Building my new computer!!

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Fri 08-25-2006 9:56PM

Hi, I am finnaly getting around to get a new computer. So far I know I want it to have:

DDR2
Duel Core
ATI Video cards with crossfire

Anyone have any thoughts.

kjk437 · **Posted:** Fri 08-25-2006 10:06PM

Conroe is your friend. E6600, then overclock the shit out of it. Runs %30 faster than an FX-62 for about $350.

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Fri 08-25-2006 10:26PM

Oh yes forgot that aswell. Prolly gonna go conroe unless amd pulls some shit outta their ass in the next week or 2. Thanks for reminding me.

kjk437 · **Posted:** Fri 08-25-2006 10:57PM

Yeah, that's probably your best bet, but I don't know much about the mobo's available for them right now. Someone else will have to help you there.

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 1:02PM

Right now I am looking at this mobo from asus:

http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3 ... odelmenu=1

kjk437 · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 1:18PM

Looks good. Never had any problems from ASUS.

Fattybuddha · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 2:41PM

You might want to take a look at this motherboard:

http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2822&p=1

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 3:37PM

Any reason you like the older chip set ip965 over the i975x in the one I posted. Other than that they seem to all have the same features.

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 3:45PM

Here is what I am looking at so far:

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131025

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115003

Vid card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102657

ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145034

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822144701

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817103931

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custratin ... 6811119077

kjk437 · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 4:04PM

The x1950 is nice (really nice), but if you're going to spend that kind of money, wouldn't you want to wait for DX10 cards, first? Just get a cheap card for now.

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 4:11PM

kjk437 wrote:

The x1950 is nice (really nice), but if you're going to spend that kind of money, wouldn't you want to wait for DX10 cards, first? Just get a cheap card for now.

good point, do you know the eta on dx10 ati cards?

fxblast · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 4:24PM

From what I've seen, it looks like the Ati DX10 cards (R600) won't be out until about this Christmas, if everything goes good.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32387

Fall0ut-Boy wrote:

Any reason you like the older chip set ip965 over the i975x in the one I posted. Other than that they seem to all have the same features.

I think the 965 series is newer than the 975 series, and is fully Core 2 compatible out of the box, while the 975 series would need a bios update.

Your build looks great, and very similar to the one I plan to build soon. But it'd be best to wait for the next gen video cards, hard as that may be. :wink:

kjk437 · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 4:26PM

I heard the DX10 cards will be released simultaneously with Vista (but, then again, Vista was supposed to be released this holiday season, so DX10 cards could very well still be coming out then).

Fall0ut-Boy · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 5:02PM

Ya I think you sold me on waiting for a DX10 card, and just get a cheeper one until then. Anyone have ideas about the 6600 vs 6400 core 2?

fxblast · **Posted:** Sat 08-26-2006 5:25PM

Depends on what looks like a better deal. The e6600 is about $130 more than the e6400. Both overclock nicely, but the e6600 has 4 megs of cache, is faster, and uses the conroe core. The e6400 has 2 megs cache, is slower, and i think uses a different core. Check out Tom's interactive cpu chart and that might help you make your decision.

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