After 6 years, my new system is finally comming!

Opteron 165 CCBWE (hoping for 2.6-2.8+ghz)
XP-90c w/ 56cfm 92mm fan and AS5
1x120mm fan + 1/2x80mm 15cfm fan(s)
ASUS A8R-MVP CrossFire 200 mobo
ASUS X1800XL retail
G.Skill 2x1gb 2-3-2-5 PC3200 DDR
MaxLine III 300GB HDD
NEC combo DVD-R drive
Antec 640B case
SeaSonic S12 500w PSU
TerraTec 24/96 Audio

This system will replace:
PIII 800mhz
DEE815A mobo
Radeon 64mb (the original)
512mb PC133 SDRAM
120gb HDD
TerraTec 24/96

I expect a 6-24x improvement in applications and games. I should be happy. What do you guys think?
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EDIT: All totalled up, I think this system ran me about $1460. More if/when I replace my POS keyboard and maybe my mouse.

Looks nice, I would say you might get maybe 5fps faster in games :P :P

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Originally Posted by [DWC]DarkWolf

Opteron 165 CCBWE (hoping for 2.6-2.8+ghz)
XP-90c w/ 56cfm 92mm fan and AS5
1x120mm fan + 1/2x80mm 15cfm fan(s)
ASUS A8R-MVP CrossFire 200 mobo
ASUS X1800XL retail
G.Skill 2x1gb 2-3-2-5 PC3200 DDR
MaxLine III 300GB HDD
NEC combo DVD-R drive
Antec 640B case
SeaSonic S12 500w PSU
TerraTec 24/96 Audio

This system will replace:
PIII 800mhz
DEE815A mobo
Radeon 64mb (the original)
512mb PC133 SDRAM
120gb HDD
TerraTec 24/96

I expect a 6-24x improvement in applications and games. I should be happy. What do you guys think?
:cool:

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Dang hell of an upgrade you should probably steal your grandma's oxygen tank so you don't pass out. I noticed a sizeable upgrade difference from a T-Bred @ 2.2 and a 6800GT AGP to a 3700+ San Diego and a 7800gt PCI-E.

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Originally Posted by OutKlast

Dang hell of an upgrade you should probably steal your grandma's oxygen tank so you don't pass out. I noticed a sizeable upgrade difference from a T-Bred @ 2.2 and a 6800GT AGP to a 3700+ San Diego and a 7800gt PCI-E.

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My granda doesn't use an O2 tank. She drives a WRX. ;)

You're right though, I might need one. About the best system I've really gotten to use is a 1.8ghz Newcastle with a basic 6600 and some overclocking... At the time, it was unbelieveably fast. I think this system should kill it though.

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Originally Posted by [DWC]DarkWolf

My granda doesn't use an O2 tank. She drives a WRX. ;)


I think this system should kill it though.

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it's a great system i can assure you. i went from a pentium 3 733 with a geforce 4mx 440 se to a pentium 4 3.0 with a 9800 pro and i was speechless :p

@ granny: nice rig :D

Some reason the thought of your granny driving a WRX scares me quite a bit...

Wow nice upgrade the P3 800mhz was the first rig I built and it only had 128mb because the ram cost $1 a meg, times have changed and I'm glad your rig finally did.

Wow your going to see a night and day difference in the performance of your new machine.

Just out of curiosity, what do you guys do with your old machines? I have a 1ghz P3 Compaq Deskpro EN laying around that I don't know what to do with....

That new system sounds awesome, BTW!! :D

Congrats Darkwolf. Looks like a great system. I'm in the same boat as you. At the end of February I'm going to finally replace my P3 1ghz, 512mb Ram, Ti4400 system.:)

CRAP!! Almost though T-bird made this thread.

Anyways, nice setup, makes me jealous :(

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Originally Posted by SoSo09

CRAP!! Almost though T-bird made this thread.

Anyways, nice setup, makes me jealous :(

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Hey? I was going to make a Tbird joke :mad:

This was my joke.

Hey! don't laugh, there are ppl (Tbird) who would kill for that system he's throwing out. :D

Old Computers = great mini servers for random sh1t.

Enjoy your new sys!

Hey thanks for the props guys. I might turn my computer over to my five year old brother.. Once I get all the smut off it.... :o

Newegg finally exepted my card this morning.. I think I went over my daily spending limit or something. I might have most of my parts in tomorrow, but I definately won't have the RAM, PSU or DVD drive before X-mas. Kind of a bummer, I'll get two days off in a row for the first time in like two months. Maybe I can get next sat off and have a killer LAN party. :D

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Originally Posted by Colossus

Some reason the thought of your granny driving a WRX scares me quite a bit...

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hehe i just remembered that episode of south park about old people driving :)