my opinion.s

Go for the XFX Geforce 8800Ultra (768MB Memory, very well clocked etc...) The best card there is. It's also easily the most expensive.

If not...Then the ATI 2900 Card is also a good buy, with DirectX 10 support and all.

Apart from that...It looks good!
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