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- Jan 21, 2006
Time For A New Rig! *Higher Budget*
Alright fellas, It's about that time to get a new rig. I'll tell you what I have been using first...Since I have this guy just laying around, think I could overclock him or is the board to constricting for that sort of thing?
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
FCI K8-800t
PNY 6600 256
1 gig of some generic pc3200 ram
Audigy 2 ZS
2 IDE HDs, a 120 gig WD, and a 80 gig Maxtor
Now, what I want is a rig mainly for gaming, watching movies, and lots of "scene" work (that includes WinRAR extracting and compressing an awful lot). I also dab in music editing, and video edit montages, but my current PC was ample for both of those. I will, in short time, be using this rig with a Dell 2407, so a good video card is a must. On top of this, I will be using lots of HDD space for my HD movies and shows. I also want to watercool in the near future, so that is included in the budget. Thanks in advance for any help getting my list comprised.
Budget : $2500 (not including the monitor)
**EDIT**
So here is what I have so far...
Sapphire X1900XT @ 509.00
AMD Opteron 165 @ 335.00
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB @ 197.00
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D @ 129.00
OCZ PowerStream 520w @ 139.99
HITACHI Deskstar 80gig 3.0 Gb/s @ 53.00
Western Digital Caviar SE 320 @ 121.90
Thermaltake XASER Armor Series @ 149.99
Total = $1603 before Watercooling...
How much is watercooling going to cost? Also, thanks to a birthday and a "bank error in my favor" kind of thing, my budget is now $2500, as opposed to the $2000 it was before. I want it to be good before OCing, but able to OC well.
Alright fellas, It's about that time to get a new rig. I'll tell you what I have been using first...Since I have this guy just laying around, think I could overclock him or is the board to constricting for that sort of thing?
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
FCI K8-800t
PNY 6600 256
1 gig of some generic pc3200 ram
Audigy 2 ZS
2 IDE HDs, a 120 gig WD, and a 80 gig Maxtor
Now, what I want is a rig mainly for gaming, watching movies, and lots of "scene" work (that includes WinRAR extracting and compressing an awful lot). I also dab in music editing, and video edit montages, but my current PC was ample for both of those. I will, in short time, be using this rig with a Dell 2407, so a good video card is a must. On top of this, I will be using lots of HDD space for my HD movies and shows. I also want to watercool in the near future, so that is included in the budget. Thanks in advance for any help getting my list comprised.
Budget : $2500 (not including the monitor)
**EDIT**
So here is what I have so far...
Sapphire X1900XT @ 509.00
AMD Opteron 165 @ 335.00
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB @ 197.00
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D @ 129.00
OCZ PowerStream 520w @ 139.99
HITACHI Deskstar 80gig 3.0 Gb/s @ 53.00
Western Digital Caviar SE 320 @ 121.90
Thermaltake XASER Armor Series @ 149.99
Total = $1603 before Watercooling...
How much is watercooling going to cost? Also, thanks to a birthday and a "bank error in my favor" kind of thing, my budget is now $2500, as opposed to the $2000 it was before. I want it to be good before OCing, but able to OC well.
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