New 7800GTX build

Booner! · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:03

Hey, posted the other day about specing me a build, i have got the following parts already:
BFG 7800GTX pci-e
Aerocool aero engine 2 case
Koolance exos 2 water cooling kit
2 sata hard drives

I need the rest decided upon.... and have £925
preferably AMD X2 build

thanks again guys

Booner! · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:13

i have a 19inch dvi veiwsonic 3ms and all the other gear like mouse and 5.1 sound gear,

just need the guts... like RAM, CPU, MOBO, SOUND CARD

im a big gamer, play at 1280 X 1024

small overclock, dont have the money to waste if it goes wrong with a nice CPU, i would prefer an X2 and small overclock ( i already had my fun overclocking my 3.2ghz p4 (478) to 4.14ghz)

Booner! · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:26

that sound good, might go for a tagan power , but otherwise that looks like a nice build

Booner! · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:52

i am stumped to wether its worth the extra £90ish to just get a L2 cache of 1024... is it really worth it? will i notice a difference gaming if i spent the extra? if my build has 2gb geil value and 1 7800GTX would the 4400+ make things a lot better or just marginly?

4200+
Price: £219.95 (£258.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

4400+
Price: £284.95 (£334.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)

thanks, its always good to ask you experts

Booner! · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:06

okay so i am looking at this at the moment: please advise as i have changed CPU due to price and thought for gaming purposes its better than an X2 4400+

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm £201.95

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) £79.95

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue £52.95

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB)PC3200 DualChannelGold GX-XTCSeries EL-DDR CAS2 £159.95

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 7.1 EAX Sound Card - OEM £29.95

Plextor PX-130A DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £18.95

Subtotal £543.70
VAT £95.15
Total £638.85

+ seagate 80gb sata for raid setup £40
+ 7800GTX off my cousin for £200
=
£878.85

Booner! · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:28

im stuck for choice with MAX £330 on cpu ...choice is

AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache Price: £317.19 with vat

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm Price: £237.29 with vat

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ Price: £334.82 with vat

maaan this is so tough , with no previous experience of AMD too lol, help!!

Booner! · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:32

hehe you like that chip

well looks like its swaying opty, unless someone else can prove different?

one last thing, if the opteron is soo good, where is it located on here

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/21/the_mother_of_all_cpu_charts_2005/page29.html

please tell me that its better than the san diego 4000+ cause thats all the way at the top and cheaper..

Booner! · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:37

so i get the drift that its a server chipset of the san diego 4000+ just lower clock speed ( which i will overclock higher) and just twice the cores (2X cache too)

looks like im sold

new build coming soon