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Building a KickASS DeSkToP!!!

post #1 of 28
2/17/06 at 10:24pm
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so i'm building a new comp cause my freaking Area-51 m5700 got f***ed up i'm tired of alienware already cause my laptop only lasted exactly one week so i'm just going to build a kickass desktop, but i only have so much money, so can anyone tell me which GeForce 7800 GT is better for me cause i've seen tons from XFX,BFG,Nvidia,etc. price doesn't matter on the GT, i don't want GTX tho so only GT.thx.
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post #2 of 28
2/17/06 at 10:29pm
Sometimes the heatsinks/fans differ slightly on different models of the same card or they are clocked slightly higher. Personaly, I would get whatever cost less.
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post #3 of 28
2/17/06 at 10:59pm
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also for Ram what's the difference between DDR and DDR2? and which one should i get?
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post #4 of 28
2/17/06 at 11:02pm
7800GT isn't "kick ass" ATI X1800XT is much faster, except in OGL.
What motherboard are you getting? AMD don't support DDR2, that's Intel.
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post #5 of 28
2/17/06 at 11:16pm
the ram depends on the rest of the system.

what are you looking at for a processor?
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post #6 of 28
2/17/06 at 11:23pm
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i'm getting the FX-60 and the motherboard is the A8N32 ASUS Motherboard.
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post #7 of 28
2/17/06 at 11:24pm
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and the only reason i didn't put the ati one is because i said i only have so much money to spend cause i just paid for a freaking alienware and i only have like $2000 left
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post #8 of 28
2/18/06 at 4:01am
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can anyone else recommend me some more stuff for my desktop that i'm building? so far here's my specs:
NZXT Nemesis Black ATX Mid-Tower
Thermaltake PurePower 680-Watt
AMD Athlon X2-4600
(2)eVGA GeForce 7800 GT
Asus A8N32 Deluxe Motherboard
2GB Corsair DDR Ram (2x1GB)
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
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post #9 of 28
2/18/06 at 4:40am
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Originally Posted by H2DJmaster2005
so i'm building a new comp cause my freaking Area-51 m5700 got f***ed up i'm tired of alienware already cause my laptop only lasted exactly one week so i'm just going to build a kickass desktop, but i only have so much money, so can anyone tell me which GeForce 7800 GT is better for me cause i've seen tons from XFX,BFG,Nvidia,etc. price doesn't matter on the GT, i don't want GTX tho so only GT.thx.
See my sig. My GT is an XFX and works great. o/c'ed it with no problems. The DFI motherboard is great if you plan to o/c your CPU at all.
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post #10 of 28
2/18/06 at 4:48am
if you are using it for gaming and want to load maps really fast get like 4 80GB SATAs 2 hitachi drives in a RAID 0
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post #11 of 28
2/18/06 at 5:24am
or raptors would be awesome
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post #12 of 28
2/18/06 at 7:07am
That CPU has 2x512K cache. You could go for the 2x1mb cacche versions. 4400x2
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post #13 of 28
2/18/06 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by dutnguye
or raptors would be awesome
I recomend the hitachis because for the price of one raptor you can get 4 of those hitachis and those will DESTROY the single raptor or pair of striped raptors
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post #14 of 28
2/18/06 at 4:56pm
if you decide to go with evga,

i have this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130249

i have it for about a month but i bought another dell 7800GTX so i can do sli on my xps600.

I'll pm you the price.
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post #15 of 28
2/18/06 at 6:51pm
"(2)eVGA GeForce 7800 GT"

Two 7800GT's are slower than an equivalent priced single card. A single 7800GTX is faster than two 7800GT's in SLI.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=851&pageID=1846
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post #16 of 28
2/18/06 at 7:13pm
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Originally Posted by badbob
"(2)eVGA GeForce 7800 GT"

Two 7800GT's are slower than an equivalent priced single card. A single 7800GTX is faster than two 7800GT's in SLI.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=851&pageID=1846
The article you just posted shows exactly the opposite of what you said.
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post #17 of 28
2/18/06 at 7:16pm
oops. I was looking at blue line, and not comparing green against orange.
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post #18 of 28
2/18/06 at 7:28pm
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yea i was bout to say...lol cause if 1 gtx was better than 2 gt then 1 gtx is worth the extra $$$
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post #19 of 28
2/18/06 at 7:50pm
Also have 7800GT SLI v single 1900XT. ie Google search..

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....3&page=5&pp=20
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post #20 of 28
2/19/06 at 5:05am
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am i missing anything for my desktop cause i'm almost ready to buy from new egg, tigerdirect, and ebay. so far i have a cpu,gpu,psu,ram,hd,sound card,and 2 drives and a floppy. do i need anything else?
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