Plans for a rig

the_syco

Upgrade Kit AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, nForce4 SLI, 1024MB, PCI-Express - €562

Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA 8MB 7200RPM NCQ - €121

Chieftec BH-02 ATX Medium Tower Black w/USB, Firewire and Audio, w/400W PSU - €107


PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC) - €223.57

Anyhoo's, after looking around, this is what I'm going for. Just wondering if anyone has any good or bad intel on any of the above. I'm getting the X850 off overclockers as it works out €50 cheaper than Komplett, even when I include shipping. The rest is from Komplett.ie The case looks like it'll suit me, as I'm looking for something smallish, but which has a PSU included. If anyone knows of a site that stocks small case's, I'll be intrested (once the site is not ebay, etc, or some far away place). I'm getting a Seagate HDD, as I've had bad experience's with Maxtor.

christophicus

try the samsung spinpoint hdd's the new ones are supposed to be very good,better then the barracuda,And if i were you id buy a seperate case and psu.

jesus_thats_gre

You planning to OC?

the_syco

christophicus wrote:

try the samsung spinpoint hdd's the new ones are supposed to be very good,better then the barracuda,And if i were you id buy a seperate case and psu.

I'll keep the Samsung bit in mind, and the "
Chieftec BH-02 ATX Medium Tower Black w/USB, Firewire and Audio, w/400W PSU - €107" is the seperate case + PSU.

jesus_thats_gre: not planning to OC it for a while. Why?

Laguna

Good rig syco. Yeah, I'd hardly think it'd need to be OC'd at the moment, I'd wait six months before I'd do it anyway (get a bit of the warranty under your belt so if OC'ing ****s up you can deny you did it, if you OC as soon as you get the **** they'd be suspicious)...

jesus_thats_gre

Was gonna suggest the Powercolour X800 GTO2 with 16 pipelines.... It is an X850XT for a fair but cheaper...

commited

Last time I look, the X800GTO2 and cheapest X850XT were the same price!

jesus_thats_gre

Hmmm

AnCapaillMor

Try this sata2 hd http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=316372&cks=PRL .

masteroftherealm

the_syco wrote:

I'm getting a Seagate HDD, as I've had bad experience's with Maxtor.

.

AnCapaillMor wrote:

Try this sata2 hd http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=316372&cks=PRL .

Maxtors are the devil.

the_syco

commited wrote:

Last time I look, the X800GTO2 and cheapest X850XT were the same price!

Sorry, bit of an ancroym noob here, but whats the difference between the X800GTO2, and the X850XT. I think the XT is pretty good, but what does the GTO2 mean?

youcancallmeal

the_syco wrote:

Sorry, bit of an ancroym noob here, but whats the difference between the X800GTO2, and the X850XT. I think the XT is pretty good, but what does the GTO2 mean?

Dont worry about the GTO2, for one its not available anymore and to release its full potential it needed to be modded and overclocked. X850XT would should be grand for your needs.

Edit: Just realised GTO2 is still available but I still wouldnt recomend it as the X850XT is around the same price and doesnt need to be overclocked.

the_syco

Actually think of changing from the PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC) to a 7800GT. The two I'm looking at are the Club3D GeForce 7800GT 256MB and the Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT). I'm thinking of going for the 7800GT, as it performs better than the X850XT according to kustompcs.co.uk.

The Club3D card is €360 (Komplett), and the Leadtek is €317 The kicker is that I'll be spending €20 on the shipping for the Leadtek, so it goes up to €337, only €23 less than the Club3D card.

I'm buying stuff off Komplett anyhoo's, so I didn't bother adding in the shipping price to the Club3D card, thus I'm looking to see which card/brand has a better/more reliable name.

jesus_thats_gre

youcancallme>al wrote:

Dont worry about the GTO2, for one its not available anymore and to release its full potential it needed to be modded and overclocked. X850XT would should be grand for your needs.

Edit: Just realised GTO2 is still available but I still wouldnt recomend it as the X850XT is around the same price and doesnt need to be overclocked.

Well the GTO2 is the exact same as the XT apprently. The GTO2 normally has 12 pipelines but it is only restricted in software and can be unlocked easlity. The Powercolour GTO2 16 has 16 pipelines enabled as standard however..


The 7800 GT is the better choice.

masteroftherealm

the_syco wrote:

Actually think of changing from the PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC) to a 7800GT. The two I'm looking at are the Club3D GeForce 7800GT 256MB and the Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT). I'm thinking of going for the 7800GT, as it performs better than the X850XT according to kustompcs.co.uk.

The Club3D card is €360 (Komplett), and the Leadtek is €317 The kicker is that I'll be spending €20 on the shipping for the Leadtek, so it goes up to €337, only €23 less than the Club3D card.

I'm buying stuff off Komplett anyhoo's, so I didn't bother adding in the shipping price to the Club3D card, thus I'm looking to see which card/brand has a better/more reliable name.

if ya can afford it man the XFX one is amazingly cool and clocks really high

the_syco

Just ordered the mobo/cpu/ram bundle & a 250GB sata2 16mb cache off komplett, and the Leadtek 7800GT off overclockers. Should get them soon.

Anyone know how long stuff from overclockers.co.uk takes?

Atlas_IRL

should be quick if its in stock..

i ordered an opteron 146 off them bout 3 weeks ago when it was IN stock emailed them a while ago and they said there out of stock didnt even tell me feckers

dont think have a tracking device so i dont know when its gonna come

christophicus

is that the leadtec which you can download a new bios for off of there site and it will bring you a small gaurunteed overclock?

conzy

OcUk take around 2-3 days if its in stock, I would just check the amperage on the 12v rail(s) of the PSU to be safe, and the 3.3v aswell because the dualcore uses around 120watts alone:eek:

the_syco

conzymaher wrote:

OcUk take around 2-3 days if its in stock, I would just check the amperage on the 12v rail(s) of the PSU to be safe, and the 3.3v aswell because the dualcore uses around 120watts alone:eek:

The bolded bit, I understand. The rest, I don't. Does it matter if I do it or not?

christophicus

well its just htat if your psu is not powerfull enough then when you swithch the power button on your pc nothing very little will happen.

the_syco

Update:

Got the 7800GT today. Hopefully the rest comes tomorrow, so that I can play BF2 in style (ie:not using a shader-hack, nor with min settings) tomorrow night:cool: