My New System Build

Chronictank

Chronictank

Chronictank

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AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£224.95(£264.32)
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS)
£119.95(£140.94)
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-HT)
£279.95(£328.94)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£43.95 (£51.64)
Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£87.95 (£103.34)
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-093-CS)
£189.95(£223.19)

TOTAL: £946.7(£1112.37 inc Vat)

Any improvements/suggestions?
 
dont get that mobo, its selling point is 2 x x16 lanes which can only be used in an sli setup, get a crossfire/ultra mobo or change the gfx card to an nvidia one
 
SLI can run an ATI card or 2x Nvidia Cards. But if you were planning to maybe add another ATI card. Then you want Crossfire.

SLI - Nvidia
Crossfire - ATI
 
i couldnt find another Fanless ASUS with similar specs, i heard that DFI Lanparty boards were harder for a novice overclocker to get running stable so i stayed clear of them.
I only intend to get 1x 1900xt since by the time i want to upgrade to 2 the 1900 will be out of date
 
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Rednut05 said:
Don't go ASUS then. How about DFI?
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hehe edited above post when i thought of it :)
Changed a few things around:

AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£224.95(£264.32)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 (£93.94)
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-HT)
£279.95(£328.94)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£93.95 (£110.39)
Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£87.95 (£103.34)
G.Skill 2GB DDR HS PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200USU2-2GBHS) (MY-007-GS)
£124.95(£146.82)

TOTAL: £1047.75 inc Vat
 
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DFI Lanparty for you ;)

Why have I not got it you may ask?

Well, It was my first build and never asked over here... could have got much better for the amount I spent I know.
 
Chronictank said:
i couldnt find another Fanless ASUS with similar specs, i heard that DFI Lanparty boards were harder for a novice overclocker to get running stable so i stayed clear of them.
I only intend to get 1x 1900xt since by the time i want to upgrade to 2 the 1900 will be out of date
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My first attempts to overclock was on an DFi SLi-D baord pretty easy tbh i doubt there will be any problums there is also guids on DFI Street forums if you get stuck.
 
Chronictank said:
hehe edited above post when i thought of it :)
Changed a few things around:

AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£224.95(£264.32)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 (£93.94)
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-HT)
£279.95(£328.94)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£93.95 (£110.39)
Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£87.95 (£103.34)
G.Skill 2GB DDR HS PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200USU2-2GBHS) (MY-007-GS)
£124.95(£146.82)

TOTAL: £1047.75 inc Vat
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All quality components. Stick with this spec. The DFI LanParty Ultra-D is a very good board.
 
parts are here \o/
very fast delivery by OcUK

now its the agony of not being able to do anything till the weekend cus of work but the pieces sitting there.... taunting me :<
 
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