Ultimate PC Build....

Dr Who · 29 Jan 2006 at 16:07

Having just sold my house, and having made about £60k I have decided to build an ultimate PC and use my current pc as a server for my wireless internet and video streaming....

I am thinking AMD now as these seem a bit more stable these days, and my 3.8ghz P4 is so noisy when the fan kicks in....

So....

Spec me an ultimate box, say 2gb ram, dual core 64bit, 2x radeon cards that will give uber performance... and max reliability...

Links to OCUK pages will be appreciated if you have the time....

Price is not a problem, upto say £4k

Dr Who · 29 Jan 2006 at 16:15

Paulus said:
Heres the sort of spec:

Ultima Extreme Crossfire" AMD Athlon 64 FX60 Dual DDR Silent System (FS-021-OK)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/full_systems.html

bottom of the page

Not bad, don't like the case or the HDD's, a bit light on storage IMHO, so would require a change there

:cool:

Dr Who · 29 Jan 2006 at 16:23

hehe always a couple of scroungers about...

Gotta buy a house and car as well, just treating myself...

Lian li funky case looks the nads.... can survive with the current storage as have 1.2tb on my server....

:cool:

Dr Who · 30 Jan 2006 at 06:57

Should have said, dont need a monitor as I have a decent tft with a KVM switch already... VGA only tho...

Well, when I say decent, as good as I need

Also already have an Audigy 2 ZS with Creative 7.1 speaker system...

Ultima Extreme Crossfire with Vapo looks VERY tempting

Dr Who · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:58

Wife has veto'd a new PC... darn... but has said I can upgrade...

So looks like its the dual core FX60, Mobo + another gb of ram and then adding an x850 xt crossfire master card...

Or maybe 2 x1900 cards and give her my X850 XT

Dr Who · 30 Jan 2006 at 20:25

Kesnel said:
How much is your upgrade budget going to be?

It would be lovely to have two x1900s in crossfire, also go with an FX60 and 2GB of RAM. As for the motherboard, it might be worth holding out for bit if you're planning to go with crossfire for the RD580 chipset boards to be released.

Budget will be around £2.5k ish... may not need to pay vat if its for export to egypt..

Dr Who · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:23

just how much better is the FX60 Dual core than say a 3.46 dual core p4?

Is the DDR400 a bottleneck compared to the DDR2 888 on the p4? is the p4 cpu no good?

I know crosfire isnt available on p4 yet, but surely thats just a matter of time?

:confused:

Dr Who · 31 Jan 2006 at 15:24

nikebee said:
GC-029-SK Saitek Cyborg Evo Wireless Joystick (GC-029-SK)
£25.95 £25.95
GC-008-LG Logitech MOMO Racing Force Steering Wheel (GC-008-LG)
£59.95 £59.95
GC-015-LG Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 Gamepad (GC-015-LG)
£21.95 £21.95
KB-069-LG Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG)
£37.95 £37.95
KB-077-LG Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (KB-077-LG)
£39.95 £39.95
SP-021-LG Logitech Z-5500 THX® Certified 5.1 505 Watts Speakers - Retail (SP-021-LG)
£179.20 £179.20
MO-008-DE Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-008-DE)
£1,299.95 £1,299.95

All superfluous....

Have a MS Gaming Laser mouse, DD5.1/DTS speakers, MS force feedback wheel, joystick etc... and Z-Board.

Also have a 21 inch TFT and DLP projector for display...

Rest looks doable, tho vapo may be a waste of time here in summer... as airconditioners are always on full

Dr Who · 3 Feb 2006 at 10:52

naffa said:
or maybe a Dell XPS Renegade?

Dell???? cough, spit, choke!!!

Never!!!!

:eek:

Dr Who · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:29

MB-017-DF DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-017-DF) 1
£124.95 £124.95
CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM) 1
£649.95 £649.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO) 1
£399.95 £399.95
MY-093-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-093-CS) 1
£229.95 £229.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO) 1
£309.95 £309.95
CA-024-LL Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-024-LL) 1
£119.95 £119.95

Thats what I have gone for...

Fingers Crossed

Dr Who · 5 Feb 2006 at 18:00

buggah wifes overloaded my credit card, gonna have to wait until thursday when i pay it off...

Thank you OCUK for the shopping list save option..

:cool:

Dr Who · 5 Feb 2006 at 18:07

Defcon5 said:
My exact reaction!

You heretic naffa!

Whats the rest of your current spec then Dr who?

Current spec is powercolour X850 XT 256mb pci-e
1gb DDR2
Intel P4 3.8GHz
4x 250gb SATA drives
1x 150gb IDE 133 boot drive
Sony Dual Layer 16x writer
Sony Single layer 8x writer
Gigabyte Mobo
Coolermaster wave case (garbage case with the worst door ever)

Plays games okay, cant complain..

:cool:

Dr Who · 5 Feb 2006 at 18:21

decided not to go money no object as I want to buy a Decent Mitsi evo in cyprus as well

Dr Who · 6 Feb 2006 at 10:24

psu is an enermax 600w noisetaker...

hope it will be okay..

Dr Who · 6 Feb 2006 at 10:31

BigDom said:
As you've not ordered it yet Dr Who CHANGE THE MOBO ... the DFI Crossfire board is over priced, underspecced and well if the ultimate OCuK build uses the Asus, so should you /wink.

There have been people with issues with the Asus but they seem to be centered around the CPU's who's voltage demands are high and thus you can't overvolt them too well however I believe the FX is low voltage so no problem and certainly the ocuk build is awsome and overclocked with the Asus board.

Oh and it wouldn't surprise me if Quad 7800's where beaten but dual X1900's

Okay, may go with the Asus, but the DFI has an extra EIDE connector doesnt it?

If so then I will switch to a sata boot drive

Dr Who · 6 Feb 2006 at 22:47

Alienware do some nice systems, but for a Desktop/Tower, nothing you wont find better/cheaper at OCUK....

I have been building PC's now since the 486's and OCUK have remained the best overall for price/service/range throughout the comings and goings of other lessor suppliers/immitators..

Dr Who · 8 Feb 2006 at 01:54

CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£649.95 £649.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
MY-093-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-093-CS)
£229.95 £229.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£399.95 £399.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£304.95 £304.95
CA-024-LL Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-024-LL)
£119.95 £119.95
SW-022-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (SW-022-MS)
£83.95 £83.95

Updated spec list

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 17:34

Ordered and despatched today... along with an extra 700w sparkle psu (Thanks Scott for amending the order)...

Was funny when I spoke to scott, he said, well I can find a whole load of orders for you but not the new one...

Reminded me how much I have spent over the years at OcUK... lol

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 19:25

naffa said:
MB-053-GI Gigabyte 8N SLi Quad Royal nForce4 SLi (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-053-GI)
GX-055-XF XFX GeForce 7800GTX Extreme XXX Edition 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70FYDF7) (GX-055-XF)
£499.95 £1,999.80

bah

But if it can only do 2 card sli, why bother with 4 cards?

Bit wasted really

Dr Who · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:45

naffa said:
notice the "Quad" part, quad means four

EDIT: that means it can take 4 cards..

Yes I noticed that...

And this...

Features four PCI-E X16 slots for ultimate gaming platform (Only 2 Card SLi currently supported)