gaming pc specs

tEckniks · Dec 18, 2004, 08:47 PM

well after all the cons about the sony pc.. i decided to build my own pc!!

i made a list .. is there anything else i need? this is my first time building a pc and i only know about hardware, i dont know much about the little things inbetween. what do you guys think??

Silverstone J03 aluminum server case e-atx black
Ultra X Connect ULT31557 ATX 12v PSU
Asus A8N-SLI-DELUXE
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Thermaltake A1772 AMD heatsink
Asus Radeon X800 XT Extreme Edition 256 MB DDR3/PCI-E
512mb x 2 Corsair XMS DDR 400 pc3200
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
Sata Western Digital 160gb 7200rpm (wd1600sd)
Lite On SOHD-167T 16xDVD/40x-CDrom
NEC ND-3500A/GNB 16x Dual Layer Dvd+R/16x4x16-DVD+RW/48x32x48 CD-RW
3com Gigabit network card

i want to keep the pc really cool, since my current pc overheats like crazy

what are some good fans?

riles9262 · Dec 18, 2004, 09:06 PM

Very nice my friend. I like these fans:
http://www.silenx.com/productcart/pc...p?idCategory=4
There are zalman ones that are pretty much the same as well...but both are good as far as what I've seen. They are large though, so check to see if they will fit if you choose them.

OldBuzzard · Dec 19, 2004, 02:23 AM

That looks pretty sweet. The only thing I see that's a bit 'weak' is the 512 Meg of RAM. I'd think real hard about making that 1 Gig. The newer games and other applications will run a lot better with 1 Gig than they will with 512 Meg.

As for cooling, if $$ isn't a 'real' big issue, a Koolance Exos would keep that puppy nice and cool, and do it quietly

Geminiwave · Dec 19, 2004, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by OldBuzzard

That looks pretty sweet. The only thing I see that's a bit 'weak' is the 512 Meg of RAM. I'd think real hard about making that 1 Gig. The newer games and other applications will run a lot better with 1 Gig than they will with 512 Meg.

As for cooling, if $$ isn't a 'real' big issue, a Koolance Exos would keep that puppy nice and cool, and do it quietly

I think it is a GB.

512mb X 2. sounds like a gig to me anyway.

just incase it isnt 1gb, yeah dude get 1gb. Btw very nice setup there. It should be a beast. I do have one question though: why are you getting the SLI motherboard and then buying an X800? I mean I love ATI cards and I dont think i'll use an nvidia card but still if you want SLI, why get ATI?

tastyweat · Dec 19, 2004, 01:29 PM

would be better to go for 2GB of ram... crucial ballistix is better than corsair

tastyweat · Dec 19, 2004, 01:30 PM

oh... and don't bother with the sli motherboard... would be a waste of time as you can't use two ati cards in sli... so get the standard NF4 ultra asus board

pr0digal jenius · Dec 19, 2004, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tastyweat

would be better to go for 2GB of ram... crucial ballistix is better than corsair

the ballistix is very nice RAM indeed....and yes...if you can afford it, go for 1024MB x2 instead of 512MB x2

tastyweat · Dec 19, 2004, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

the ballistix is very nice RAM indeed....and yes...if you can afford it, go for 1024MB x2 instead of 512MB x2

I would have said 512MB x4... but meh

pr0digal jenius · Dec 19, 2004, 07:50 PM

4 sticks makes for some sloppy timings if you intend to OC it

tastyweat · Dec 19, 2004, 08:21 PM

two sticks of 1024mb ddr would be worse timings than four sticks of 512... you're lucky to see 3-4-4-8 on 1024 ddr400 sticks... whereas crucial will do 2-2-2-5 at 400 and 2.5-3-3-7 at 500 (even with 4 sticks)

pr0digal jenius · Dec 19, 2004, 11:20 PM

hrmm...maybe DDR2 doesn't have that issue then

...cuz DDR sure likes 2 sticks better

tastyweat · Dec 19, 2004, 11:23 PM

nono... i'm talking about DDR... DDR2 is better with 1024 sticks but DDR is better with 512 sticks

tEckniks · Dec 20, 2004, 03:26 AM

sorry if it was confusing, but yes its 1gig of ram

.. i wish i could get another gig of ram but i dont want to spend tooo much .. anyways how is the crucial better than the corsair?

are they going to come out with a amd fx mobo with pci-e and not sli? cuz i sorta dont want the sli just one pci-e slot because i really want a x800xt pci-e

also a question about ram. ive been looking around and i see ddr2 pc2 5200 , pc 4000, pc3200... does the number after "pc" stand for the bandwidth? (example pc4000 = 4gig bandwidth?)

CDsDontBurn · Dec 20, 2004, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tEckniks

also a question about ram. ive been looking around and i see ddr2 pc2 5200 , pc 4000, pc3200... does the number after "pc" stand for the bandwidth? (example pc4000 = 4gig bandwidth?)

yes, that is correct. BTW, nice rig you're going to build

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The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 20, 2004, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tastyweat

oh... and don't bother with the sli motherboard... would be a waste of time as you can't use two ati cards in sli... so get the standard NF4 ultra asus board

Actually I'd say use a nforce3 or wait for VIA kt890 becouse the new nforce4 NV card specfic optumzations actually hurt ATI card performance. The nforce 4 is slower then nforce3 by a little but nforce 4 is more feature rich...

tEckniks · Dec 20, 2004, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Actually I'd say use a nforce3 or wait for VIA kt890 becouse the new nforce4 NV card specfic optumzations actually hurt ATI card performance. The nforce 4 is slower then nforce3 by a little but nforce 4 is more feature rich...

i was searchin around just now and i read they will release a pci-e board around may?

also what is a good case to get? im reconsidering spendin $250 for just a case with no psu

Geminiwave · Dec 20, 2004, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Actually I'd say use a nforce3 or wait for VIA kt890 becouse the new nforce4 NV card specfic optumzations actually hurt ATI card performance. The nforce 4 is slower then nforce3 by a little but nforce 4 is more feature rich...

right. listen to Neon. There is an unfortunate problem with the nforce4 boards which makes me weep. I probably will not be buying an nforce board on my next computer sadly.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 20, 2004, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by tEckniks

also what is a good case to get? im reconsidering spendin $250 for just a case with no psu

Lian-Li cases are the best cases ever.

tastyweat · Dec 20, 2004, 06:26 PM

thermaltake tsunami kicks ass and is cheaper than nearly all lian-li cases

CDsDontBurn · Dec 20, 2004, 06:30 PM

if you consider a thermaltake case, look at the Shark series from TT. Full aluminum towers. The Tsunami series looks cool, but is really flimsly.

Dec 18, 2004, 08:47 PM	#1
tEckniks DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 115 Rep Power: 0	gaming pc specs well after all the cons about the sony pc.. i decided to build my own pc!! i made a list .. is there anything else i need? this is my first time building a pc and i only know about hardware, i dont know much about the little things inbetween. what do you guys think?? Silverstone J03 aluminum server case e-atx black Ultra X Connect ULT31557 ATX 12v PSU Asus A8N-SLI-DELUXE AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Thermaltake A1772 AMD heatsink Asus Radeon X800 XT Extreme Edition 256 MB DDR3/PCI-E 512mb x 2 Corsair XMS DDR 400 pc3200 Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Sata Western Digital 160gb 7200rpm (wd1600sd) Lite On SOHD-167T 16xDVD/40x-CDrom NEC ND-3500A/GNB 16x Dual Layer Dvd+R/16x4x16-DVD+RW/48x32x48 CD-RW 3com Gigabit network card i want to keep the pc really cool, since my current pc overheats like crazy what are some good fans? __________________ [color=navy][color=lightblue] Made by Razgriz Lian Li PC-65B[/color] [color=red]\| [color=MediumTurquoise][color=LightBlue]OCZ Powerstream 520w psu[/color] [/color]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]AMD 4400+ X2 [/color][color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]Asus A8N-32 Sli Deluxe[/color] [color=red]\| [/color][color=lightblue]1gig (2x512mb) OCZ Platinum PC3200[/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]Audigy X-Fi[/color] [color=red]\| [color=lightblue]XFX Geforce 7900GT Extreme[/color][/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]250gig Western Digital HD[/color] [color=red]\|[/color][color=lightblue] Lite-on DVD-R w/ Lightscribe[/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]Klipsch 5.1 Ultras[/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [/color][color=lightblue]Window XP home [/color]

Dec 18, 2004, 09:06 PM	#2
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Very nice my friend. I like these fans: http://www.silenx.com/productcart/pc...p?idCategory=4 There are zalman ones that are pretty much the same as well...but both are good as far as what I've seen. They are large though, so check to see if they will fit if you choose them. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Dec 19, 2004, 02:23 AM	#3
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	That looks pretty sweet. The only thing I see that's a bit 'weak' is the 512 Meg of RAM. I'd think real hard about making that 1 Gig. The newer games and other applications will run a lot better with 1 Gig than they will with 512 Meg. As for cooling, if $$ isn't a 'real' big issue, a Koolance Exos would keep that puppy nice and cool, and do it quietly __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Dec 19, 2004, 01:29 PM	#5
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	would be better to go for 2GB of ram... crucial ballistix is better than corsair __________________

Dec 19, 2004, 01:30 PM	#6
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	oh... and don't bother with the sli motherboard... would be a waste of time as you can't use two ati cards in sli... so get the standard NF4 ultra asus board __________________

Dec 19, 2004, 07:50 PM	#9
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	4 sticks makes for some sloppy timings if you intend to OC it

Dec 19, 2004, 08:21 PM	#10
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	two sticks of 1024mb ddr would be worse timings than four sticks of 512... you're lucky to see 3-4-4-8 on 1024 ddr400 sticks... whereas crucial will do 2-2-2-5 at 400 and 2.5-3-3-7 at 500 (even with 4 sticks) __________________

Dec 19, 2004, 11:20 PM	#11
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	hrmm...maybe DDR2 doesn't have that issue then ...cuz DDR sure likes 2 sticks better

Dec 19, 2004, 11:23 PM	#12
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	nono... i'm talking about DDR... DDR2 is better with 1024 sticks but DDR is better with 512 sticks __________________

Dec 20, 2004, 03:26 AM	Thread Starter #13
tEckniks DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 115 Rep Power: 0	sorry if it was confusing, but yes its 1gig of ram .. i wish i could get another gig of ram but i dont want to spend tooo much .. anyways how is the crucial better than the corsair? are they going to come out with a amd fx mobo with pci-e and not sli? cuz i sorta dont want the sli just one pci-e slot because i really want a x800xt pci-e also a question about ram. ive been looking around and i see ddr2 pc2 5200 , pc 4000, pc3200... does the number after "pc" stand for the bandwidth? (example pc4000 = 4gig bandwidth?) __________________ [color=navy][color=lightblue] Made by Razgriz Lian Li PC-65B[/color] [color=red]\| [color=MediumTurquoise][color=LightBlue]OCZ Powerstream 520w psu[/color] [/color]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]AMD 4400+ X2 [/color][color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]Asus A8N-32 Sli Deluxe[/color] [color=red]\| [/color][color=lightblue]1gig (2x512mb) OCZ Platinum PC3200[/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]Audigy X-Fi[/color] [color=red]\| [color=lightblue]XFX Geforce 7900GT Extreme[/color][/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]250gig Western Digital HD[/color] [color=red]\|[/color][color=lightblue] Lite-on DVD-R w/ Lightscribe[/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [color=lightblue]Klipsch 5.1 Ultras[/color] [color=red]\|[/color] [/color][color=lightblue]Window XP home [/color]

Dec 20, 2004, 06:26 PM	#19
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	thermaltake tsunami kicks ass and is cheaper than nearly all lian-li cases __________________

Dec 20, 2004, 06:30 PM	#20
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	if you consider a thermaltake case, look at the Shark series from TT. Full aluminum towers. The Tsunami series looks cool, but is really flimsly. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later