Any help on this new puter spec?

rockflanders

Antec NEO480GB 480-Watt PSU

Antec P160 Miditower, Silver,Side window, (Without PSU)

Gainward GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3,PCI-Express,"U/3400PCX XP ViVo Golden S"

Asus A8N-SLI Premium, nForce4 SLI,Socket-939, Super Cooling pipe, PCI-Ex16
Crucial PC3200 BallistiX DDR 1024MB CL2Kit w/two matched,2.8V,64Meg x 64,184pin

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939,512KB, BOXED w/fan

Am about to order this spec, want it to be as open and future proof as possible, am maxed out budget wise. All suggestions welcome.... :rolleyes:

mp3guy

a hard drive and a dvd rewriter might come in handy too

shanethemofo

will that cpu bottleneck the gfx card?

hairball

no I don't think it'll bottleneck it, but if a few more quid could be squeezed togehter to maybe get a 3500+??

aaf

If you're interested, I've got a brand new unopened Antec NEO480GB 480-Watt PSU I'll sell to you?

commited

Go opteron 144 instead of that CPU. A quicker & cheaper CPU

Put the savings towards a DFI board. I assume you're going to be overclocking? The 144s clock very high. They have FX cores

WizZard

commited wrote:

They have FX cores

I know I've been out of the scene for about a month or two, but that strikes me as false. Any linkage to prove it?

masteroftherealm

Its true dude their all underclocked FX55and57's!!

WizZard

But they're locked right? Making them just very high quality cores?

The single feature that makes an FX chip an FX chip is the fact that it's multi-unlocked both up and down, as opposed to the normal down only for AMD chips.

Cuddlesworth

The first gen 939 optys came from the same die as the fx57s. So they clocked as high, but with a locked multi. Now it seems that they clock high but not in the same league anymore as they were. But with a better testing proceedure and with 1mb L2 cache its still a better buy.

masteroftherealm

Well Ive seen new ones clock to 3.0on low quality water so their still colocking high!

WizZard

Yeah, I do agree that they are a better buy! Wish I had a system that I could put one in though

commited

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17481663 this thread is a pretty good indication of their clocking potential.

I really want an opteron, but I have a 1mb cache mobile A 64 3400+, so I cant really justify a whole new rig for a marginal increase!

masteroftherealm

Ya not have a new system in the works somewhere ;p

masteroftherealm

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75211&page=1&pp=25

masteroftherealm

commited wrote:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17481663 this thread is a pretty good indication of their clocking potential.

I really want an opteron, but I have a 1mb cache mobile A 64 3400+, so I cant really justify a whole new rig for a marginal increase!

What kinda speeds ya hitting with that?
System specs?

gline

usually its only certain weeks ofmanufacturing that are good overclockers then they are back to the same old chips no?
so buying an opty is still a bit of a gamble, what are they like at stock speeds?

masteroftherealm

Em thats the thing.. A "VERY BAD" opty will bomb out at 2.8/2.9Ghz i.e FX speeds!!

gline

masteroftherealm wrote:

Em thats the thing.. A "VERY BAD" opty will bomb out at 2.8/2.9Ghz i.e FX speeds!!

but this may not last for long (these good cores i mean)

masteroftherealm

True true hence Id try get one by christmas.. Everythin in the wild is the one steping ATM so your pretty much guarneteed a good one. Im gonna get one the mn I have the cash even though system wint be finished till next year..

gline

masteroftherealm wrote:

True true hence Id try get one by christmas.. Everythin in the wild is the one steping ATM so your pretty much guarneteed a good one. Im gonna get one the mn I have the cash even though system wint be finished till next year..

yeh i mite just get 1 as a spare in a few weeks

masteroftherealm

At the price they are you cant say no..

gline

masteroftherealm wrote:

At the price they are you cant say no..

overclockers are out, komplett have them though

masteroftherealm

I maight be able to get one for ya. PM ssent

commited

masteroftherealm wrote:

What kinda speeds ya hitting with that?
System specs?

It's in my laptop, so its stock etc. Benchies to FX-51 level which isnt bad

Thinking of building a Skt 939 system now, as I just sold my old car The opterons look way too tempting to avoid!

masteroftherealm

http://koti.mbnet.fi/dani69/DFI%20nForce4%20Ultra-D/Opteron%20146/146_0540FPBW_Sp2004_3103MHz_1.5V_+11h_AIR.gif

and all the more interesting.
On air with XP90

Cuddlesworth

Mine was running at 2.4, could get it stable at 2.8.

I think your forgetting that the mem controllers are way better than the venice as well. My mem controller on my old venice bombed out way before what my opty can do now.

masteroftherealm

What cooling? That seems like a "bad" one.

Cuddlesworth

Yeah it is, was up to 1.75 volts and only 2.8.

Cooling(Storm,50z,120.2 therm and a maze 4)

DemonOfTheFall

I don't think 2.8 is a "bad" one is it? From what I can see its exactly right inthe middle of average-ville. You can be sure theres loads of people getting less thatn 2.8 and not bothering to post it up on forums. I know I wouldnt be bothered to post up about it if I got a mediocre chip.

commited

1.75 volts is ALOT for the opterons too. Thats just madness!

rockflanders

so opteron it is then?!!!

i have heard some bad things about the mainboard, anybody have any experience of this board with this memory?

Committed: Whats a DFI board?

I have a couple of 200gb seagate hds ATA. Is it worth getting a SATA for OS etc?

appreciate all suggestions, thanks.

Antec NEO480GB 480-Watt PSU

Antec P160 Miditower, Silver,Side window, (Without PSU)

Gainward GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3,PCI-Express,"U/3400PCX XP ViVo Golden S"

Asus A8N-SLI Premium, nForce4 SLI,Socket-939, Super Cooling pipe, PCI-Ex16
Crucial PC3200 BallistiX DDR 1024MB CL2Kit w/two matched,2.8V,64Meg x 64,184pin

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939,512KB, BOXED w/fan

masteroftherealm

DFI motherboard. And opteronis the way of the future.

rockflanders

are they the Lan party makers?

masteroftherealm

Yup that be them!

rockflanders

do you know if there is any advantage to getting a SATA HD? I have 2 seagate 250 gb hds at the moment i was planning on putting in. If I reserved the SATA for OS and the like would it speed things up?

aaf

aaf wrote:

If you're interested, I've got a brand new unopened Antec NEO480GB 480-Watt PSU I'll sell to you?

@ OP. Any word on this?

masteroftherealm

_-=snips=-_

SouperComputer

*hugs P4 1.8@ 2.7 on air and stock Vcore*

^Think it might be time for you to leave, these Opterons look pretty heafty!

masteroftherealm

If it leaves I have a nice cosy warm home for it where is can have lots of overclocked friends!

commited

DFI boards are excellent and you'd be a fool not to go for the Opterons

DemonOfTheFall

I don't think you'd gain much by getting a SATA just for the OS. Although if you have 2 IDE drives and an optical drive that would mean that some drives would have to be sharing channels...

To me that's the only advantage of SATA, not having to have drives share channels and cables. The throughput gains aren't really much use with current HD technology.

rockflanders

saw some 10k rpm drives too though, have 2 ATA drives, 2 USB drives and 2 Optical drives at the moment. very cluttered.

commited

If you run the two drives in IDE raid they should be nice and fast

If you need more space, buy 2 SATA drives and run them raid