- Joined
- May 22, 2004
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hiya! I been reading these fourms for some time now and doing my own research on a system I am going to build within a few months. My pc just cant handle these new games coming out and I gave up on 3D Animation because it takes forever for my computer to redender scenes and such. My intents on building this new system is of course to keep up with the latest games, HL2 and Doom3 and continue with 3D animation (Maya). Any suggestions are welcome to help me put together a leet computer. Price? I am willing to caught up some cash, the casino is my friend (craps ^_^)
My current system:
Case: Standard Mid Tower - ATX
Mobo: Asus K7V Slot A
PSU: Enermax 430 watt w/ Fan control
CPU: AMD Athlon 650Mhz Slot A
Ram: Samsung PC133 512MB x 3 (1.5Ghz total)
GFX: Radeon 7000
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value
Hard Drives(s): Western Digital 7200RPM 160GB 8MB/cache, 2 x Western Digital 7200RPM 80GB 2MB/cache ( 320GB total)
DVD-R: Toshiba 16x SD-1502 (region free)
CD-RW: HL-DT-ST 16x 10x 40x GCB-8160B
Floopy : Standard 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Network Adaptor(s): AcerLAN ALN-201 PCI, D-Link DE-530+ PCI
SCSI and RAID Controllers: Promise Technology Inc. Ultra IDE Controller
Monitor: TTX 17"
Keyboard: Stanard Microsoft Internet Keyboard
Mouse: Microsoft Intelli Optical Explorer
OS: Windows 2000 SP4
Future System?:
Case: Lian-Li PC-65B
PSU: Enermax 550W (EG651P-VE FMA)
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo Platinum
CPU: Athlon 64 3400+
RAM: Corsair TWINX2048-3200PRO
Video: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
Hard Drive: WD Raptor 74 GB ESATA
Monitor: BenQ 19" LCD FP951
DVD-RW: Plextor PX-712SA
Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
Keyboard: Scythe USA CK-006 Standard Black Keyboard USB 107keys
I do plan on overclocking my new system. Cooling method? Phase change
My current system:
Case: Standard Mid Tower - ATX
Mobo: Asus K7V Slot A
PSU: Enermax 430 watt w/ Fan control
CPU: AMD Athlon 650Mhz Slot A
Ram: Samsung PC133 512MB x 3 (1.5Ghz total)
GFX: Radeon 7000
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value
Hard Drives(s): Western Digital 7200RPM 160GB 8MB/cache, 2 x Western Digital 7200RPM 80GB 2MB/cache ( 320GB total)
DVD-R: Toshiba 16x SD-1502 (region free)
CD-RW: HL-DT-ST 16x 10x 40x GCB-8160B
Floopy : Standard 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Network Adaptor(s): AcerLAN ALN-201 PCI, D-Link DE-530+ PCI
SCSI and RAID Controllers: Promise Technology Inc. Ultra IDE Controller
Monitor: TTX 17"
Keyboard: Stanard Microsoft Internet Keyboard
Mouse: Microsoft Intelli Optical Explorer
OS: Windows 2000 SP4
Future System?:
Case: Lian-Li PC-65B
PSU: Enermax 550W (EG651P-VE FMA)
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo Platinum
CPU: Athlon 64 3400+
RAM: Corsair TWINX2048-3200PRO
Video: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
Hard Drive: WD Raptor 74 GB ESATA
Monitor: BenQ 19" LCD FP951
DVD-RW: Plextor PX-712SA
Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
Keyboard: Scythe USA CK-006 Standard Black Keyboard USB 107keys
I do plan on overclocking my new system. Cooling method? Phase change