Time for a new system - Specs required!

I hear ya!

I just got back in town from being gone all week on business, all my
hardware is here as well.
Going to start backing up some data tonight ( since I am moving to sata
drives ) and if I can get motivated tomorrow will start assembling this
puppy.


Don



Larry (The Other Larry) wrote:
> That's not a Star, that's a BASE STATION!!!
>
> I just got the goodies in from NewEgg.
>
> Aye Corumba, you should see the size of the Break-Out Box that comes
> with this X-Fi Elite Pro! Sheesh!
>
> It's literally about the same size as the AN832-SLI Motherboard
> itself!
> The AMD 4800+ X2 looks neat mounted on this board. With the
> copper-pipe and sink cooling system on the chipsets and power
> components, along with the copper radiator (no fans on the MB other
> than the CPU) and the dragster-style copper pipes coming out the side
> of the Heat Sink, it's neat.
> This is the first time I've mouted an Athlon, though it's my third
> one. The local store I normally buy my boards/cpu's from mounts them
> for free when you purchase.
>
> It was nerve racking to put clip $1000 worth of CPU and motherboard
> together the first time
>
> -Larry
>
> "Larry (The Other Larry)" > wrote in message
> news:XgsDf.147748$oG.44017@dukeread02...
>> All from NewEgg. About $1900.
>>
>> -Larry
>>
>> "PlowBoy" > wrote in message
>> news:GnwCf.15$c64.7@dukeread12...
>>> So, who'd you order it all from, and how much was it? did you
>>> piece every part? or do newegg for it all or have a buddy in teh
>>> parst business?
>>>
>>> I have been going to do same, with the following excpetions (of
>>> course not all brands are matching)
>>>
>>> DFI Lanparty sli board
>>> 3800+ cpu
>>> using onboard sound on dfi
>>> 7800 256 meg pci-e card of some "sale" flavor.
>>>
>>> I see you got a sound card, hmmm or is that NOT what the Xfi elite
>>> pro is?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Larry (The Other Larry) enlightened us with:
>>>> Nah, for me it's just the 'catch up' upgrade that you have to do
>>>> every few years. Normally for me it's a processor here, video card
>>>> here, ram here, something else there, etc...
>>>>
>>>> But, with the required changeover to PCIe video it was the right
>>>> time for me to do the 'catch up' upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> Over the next few years I'll be able to go back to the here and
>>>> there upgrades.
>>>>
>>>> -Larry
>>>>
>>>> "Chang Liu" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I wonder where you guys pull this kind of money for these kind of
>>>>> upgrades.. Maybe if you are amateur racer and you win a few races
>>>>> in real life..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Don Burnette wrote:
>>>>>> Larry (The Other Larry) wrote:
>>>>>>> I just pulled the trigger on an upgrade myself...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
>>>>>>> AMD Athlon X2-4800+
>>>>>>> EVGA 7800 GTX ViVo 256MB
>>>>>>> Antec Truepower 2.0 550
>>>>>>> Seagate 7200.9 300GB SATA-II
>>>>>>> Creative X-Fi Elite Pro
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Larry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sweet!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am about to order the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum MB, Athlon
>>>>>> X2-4400+, with a Radeon X800 card.

Just in case anyone is interested I thought I would post an update with
what I actually purchased!
After 'consulting' with many other people via the Net I went in almost
exactly the opposite direction to what I originally planned!

Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
Motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI, Socket 939
CPU Athlon 64 X2 4800+, 2.4Ghz
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda ST3250824AS, 250GB, 8MB cache, SATA-2/300 x
2
DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
DVD writer LG Electronics GSA-4167BBK, DVD 16R/16W/8RW, CD 48R/48W/32RW
Memory Kingston ValueRAM 1GB x 2, DDR-SDRAM, DDR400
Video card Leadtek GeForce PX7800GT, 256MB, DVI, HDTV
Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media
Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD
Speakers Logitech Z-5500 Digital, 4x62W Satellites, 69W Center, 188W Sub
Woofer
DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300

I was unable to source the Western Digital 16MB cache SATA2 drives I
wanted, but I have always been VERY happy with Seagate drives. Unbelievably
I was unable to purchase a 'decent' DVD-ROM drive, so for an extra $25 I
purchased a second DVD burner.
Thanks to everyone for their advice. Now for the assembly...

Actually I have another question...
Will implementing RAID1 have a detrimental effect on my systems
performance? I don't want any slowdowns when driving!

--

RocketMan
"Steve Simpson" > wrote in message
...
>> Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
>> Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
>> Motherboard ASUS P5WD2 Premium, Socket 775
>> CPU Intel Pentium 4 670, 3.8GHz, 800MHz FSB
>> Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS-SE16, 250GB, x 2
>> DVD drive SONY or LG 16xDVD, 52xCD
>> DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
>> Memory Corsair Dual Channel 2x1GB, DDR2-SDRAM, 667MHz
>> Video card Leadtek GeForce PX6600 GT, 128MB
>> Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
>> Keyboard Microsoft Basic keyboard (only $16!)
>> Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
>> Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD (already
>> purchased)
>> Speakers Altec Lansing GT5051R, 5.1 Speaker System, 80W RMS
>> DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
>
> The video card looks a bit underpowered to me considering the rest of the
> system. I'd recommend stretching to a 6800 or ATI x800XL or faster -
> especially now that the 7800 and x1900 have been released. Buying 2 HDDs
> seems great in theory but the extra heat, noise and power consumption
> rarely make the minor performance increase worthwhile for even a power
> home user. A lot of people raid (stripe) 2 HDDs thinking they will cut
> their game loading times in half but the performance gain is usually
> around 20% or sometimes none at all. Having 2xHDDs is fantastic for video
> editing though. Again you might be able save some money and gain some
> performance by going the AMD X2 route. Don't be fooled by the AMDs lack
> of support for DDR-2 RAM - they still outperform Intel's current line-up
> by a very significant margin. So much so, that currently buying an Intel
> based desktop system is regarded by most industry experts as bordering on
> foolish. Intel's main focus is on mobile CPUs these days. (Hope I don't
> sound like an AMD zealot - I've owned plenty of Intel PCs over the years
> and they've been good too)
>
> Hope that helps - looks like a great PC in the making. =)
>
>

Now there ya go

-Larry

"RocketMan" > wrote in message
...
> Just in case anyone is interested I thought I would post an update with
> what I actually purchased!
> After 'consulting' with many other people via the Net I went in almost
> exactly the opposite direction to what I originally planned!
>
> Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
> Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
> Motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI, Socket 939
> CPU Athlon 64 X2 4800+, 2.4Ghz
> Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda ST3250824AS, 250GB, 8MB cache, SATA-2/300
> x 2
> DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
> DVD writer LG Electronics GSA-4167BBK, DVD 16R/16W/8RW, CD 48R/48W/32RW
> Memory Kingston ValueRAM 1GB x 2, DDR-SDRAM, DDR400
> Video card Leadtek GeForce PX7800GT, 256MB, DVI, HDTV
> Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
> Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media
> Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
> Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD
> Speakers Logitech Z-5500 Digital, 4x62W Satellites, 69W Center, 188W Sub
> Woofer
> DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
>
> I was unable to source the Western Digital 16MB cache SATA2 drives I
> wanted, but I have always been VERY happy with Seagate drives.
> Unbelievably I was unable to purchase a 'decent' DVD-ROM drive, so for an
> extra $25 I purchased a second DVD burner.
> Thanks to everyone for their advice. Now for the assembly...
>
> Actually I have another question...
> Will implementing RAID1 have a detrimental effect on my systems
> performance? I don't want any slowdowns when driving!
>
> --
>
> RocketMan
> "Steve Simpson" > wrote in message
> ...
>>> Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
>>> Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
>>> Motherboard ASUS P5WD2 Premium, Socket 775
>>> CPU Intel Pentium 4 670, 3.8GHz, 800MHz FSB
>>> Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS-SE16, 250GB, x 2
>>> DVD drive SONY or LG 16xDVD, 52xCD
>>> DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
>>> Memory Corsair Dual Channel 2x1GB, DDR2-SDRAM, 667MHz
>>> Video card Leadtek GeForce PX6600 GT, 128MB
>>> Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
>>> Keyboard Microsoft Basic keyboard (only $16!)
>>> Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
>>> Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD (already
>>> purchased)
>>> Speakers Altec Lansing GT5051R, 5.1 Speaker System, 80W RMS
>>> DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
>>
>> The video card looks a bit underpowered to me considering the rest of the
>> system. I'd recommend stretching to a 6800 or ATI x800XL or faster -
>> especially now that the 7800 and x1900 have been released. Buying 2 HDDs
>> seems great in theory but the extra heat, noise and power consumption
>> rarely make the minor performance increase worthwhile for even a power
>> home user. A lot of people raid (stripe) 2 HDDs thinking they will cut
>> their game loading times in half but the performance gain is usually
>> around 20% or sometimes none at all. Having 2xHDDs is fantastic for
>> video editing though. Again you might be able save some money and gain
>> some performance by going the AMD X2 route. Don't be fooled by the AMDs
>> lack of support for DDR-2 RAM - they still outperform Intel's current
>> line-up by a very significant margin. So much so, that currently buying
>> an Intel based desktop system is regarded by most industry experts as
>> bordering on foolish. Intel's main focus is on mobile CPUs these days.
>> (Hope I don't sound like an AMD zealot - I've owned plenty of Intel PCs
>> over the years and they've been good too)
>>
>> Hope that helps - looks like a great PC in the making. =)
>>
>>
>
>

In article >,
RocketMan says...

> Will implementing RAID1 have a detrimental effect on my systems
> performance? I don't want any slowdowns when driving!

No. It's really only a tad slower on writing, reading will be fine
on cheaper controllers.

--
Cheers,
Rod.