Ultimate Gaming Machine (UGM)

[dar2lit]

Hello everyone,

I would like to get opinions on this system that I am building. Now my system would be the UGM if I would have went with the WD Raptor harddrives but I did not. Here is what I went with and at the end how much the system is costing me.

Case: Thermaltake Black Kandalf Full-Tower AXT
Power Supply: Hiper Type R 580 watt SLI eddition
Motherboard: ASUS A8N Premium
Processor: FX-57
Memory: TWINX2048-3200CS2 X 2 (4 gigs)
Video Card: BFG Geforce 7800GTX SLI
Sound Card: Audigy 2 ZS Platnium
Hard Drive: WD 250 GB 16 MB cache X 2
DVDRW: Plextor 716A
DVD: Sony DDU1615/B2s
3 1/2 floppy drive
All in one media card reader (Vantec)
Keyboard: Microsoft fingerprint and mouse combo
Mouse: Logitech MX310 backup mouse
Monitor: Samsung 204T Black 20.1 16ms LCD
Cost: $5345USD

Future Mods: Liquid Cooling, Raptor HD's X 8, and X-Fi sound card.

 

[skidude]

Is that a SLI 7800GTX?!?!?!? WOW, lucky dog, and with an FX-57!!!!! That's gonna be a f*cking SCREAMER!!!

 

[dar2lit]

Thanks for the reply, skidude. I have been shopping for the UGM for over a year and just saved up for it.

 

[redrider773]

I would wait until they started making 16mb caches on HDD that actual benefit over 8mb. really. and also, I hope your not getting that card reader for the sake of it, so unnessiccarily expensive

 

[dar2lit]

Thanks for the reply redrider773. My cardreader only cost me like $10.00USD and I will use for my digital cam and my friends cams. The price difference between 16MB cache and 8MB cache HDD is little to non-existent on newegg.

 

[redrider773]

ya, but it MIGHT be a disadvantage since its so new, so poor quality. Get a second source on this tho...

 

[dar2lit]

redrider773, R U talking about HDD's or card reader?

 

[skidude]

Prbly talking about the card reader. But I really like those 7800Gtx's.......

 

[dar2lit]

thanks skidude.

 

[kof2000]

i would not say ultimate, but it is good but then again i would say it is ultimately expensive machine. if you have money you might as well go SCSI raid 15,000rpm LOL

and this 4gb memory will not downclock the mobo will it.

 

[skidude]

I think it'll be fine.

 

[redrider773]

well its so unnessicary. I'm talkin bout the HDD by the way. you don't need 4 gigs dude, simply wasted cash.

 

[kof2000]

2gb RAM is good already unless he wanted to run 5 copies of doom 3 or BF2 he's need 4 gb.

 

[skidude]

Ya lol....

 

[dar2lit]

thanks for the reply kof2000. 4gp will not downclock the mobo. I thought about scsi but just did not want to go with them rightnow.

 

[dar2lit]

I am planning to upgrade to the windows 64 bit edition when the drivers and games are online for it. That is why I went with 4gb of memory.

 

[skidude]

You might want to wait till X64 is a bit more stable...

 

[dar2lit]

I am going to wait for that. That was my whole intention.

 

[skidude]

Ok, good choice, since there are no 64 bit games out yet, so you wouldn't the full effect of X64.

 

[XHotxEx791]

Awesome dude.