UkJenT Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Hey, I am thinking about building this rig. CPU: Athlon San Diego 4000+ or Athlon X2 4400 MB: DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert PSU: PC Power and Cooling 850W RAM: G.Skill Extreme Series 1GB VC: 2 eVGA GeForce 7800GT K, this is it so far. I can decide on a case and optical drives on my own. I'm thinking about trying water cooling this time. I haven't decided yet. Oh, and I am sure I want an LCD TV 30 inch. But i need to do my research first. Advice is welcomed. Also, I'll be using this future rig for heavy gaming, video encoding, and other things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Simply Uber. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) not an expert here, but i think you should go with G.Skill 2gb dual channel or Mushkin 2gb dual channel cause one 1gb isnt even enough for a single 7800gt. also the 510w should run nicely enough on your build, that way you got extra money to buy the ram . a good WC case i like is the TT Xaser case Armor series Edited December 22, 2005 by Krazyxazn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean25 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 enjoy that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Isn't an 850W PSU just a slight bit overkill? Other than that it looks nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uber Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 i woudl say teh 850 PSU is overkill as well, i mean honestly iv got a 600 and this is overkill.... also if you can space 330 bucks for the Mushkin redline you will love it (mine came yesterday) its simply suprb ram. but if you cant that will still be a uber computer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMaster Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Wow, i wish i had that much money lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ady1989 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 get the x2 for teh cpu or go for an opty. the mobo and psu are very nice (the turbo cool 850 is one of the best on the market), id say get muskin ram tho. as for the video cards, got 1 7800gtx 512 mb, and get another at a later date when you have another 800-1000$ to spend. trust me you will be WAY happeier with even 1 of those 512 gtx's than the dual gt's. im a bfg fanboy, so get the bfg 7800gtx 512, it will be down right worth it. keep us updated, looking good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkJenT Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 oK, many of you say the PSU will be overkill for my system. hm... Let me see. Now this is just an estimate and everything would habe to be at full load. PSU = San Diego = 89W, and the X2 = 110W Ram = 2 sticks = 20 W 2 Video Cards = 182 W (91W each) 2 Optical Drives = 50 W 8 Sata HDDs. hehe = 104 MB + Keyboard + mouse = 43W Sound card = 7W 2 PCI cards = 10 W 6 USB devices = 15W 4 80NM Fans = 12W 2 120NM = 12W 3 Cold Cathodes = 9 W Total = 564 at 100% Utilization, which would probably not happen often. Hm.. thinking over PSU now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 not an expert here, but i think you should go with G.Skill 2gb dual channel or Mushkin 2gb dual channel cause one 1gb isnt even enough for a single 7800gt. also the 510w should run nicely enough on your build, that way you got extra money to buy the ram . a good WC case i like is the TT Xaser case Armor series 603017[/snapback] Isn't an 850W PSU just a slight bit overkill? Other than that it looks nice. 603020[/snapback] get the x2 for teh cpu or go for an opty. the mobo and psu are very nice (the turbo cool 850 is one of the best on the market), id say get muskin ram tho. as for the video cards, got 1 7800gtx 512 mb, and get another at a later date when you have another 800-1000$ to spend. trust me you will be WAY happeier with even 1 of those 512 gtx's than the dual gt's. im a bfg fanboy, so get the bfg 7800gtx 512, it will be down right worth it. keep us updated, looking good! 603037[/snapback] I agree with all these points. Get 2x1GB of RAM. Go for a single GTX instead and then upgrade later if you want. and for a psu, how bout this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817194004 less than half the price you were looking at and still overkill ps. there's about a 0.000001% chance of you ever having full load. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Just get one fo the 580w Tagan PSUs, I've seen them trounce all others in so many PSU shoot-outs it's unbelievable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkJenT Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) ClayMeow, thanks for the PSU recommendation. I'll be looking into the ram. Hm... I already have an eVGA 7800GTX for the current rig I just built. Maybe I'll buy the same one and a eVGA 7800GT for my current system. Edited December 22, 2005 by UkJenT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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