Critique mine too, please!!
http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=415669
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Critique mine too, please!!
http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=415669
Another thing you may want to look at,
the video card:
SAPPHIRE OEM RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DVI/TV 8X AGP BULK
Its a 9800 Pro, but 1) There is no external power connector, 2) it is very short for a 9800 Pro card. ***, is this one of those situations where Newegg posted wrong specs/pics?
I looked at that video card before.. IT had an external power connector, but not the usual 9800Pro style, but the older 9700pro style :)
That is going to be one very fast box. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by GetCarter
Critique mine too, please!!
http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=415669
You've selected the same ram I've been looking at. You saved a ton of cash by going with the Asus P4P800 which is an excellent board an overclocks like a monster.
I just gotta have those Raptors in RAID -0-.
ALright, how about the board being shorter. It would seem that with less room, there wont be as many condensers on the board as usual? Is there some kind of catch with this Sapphire board? Why the held do they use an OLD connecter style!Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
I looked at that video card before.. IT had an external power connector, but not the usual 9800Pro style, but the older 9700pro style :)
I was thinking about two of the seagates in a striped array, but I decided that the massive 240GB of storage space did not make up for the fact that RAID 0 was unstable in the sense that if you got one bad sector on one drive, your whole partition is down. What are these raptors that everyone talks about though?Quote:
Originally posted by gurutoo
That is going to be one very fast box.
You've selected the same ram I've been looking at. You saved a ton of cash by going with the Asus P4P800 which is an excellent board an overclocks like a monster.
I just gotta have those Raptors in RAID -0-.
Is there anything I can do to decrease the price anymore? I know, get an Antec Case, i'm thinking about that too.
Oh and I will post up the list here, since the newegg wishlist isnt viewable. (It happens when you add parts which are not available)
Code:CASE CoolerMaster ATC-201C-SXK(Silver) $119
PSU Antec True 480 $89
CPU Pentium 4 3.0CGHz $389
MOBO Asus P4P800-D $133
RAM CorsairXMS TwinX (512Mb x 2) PC3200 (2-3-2-6-T1) $302
VGA Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB $306
SOUND C.Labs Audigy 2 $78
OPTICAL LiteOn CDROM/CDRW/DVD Combo Drive $56.99
KYBD CoolerMaster EAK-US1 Aluminum Keyboard $33.99
TOTAL $1623.98
GC -
Most of that list I like, except I keep trying to tell people lately about this RAM deal that Mushkin is having. I just got it in Tues. - 2x512 of what they're calling their "Promo Build". It's $139./per + $6. shipping.
It's on an excellent Mushkin PCB (IMHO, Mushkin makes the best PCB's for memory sticks in the biz), and it has the same Winbond BH-5 mem chips as Corsair XMS PC3500! But the clincher is: it's full 2-2-2 CAS!, not 2-3-2, etc. I am sure it will o/c to 3500 speeds easily, and I'll find out as soon as I get an o/c'able mobo.
Check it out at http://www.mushkin.com/epages/Mushkin.storefront
Also, I remember seeing Sharky recommending Mushkin PC3200 in their January High-End Gaming Rig
http://sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGS...707_1568071__4
And for further reference, check this link
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/show...oc.html?i=1853
...you'll see that Corsair isn't "the only game in town". Anyway, good luck building yer rig! :)
That really is an incredible deal. Seems the Mushkin whupped up on Corsair in the Anandtech article...;)Quote:
Originally posted by aztec61
GC -
Most of that list I like, except I keep trying to tell people lately about this RAM deal that Mushkin is having. I just got it in Tues. - 2x512 of what they're calling their "Promo Build". It's $139./per + $6. shipping.
It's on an excellent Mushkin PCB (IMHO, Mushkin makes the best PCB's for memory sticks in the biz), and it has the same Winbond BH-5 mem chips as Corsair XMS PC3500! But the clincher is: it's full 2-2-2 CAS!, not 2-3-2, etc. I am sure it will o/c to 3500 speeds easily, and I'll find out as soon as I get an o/c'able mobo.
Check it out at http://www.mushkin.com/epages/Mushkin.storefront
Also, I remember seeing Sharky recommending Mushkin PC3200 in their January High-End Gaming Rig
http://sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGS...707_1568071__4
And for further reference, check this link
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/show...oc.html?i=1853
...you'll see that Corsair isn't "the only game in town". Anyway, good luck building yer rig! :)
You know it!
Proves that in certain rigs (Intel 875; nForce2 Ultra 400) using the PC3500 mem range, the Musky PC3500 Level II kicks ANY and ALL serious forms of a$$!
Just wish I could afford it!
I just want two 512MB DDR DIMMS, (Wait, there is no DualDDR on Intel Boards is there?) and I want them to have CAS timings of 2-2-2-5-T1, and I want them to run at 400MHz (PC3200). They have to be good quality and reliable though, y'know? I dont want them to break after I turn the PC on.
Goddamnit! Those are PC3500 dimms!
Here is another question about RAM. should I get more RAM, (As in 2gigabytes, 4x512Mb DIMMs of say, PC3200 Memory) or faster memory. (2x512MB PC3500 DImms)
I mostly game, and do 3ds Max work.