OK, I want to make the meanest, leanest, cleanest computer alive In the next year, 2006. I know some new developments in the next year will not make my computer the newest, but the highest stuff I can get now is more than adaquite. Now, being that I'm making the biggest, baddest thing alive, any cost-savings are more than welcome. Heres what I want: Case: water cooling case, maybe this- http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...1649624&CatId=0 Power supply: Modular PSU Motherboard: Something upgradable, SATA, PCI-e, maybe SLI, Socket 939 CPU: 939, probly a AMD 64 X2 or something.. Memory: at least 1gig, maybe more, maybe dual channel Hard Drive: 2x160gb or above DVD: DL Burner Floppy: NO Sound Card: something Creative (the company) GFX Card: SLI, 256mb or above, medium priced My budget: $1,000-2,000 USD I want you to look around, just not at newegg or TigerDirect. If you can keep the shipping down by pertaining to one place, that'd be great. Lucky hunting, and a Happy Holidays to you all!
Socket 939 is not upgradeal after probably middile of next year when AMD is releasing their socket M2. I would recommand this if going Socket 939 AMD X2 3800 2GBs of G.Skill ram DFI Lanparty NF4 UT SLI-DR NOT EXPERT PSU I would suggest a OCZ Powerstream 520W SLI Version but if you want modular and OCZ Modstream 520W I would suggest 1 or 2 6800GS or 1 or 2 7800GTS for video 2 Hitatchi SATA2 hard drives in Raid 0 Creative X-FI Base model or step up model For watercooling that case sucks and the watercooling sucks. For the Case I would suggest a Lian Li or Coolermaster Stacker For watercooling Custom CPU WaterBlock - Swiftech Storm G4 GPU Waterblock - DangerDen Maze4 GPU Low Profile Pump - Iwaki MD20RZT or Swiftech MCP655 / Laing D5 (if Iwaki is too large) Radiator - Thermochill 120.3 w/shroud 5/8 T-Line or Reservoir 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Tygon 3603 or Clearflex 60 Kit A Swiftech APEX kit with a Storm waterblock.
Try Zipzoomfly.com for more deals also. TigerDirect tend not to be all that good at all.. Lets see...I'm thinking.. Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo - $497 Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GV-3D1-68GT Dual GeForce 6800GT 512MB - $544 Motherboard: ABIT Fatal1ty AN8-SLI - $202 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro - $200 (after $75 rebate) Memory: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) - $211 (after $35 rebate) Hard Drives: 2x Western Digital Caviar SE16 - $311 DVD Drive: PLEXTOR Beige SATA DVD Burner Model PX-716SA/SW - $100 Total Price: $2065 ...oops.. just a bit over Oh well.that was a good way to pass some time..
The main thing is what are you going to be using this computer for, gaming 2-4 gig RAM.. motherboard- the same thing what live2game said Hard-Drive- 400gig,maybe 2 external hard-drives Vid-card - nVidia GeForce 7800GTX DVD drive - 16x DL DVD-RW,DVD+RW im just going from some of the stuff that i have on order from USA and stores in Australia.. ( i live in Australia )
The Video card is the biggest gimmick if there was one. Don't get it. The mobo too. [/b][/quote] I dont know crap bout Hardware compared to you peoplez yet I just started learning about it recently..
Case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...1649624&CatId=0 Processor: AMD x2 4400+ - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16819103546 or AMD Opteron 165 (Great for Overclocking) - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...uctCode=80106-R Motherboard: DFI LanParty UT Ultra-D - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/m...uct_Code=110224 (Can use a pencil to mod to SLI) Video Card: BFG 7800GTX + Call of Duty 2 - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16814143043 or Powercolor x1800XT (better than 7800gtx and cheaper) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102629 RAM: G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820231021 Hard Drive 1: Western Digital Raptor 74GB - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16822144160 Hard Drive 2: Western Digital Cavair SE 250GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144417 DVD Burner: Benq DW-1640 - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/m...1&AFFIL=pg&NR=1 Power Supply: Antec NeoHE 550W (SLI Ready, 3 12v rails) - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16817103941 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102162 Dont get the OCZ Modstream, it has power instability issues when left on for more than a day and a half, antecs are always rock solid. There is also nothing wrong with the fatality mobo it is a great board.
.Defuzion Don't get the Antec HE. There have been numerous reports of it blowing and taking out hardware. I would probably not get a modular powersupply but if i had to I would look in to Silverstones modular powersupply. Also for sound card get the X-Fi for Headphone gaming or 5.1 surround sound it sounds SO much better.
I would not use a dual core processor. Very good for large amounts of aplication processing like converting/burning/designing, but a single core still beats them at gaming capability's. So there is still a reason why bad-ass single core processors cost more. Not because they're worth it, just because gamers need them ^^
note: I'm not a heavy gamer, moderate really. although I do run big-arse programs, like PS Cs2, DW, etc.
As with every psu. Give us proof there are lots lol because I know for a fact there arent that many by searching google.
is this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...3336&CatId=2036 any good? I like Ultra, having one of their PSUs, a 512 stick of memory, and their case. Never let me down..
