MY sweet new comp help

2006-09-14 17:29:38

#1

GR34: Member; +215|6848|ALBERTA> CANADA

OK so for the last 2 years i have been saving up for a sweet new rig and here is what i want and i would like u guys to find me some places and hardware the meets my specs! k thx( i hvae $5 000 to spend so have atter)

I need:
SLI mobo with socket AM2
THE BEST AMD PROCESSER OUT THERE(dule core please)
GFX card(was thinking about a 7950 but want to waight 4 a DX10 card)
Physx processer
sound card with 7.1
what brand of ram(iam going for 4gb any more helps)
and some cooling devices and a nice case if have the time THX guys

I bet my new rig will mkae some people drool lol

* sorry not 3 000 i have 5 000 i forgot the money i have in my other bank account (i have saved up a long time for this i had lotz more but i spent it on a new car a volks wagon Golf

Last edited by GR34 (2006-09-14 17:37:22)

2006-09-14 17:31:35

#2

GR34: Member; +215|6848|ALBERTA> CANADA

no one wants to help he eh oh well

2006-09-14 17:32:44

#3

R3v4n: We shall beat to quarters!; +433|6789|Melbourne

I doubt 3K will buy you the PC you want. Considering Fast RAM is like 400 - 800$ as 2gig and the Best AMD Processor is like 1,500$. But yeah its been some time since i have check so prices might have changed.

~ Do you not know that in the service … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?

2006-09-14 17:56:47

#4

lxcpikiman: imbad @ bf2; +70|6898|Toronto-Canada

dude save that money when vista and dx10 come out!

2006-09-14 18:02:28

#5

vanmani: Unintentionally Verbose; +26|6894|Australia

Buy up. There's all manner of websites and/or stores relatively local to you who'll do you a good price, no doubt. If you want DX10, just leave the graphics card until then. You can be relatively sure the first DX10 cards will be PCI-E and support SLI so don't sweat it too much. Just make sure you compare across several sources to make sure you get a reasonably good/cheap one per component.

2006-09-14 18:05:10

#6

GR34: Member; +215|6848|ALBERTA> CANADA

thx guys but does any 1 have any thing to say about the physX processer

2006-09-14 18:10:17

#7

SexyCabbage: One Shot, One Kill ... Always; +68|6783|Kentucky

i have never had physX so cant help u there, but i hear good things of them i would recommend K-byte DDR RAM

2006-09-14 18:22:02

#8

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|6926|Camp XRay

http://www.overdrivepc.com/coolbluei/pr … llery.html

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2006-09-14 19:05:25

#9

Tripp: I wanna be on you; +116|6830|So Cal

Sounds like the rig I am getting..

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=44349

2006-09-14 19:31:49

#10

Maj.Do: Member; +85|7055|good old CA

you sure you went the amd cpu when the intel is better and cheaper right now? And i dont think physX is a good idea, not many developers are actually making patches to support it

2006-09-14 19:40:05

#11

Brasso: member; +1,549|6933

One thing I can say is you don't need 4 Gb of RAM. That's a little too much. 2 Gb should do fine, you can always upgrade in the future.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2006-09-14 20:06:29

#12

Tripp: I wanna be on you; +116|6830|So Cal

Windows XP, I believe, can't even recognize or utilize more than 2gb anyways....

true? false? anyone? Or did it have something to do with software and that no software program could even utilize 2gb of ram?

2006-09-14 20:08:37

#13

MECtallica: Member; +73|6807|jalalabad

Windows XP, I believe, can't even recognize or utilize more than 2gb anyways....

windows only recognizes about 3.78gb of RAM

2006-09-14 20:15:34

#14

sidious1: Member; +15|6845

Check www.tigerdirect.com, that place is awesome. Great products and prices.

Good luck.

2006-09-14 20:22:45

#15

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7025|Oregon

tigerdirect sucks...service and prices...www.newegg.com ftw...you could probably get that setup for around 3k easy...but are you sure you want to go with amd? i mean, conroe is pretty damn kickass....

2006-09-14 20:23:56

#16

GR34: Member; +215|6848|ALBERTA> CANADA

i am re thinking the PhysX processer now but i really dont want to have to up grade my computer again 4 at least 4 years thats y iam looking at this type of stuff

2006-09-14 20:28:50

#17

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7077|Noizyland

Look, there is always something coming out just around the corner and the general trend is that you "wait until it comes out so either you can get it, or get the older stuff cheaper."

There is always something coming just around the corner. If you kept waiting it out you'd never get anywhere.

My tip, make sure it can do what you want it for at the moment, and then some. In the future you can always invest in new parts for it anyway.

[Blinking eyes thing]
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tzyon

2006-09-14 20:29:13

#18

dhoar4: Banned; +151|6838|Forest Lake, Australia

Will it look like this?

https://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7632/computer1dm0.jpg

2006-09-14 20:35:24

#19

1hawaii50: Member; +5|7009

I am thinking for an AM2 board you should go with an Asus, unless you plan to overclock. If you're an overclocker, DFI just released a sweet board. As for the CPU you can get the FX-62, or just go with the X2 5000+, you're going to want at least DDR2 PC800 memory or faster. I'd get Crucial XMS for the Asus board, or Patriot, or Geil for the DFI board. DFI for some reason typically doesn't get along well with Crucial, and OCZ seems to be having a lot of trouble with their DDR2 stuff right now. ATI just released an X1950XT I believe I just read, or you could get a cheap card to get you up and running (X850XT) and upgrade to DX10 later. I'm not sure on the PhysX card as there don't seem to be many game companies jumping on board just yet. As far as the sound goes, you can't go wrong with the Creative Labs X-FI series. Hope that helps, and good luck with your build! As far as where to buy, I haven't found anybody that can beat Newegg yet!

Last edited by 1hawaii50 (2006-09-14 20:36:11)

2006-09-14 20:35:55

#20

GR34: Member; +215|6848|ALBERTA> CANADA

dhoar4 wrote:
Will it look like this?

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7632/computer1dm0.jpg

no mine has care bears on it

2006-09-14 20:47:38

#21

dhoar4: Banned; +151|6838|Forest Lake, Australia

GR34 wrote:
dhoar4 wrote:
Will it look like this?

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7632/computer1dm0.jpg
no mine has care bears on it

lol...

+1 mate

2006-09-14 20:51:13

#22

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7025|Oregon

okay...i went ahead and built you what i would do on such a budget. feel free to tweak whatever.

Motherboard: ASUS SLi Deluxe AM2 nForce: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131011

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 2.8GHz AM2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819103861 with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6835118004

Memory: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820145589 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820145034 (the first one is for the pimp factor, i have it and its way worth the extra 40$ or whatever it is..even 100$$.

Hardrives - Performance: Western Digital Raptor 36GB 16MB: 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822136054

Hardrives - Storage: Western Digital Caviar 250GB 16MB SATA: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822136010

Video Card ATi Sapphire X1900XT 512MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814102025

PhysX Card: ASUS 128mb PhysX Processing Unit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814121015

Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster XF-i: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6829102188

Case: Thermatake Armor Series: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6811133154

EDIT: total comes to $2944.04USD ($3,292.52CAD) with shipping to the West Coast and ASUS optical drives (DVD burner and DC burner(2 drives)) not sure if newegg ships to canada, and it says nothin about it in their FAQ...who knows..

EDIT2: i did some research on the PhysX processor, and i think it is worth getting...many upcoming games are supporting it, and new drivers seem to have completely reversed the loss in FPS during game play (notably in GR:AW). i say go for it...and also, the card listed above actually has 256mb of RAM onboard, it is a newegg error that shows it as 128mb..

EDIT3: left out the stuff like monitors, keyboard, etc... i would go down to costco (i think they have costco in canada...not sure tho...) and check out their monitors...last time i was there they had the Dell 24" lcd (dell makes kickass monitors) for $680USD, and noone can match costco's return/refund policy (1 year for anything for any reason!). i would also suggest a good keyboard (saitek or logitech), joystick (saitek) and a good mouse (logitech).

Last edited by [TUF]Whiskey_Oktober (2006-09-14 21:07:39)

2006-09-14 21:01:28

#23

gunnysgt: Member; +2|6815

Feel free to wait for Vista for starters and you might think about getting a mobo that supports raid. Mirroring would be the best option seeing as if your HD goes(and it happens alot more than you think, i work in the IT field, i am not guru but thats my advice 4 ya), there is no looking back for the data on it and its not like everyone thinks of doing back ups everday, weekly , monthly or even yearly.

If you get over 2 gig of ram, shut off the pagefile, it will speed up your system because even if you have a huge amount of ram and the pagefile is turned on , windows uses it.

I would be interested to see the new Macs with intel procs, i have heard great things about those systems especially for gaming.

Get a huge flat screen too, they are awesome to play with.........

2006-09-14 21:22:25

#24

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|7022|Las Vegas

E6700 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115002
OR
E6600 ($333 E6600/will outperform FX60 across the board/this would be my choice)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115003
(X6800 is arguably "the best out there" but at almost $1000 it seems like a terrible waste of money)

ASUS P5W DH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131025

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820145033

Personally, I'd buy a modest GPU or even just use your old one to get by until DX10 cards are out (possibly Jan/07).

Last edited by ShotYourSix (2006-09-14 21:25:04)

2006-09-14 22:34:55

#25

Maj.Do: Member; +85|7055|good old CA

gunnysgt wrote:
Feel free to wait for Vista for starters and you might think about getting a mobo that supports raid. Mirroring would be the best option seeing as if your HD goes(and it happens alot more than you think, i work in the IT field, i am not guru but thats my advice 4 ya), there is no looking back for the data on it and its not like everyone thinks of doing back ups everday, weekly , monthly or even yearly.

If you get over 2 gig of ram, shut off the pagefile, it will speed up your system because even if you have a huge amount of ram and the pagefile is turned on , windows uses it.

I would be interested to see the new Macs with intel procs, i have heard great things about those systems especially for gaming.

Get a huge flat screen too, they are awesome to play with.........

The mac pro with is quad Xeons? + x1900 or 4 7300s, 2TB of data, nice interior, yea its a nice computer alright.
http://www.apple.com/macpro/expansion.html

Last edited by Maj.Do (2006-09-14 22:36:10)

BF2S Forums MY sweet new comp help

dhoar4 wrote:

GR34 wrote:

dhoar4 wrote:

gunnysgt wrote:

Board footer