Time For A New Rig!

[Turtle Shell]

ya looks like a sweet rig congrats

 

[Rattle]

Well for 50 dollars more, that x1900 xt looks nice...alright so here is the new list...
Thermaltake XASER Armor Series
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D
AMD OPTERON 165
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB)
Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB
Sapphire RADEON X1900 XT 512MB
OCZ 520 PSU

Looking good so far...

i like I want that case !!!!

only thing you might want to think about is maybe a smaller HDD for OS and keep that 320 for storage, its really nice having more than 1 drive...

these hitachis are really sweet...sata 3.0 gb/s


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145082
OS drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145088

 

[NoVA iS SiCK]

Ok so here is my most recent build:

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 ModStream 520w @ 108.99
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...

I need to know what watercooling components would be required for this build, and if I can get any of these cheaper...All on Newegg, except for the X1900XT, that's from allstarshop. I'll keep looking, thanks guys!

 

[Rattle]

that x1900xt is no longer on actbuy or allstarshop, my guess is ATI is cracking the whip on peeps selling them early since they are not do to be released till tomorrow.

they should be available widespread by the end of the week...

 

[Nathan0490]

also i would change the PSU to a OCZ 520

Yep definetly dont get that cheapy psu, also Id get the 2 gb gskill extreme set of ram $199.

EDIT NVM I SEE YOU ALREADY DID

 

[Turtle Shell]

i would get the power stream over the modstream

 

[NoVA iS SiCK]

that x1900xt is no longer on actbuy or allstarshop, my guess is ATI is cracking the whip on peeps selling them early since they are not do to be released till tomorrow.

they should be available widespread by the end of the week...

Alright thanks for the heads up...I wish I put in my order when you did, lol. And I switched to the Powerstream...Know I need any last changes and help with watercooling component suggestions...Thanks a lot so far guys!

 

[NoVA iS SiCK]

Edited First Post...Please Read...Bigger Budget and OCing my old rig.

 

[traldan]

X1900XT from Sapphire is on Newegg for $519...there are other higher priced ones (BBA, Powercolor, and HIS)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102003

If you're still looking for an X1900.

 

[darksparkz]

With a budget like that, why not get a Raptor 74GB or Raptor 150GB over that Hitach 80GB HDD? You'd definitely want the increased load times with a gaming setup.

If you budget bumped up to $2500, you can definitely afford the opteron 170 or maybe even the 175. The 170 would be a bit easier to OC then the 165 because of the 10x multiplier, same applies for the 11x on the 175.

I'm a bit ehh on the Armor case, why not a big Stacker?

 

[xbiker321]

Yeah I was gonna say, GET A RAPTOR or a hard drive with at least 10k RPM for your OS and Games