hey guys, first post, watcha think of my new rig?

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:09

hey all, i ordered this rig 3 weeks ago, and 4-6 weeks till full payments made (will be fully built in a month, waiting for gfx cards)

what ya all think, any suggestions on changes? and before you post the fx60 is slightly slower than the fx57... i know lol

here it is :

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939)

Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4400 Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX Edition GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) --

x 2 (sli)

Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM

Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

Plextor PX-755A 16x16 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter

Zalman FS-C77 Fatal1ty CPU Cooler

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro

Akasa AK FC-03 Fan Controller Pro

Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armour Super Tower

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue

Cables:
SATA-45EL-BL x2

SATA-45EL-RD x2

Fans:
AK-174CR-4RDB x2

Case Lights:
AK-178-RD x1

AK-178-BL x1

Cable Tidy Kit:

AK-TK-01

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the last lot i case mods from the akasa website..

please give me sugestions on changes, i already spent 2.8k on it and have about another grand to go.

Thankies, fresh ^______^

FirebarUK · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:10

Lovely spec, I'll take it off your hands. Personally I think the case spoils it though.

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:12

see, i went for it due to the possability of the HD's being moved to the top and the spare external drive space being able to be converted to fan space if needed.

what would u suggest? if its gonna be good, its got to have a window

SeriousPigeon · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:13

Looks great. Only downside for me is the Hiper Type R PSU. I have got one and it just feels a bit cheap.

Mercutio · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:14

Might be worth putting some of the other £1000 into speakers etc? Im guessing this is an insurance job though so u need to spend as much as possible on bits in the box?

Id agree on case - the Antec P180 or akasa eclipse cases are the ones most likely to be recommended on here.

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:14

oh damn

, forgot to change that in the notepad, it was changed to a epsilon 700W....

FirebarUK · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:14

what would u suggest? if its gonna be good, its got to have a window

All down to personal taste. I would have gone for an akasa eclipse with side window. Or a coolermaster stacker TC-01 (the older one).

FirebarUK · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:16

oh damn , forgot to change that in the notepad, it was changed to a epsilon 700W....

Enermax 620W Liberty imo, modular PSU all the way

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:17

Mercutio said:
Might be worth putting some of the other £1000 into speakers etc? Im guessing this is an insurance job though so u need to spend as much as possible on bits in the box?

Id agree on case - the Antec P180 or akasa eclipse cases are the ones most likely to be recommended on here.

... see, now this is where i hang my head high and grin like a proud father

i have HD595 headphones, used to have a 300 squid logitech 2.1 speaker set, loved it, got the headphones for a bday pressie from a chum, and never gone back to speakers, i love headphones.

Noni · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:25

AHHHH get rid of that PSU NOW!

Seriously mate, that psu sucks.

Enermax 620W Liberty or Seasonic S12 600W will do the job perfectly.

The case is not my favourite, get the Lian Li V1000+ or Akasa Eclipse 62.

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:42

hamina, tell you what, ill keep the psu for a while, see how it performes and come back with feedback

then you can decide lol, and i cnt see why everyone hates the case

its lush, but like i said, suggestions wanted lol

btw, anyone got any screenies of oblivion being played with sli 7900 XXX's?

trojan698 · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:49

Would he not be better with a Tagan capable of switching between single and dual rails? Those 7900GTX's will need a fair bit of juice and having the option of switching to single rail might be useful.

Mercutio · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:50

freshage said:
btw, anyone got any screenies of oblivion being played with sli 7900 XXX's?

Oblivion currently seems to have issues with Nvidia cards - SLI 7900 GTX's may well run it fairly well but a pair of 1900XT's in crossfire would run it with everything turned on, the "cheat" driver that lets HDR and AA be turned on at the same time would make it nothing short of gorgeous

This will likely be fixed as it is a bug not that the X1900 series perform better.

If its an insurance job get a single X1900XT-X and 2x 7900GTX - I doubt the form checker at the insurance company will have much idea as its a bit too specialist. Stick the X1900XT for now while playing lots of oblivion, once they get the drivers fixed sell it and put the 7900GTX sli in and weep at the graphics

Note: This is not a fanboy statement, for anything else id be happy to say either Nvidia or ATI. As oblivion was mentioned this was a specific answer 7900GTX vs X1900XT-X is otherwise a pretty even punch-up

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:54

yea, i was going to have dual x1900's, but.... im a Nvidia fan <3 em for what they are, always will do, always have, and i still refuse to go to ati, but it seems i might have to sometime in the near future :mad:

FirebarUK · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:28

ATI Roxor !!11one!

barney · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:10

Looks good. I actually like that case but i would mod the side so it is just clear without the metel bits running through it.

The FSP epison 700w PSU is pretty good, had it in my new Xfire system for a couple of weeks now and had no problems so far.

With regards to 7800GTX's vs X1900XT's it really doesnt matter as performance wise they are pretty much exactly the same. Some games will run better then one card then the other but overall there is little to pick between them (though ATI is better of course

). I picked ATI just becuase it could rendor HDR with AA enabled (and i got a good bundle deal on 2 cards

).

freshage · 13 Apr 2006 at 12:31

i hate my office work, they disable internet all the time, then re able it only from 12:30 - 2pm... and my comp at home is in bits, i need to pick up a cheap little 400wpsu tonight, mine finnaly died out

Gopher_By_Fende · 13 Apr 2006 at 12:57

what are you gonna get monitor wise?

pastymuncher · 13 Apr 2006 at 12:59

Nothing wrong with that case or the psu. I have both of them. I have the aluminium armour and it looks good, has loads of room inside to work in, has excellent airflow. It is very big though.

The psu is excellent. I have had mine for a year now with no problems at all. Mine is also silent. People will come on here and say it is in no way silent but mine is very silent. It has temperature controlled fans which might be some of the problems with other peoples cases but in the armour the airflow is very good and the psu sits on it's side at the top in between two 92mm fans so heat is not a problem and it runs silently.

freshage · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:05

Gopher_By_Fende said:
what are you gonna get monitor wise?

I have a 30" Dell LCD that im going to order when i get the full build done, but atm, i have a 21" CRT, and i refused to go to LCD cos i had a very bad experiance with my first one a couple of yuears ago, but my mate got the 30" dell and i was shocked at its performance and clear picture, so im gonna get it, a bit pricey, but worth it i think.