new build for 06'

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fr34ky said:
Its his money and he doesnt like your guys thought which are true than let him spend the extra money.But why would you be chosing between a fx53 and 4000+ which are like twice the price, no question that you should get a dual core maybe not the fx-53 cuase there is no reason.plus a 7800 gtx would be a good match with fx53. With the sli
could you imagine dual 7800 GTX. WOW!!

Sli is not worth the money at all, neither is crossfire. the price performance ratio is terrible.
 
TSXmike said:
did you even read what i said... i still dont know if the memory is supported...

granted, DFIs board might be the best OC'er out there but where in my post did i say i was planning on extreme overclocking???
You have said that you are going to buy DDR500 XMS memory. Anyone whos buys this memory and isnt going to overclock has completely wasted his money as it has absolutely no performance increase over 1GB value DDR400 memory unless you are going to overclock. From this I thought you are going to overclock but if you arent then it just turns out that you don't know what you are doing....
 
weringo said:
You have said that you are going to buy DDR500 XMS memory. Anyone whos buys this memory and isnt going to overclock has completely wasted his money as it has absolutely no performance increase over 1GB value DDR400 memory unless you are going to overclock. From this I thought you are going to overclock but if you arent then it just turns out that you don't know what you are doing....


good point... i dont know too much about memory...
 
Personally, if you are looking at the FX-53 vs. 4000+, i'd go with the 4000+ San Diego at half the cost. The overclockablility will bring you to FX 53 performance and higher. OR if your willing to spend over $500 on a CPU, consider the X2 4400+, which with the right RAM, MOBO & PSU, you'll be able to OC to the 4800+ speeds and performance.

That Lian-Li case is really sweet, but there are many cases that are just as nice if not better for much less money. WD is a good HDD, but consider going Seagate for a SATA HDD. They are about $100.00 for 250GB. Seagate is one of the most trust HDD's on the market. 3 of my 4 HDD's are Seagates. They have the best Customer support as well as several great free downloadable HDD utilities.

With all of this money you'd save from my recommendations, you could buy the 7800GTX instead of the GT. You could even probably upgrade to the 7800GTX 512MB. woot!
 
Why don't you try this out:

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
$787.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544

Motherboard
ABIT KN8 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127225

Video Card
eVGA Geforce 7800GT 256-P2-N516 Video Card - Retail
$299.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256

Memory
GeIL Value 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
$173.44
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144322

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 300 MB/s Hard Drive - OEM
$115.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

Case
Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BNA Black Computer Case - Retail
$109.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133137

Power Supply
Antec TruePower 2.0 TRUECONTROL II-550 550W Power Supply - Retail
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103933

Total: $1703
 
I like the looks of your potential new machine. I've been looking at potential upgrade options myself. I agree, if you're going to spend the money anyway, why not go duel core? Although I must admit that, being a California girl, I like the fact that the 4000+ is called the "San Diego"

good luck!
 
weringo said:
Why don't you try this out:

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
$787.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544




i would say that the x2 4400 is a much better bang for your buck...its $497 and it runs at 2.2ghz...now the x2 4800 runs at 2.4ghz...i dont think its worth spending almost 3 hundred just to get 200 mhz

also...you might want to look at msi mobo's i hear they are just as good for less
 
weringo said:
Why don't you try this out:

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
$787.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544

Motherboard
ABIT KN8 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127225

Video Card
eVGA Geforce 7800GT 256-P2-N516 Video Card - Retail
$299.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256

Memory
GeIL Value 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
$173.44
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144322

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 300 MB/s Hard Drive - OEM
$115.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

Case
Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BNA Black Computer Case - Retail
$109.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133137

Power Supply
Antec TruePower 2.0 TRUECONTROL II-550 550W Power Supply - Retail
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103933

Total: $1703


i appriciate that you looked all that up for me... thanks...

not sure if i really like the Tsunami tho...
 
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