akaM2 August 1, 2006 Share akaM2 Member August 1, 2006 Well I just finished ordering my new rig. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4000+ Socket AM2 2mb L2 Cache $189 Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe nForce 570 AM2 $149.99 36GB 10,000 RPM Raptor from friend for $75 Case/500w Enermax PS from diff friend for $100 2GB Corsair XMS DDR2 $152.00(after rebate) eVGA 256mb 7900GT $269.99 Samsung DVD Burner $32.99 All in All stayed under 1k (my goal), I like my setup now, cant wait to receive it all to put it together. BTW: If you see anything I shouldnt get tell me now! I can still cancel portions of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom August 1, 2006 Share discom Member August 1, 2006 very nice. your comp = my comp * 2 and mine costed the same. that was a few years ago though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter August 1, 2006 Share Magruter Member August 1, 2006 Order 2 next time i could use the upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless August 1, 2006 Share Clueless GC Alumni August 1, 2006 Nice one M2, hopefully you dont have the problems that I am, but then again, yer smarter than me, so I hope you do, then figure it out, and help me I'm havin random crashes and freezes, some with BSOD listing an nVidia driver as the problem. I have been doing alot of reading, and apparently there are driver issues with the cards and a dual core cpu . Athlon64 X2 3800+ Gigabyte Triton K8 Mobo 160gb SATA H.D 1 Gig RAM BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik August 1, 2006 Share Vovik Member August 1, 2006 looks good. i'm not sure about the ram cause since they went ddr2 i thought it's 800mhz-1066mhz or something like that. i'd want some input from someone who knows. XMS though prolly means it should be good?! the processor should be the best value if it could be oc'd to 2.8ghz. also, i'd like to know how that burner works. it's really cheap compared to plextor but if it's good i may want one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz.e.rus August 1, 2006 Share Laz.e.rus Member August 1, 2006 looks good m2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawk August 1, 2006 Share mohawk Member August 1, 2006 (edited) which evga 7900? also, as soon as you have $100 again, buy another raptor Edited August 1, 2006 by mohawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller August 1, 2006 Share Leveller Member August 1, 2006 (edited) looks good. i'm not sure about the ram cause since they went ddr2 i thought it's 800mhz-1066mhz or something like that. i'd want some input from someone who knows. XMS though prolly means it should be good?! the processor should be the best value if it could be oc'd to 2.8ghz. also, i'd like to know how that burner works. it's really cheap compared to plextor but if it's good i may want one too. I've had the same burner in my rig for about 6 months and whilst I'm not a heavy user (probably 1 burn a week now, but probably abour 25 in the first 2 weeks of having it) I've not had one coaster out of it. And indeed looks like a tasty bit of kit M2. Edited August 1, 2006 by Leveller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo August 2, 2006 Share Cujo Member August 2, 2006 m2, your ram is too slow. the new dual cores use ddr2 800 aka pc6400. get some of that instead. otherwise looks good. nice deals from friends. make sure that power supply is a newer 24pin one. keep us posted. clueless, check here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81429 have you tried the latest bios and latest vid drivers on a fresh install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 August 2, 2006 Author Share akaM2 Member August 2, 2006 cool havent ordered the ram just yet, waiting for pay day thursday, i will go pc6400 then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless August 2, 2006 Share Clueless GC Alumni August 2, 2006 m2, your ram is too slow. the new dual cores use ddr2 800 aka pc6400. get some of that instead. otherwise looks good. nice deals from friends. make sure that power supply is a newer 24pin one. keep us posted. clueless, check here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81429 have you tried the latest bios and latest vid drivers on a fresh install? Yeah, thanks Cujo, I did try that actually, and it got a little worse, so i undid that and I am using 3rd party drivers which made it MUCH better, but still crashing a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo August 2, 2006 Share Cujo Member August 2, 2006 my cs crashes randomly. once every couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik August 2, 2006 Share Vovik Member August 2, 2006 my cs crashes randomly. once every couple of days. so does mine, but usually during the loads of maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless August 2, 2006 Share Clueless GC Alumni August 2, 2006 Just an update....I was having more problems...I did a clean install of Windows....did NOT put in SP2, also, when I installed the mobo drivers, I did NOT install the AMD cool n' quiet. I have also NOT installed the AMD optimizer, or the MS Hotfix, since most of those fixed problems associated with cool n' quiet (so i've read). I'm using dhZeropoint drivers from driver-heaven, an older version since the newer ones are crapola. So far....no issues, but i'll keep ya posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz.e.rus August 2, 2006 Share Laz.e.rus Member August 2, 2006 cool n quiet = teh poo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom August 2, 2006 Share discom Member August 2, 2006 my cs crashes randomly. once every couple of days. mine usually crashes when i'm the last one left in a 1v1... i will see the guy then start to fire, then BLAM. game crashes. Then I almost pull my scalp off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo August 2, 2006 Share Cujo Member August 2, 2006 clueless, sp2 is a definate must. as for the others it's up to you. do what works. installing the amd optimizer, the x2 driver and the hotfix gave me lots more source performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless August 2, 2006 Share Clueless GC Alumni August 2, 2006 clueless, sp2 is a definate must. as for the others it's up to you. do what works. installing the amd optimizer, the x2 driver and the hotfix gave me lots more source performance. SP2 has been a true source of evil on every machine that I have ever installed it on. I think it was even the main problem on this one, because I uninstalled everything 1 by 1, with SP2 being the final straw, which of course made everything fubar, hense the clean install afterwards, lol. But everytime I have used it, on every machine, it has come with strange random crashes and BSOD's. Thats just my experience, I dont have it now, and I have no more BSOD crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo August 3, 2006 Share Cujo Member August 3, 2006 i have sp2 and i don't get bsod crashes. maybe you should re-download it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless August 3, 2006 Share Clueless GC Alumni August 3, 2006 I actually ordered it on CD from Microsoft last year after suspecting bad downloads, but same issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo August 3, 2006 Share Cujo Member August 3, 2006 must be some kind of weird driver incompatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo August 3, 2006 Share anonymo Member August 3, 2006 must be some kind of weird driver incompatibility. Yeah...try using an iron...like your 3 or 4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless August 3, 2006 Share Clueless GC Alumni August 3, 2006 trust me, i've thought about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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