- Joined
- Dec 17, 2000
- Location
- San Diego, CA
I don’t game much, so my 2.4G Northwood & Asus P4C800-E have served me well for a few years now. My horsepower has been spent mostly crunching as I Crunch SETI, browse and work in Word primarily.
Anyway, I am looking to build a reliable (most important) and strong cruncher with expense as a consideration; so here are my thoughts (your comments would be much appreciated):
CPU: Conroe E6300 1.8ghz duo ($180)
MOBO: Asus P5W DH Deluxe ($250)
DDR2: Corsair XMS2 CAS 4 (2x512) 1gb ($188)
DRIVE: WD 80G SATA (X2 for Mirror Raid) ($88) I have plenty storage on my local network so 80G is primarily for software.
VID: Asus EN7600GS 512mb ($135)
From what I gather my trusty Enermax 550W power supply will not support the new mobo. So:
PS: Enermax WhisperII 535w ATX12V ($85)
I am assuming that my CD-ROM & DVD Burner (both IDE) will be supported by the PATA interface.
Total = $926.00 (and, of course, these are Newegg prices, so I may very well shave a few bucks off this total).
I use aircooling and have not even considered a heatsink/fan...????
I am also assuming that I will gain significantly crunching power over my hyperthreading [email protected]
Thanks for your help!
Crunch on!
Anyway, I am looking to build a reliable (most important) and strong cruncher with expense as a consideration; so here are my thoughts (your comments would be much appreciated):
CPU: Conroe E6300 1.8ghz duo ($180)
MOBO: Asus P5W DH Deluxe ($250)
DDR2: Corsair XMS2 CAS 4 (2x512) 1gb ($188)
DRIVE: WD 80G SATA (X2 for Mirror Raid) ($88) I have plenty storage on my local network so 80G is primarily for software.
VID: Asus EN7600GS 512mb ($135)
From what I gather my trusty Enermax 550W power supply will not support the new mobo. So:
PS: Enermax WhisperII 535w ATX12V ($85)
I am assuming that my CD-ROM & DVD Burner (both IDE) will be supported by the PATA interface.
Total = $926.00 (and, of course, these are Newegg prices, so I may very well shave a few bucks off this total).
I use aircooling and have not even considered a heatsink/fan...????
I am also assuming that I will gain significantly crunching power over my hyperthreading [email protected]
Thanks for your help!
Crunch on!