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post #1 of 33
11/22/05 at 10:39pm
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My wife gave me permission to build my dream game rig which most definately includes SLI and the 7800GTX

Im getting hung up on processors though. Ive been very intensively looking at AMD socket 939 processors, and have rounded it to 3, but cant decide. Which of these would you pick, and why. Money is an issue, but not THE issue, so I guess im trying to say i'd pay a bit more for bigger bang (within reason) Thanks in advance for the help.

1) AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 $812
2) AMD Athlon 64-X2 4800+ (dual core GPU) $787
3) Intel ( I know I know) P4EE 840 $1030

All of these are from newegg.com, and are going to be used for the gaming......nothing else. Im really leaning to AMD for this one, FX-55 in perticular, so any info is greatly appreciated.

James

EDIT: Updated with prices from newegg, which are cheaper, which means breast implants are now optional
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post #2 of 33
11/22/05 at 10:41pm
2) AMD Athalon 64-X2 4800+ (dual core GPU) $950.00

Tho I would go for breast implants for her first
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post #3 of 33
11/22/05 at 10:54pm
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aparently (according to the DELL RESIDENT ASSHOLE!!!!!) I cant spell ATHLON.....
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post #4 of 33
11/22/05 at 11:10pm
I have given up trying to have the current best of everything, and now concentrate on how well my games are performing. My FX-53 is working to acceptable levels so, of your choices I would choose the FX-55. One exception, if you do not plan on any upgrades for an entire year, or more, then buy the most you can afford now. I upgrade something every few months, so buying one step back from the "Bleeding Edge" makes sense.
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post #5 of 33
11/22/05 at 11:24pm
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Yeah, this will be an ongoing project, but I have it rounded down to the following:

CoolerMaster Wavemaster Case (silver)
Ultra X-Finity 600W SLI Approved PSU
Ultra Fire CPU Fan and heatsink
2 BFG 7800GTX OC in SLI
Asus A8N SLI Delux mobo
(insert processor here)
300Gb HDD (just in case)
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Sound Card
Linksys gigabit ethernet and wireless NIC
NEC DVD burner/player
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post #6 of 33
11/23/05 at 12:19am
looks good! my .02
go w/ the fx 55 n go w/ a different psu

i'd suggest the pc power n cooling or a solid antec or oz psu

keep us posted on your buildup

(this is 4 DB)
-MMMMMM Hooters!!! Boobies!!!!

ok i'm done now

btw i've responding 2 threads @ work on my new phone w00t!!! (ppc 6700 pda) it's fun
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post #7 of 33
11/23/05 at 12:45am
2) AMD Athlon 64-X2 4800+ (dual core GPU) $787
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post #8 of 33
11/23/05 at 1:56am
Agree with Yang on teh PSU. Go 850 watt PC Power and Cooling. If you have a window ,get it from FrozenCPU and gave it sleeved with a UV sleeving
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post #9 of 33
11/23/05 at 2:02am
Yang isd right on the PSU. On the CPU go with the dual core. The gaming performance is so close it is virtually unnoticable and it is a killer multitasking/threaded app processor to boot.
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post #10 of 33
11/23/05 at 2:28am
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Slight update, and this is using what I can off my Dell 8400. Total is up to like $2500 so far:

Asus A8N SLI Delux SLI for AMD socket 939 CPU
BFG GeForce 7800GTX OC series GPU
Corsair XMS RAM (184 pin DDR 400MHz PC3200)
Thermalright XP-120 AMD CPU heatsink
Panasonic Panaflo CPU fan (120mm)
Lian-Li PC-0710B case (black)
AMD FX-55 CPU
PC Power and Cooling Inc. 850 watt PSU

I think that with the 300Gb HDD, NEC DVD RW drive, gigabit ethernet, and 7800GTX's in SLI outta rock. Let me know if I missed anything. Thanks for all the help.
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post #11 of 33
11/23/05 at 2:33am
Mobo: Get DFI Lan party UT
I have the ASus mobo in my ALX and I am about ready to put the fer out.
I get freeze ups. Remove the sound card, updated bios and drivers. No love.
Tested memory. It is ok. New hard drives. No love. Must be mobo (CPU does not get over 42 C on full load). Avoid the ASUS. Hell, the DFI costs a bit less.
Also, spend a bit more and liquid cool that with Thermaltake Bigwater SE and a DangerDen 7800 VGA block for the videocard (or two if sli - they have a special SLI version that looks cool).
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post #12 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:23am
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DB: Read Quote:

Quote:
SLI does work with this board... but!

The question is this, will it continue to work with future driver releases from Nvidia? This board unlike the SLI-D and SLI-DR uses Dual Xpress Graphics (DXG), in that you don't need an SLI bridge co... More »
The question is this, will it continue to work with future driver releases from Nvidia? This board unlike the SLI-D and SLI-DR uses Dual Xpress Graphics (DXG), in that you don't need an SLI bridge connector; rather, it is a simple jumper configuration. However, rumor is that Nvidia will disable this feature will future driver releases, thus forcing owners of this mobo to purchase one that has SLI bridge capabilities.
What about Abit SLI Mobo's??? I just dont want to mess this up
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post #13 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:33am
Im running the ASUS A8N SLI-Premium with a FX57 and sli 7800gtx's. I have had no issues of freezing, locking up or rebooting. Running 2 x 1gb Crucial Ballistix ram. Running a Creative X-FI Fatal1ty sound card in it. On air scoring tad of 14,000 in 3dsmark05. All water ocming soon. Get the premium board if you can, it is rock solid.
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post #14 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:33am
abit is great, but the DFI is a well test OverClocking beast

so I 2nd the DFI Lan party

and since DB didn't mention it when you asked if there's anything else?

yes there is one last thing...a whole gallon of "love lubrication" b/c that beast is going to kick a$$
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post #15 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:35am
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Originally Posted by maxrule
Im running the A8N SLI-Premium with a FX57 and sli 7800gtx's. I have had no issues of freezing, locking up or rebooting. Running 2 x 1gb Crucial Ballistix ram. Running a Creative X-FI Fatal1ty sound card in it. On air scoring tad of 14,000 in 3dsmark05. All water ocming soon. Get the premium board if you can, it is rock solid.

what kind of water cooling system? figured I'd ask

and abit mb's do rock, but I prefer the DFI
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post #16 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:36am
Here is teh one i will prolly put in meh ALX:

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_prod...D=3872&SITE=NA
LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert:
LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert exclusive features
# AMD socket939 Athlon FX55+ & Athlon X2 CPU supported
# Software control SLI switch
# Karajan Audio(Theater like7.1/8ch Audio)
# Dual Gigabit LAN
# Magnetic-levitate fan on chipset heatsink
# 4 x Serial ATA-2(3Gb/s)
# 100% Japanese Capacitors/ 4 phase PWM
# UV sensitive slots
# EZ-on / EZ-touch onboard switch button
# Silicon image3114~RAID5 ready
# nVIDIA nTune(embedded overclocking solution)
# nVIDIA ActiveArmor
(Embedded hardware firewall & network solution)
# CMOS Reloaded®
# All New Genie BIOS for extreme overclocking!

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post #17 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:38am
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Originally Posted by Yang88She
what kind of water cooling system? figured I'd ask

and abit mb's do rock, but I prefer the DFI
It is the ASUS premium board with heatpipe for cooling N/B. Mostly danger den stuff, and I think the Zalman external tower. Everything is in a Thermaltake Kandalf case right now.
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post #18 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:39am
My problem might be paticular mobo if it is the mobo. Keep in mind I have the deluxe so it is not even same batch or close. I figure if I want to switch out the mobo why not go better cause I want to OC. I think I see 7800 GTX 512s in early 2006 as well. Only thing left is the CPU . . .lol. I can build a new rig with a case. . .hmmm.
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post #19 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:40am
Zalman external tower isn't really setup for overclocking, it's mostly for pc users who want no fans w/out the sacrifice of performance

and DD stuff tend to be on the more expensive side, check out my thread in my sig for more watercooling info
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post #20 of 33
11/23/05 at 3:43am
I am writing this from my wife's rig that I built and I must say this Thermaltake Armor case is the best thing since sliced bread. The airflow is just amazing. There is so much room inside as well.
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