critique the following setup, please!

Beyond · 11-20-2005, 05:40 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116355 Monitor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131524 Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562 CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102624 GC

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146970 RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144160 HD

Ku-sama · 11-20-2005, 05:52 PM

id say its very nice, but what are you useing the system for?

Mr.Suave · 11-20-2005, 05:52 PM

wat will this be used for and wat is your budget??
this is a much better board for only $3 more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136152
also you can get about the same performance out of a 7800gtx 256mb and its a lot cheaper than the x1800xt
and by your setup it seems this will be for gaming so the RAM you chose has a CAS of 3 and you want it to be 2 or 2.5 check Ram 101 for more info.
And the HD do you really need a raptor? a 16mb 7200rpm HD will do just fine and you'll get more space. check Hdd 101

Beyond · 11-20-2005, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Suave

wat will this be used for and wat is your budget??
this is a much better board for only $3 more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136152
also you can get about the same performance out of a 7800gtx 256mb and its a lot cheaper than the x1800xt
and by your setup it seems this will be for gaming so the RAM you chose has a CAS of 3 and you want it to be 2 or 2.5 check Ram 101 for more info.
And the HD do you really need a raptor? a 16mb 7200rpm HD will do just fine and you'll get more space. check Hdd 101

yes, the system is primarily for gaming. budget is about $2000

bigsaucybob · 11-20-2005, 05:56 PM

well the raptors are good for gaming but if u can fit it into ur budget u might wanna get 2. 74gb of hard drive space isnt much.

34erd · 11-20-2005, 06:07 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.

Beyond · 11-20-2005, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigsaucybob

well the raptors are good for gaming but if u can fit it into ur budget u might wanna get 2. 74gb of hard drive space isnt much.

yeah, for the time being i'm thinking i can live with one, but as time goes on i'll probably get another one.

this is a complete system build, so i obviously still have to get other things, and i'm already close to being WAY over what i can afford...

Beyond · 11-20-2005, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 34erd

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.

overclocking is probably something i'm not going to do, so it's not a big deal.

11-20-2005, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Beyond Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Computer Engineering @ NCSU Posts: 1,271	critique the following setup, please! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116355 Monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131524 Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562 CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102624 GC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146970 RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144160 HD

11-20-2005, 05:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mr.Suave Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,373	wat will this be used for and wat is your budget?? this is a much better board for only $3 more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136152 also you can get about the same performance out of a 7800gtx 256mb and its a lot cheaper than the x1800xt and by your setup it seems this will be for gaming so the RAM you chose has a CAS of 3 and you want it to be 2 or 2.5 check Ram 101 for more info. And the HD do you really need a raptor? a 16mb 7200rpm HD will do just fine and you'll get more space. check Hdd 101 __________________ The Comp: CPU--Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5!!!:D HDD--WD Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA MB---DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR RAM--OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) GPU--Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb SPU--Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PSU--ENERMAX Whisper II 535W all inside a Thermaltake Matrix VX

11-20-2005, 05:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
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11-20-2005, 06:07 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

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11-20-2005, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	id say its very nice, but what are you useing the system for?