xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) Here we go - my final draft of my future home PC for video work, photo work, "backing up DVD's," minor gaming, and suchMOBO - $122ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail CPU - $322AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail RAM - $215CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt - Retail HDD - $97Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEMCASE - $69Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail VIDEO CARD - $155MSI RX800-TD256E Radeon X800 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail PSU - $30ASPIRE ATX-CW500WP4 ATX 500W Power Supply - Retail DVD BURNER - $40NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM DVD ROM - $30LITE-ON Black IDE Combo Drive Model SOHC-5236V BK RTL - Retail OtherOS - $88Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 - OEM HDD Cooler - $4MASSCOOL 4B02S4 Hard Disk Cooler - Retail Okay, with shipping and minus the rebates, this comes out to a whopping total of...$1216.35 Edited December 4, 2005 by xxkbxx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 If you get a crossfire mobo you can use 2 ATI cards but if you get an nVidia card that can allow you to upgrade to a second one later with that SLI board. not to sound mean or anything but i have yet to figure out why people keep getting SLI boards and put an ATI card in them. you can only use 1 card making the sli function useless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I have no intention on getting SLI on this system, I just like the ASUS board and the MSI card Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 MSI also makes nVidia cards but Asus does not make ATI Crossfire boards i don't think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I was referring to the specific board and card, not the brand names ASUS and MSI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 ok, just making suggestions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 ok, just making suggestions.It's apprectiated, do you have any others? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I would not get the SLI motherboard get THIS I have the same board and it will save you some money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) I would not get the SLI motherboard get THIS I have the same board and it will save you some money.Okay, I read that it DOES support AMD X2's, which is a must, but it doesn't have FireWire or SATA2, so I might stay with the ASUSBut, what do you think about the Video Card, that is the one topic that I'm not too educated onI just need something good enough to last for a while (won't be OC'ed, but will be used for a little gaming) and around the $150 rangehow do this sound?PNY VCG68128XWB Geforce 6800 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133155$160 after rebate Edited December 4, 2005 by xxkbxx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 That video card is good I have the same card I can play HL2, F.E.A.R, Doom 3, Quake 4 the only problem I have had is the card will over heat with Doom 3, and Quake so you might want to get a better cooling system for the video card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) That video card is good I have the same card I can play HL2, F.E.A.R, Doom 3, Quake 4 the only problem I have had is the card will over heat with Doom 3, and Quake so you might want to get a better cooling system for the video card.I don't see myself (or my parents for that matter) playing Quake or DoomI'll probably play BF2 or Call of DutyI just saw that with XP Home there's a Combo deal for a Leadtek PX6800TDH Geforce 6800 256MB 256-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail at $189, ($20 off regular price)Is that any good, or is it unneccesary for my needs Edited December 4, 2005 by xxkbxx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 This is your computer but I think the althon X2 is overkill a althon 64 3700+ would be more that fine for video work, photo work, backing up DVD's, and minor gaming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 The thing is I'm leaving the PC with my parents when I go off to college and they wanted something reliable to last them over the years. I want something to use this year, I do a good deal of multitasking for work with the Adobe Pagemaker/InDesign while running Photoshop simultaneously.What's your thoughts between the Leadtek and PNY, I've never heard of Leadtek, and the only difference I found was the PNY has 128MB 256-bit GDDR3, while the Leadtek is 256MB 256-bit DDR. However, I think price might override getting the PNY for $30 cheaper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Leadtek makes nice cards im not a huge fan of PNY.Leadtek makes nice cards im not a huge fan of PNY.The Leadtek PX6800TDH Geforce 6800 is nice I was gonna get that card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Leadtek makes nice cards im not a huge fan of PNY.Alrighty then, I'll have to print off the price list ($1205.90) for my Dad whenever the Bears get done beating the Packers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 If I would have known you was building I would have sold you my x800 but I put it in a friends computer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Thanks for the thought,Just out of curiousity, what's your opinion on nVidia vs. ATI? Is it really that big of a difference Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I like ATI on some games it seems faster there is very little diffrence between ATI and Nvidia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) Ok, sounds good enough. I'm just going to check newegg 1 more time for anymore deals on video cardsIf I see something good I'll post it upAlso, my Dad just asked if Newegg will ship everything at once, or separatly, just wondering if you knewUpdated - eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail for $125andXFX PVT43GNDF3 Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail for $130Anything worth jumping on? (I promise I'll stop bothering you soon) Edited December 4, 2005 by xxkbxx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 When I ordered my computer they sent everything at one time.Everyone i've talked to likes eVGA cards.The eVGA card also has HDTV support. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Allright, I'll put up a post when it gets built (which could be anywhere from next weekend to post-christmas) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 personally i like nVidia. and brand cards i like eVGA. they are solid made good warranties and the step-up program is cool too. top end ATI usually only out performs nVidia in Half-Life 2 in the benchmarks. sometimes in UT2K4 too. but when were talking 7800GTX 512 vs Radeon1800XT in half-life2 nVidia wins in higher resolutions like 1600x1200 with 4x anti-aliasing but only when not in SLI and against only 1 Radeon. with crossfire enabled they are better i think. SLI 7800GTX 512's demolish ATI in just about everythin else. but it don't seem like you are that hardcore about games or even have the cash (1 7800GTX 512 is $750 on newegg). the 6 series seems more like your cup of tee. nothing lower than a 6600GT. I run BF2 in medium no probs with my AGP one. HL2 automatically presets to high (though that is not the highest. a 7800GT would probably be the best in affordability and playin games on into the future. and i mean GT not GTX. even regular GTX's are expensive.P.S. sry for the long post. i tend to write too much every once in a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 It's no problem, thanks for all the info. I'm am going to go with the eBGA 6600GT since this PC will only get it's gaming use for 1 year so I'm not too worried about having an outdated video card 4 or 5 years down the road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 personally i like nVidia. and brand cards i like eVGA. they are solid made good warranties and the step-up program is cool too. top end ATI usually only out performs nVidia in Half-Life 2 in the benchmarks. sometimes in UT2K4 too. but when were talking 7800GTX 512 vs Radeon1800XT in half-life2 nVidia wins in higher resolutions like 1600x1200 with 4x anti-aliasing but only when not in SLI and against only 1 Radeon. with crossfire enabled they are better i think. SLI 7800GTX 512's demolish ATI in just about everythin else. but it don't seem like you are that hardcore about games or even have the cash (1 7800GTX 512 is $750 on newegg). the 6 series seems more like your cup of tee. nothing lower than a 6600GT. I run BF2 in medium no probs with my AGP one. HL2 automatically presets to high (though that is not the highest. a 7800GT would probably be the best in affordability and playin games on into the future. and i mean GT not GTX. even regular GTX's are expensive.P.S. sry for the long post. i tend to write too much every once in a while.With my 1800XT I can play HL2 on 1600x200 8x anti-aliasing, and Doom 3 with 2x AA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) i'm sure you can but what frame rates do you get with AA turned up.I can turn mine up to that too but it'd run so bad it'd be unbearable.at the settings i have set it usually stays around 40-55 and sometimes shoots to 80-120 especially in indoors areas.also xxkbxx if you play half-life 2 or most other games for that matter use bilinear filtering on a 6600GT for best results (except in medal of honor allied assaultt max that s.o.b. except shadows, oddly enough if you turn it past simple the game plays like crap) Edited December 4, 2005 by Honda_Boy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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