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04-26-2006, 02:38 AM
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First Gaming Machine
I have here the makings of what will be my first gaming rig. As I've never done this before, I require a little help.
CASE Antec Performance I P180 Silver http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811129154 POWER SUPPLY Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817103941 MOTHERBOARD ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131004 MEMORY OCZ Gold GX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820227063 CPU AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103539 VIDEO CARD Radeon X1900 CrossFire http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814195001 Radeon X1900XTX http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814195003 STORAGE Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822136012 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822144701 OPTICAL DRIVE PLEXTOR Beige 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 8M Cache SATA 16X DVD±R DVD Burner http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827131351 If I've left anything out or have products with known compatibility issues, please comment. Since this is my first build, I need all the input I can get. Thanx a million 
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04-26-2006, 03:00 AM
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looks, good, some problems though, I think your psu many not be powerfull enough. also, your processor would proabably bottleneck your crossfire build. finally, you can get value or basic ram, if you are not planning on o'clocking
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04-26-2006, 03:19 AM
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Thanx for the reply. What would be a good CPU? I don't plan on getting both cards at once, but I should get a powerful enough CPU to save money in the long run. What would be a good psu?
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04-26-2006, 06:00 AM
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If you don't plan on using corssfire don't waste your money on a crossfire capable card, heres basically the same card sans crossfire
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102003 |
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04-26-2006, 06:21 AM
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you really dont need a crossfire card, as the higher up you go in gfx card power, the smaller the differences between crossfire/sli and normal setups. use the money from the crossfire card to get a 4400 X2 amd dual core, or 4600 X2 AMD
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04-26-2006, 11:37 AM
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I plan on using crossfire. I just plan on getting one card at a time. Other than what was mentioned above, can anyone see any other problems? I appreciate the help you guys have given me.
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04-26-2006, 04:08 PM
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You might need a floppy drive during setup or later for things like installing drivers, bios updates, diagnostics or system recovery. And don't forget the OS.
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