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afternoon all!,
well it certainly has been a damn long time since ive last been here!
probably about a year and a bit ago, i decided to deviate from the world of overclocking, desktop pcs and insane modding and just go for a nice easy desktop replacement laptop.. well.... that time has come where i just miss the tinkering, the tweaking and well the sheer performance and fun of a custom rig. so back again and armed with £1500 to spend *case excluded, i allready got one* i have specced up myself what i think is a pretty good rig.
though after showing it to people i know they have pointed out a few things i might want to consider, and well i thought id come ask the OCUK PROS
ive been out of the picture for a while so am probably a bit rusty, so just wana play it safe, so hope yall can help!!
heres the rig im looking to get:
CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£249.95 £249.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-060-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR CAS3 (OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K) (MY-060-OC)
£144.95 £144.95
GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)
£214.95 £214.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£103.95 £103.95
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£22.95 £22.95
CB-000-WD Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD)
£4.95 £4.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK)
£9.95 £19.90
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£5.95 £5.95
HS-017-TR ThermalRight XP-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-017-TR)
£26.95 £26.95
GX-100-AS Asus Ageia PhysX Accelerator - Retail (GX-100-AS)
£169.95 £169.95
MO-012-AC Acer AL1916WS 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-012-AC)
£149.95 £149.95
Subtotal £1,279.30
VAT £223.88
Total £1,503.18
now im not too bothered about the res of the tft, 1280x1024 and 1440x900 is cool with me i think *THOUGH SCRAPPING THE PHYS-X AND GETTING A HIGHER RES MONITOR MIGHT WORK?* the phys x is cool and i just wanna try cell factor lol
and i most probably wont be looking to go x-fire or sli at all so that dosent bother me much either.
BUT! THE PROBLEMS THAT SOME OF MY MATES HAVE MENTIONED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1: someone told me that with a dfi motherboard, the most compatible ram for overclocking is "OCZ" thats why i looked at the pc4000 ocz gold, but to be honest im rather tempted by the "G.SKILL" pc4000 ram as i heard good things about it and well... its cheaper lol
2: the motherboard is an nforce 4 chipset but the card i want is an ati branded card, will there be any performance hit between using these 2 cross branded cards?, i heard so much good stuff about the dfi expert and well its cheaper than the cross fire version too, would these be ok together?
3: well i intend to clock the nuts out of the opteron so would this air cooled combo i chose work well? or do you think it would be better scrapping the phys-x adapter and going water cooled?
HOPE YOU ALL CAN HELP! ID REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD!
MAYBEE IF YOU THINK MY RIG IS A BAD COMBO THEN YOU COULD SUGGEST A BETTER RIG FOR 1500? *MY ONLY 2 POINTS ARE, I ALLREADY HAVE THE CASE AND I WOULDNT GO P4.*
THANKS ALL!!! AND GOOD TO BE BACK!!
well it certainly has been a damn long time since ive last been here!
probably about a year and a bit ago, i decided to deviate from the world of overclocking, desktop pcs and insane modding and just go for a nice easy desktop replacement laptop.. well.... that time has come where i just miss the tinkering, the tweaking and well the sheer performance and fun of a custom rig. so back again and armed with £1500 to spend *case excluded, i allready got one* i have specced up myself what i think is a pretty good rig.
though after showing it to people i know they have pointed out a few things i might want to consider, and well i thought id come ask the OCUK PROS
ive been out of the picture for a while so am probably a bit rusty, so just wana play it safe, so hope yall can help!!
heres the rig im looking to get:
CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£249.95 £249.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-060-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR CAS3 (OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K) (MY-060-OC)
£144.95 £144.95
GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)
£214.95 £214.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£103.95 £103.95
CD-041-PO Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-041-PO)
£22.95 £22.95
CB-000-WD Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD)
£4.95 £4.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK)
£9.95 £19.90
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£5.95 £5.95
HS-017-TR ThermalRight XP-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-017-TR)
£26.95 £26.95
GX-100-AS Asus Ageia PhysX Accelerator - Retail (GX-100-AS)
£169.95 £169.95
MO-012-AC Acer AL1916WS 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-012-AC)
£149.95 £149.95
Subtotal £1,279.30
VAT £223.88
Total £1,503.18
now im not too bothered about the res of the tft, 1280x1024 and 1440x900 is cool with me i think *THOUGH SCRAPPING THE PHYS-X AND GETTING A HIGHER RES MONITOR MIGHT WORK?* the phys x is cool and i just wanna try cell factor lol
and i most probably wont be looking to go x-fire or sli at all so that dosent bother me much either.
BUT! THE PROBLEMS THAT SOME OF MY MATES HAVE MENTIONED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1: someone told me that with a dfi motherboard, the most compatible ram for overclocking is "OCZ" thats why i looked at the pc4000 ocz gold, but to be honest im rather tempted by the "G.SKILL" pc4000 ram as i heard good things about it and well... its cheaper lol
2: the motherboard is an nforce 4 chipset but the card i want is an ati branded card, will there be any performance hit between using these 2 cross branded cards?, i heard so much good stuff about the dfi expert and well its cheaper than the cross fire version too, would these be ok together?
3: well i intend to clock the nuts out of the opteron so would this air cooled combo i chose work well? or do you think it would be better scrapping the phys-x adapter and going water cooled?
HOPE YOU ALL CAN HELP! ID REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD!
MAYBEE IF YOU THINK MY RIG IS A BAD COMBO THEN YOU COULD SUGGEST A BETTER RIG FOR 1500? *MY ONLY 2 POINTS ARE, I ALLREADY HAVE THE CASE AND I WOULDNT GO P4.*
THANKS ALL!!! AND GOOD TO BE BACK!!