sanitystealer
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I'm trying to choose between these two builds. I plan to Game heavily, and overclock very minutely (if even at all).
Here is build one.
Antec Super LANBoy Aluminum Mid Tower Case No/ PS
DFI Lan Party NForce4 SLI-DR Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE/PCI-E/SATA/DDR/ATX 64 939
eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) w/Battlefield 2
Seagate (ST380817AS) Barracuda 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache SATA
Antec NeoPower480 ATX 12V 480W Power Supply
ViewSonic 19" LCD VP191B (Black)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core 1MB Per Core 90nm (939) (Retail Box-w-Fan)
2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual-Channel (OCZ4002048PFDC-K)
The sacrafice in this build is RAM and HDD. The next build is almost the same, with a couple changes.
Build 2
Antec Super LANBoy Aluminum Mid Tower Case No/ PS
DFI Lan Party NForce4 SLI-DR Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE/PCI-E/SATA/DDR/ATX 64 939
2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual Channel Platinum (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K)
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E San Diego (939)
eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) w/Battlefield 2
Antec NeoPower480 ATX 12V 480W Power Supply
ViewSonic 19" LCD VP191B (Black)
TWO X Western Digital 36 GB 8MB 360GD Raptor SATA 10K RPM
(WD360GD) IN RAID 0
Obviously the second build has more HDD performance and higher quality/lower CAS RAM, but which will offer me better stock performance?
Also, it seems to me that the first build will be easier to surpass its shortcomings. (ie: drop another gig of ram and another HDD in). Whereas the second build would require me to scrap a part in order to upgrade. Scrapping = waste. Waste = bad.
Let me know what you guys think!!
P.S. There are parts missing, because I will be purchasinga Floppy, DVD-RW, Case fans, and a CPU heatsink from newegg.
I chose to go with monarch for the majority of my purchase because it had lower prices, no tax, and cheaper shipping.
Here is build one.
Antec Super LANBoy Aluminum Mid Tower Case No/ PS
DFI Lan Party NForce4 SLI-DR Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE/PCI-E/SATA/DDR/ATX 64 939
eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) w/Battlefield 2
Seagate (ST380817AS) Barracuda 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache SATA
Antec NeoPower480 ATX 12V 480W Power Supply
ViewSonic 19" LCD VP191B (Black)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core 1MB Per Core 90nm (939) (Retail Box-w-Fan)
2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual-Channel (OCZ4002048PFDC-K)
The sacrafice in this build is RAM and HDD. The next build is almost the same, with a couple changes.
Build 2
Antec Super LANBoy Aluminum Mid Tower Case No/ PS
DFI Lan Party NForce4 SLI-DR Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE/PCI-E/SATA/DDR/ATX 64 939
2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual Channel Platinum (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K)
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E San Diego (939)
eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/VIVO/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) w/Battlefield 2
Antec NeoPower480 ATX 12V 480W Power Supply
ViewSonic 19" LCD VP191B (Black)
TWO X Western Digital 36 GB 8MB 360GD Raptor SATA 10K RPM
(WD360GD) IN RAID 0
Obviously the second build has more HDD performance and higher quality/lower CAS RAM, but which will offer me better stock performance?
Also, it seems to me that the first build will be easier to surpass its shortcomings. (ie: drop another gig of ram and another HDD in). Whereas the second build would require me to scrap a part in order to upgrade. Scrapping = waste. Waste = bad.
Let me know what you guys think!!
P.S. There are parts missing, because I will be purchasinga Floppy, DVD-RW, Case fans, and a CPU heatsink from newegg.
I chose to go with monarch for the majority of my purchase because it had lower prices, no tax, and cheaper shipping.