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Time to build!

Ishcabittle

Ishcabittle

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For those interested, all of my parts have been purchased and I'm very near ready to build out. I'm just waiting on the vid card to arrive in the mail, then I can get to goin'!

Here are my parts:

Asus A8N-E mobo - $64
Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHz proc $95
eVGA nVidia GeForce 6800 XT 256MB vid $110
1.5 GB RAM in three 512MB sticks $0.00 (friend had spares)
500W PSU in a mid tower case $54
2 - 120mm fans + 2 80mm fans, one intake one exhaust each $25
DVD-R drive + CD-RW drive $0.00 (already pwned)
shitty 30GB IDE HD - soon to be upgraded to as many SATA drives as I can fit in there all in a RAID0 array. $0.00

Total? $348.00 Slightly less proc power, but slightly better GPU. Right in line with Menty's recommendations. After burn-in, I may just overclock that shit up, so as long as the proc is stable, the GHz may go up dramatically (I've read reports that you can push a 3000+ to 2.8GHz with a water-cooled system, so we'll see).

So I went with a geforce 6800 instead of the 6600... I noticed in my research that the 6800 beats out the 6600 in several ways - 256bit data path instead of 128bit, 12 pixels per clock instead of 8, and a higher GPU clock. Plus it was a decent price.

One question I have for anyone willing to field it: The mobo's RAM slots are dual channel compatible, what I'm wondering is if I'm going to need dual channel chips. Do "regular" chips effect the dual channel throughput? Also, is it inefficient to have two chips in a dual channel config and then have this third chip hanging out on its own?

I can't wait to build. I'm like a kid in a candy shop! I got my thermal grease at the ready, gonna spooge it on my proc like so much baby-batter, affix my heatsink and fuckin' finally join the current generation of gamers. Oh, and probably do some work, too :gagh:.
 
Looks like a good set up. It should serve you well if airflow is good. And yeah, the 6800 series beats the ever loving shit out of the 6600 series, and they've been coming down in price because of the 7800 series. I have a 6800 ultra and I'll tell you this, Half Life 2 or Battlefield 2 all video options Maxed out looks fucking insane.

Quick question, what heatsink did you get for it, or are you rocking the stock?
 
Stock heatsink. I read that the warranty is voided if you use a different heatsink (how are they going to know?) and it was cheaper to buy this proc and get a heatsink than to buy proc and a heatsink separate.

It'll be fun when the vid card shows up. Although, wouldn't you know it, the eBay member that sold it to me is no longer registered. I hope to the goddess that I didn't get ripped off, that would just be the cherry on top.
 
Not a ripoff. *fingers crossed* Dude emailed me tonight... I know everyone was rivited to the edge of their seats and shit... apparently his wife was using his account to bid up her own items.

Funny, I can't really be mad about that 'cause I do that shit with my wife's account. So there you go.
 
Ishcabittle said:
For those interested, all of my parts have been purchased and I'm very near ready to build out. I'm just waiting on the vid card to arrive in the mail, then I can get to goin'!

Here are my parts:

Asus A8N-E mobo - $64
Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHz proc $95
eVGA nVidia GeForce 6800 XT 256MB vid $110
1.5 GB RAM in three 512MB sticks $0.00 (friend had spares)
500W PSU in a mid tower case $54
2 - 120mm fans + 2 80mm fans, one intake one exhaust each $25
DVD-R drive + CD-RW drive $0.00 (already pwned)
shitty 30GB IDE HD - soon to be upgraded to as many SATA drives as I can fit in there all in a RAID0 array. $0.00

Total? $348.00 Slightly less proc power, but slightly better GPU. Right in line with Menty's recommendations. After burn-in, I may just overclock that shit up, so as long as the proc is stable, the GHz may go up dramatically (I've read reports that you can push a 3000+ to 2.8GHz with a water-cooled system, so we'll see).

So I went with a geforce 6800 instead of the 6600... I noticed in my research that the 6800 beats out the 6600 in several ways - 256bit data path instead of 128bit, 12 pixels per clock instead of 8, and a higher GPU clock. Plus it was a decent price.

One question I have for anyone willing to field it: The mobo's RAM slots are dual channel compatible, what I'm wondering is if I'm going to need dual channel chips. Do "regular" chips effect the dual channel throughput? Also, is it inefficient to have two chips in a dual channel config and then have this third chip hanging out on its own?

I can't wait to build. I'm like a kid in a candy shop! I got my thermal grease at the ready, gonna spooge it on my proc like so much baby-batter, affix my heatsink and fuckin' finally join the current generation of gamers. Oh, and probably do some work, too :gagh:.
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1.5 GB ram for free? Motherfucker! $95 for a fucking processor? I need to start talking to my fucking government about our fucking high costs up here. As for your dual-channel capabilities (fuck off bitch!) you may need to look at this http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-011965.htm
 
Ishcabittle said:
Stock heatsink. I read that the warranty is voided if you use a different heatsink (how are they going to know?) and it was cheaper to buy this proc and get a heatsink than to buy proc and a heatsink separate.

It'll be fun when the vid card shows up. Although, wouldn't you know it, the eBay member that sold it to me is no longer registered. I hope to the goddess that I didn't get ripped off, that would just be the cherry on top.
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I could have told the fucker that. He is too stupid to realise when you purchase a new computer, a reputable manufacturer will demand you keep all the original parts.

How will they know? Ever heard of serial numbers dipshit?
 
For anyone who knows... what kind of chassis would I need to get to fit an nVidia Quad-SLi mobo + Ageia PhysX Physics Accelerator to?
 
Paladin, thanks for the link, that explains a lot. I appreciate it, now fuck off and die. You go to hell and you die.

TQ, I would guess you would need a full tower with at least 8 (?) expansion slots in the back der.
 
Paladin said:
I could have told the fucker that. He is too stupid to realise when you purchase a new computer, a reputable manufacturer will demand you keep all the original parts.

How will they know? Ever heard of serial numbers dipshit?
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You truely are a retard. Yes, they will demand you KEEP all the parts, doesn't mean you have to USE them you dumb fuck.

My 3.2 Pen 4 uses an Aerocool HT-101. I've had one problem with it and I've sent it back with the stock heatsink and they replaced it, NQA. They dont know that you've been using an aftermarket heatsink, nore do they care. As long as the stock looks like it's been used, Thermal paste on the bottom, a bit of dust in it, they dont give two shits.
 
Good to know... I was thinking about going with something truely obnoxious, like the "Blue Orb" dealy shown here:

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Another you can get, which is good for Athalon 64's, is the Freezer 64 by Arctic Cooling. It's effective and cost effecient.
 
Ishcabittle said:
Good to know... I was thinking about going with something truely obnoxious, like the "Blue Orb" dealy shown here:

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Jesus! That thing looks like it belongs in a fuckin' MOPAR catalogue, not in a computer!

(I like it!) :D
 
Take a look at these then TQ, they're like fucking Jet engines.

Asus Star Ice series:
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Thermaltake Beetle
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Jesus! You'd need a huge case for that shit, huh?

I installed my last fan last night, and all of my temps went down by about 2 degrees Celsius so I'm pretty confident in the stock heatsink for now. I want to run my shit at stock speeds until everything has settled in, then when I can afford some new gizmos for cooling I'll overclock. Apparently top speeds of 2.8GHz are not unheard of with a 3000+, depending on the cooling system. That's a pretty kick ass clock for a hundred dollar proc.
 
Yeah the Athalon 64 3000's are nice. Before he upgraded, My friend pushed his to 3.0.

But yeah, when you want to upgrade heatsinks, the Freezer 64 is around $25-$30. It works very well. Before I got the HT-101, I had the Pentium version of it, the freezer 4. Kept my heat levels at around 80-90 degrees.
 
OMFG.

That's all I can say right now. The speed difference is astounding, and I haven't even tried any games yet.

My browser renders pages almost seven times faster. It's going to be a good summer.
 
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