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34erd · 11-20-2005, 07:07 PM

I always so no on raptors but thats just me. I think a bigger drive is worth it than slightly higher load speeds.
Like Mr. Suave said you could get a better motherboard, that one is a very poor overclocker (unlike the new ASUS).
I'm not tryeng to be a fanboy, but the 7800GTX is always only 2 or 3 FPS from the XT, and its $150 cheaper.
RAM is OK... but for 1 Gb modules there are better options, try and look for PC4000 even if your not overclocking, because then you may be able to lower the timings even more for PC3200. If you're overclocking alot (which you may want to do with your CPU), look into 1 gigabyte of much faster RAM.
Processor is good, you could get the s939 opty 165 for $30 cheaper (if you can find it on monarchcomputer) and it comes with 1 Mb of cache. These are not officialy supported by enthusiast motherboards yet though, so if you ahve a preoblem, even if its unrelated to the fact your using an opty, the mobo company will not help you. But generaly it will work.
Then the monitors good, but your missing a PSU, case, and optical drive.

11-20-2005, 07:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	I always so no on raptors but thats just me. I think a bigger drive is worth it than slightly higher load speeds. Like Mr. Suave said you could get a better motherboard, that one is a very poor overclocker (unlike the new ASUS). I'm not tryeng to be a fanboy, but the 7800GTX is always only 2 or 3 FPS from the XT, and its $150 cheaper. RAM is OK... but for 1 Gb modules there are better options, try and look for PC4000 even if your not overclocking, because then you may be able to lower the timings even more for PC3200. If you're overclocking alot (which you may want to do with your CPU), look into 1 gigabyte of much faster RAM. Processor is good, you could get the s939 opty 165 for $30 cheaper (if you can find it on monarchcomputer) and it comes with 1 Mb of cache. These are not officialy supported by enthusiast motherboards yet though, so if you ahve a preoblem, even if its unrelated to the fact your using an opty, the mobo company will not help you. But generaly it will work. Then the monitors good, but your missing a PSU, case, and optical drive. __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami