New rig - XP64 compatibilty

There are conflict issues between Corsair and DFI boards + stay well away from the GSkill. If you look in the ram section there are a lot of people having to RMA more than once because of faulty sticks
 
Monstermunch said:
There are conflict issues between Corsair and DFI boards + stay well away from the GSkill. If you look in the ram section there are a lot of people having to RMA more than once because of faulty sticks
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I had a look in the memory section and found a lot more people praising the gskill than slating it so I think I'll take my chances with it.

Thanks for the advice though, it's always best to check things out properly :)

Stan :)
 
I'm using Corsair XMS 3200 with a DFI Pro 875 B without issues, although it is an older board.
 
Well, that's it ordered.
It changed quite a bit before I got to the ordering stage.

FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK) 9
£5.95 £53.55
GX-116-SP Sapphire X1600 Pro 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-116-SP) 1
£81.95 £81.95
MY-002-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (991493) (MY-002-MK) 1
£199.95 £199.95
CA-090-CM CoolerMaster Stacker 830 RC-830 - Silver Trim (No PSU) (CA-090-CM) 1
£142.95 £142.95
CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM) 1
£269.95 £269.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD) 1
£93.95 £93.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) 1
£24.95 £24.95
HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-023-TR) 1
£26.95 £26.95
HD-002-MI Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black (HD-002-MI) 1
£12.95 £12.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS) 1
£87.95 £87.95
FG-003-DE Delta 120mm Focussed Flow Fan (EHE) (FG-003-DE) 1
£14.95 £14.95
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC) 1
£5.50 £5.50
KB-069-LG Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG) 1
£37.95 £37.95
KB-004-IZ Ideazon Zboard with Crossfire Gaming Keyset USB (KB-004-IZ) 1
£29.95 £29.95
Subtotal £1,083.45
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £192.22
Total £1,290.62

The TJ07 case ws out of stock so I have gone with the CM stacker 830 and I intend putting all 9 case fans on it (complete overkill, I know but - what the hell :D ).

I am getting a DFI N4 Expert board from a guy in the MM which should arrive at the same time as the OcUK stuff.

I decided on the Opty 170 as the 10X multiplier was too tempting.

I dithered a bit about the RAM and decided, in the end, to go for the Muskin Redline as I have seen reports of people getting 270MHz plus on them.

CPU cooling shall be courtesy of an Si120 with Delta on top (I'm going to have to tie this beast down with all these fans :eek: ).

I feel like having a go at this gaming lark so I ordered keyboard and mouse for it as well. A good, fast monitor will be added when finances allow.

To cut down on cost, I decided to get the X1600 Pro which will go in my multimedia rig and the X1800 XT from there will go in this monster with another added in SLI, also when finances allow.

This will go in the kitchen, on the kitchen table as no-one ever uses it anyway (probably because it's always covered in PC components - whistles innocently :p ). Hopefully, any noise from the fans won't be audible from the living room.

That should about do it, I think.

Stan :)
 
Hi

You've ordered an AGP X1600Pro - this won't work in PCI-E motherboards. As the X1800XT is only available on PCI-E I'd assume that your multimedia rig is also PCI-E so I'd change it to the PCI-E model

SLI and Crossfire aren't cross compatible. You can plug two X1800 graphics cards into the DFI motherboard but you cannot run them together as a multi-GPU rendering system
 
ajgoodfellow said:
Hi

You've ordered an AGP X1600Pro - this won't work in PCI-E motherboards. As the X1800XT is only available on PCI-E I'd assume that your multimedia rig is also PCI-E so I'd change it to the PCI-E model

SLI and Crossfire aren't cross compatible. You can plug two X1800 graphics cards into the DFI motherboard but you cannot run them together as a multi-GPU rendering system
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Yep that stuck out to me as well.

Need to change graphics to PCIE.
If you want to go 2x ATI cards later (crossfire), you will need to get a crossfire capable mobo.
 
I really screwed that up :o I have found a PCI-E card to do the swap - only problem is, the webnote system is down. Will have to phone them in the morning and change my order.

The X1600 was in "This week only" and I never even noticed it was AGP :rolleyes:

Also forgot the X1800 XT was crossfire rather than SLI - never mind, one 512Mb card will suffice (for the time being).
I may upgrade at a later date but I think I'll wait until the DX10 cards come out.

Jeez, you'd think I'd never done this before :o

Thanks for bringing that to my attention guys - saved me a lot of hassle :)

Stan :)
 
i bought x64 with the same idea,
i have a dual core p4 3.2 800series
asus 955x board
2gb of ddr2 ram
1xwestern digital 250gb sata2
2xseagate 160gb sata1
x850 256mb
audigy 2
xerox 19'' 8ms
antec p160

it ran fine with the x64, i had some issues with the audigy 2 drivers
everything ran except musicmatch would not burn discs, i use this all the time so i binned the x64 (still got the unregistered disc as new)
i put on it norton antvirus 10
i didnt see any noticeable performance hike
went back to 32 bit xp (old faithful)
ps have got a hiper 580w modular, no performance problems
my only issue with it is it says the leads are uv rective -no they are'nt
 
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