SexPistoL

If you had £1500 (about $2000 USD) what would tour dream rig be.........

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It must be upgradeable, as fast and as possible, great for games, outstanding for OC, have multi-task CPU, look great and within the budget.
So listed below are the hardware needed, state you preferences;

1. Case and PSU.
2. Mobo.
3. CPU and HSF.
4. RAM.
5. GFX card.
6. Hard drive.
7. DVDRW.
8. DVDRom.
9. Monitor.

As you can probably guess Xmas has come early for me.............

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Lowfat

1. Lian Li PC-V1200 /w either a PC Power and Cooling 510 SLI or a OCZ Powerstream 520.
2. Asus P4GD1
3. Pentium M 750 w/ Zalman 9500 HSF
4. 2X512 OCZ EL PC3200 rev2 1.1 TCCD
5. ATI X1800XL
6. Seagate 300GB SATA
7. any LG/BenQ/Samsung dvd-rw
8. none
9. BenQ FP71V+ 17IN LCD

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Sandok

Pentium M?! That's uber **** for multi-tasking. I think a AMD board with a X2 would be better

Lowfat

Its not that bad, not any worse than a regular AMD64 at mutlitasking, but for games, it schools every other cpu out there.

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[hobo]eclipse

not that i dont think you dont know what yer talkin bout, cause your last rig was neeto, but what make its so super for games??

SexPistoL

Hey guys, looking into your suggestions. Thanks for the imput anymore would be greatly appreciated

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SFOSOK

What I am building right now



$2000 USD from Newegg


AMD 64 3500
2gb OCZ titanium DDR400
DFI Lanparty SLI(the best board they sell on there)
XFX 7800GTX same clocks as the EVGA KO
Aspire X-navigator with 500W PSU
G5 mouse
Decent X mousepad
This CRT moniter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116282
Lite-On DVD burner
Floppy, just in case
Samsung Spinpoint P series HD160jj
Zalman 80mm blue LED fan for CPU
Zalman 80mm blue LED fan for GPU
Microsoft Keyboard


I have spent a couple months making this config and it is $30 or 2000 with shipping and tax, if you don't live in Cali, you can save yourself 100 bucks.

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daedal

Nice build. I'd personnal stretch it out a bit more for dual-core though if your budget allows it. I'd bundle it with a Thermalright XP-120 for a silent and cool solution.

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SFOSOK

Its all planned : ), you don't have to worry.

I have already planned my next upgrade based on the current prices and when in fact I will beed the upgrade. I feel there is no need to stretch (as I don't want to use photoshop when I'm dead in a CS:S match).

I will name my system, then have a Rev. 2 edition of it when I need it.


Rev.2 should include
Minimum 500 quality PSU
+ 1 7800 GTX (same model) SLI
AMD 64 x2 4400
2 gb ram (probably won't be needed but the option will be there)
+ 1 DVD burner driver (may be dual layer)
+ 1 HD (probably the same one)

Also room to grow as new cooling technology comes and goes.

I figure this comp should last me (with Rev.2) at least 5-7 years with various tools for hardware, software and cooling (may add water cooling).


So I'm good, If I really think I could build a better ATI AMD system then I will sell this rig (as long as I get a good 500 within the ammount to build the ATI rig).


So I'd say this is pretty future proof, and quiet a step up from my current build.

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Sandok

Lucky Sobs...

SFOSOK

almost 3,000 San

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SexPistoL

I'm thinking about the Intel Pentium 4 650 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.4GHz (800FSB) with HT, and I like the, HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X850 XT TURBO 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) This is the RAM I'm looking at, OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2. But I'm undecided about the Mobo...............I would like it to be top spec's and very OC-able. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

PS............None of the above are set in stone, so can you suggest better :0

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daedal

Hah hah, I love that reply.

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Sandok

Well he has a point

SFOSOK

psh, I have a point?



That will be the day.

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Zardon

ive a few nice pcs but my favourite is the smallest, my shuttle. its an alienware chassis with.

P4 - 4.2ghz
2 gig of OCZ DDR4000 (not the samsung in the picture that was for testing).
Barracuda HD
Asus 7800GTX (500 core 1350mhz ram)
Sony 16x DVD dual layer burner.

SexPistoL

M8 I like that.........What did it set you back (Or should have hehe)

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CDsDontBurn

you suck! you were supposed to buy at least the CPU from me!

but for two grand, i'd build my machine again in a 775 (or A64 3500) and PCI-E configuration all over again

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Zardon

no idea to be honest, probably 2-2.5k without a screen. temperatures are good too, 40-50c on the 7800 overclocked and around 45-55c on the P4. Its also really quiet as well, its a great little system, my personal favourite.

SexPistoL

Sounds great...........A little out of my price range at the minute though........*sulks for ever

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SFOSOK

Sorry CD's, everything is in my Paypal alread : (.

So what have you decided so far SexPistol. Like what components really stand out that you would build your system around with you budget?

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CDsDontBurn

dude.....check out prices from www.clubit.com

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SFOSOK

Exact same as newegg, sorry

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CDsDontBurn

lol.....i know.

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Sandok

Zardon I love your SFF... I thought it was tough to get a 7800 into a SFF but damn... That's sooooo awesome!

Zardon

Its a pretty tight fit but it can handle it, also with the lower power drain and lower noise level of the 7800GTX compared to the 6800GT I had in there previously it works out well. Nice benchmark and performance scores too over 18k in 3dmark03 (not that I bench much but its a nice indication).

SexPistoL

Hey guys, if I was to keep my mobo! What RAM would you suggest would be a good OC'er for my rig?

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CDsDontBurn

G.skill, Corsair XMS XL, OCZ platium LE (TCCD)

well, basically any memory modules that have TCCD chips like any of the ones i just listed

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SexPistoL

Thx CD's I'll take a look at them, but why "TCCD"

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CDsDontBurn

TCCD chips is the best OCing chips available today. they are the replacement of the BH-5/6 chips that were out a few years ago. If you can find some BH-5/6 ram, get that over the TCCD, though i highly doubt you will find any of that. you can try eBay though and might get lucky. BH-5/6 chips were able to do DDR500 running 2-2-2-5 timings at a crazy 3.5v.

TCCD chips are basically the replacement of the legendary BH-5/6 chips. TCCD chips can OC just as high as BH-5/6, but because they do not use nearly as much voltage as the BH-5/6 modules, you can't run nearly as tight timings into the RAM modules.

For example, my memory is Corsair XMS XL rated at DDR400, but can do DDR500 without problems with timings of 2.5-3-3-7 running 2.8v into the memory. At that point, i am CPU limited and my system is unstable. I've had my memory do DDR533, but like i said, my rig was CPU limited at that point.

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