My first time building a gaming pc...

mash · 10-16-2005, 04:35 AM

Do you think the vid card is a little too much for the rest of the PC? I'm having trouble finding a vid card better than the other one, but not so expensive...

**Praetor** · 10-16-2005, 09:19 AM

Thats a realy crappy PSU

have a look at PSU 101 for some suggestions

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do you think the vid card is a little too much for the rest of the pc? i'm having trouble finding a vid card better than the other one, but not so expensive...

yeah thats definitely not a gaming motherboard.. like i mean, it'll work, but you'll prolly enjoy the nf4ultra a lot more.

mash · 10-16-2005, 03:53 PM

I've made some adjustments, trying to keep speed and gaming balanced.

Case
(would you still suggest getting a better PSU with it?)

And the rest of the build:

34erd · 10-16-2005, 06:00 PM

Good choice on the GTO, I've heard it can be unlocked to a x850.
Again though I would change the mobo, try to stick with nforce 4 for gaming.
And if your not doing major overclocking the stock thermal paste will do fine.

mash · 10-16-2005, 06:55 PM

Were you thinking of something like this?

**Praetor** · 10-16-2005, 07:43 PM

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(would you still suggest getting a better PSU with it?)

Well the specs on the PSU arent listed so i cant comment but as a general principle, if the specs arent even listed.... its prolly not worth all that much

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Good choice on the GTO, I've heard it can be unlocked to a x850.

You almost definitively heard wrong. The X850 is a 12pipe card. The X800XL is a 16 pipe card. Furthermore, thanks to ATi, we cant guarantee a certain core on their products (423 vs 480)

**Archangel** · 10-16-2005, 07:48 PM

i would go for a socket 939 motherboard, and a AMD 3000+ venice CPU

CPU
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ctCode=80699-5
Mobo
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=246447

the DFI can overclock the CPU pretty nice. and it has a great performance

34erd · 10-16-2005, 08:33 PM

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You almost definitively heard wrong. The X850 is a 12pipe card. The X800XL is a 16 pipe card. Furthermore, thanks to ATi, we cant guarantee a certain core on their products (423 vs 480)

My bad, it was the GTO2 unlockable to x850 XT PE. The articles here

mash · 10-16-2005, 11:42 PM

Ok, which do y'all think would be better, one of the previous ones I posted, or this:

Case

HDD

Mobo

Vid Card

Memory (x2)

Processor

34erd · 10-17-2005, 01:11 AM

You may want another PSU than what came with the case. I'm running an antec neopower which is a good choice for teh price (~$100). If you want to try unlocking a GTO2, its the same price, but its up to you. Also theres no point of getting SATA 3 Gb/s, normal users wont notice a difference. Get a 160 gig SATA hard drive instead.

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34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	Good choice on the GTO, I've heard it can be unlocked to a x850. Again though I would change the mobo, try to stick with nforce 4 for gaming. And if your not doing major overclocking the stock thermal paste will do fine. __________________ 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

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Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,280	i would go for a socket 939 motherboard, and a AMD 3000+ venice CPU CPU http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ctCode=80699-5 Mobo http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=246447 the DFI can overclock the CPU pretty nice. and it has a great performance __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

10-17-2005, 01:11 AM	#20 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	You may want another PSU than what came with the case. I'm running an antec neopower which is a good choice for teh price (~$100). If you want to try unlocking a GTO2, its the same price, but its up to you. Also theres no point of getting SATA 3 Gb/s, normal users wont notice a difference. Get a 160 gig SATA hard drive instead. __________________ 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

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10-16-2005, 04:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
mash Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 73	Do you think the vid card is a little too much for the rest of the PC? I'm having trouble finding a vid card better than the other one, but not so expensive...

10-16-2005, 03:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
mash Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 73	I've made some adjustments, trying to keep speed and gaming balanced. Case (would you still suggest getting a better PSU with it?) And the rest of the build:

10-16-2005, 06:55 PM	#15 (permalink)
mash Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 73	Were you thinking of something like this?

10-16-2005, 11:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
mash Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 73	Ok, which do y'all think would be better, one of the previous ones I posted, or this: Case HDD Mobo Vid Card Memory (x2) Processor