Can you please look at this cheepo build =]

ScOuT · 05-19-2008, 07:45 AM

The motherboard you listed in your first post does NOT have SLI capability. It only has one PCI-E x16 slot. You might want to think again about getting the $90 motherboard if you want the ability to upgrade and maybe one day go SLI, a cheap board may not be your best selection. The board you chose is a good board but the future will be limited for expansion. Like in my other post here is my rcomendation to you for a motherboard, only $20 more and you will get soo much more board!

(ASUS P5N-D) Only $129 and it has North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI chipset.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131232R

LiefChou · 05-19-2008, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScOuT

You will need a heat sink. I am not insulting your intellagence but I have heard of people not installing one, you will cook your proc in about a minute. Here is the CPU cooler I use and never had a problem with it. Bought this for $28 and put on sone Arctic Silver 5, been great to me. There are tons of products and different people swear by different kinds. This is just an idea for you!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103031

Ayay, yea obviously I need a heatsink

, but will the stock one be fine? Thanks for the warning and recommendation =]

Grinlips · 05-19-2008, 02:36 PM

i ran a socket a mobo, ati radeon x1650pro, dvd burner, 6 fans and 5 hdd's
on a 500watt acme psu with no probs at all.... i wouldn't recomend going under 400watt.. and i also wouldn't recomend acme either... with your video card: seriously go with a brand you trust... Nvidia are good... i would also recomend that you choose windows xp as your os... it will run faster... and all games you mentioned will run fine with dx9... only Vista has dx10 but with your budget i'm guessing your choice in vid card will only hinder your experience with dx10... not a problem tho.. vista is totaly over rated in my opinion.. if i were to use it in the future it will only be that games may not run on earlier versions of dx = Direct-X
hope this helps... :-)

LiefChou · 05-19-2008, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grinlips

i ran a socket a mobo, ati radeon x1650pro, dvd burner, 6 fans and 5 hdd's
on a 500watt acme psu with no probs at all.... i wouldn't recomend going under 400watt.. and i also wouldn't recomend acme either... with your video card: seriously go with a brand you trust... Nvidia are good... i would also recomend that you choose windows xp as your os... it will run faster... and all games you mentioned will run fine with dx9... only Vista has dx10 but with your budget i'm guessing your choice in vid card will only hinder your experience with dx10... not a problem tho.. vista is totaly over rated in my opinion.. if i were to use it in the future it will only be that games may not run on earlier versions of dx = Direct-X
hope this helps... :-)

I thought the GPU I was getting was a pretty decent one, the 8800GTs are only a little more expensive, and this is a newer chipset. Shouldn't this play dx10 fine? I mean not highest resolutions and such, but I am also using a pretty small monitor.

Nevakonaza · 05-19-2008, 10:21 PM

i think your going to need a better processor if you plan on playing crysis.

i could be wrong but i see it been a bottleneck.

g25racer · 05-19-2008, 10:55 PM

LOL That hdd is super slow!! 8mb cache?

g25racer · 05-19-2008, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grinlips

i ran a socket a mobo, ati radeon x1650pro, dvd burner, 6 fans and 5 hdd's
on a 500watt acme psu with no probs at all.... i wouldn't recomend going under 400watt.. and i also wouldn't recomend acme either... with your video card: seriously go with a brand you trust... Nvidia are good... i would also recomend that you choose windows xp as your os... it will run faster... and all games you mentioned will run fine with dx9... only Vista has dx10 but with your budget i'm guessing your choice in vid card will only hinder your experience with dx10... not a problem tho.. vista is totaly over rated in my opinion.. if i were to use it in the future it will only be that games may not run on earlier versions of dx = Direct-X
hope this helps... :-)

Fans take up literally no watts at all!

ramodkk · 05-19-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oscaryu1

hec Orion 585W, P31-S3G, Corsair XMS2 CL4 DDR2-800 Dual Channel Kit, E2140, MSI 8800GTS G92.

They don't sell the E2140 at Newegg.com anymore

LiefChou · 05-20-2008, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevakonaza

i think your going to need a better processor if you plan on playing crysis.

i could be wrong but i see it been a bottleneck.

How much better would you say?

jimkonow · 05-20-2008, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Interested

its great, except for the Hard Drive. omg excelstor blows. go with seagate.

excelstor does not blow...theyre quite reliable HDs, dont judge a product by the price

05-19-2008, 02:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
Grinlips New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 16	regarding the psu. i ran a socket a mobo, ati radeon x1650pro, dvd burner, 6 fans and 5 hdd's on a 500watt acme psu with no probs at all.... i wouldn't recomend going under 400watt.. and i also wouldn't recomend acme either... with your video card: seriously go with a brand you trust... Nvidia are good... i would also recomend that you choose windows xp as your os... it will run faster... and all games you mentioned will run fine with dx9... only Vista has dx10 but with your budget i'm guessing your choice in vid card will only hinder your experience with dx10... not a problem tho.. vista is totaly over rated in my opinion.. if i were to use it in the future it will only be that games may not run on earlier versions of dx = Direct-X hope this helps... :-)

05-19-2008, 10:21 PM	#15 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,219	i think your going to need a better processor if you plan on playing crysis. i could be wrong but i see it been a bottleneck. __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300 2.8Ghz -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel) Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009

05-19-2008, 10:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,852	LOL That hdd is super slow!! 8mb cache? __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

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ScOuT Gold Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 428	The motherboard you listed in your first post does NOT have SLI capability. It only has one PCI-E x16 slot. You might want to think again about getting the $90 motherboard if you want the ability to upgrade and maybe one day go SLI, a cheap board may not be your best selection. The board you chose is a good board but the future will be limited for expansion. Like in my other post here is my rcomendation to you for a motherboard, only $20 more and you will get soo much more board! (ASUS P5N-D) Only $129 and it has North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI chipset. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131232R