Gaming computer

[SiX]

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $209

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - OEM $315

Western Digital Raptor 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $179.00x2

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ 3.5" Hard Drive - OEM $185.99

Leadtek PX6800Ultra Geforce 6800Ultra 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - Retail $499x2

THERMALRIGHT XP-120 Heatsink - Retail $68.99

120 mm fan $10

OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 466 (PC 3700) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $272

CHENMING CMUI-P-601AEB-0 Black Steel Server Computer Case - Retail $60.5

SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail $175

PLEXTOR Beige 12X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 8M Cache SATA DVD Burner - Retail $94.99

$$Total$$

$2747.47

 

The processor is new, the clawhammers are baised on older fab scale. venice is the latest, but not the fastest. near the end of the summer there will be amd dual cores. which if you dont build your system untill then is the way to go.

[shep48]

u build this? u taking suggestions? take $ from memory and buy 2gb of this instead here

[Unclean]

Well, this system is definitely cheaper than having it built by a large company (Gateway, Dell, etc).

 

...the shotgunned videocards would be crazy hawt, tho. When I build my system (3-4q 2005), I *might* go that route.

[Cujo]

if you're going for max price then the fx55 is the only way to go... unless you can find an fx57.

 

my only questions are the cheap steel case and the silverstone psu. why not go with a pcp&c psu? there's an 850w sli one that is just mammoth. i have the 510w deluxe sli and it's plenty for any system i've seen.

 

oh yea, get the ocz vx ram. 2-2-2-5 timings at 250+ fsb. your board is the only mobo capable of putting out the necessary voltage. the ram you've chosen is OLD ram. there's much better stuff out now.

Edited May 3, 2005 by [rAv]Cujo

[shep48]

heres my ps http://www.spacecentersystems.com/catalog/...ducts_id/269487

runs all that stuff and more

[SiX]

Note I pulled this out of.... When acually desiging a building a system you would usualy read reviews on the hardware that you would put into the systems. I put this toghther in about 5 min. all parts were from newegg...

 

yes fx55 or 57 would be nice to have but they are an older architecture and their memory controler is second rate. That is why i chose the venice core processor.

[shep48]

yes but fx55 is 2.6ghz with a 2.6ghz bus thats a BIG bus

[mongoloido]

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $209

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - OEM $315

Western Digital Raptor 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $179.00x2

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ 3.5" Hard Drive - OEM $185.99

Leadtek PX6800Ultra Geforce 6800Ultra 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - Retail $499x2

THERMALRIGHT XP-120 Heatsink - Retail $68.99

120 mm fan $10

OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 466 (PC 3700) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $272

CHENMING CMUI-P-601AEB-0 Black Steel Server Computer Case - Retail $60.5

SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail $175

PLEXTOR Beige 12X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 8M Cache SATA DVD Burner - Retail  $94.99

$$Total$$

$2747.47

 

The processor is new, the clawhammers are baised on older fab scale. venice is the latest, but not the fastest. near the end of the summer there will be amd dual cores. which if you dont build your system untill then is the way to go.

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To each his own, but there's no way you get $1000 worth of video performance out of that sli stuff. Maybe check into the possibility of the x800xls. At least they are each $200 cheaper.

 

The 3500 makes sense if you are planning on upgrading to dual core. Save on the cpu now...

 

As for that heatsink.... it looks like a monster. Be real sure it will work first. The RAM slots on your board are real close to the cpu. Some people have mentioned difficulties with some of the big Zalman heatsinks being too big and making RAM installation or removal impossible.

 

The board is awesome. I have the non-sli version and love it (except for issues with the nforce4 built in firewall, which is a nightmare. hopefully, nvidia will have it working soon though).

 

I'd suggest posting these specs on the dfi-street forums. THey are awesome forums, with a couple DFI employees whose job is to patrol the boards.

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/index.php

[Batman]

Not many programs out there support SLI yet..

[shep48]

Age of Mythology Medal of Honor: Spearhead

 

AquaNox 2: Revelation NBA Live 2005

 

Armed & Dangerous Need for Speed: Underground 2

 

Battlefield 1942 Painkiller

 

Battlefield 2 Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell

 

Battlefield Vietnam Perimeter

 

Breed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

 

Brothers In Arms Quake III

 

Colin McRae Rally 2005 Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

 

Colin McRae Rally 04 Sims 2

 

Conan SpellForce

 

Dark Age of Camelot: Atlantis Splinter Cell

 

Dirt Track Racing 2 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

 

Doom 3 Star Wars: Battlefront

 

Everquest Star Wars: Republic Commando

 

Far Cry SWAT 4

 

Everquest II Thief: Deadly Shadows

 

FlatOut ToCA Race Driver 2

 

Ground Control II: Operation Exodus Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

 

Guild Wars Tony Hawk's Underground

 

Half-Life 2 Tribes Vengeance

 

Halo: Combat Evolved Tron 2.0

 

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles Unreal

 

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising Unreal 2

 

Kohan II: Kings of War Unreal Tournament 2003

 

Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicles Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines

 

Madden NFL 2005 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

 

Max Payne 2: Fall of Max Payne World of Warcraft

 

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault X2: the Threat

 

Medal of Honor: Breakthrough Xpand Rally

 

 

 

In addition to these top games, NVIDIA SLI supports the following applications:

 

 

3DMark2001 Dawn: NVIDIA Demo

 

3DMark03 HDRLighting

 

3DMark05 Nalu: NVIDIA Demo

 

AquaMark 3 Trees of Pangaea

 

Codecreatures Pro

[Acid-Flux]

Dont waste your money on all that dude.

1. Why are you getting 3 hard drives? 2 the same and 1 different. ODD.

2. DO NOT DO SLI, what's the point to get an extra 40 fps in CS:S (lame)

3. Replace either a hard drive or a video card with another gig of ram

4. WATER COOL THAT *bleep*

5. Get a better case. Lain-Li is great for keeping system cool.

6. With that saved $ from the hard drive and/or video card, get a nice 6ms 19" flat screen

Edited May 3, 2005 by Acid-Flux

[shep48]

well the topic is max price max hardware, acid this is why they make more than 1 class of automobile, the escort will get you there but not as cool as the ferrari, i dont think ferraris are lame

Edited May 3, 2005 by shep48

[SiX]

Dont waste your money on all that dude.

1. Why are you getting 3 hard drives? 2 the same and 1 different. ODD.

2. DO NOT DO SLI, what's the point to get an extra 40 fps in CS:S (lame)

3. Replace either a hard drive or a video card with another gig of ram

4. WATER COOL THAT *bleep*

5. Get a better case. Lain-Li is great for keeping system cool.

6. With that saved $ from the hard drive and/or video card, get a nice 6ms 19" flat screen

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well 1, the raptors in raid 0 for system disk, the other is for music and storage

2. 40fps is 40fps

3. just and another gig, dont cost that much

4. if you want to take the time, i just did water cooling and unless you want quiet or overclock waste of time

5. better case, I have one of those, i use it as a stool. strong with great hd cooling. lain-li= OVERPRICED TO THE MAX=RIP OFF

6. Monitor not included

 

 

[SiX]

As for that heatsink.... it looks like a monster. Be real sure it will work first. The RAM slots on your board are real close to the cpu. Some people have mentioned difficulties with some of the big Zalman heatsinks being too big and making RAM installation or removal impossible.

 

IT fits, I have one, and it does clear ram as long as the ram is not super tall.

 

www.dfi-street.com is a sweet website, great place for help.

[Kruten]

To each his own, but there's no way you get $1000 worth of video performance out of that sli stuff. Maybe check into the possibility of the x800xls. At least they are each $200 cheaper.

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Current SLI mobos don't supposrt dual ATI cards. Gotta wait until they come out with the ATI based SLI's to do that. You can put an ATI card in, but only one.

[shep48]

any game not on list, you can manually make it use sli, its called "cool bits"

[Kruten]

any game not on list, you can manually make it use sli,    its called "cool bits"

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Remember reading about that. Need to upgrade soon.

[Acid-Flux]

2. 40fps is 40fps - Not really when you are already getting 150+ already. but then again i guess if you have the money why not. just seems like a waste to me at the current time in technology w/ games and driver coding.

 

4. if you want to take the time, i just did water cooling and unless you want quiet or overclock waste of time - it's not all about quiet / cool, it's about looks too, add some florecent die in there and a black light.. it'd be pimpin since pimpin' since pimpinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

 

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[Penty]

I'd recomend the CoolerMaster 7700 Series Heatsinks, if you want a quieter system.

[Cujo]

yes fx55 or 57 would be nice to have but they are an older architecture and their memory controler is second rate. That is why i chose the venice core processor.

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the fx57 IS NOT based on the older architecture. it's a san diego(venice with 1mb l2). the fx55 is also the cream of the crop and the new ones have the dsl technology. all they're missing is sse3 and the advanced mem controller. sse3 is useless as of now and the advanced mem controller translates into less than 2% gain.

 

why do you make a comment about the memory controller when you're not planning on overclocking? afaik that's the only reason to be worried about a memory controller...

 

at least go for the 4000+ which is 2.4ghz and has 1mb l2 cache. those are available just as much as the 3500s are. same with the 3500 though make sure you get the new core.

[NOFX]

Lots of wasted money in that setup. I can get close to the same performance at a fraction of the cost. Probably build two or more of them for that price. And I would defintely have 2 gigs instead of 1.

[shep48]

how close and how much of a fraction.. with out overclocking

[NOFX]

Raid setup wont makes your games run better, maybe load times, but no more FPS.

A 90 dollar DVD bruner wont help you out any in games

a 650 WATT PSU is more than enough

You dont need a 70 dollar heatsink. I can OC a 2.6 to 3.2 on a decent air cooler for less than half that cost.

I havent done much research, but for that price, why not get a dual opteron setup? 2 CPU > 1.

[Unclean]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd love to see what kind of system you could put together with the same performance, no overclocking, for a fraction of the cost.

 

...I'm having a hard time writing that w/o it sounding sarcastic. I'm serious, though. It'd be great to see a sweet setup like that.

[Cujo]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd love to see what kind of system you could put together with the same performance, no overclocking, for a fraction of the cost.

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it's not possible. overclocking is the key to getting value for your money. if you aren't going to overclock then you'll have to spend a lot to get an awesome system.

Edited May 4, 2005 by [rAv]Cujo