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 :)

I know exactly how you feel because the last system I built was a Pentium 2 400 MHZ back in 1998 and this coming April will be my first new one since then and man I am dying for April to get here! Congrats!

Wow man! Wow.. I didn't think I'd every find anyone else here more hardcore outdated than my self.

Update: I have everything but an OS and a heatsink. All the other new hardware is very pretty though, especially the X1800XL! It's a really heafty card compaired to my old postage stand heatsink Radeon 64. (And Ruby kinda kicks ***:o) I'm a little skeptical about the memory cooling though, looks like it has really thick thermal tape connecting it to the heatsink..

I feel the same age as my old comouter! My XP-90c was here waiting for me when I came home today, and it's completely glorious! I'm in the proccess of building the system now. I'll have to go eat dinner now with the family though, Grr! :D

I sure I hope I did the AC5 right. A little bead slightly larger than a grain of rice (maybe two grains for me, uncooked dpending on the type...) Twist the HS around some and camp it down without peeling it up to look. I also sure hope the nail polish I used was ok, I'm not sure how pure it was, or how much acetone it had, but it seemed to do ok when I wiped it off with a soft cloth. (Clean boxers :eek: ) I put the RAM in first so it would be possible, and next I'll drop the mobo into the case after dinner. Am I missing anything?

Right, well that's enough screaming children for one night, now it's back to building. I'll have to shut down this old piece to strip out the sound card. Hopefully I'll be posting soon from the new system.

So I ran into a slight snag. Since I had decided that the overhang on the HSF would benefit the memory, the fan and its duct didn't line up with the vent on the case. After getting some quick advice on reapplying AS from ImaNihilist, I rotated the HSF 90 degrees. Now it fits the vent, but is on the very edge of the other side. The door now opens and closes, with the end of the duct perfectly going over the fan. To steal the words right out of my supervisor's mouth, "It's absolutely sexual!"

I'm really glad I hafd to reapply actually, as I was comforted to see the AS5 smeared across the entire CPU. I had infact used a touch too much. They really aren't kidding about using a dab about the size of an uncooked grain of rice. Not one of the long grains either.

I'm on the new system now. It's pretty sweet and stuff. The XP-90c and AS5 seem to be doing their job, the system is idling at 24c right now.

i'm having toruble with the ATI control pannel, or Catalyst controll center if that's what it's called now. It produces an error and won't run, so I can't configure 3D settings....

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Originally Posted by [DWC]DarkWolf

I'm on the new system now. It's pretty sweet and stuff. The XP-90c and AS5 seem to be doing their job, the system is idling at 24c right now.

i'm having toruble with the ATI control pannel, or Catalyst controll center if that's what it's called now. It produces an error and won't run, so I can't configure 3D settings....

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