Buliding a new box

Isha · 27-January-05, 03:55 PM

First time poster long time reader.

I am in the process of building a new gamming machine and have been out of the loop for technology on whatÃ‚â€™s hot and whatÃ‚â€™s not. I have not found a quick a dirty read anywhere on the net giving me the pros and cons of AMD and Intel chips and then what motherboards to pair with them. Also I been looking at ATI an NVIDIA cards and not sure whoÃ‚â€™s the front runner at the moment.

In the past I have been an Intel person (some reason I had horrible luck with AMD powered boxes like it was a curse.) but I open to both sides. I have also stuck with NVIDIA in the past but have heard and read recently ATI is the way to go. I am just looking to make a good machine that wonÃ‚â€™t break the bank and is cutting edge but not bleeding edge.

I have decided to over clock it or not yet but it is an option. I not planning and major mods at this time but I like to know I have the option to do it in the future.

I mostly play MMORPGs and a few FPSs. I also run multiple monitors do to work reasons.

So any info on this stuff would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance!

P.S. I looking ot spend between $1k to $1.5K.

Joose · 27-January-05, 04:08 PM

For Intel, this is what I would recommend:

Intel 550 Socket-T
DFI 875-T Motherboard
2x512MB Corsair XMS-LL RAM
73GB WD Raptor SATA Drive - for OS
200GB Seagate SATA Drive - for data/apps
Nvidia GeForce 6600GT AGP card

Highperf15 · 27-January-05, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pimp joose


	For Intel, this is what I would recommend: Intel 550 Socket-T DFI 875-T Motherboard 2x512MB Corsair XMS-LL RAM 73GB WD Raptor SATA Drive - for OS 200GB Seagate SATA Drive - for data/apps Nvidia GeForce 6600GT AGP card

For AMD.......just stick around PR.........heh

macetom · 27-January-05, 10:37 PM

Fro AMD i would Get
s939 AMd athlon 64 3500+ winchestor
MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce4
Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series DDR500 1 gig
Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card
zalman CNSP7000b-cu

chile · 27-January-05, 10:49 PM

i would wait a bit to see how ati's rs480 chipset stacks up...rightnow, they're not readily available...plus, a lot of 939 boards shouldbe coming down in price within the next few months...for oc'ing, iwould go with dfi...for features, i would go with msi...

Isha · 09-February-05, 07:38 PM

Well after the feed back here plus some research I looking at this:

ASUS AN8-SLI Deluxe
AMD 3500+
Kingston DDR400 2x 512MB
2x Nvidia GeForce 6600GT PCIe 128MB

I know the PCIe might be over kill but I figure I might as well do it now and then as the cards come out I and upgrade those. I know I said in my original post I was not looking for "bleeding edge" the price difference was not much more.

Anyone got reasons why I should not go with the PCIe?

I know I got to get a special Power supply. I am also looking at a case for this.

Any suggestions?

MaTtsPc · 10-February-05, 12:19 PM

Hey SLI is cool but with the cards you are choosing it wont be that great. You could pull the same numbers and profromance with 1 X800 XT or even a X800Pro. Your going in the right way with AMD though but if you really wanna go PCI-E get something bigger for cards go wtih the 6800U's or even the none U's would still be beter..

Matt

Check this out this might add some light when it comes to VIDEO CARDS!!

http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread....021#post326021 check out the scores!

27-January-05, 03:55 PM		#1 (permalink)
Isha Apex Techie Wannabe	Buliding a new box First time poster long time reader. I am in the process of building a new gamming machine and have been out of the loop for technology on whatÃ‚â€™s hot and whatÃ‚â€™s not. I have not found a quick a dirty read anywhere on the net giving me the pros and cons of AMD and Intel chips and then what motherboards to pair with them. Also I been looking at ATI an NVIDIA cards and not sure whoÃ‚â€™s the front runner at the moment. In the past I have been an Intel person (some reason I had horrible luck with AMD powered boxes like it was a curse.) but I open to both sides. I have also stuck with NVIDIA in the past but have heard and read recently ATI is the way to go. I am just looking to make a good machine that wonÃ‚â€™t break the bank and is cutting edge but not bleeding edge. I have decided to over clock it or not yet but it is an option. I not planning and major mods at this time but I like to know I have the option to do it in the future. I mostly play MMORPGs and a few FPSs. I also run multiple monitors do to work reasons. So any info on this stuff would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance! P.S. I looking ot spend between $1k to $1.5K.

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27-January-05, 04:08 PM		#2 (permalink)
Joose Joosey	For Intel, this is what I would recommend: Intel 550 Socket-T DFI 875-T Motherboard 2x512MB Corsair XMS-LL RAM 73GB WD Raptor SATA Drive - for OS 200GB Seagate SATA Drive - for data/apps Nvidia GeForce 6600GT AGP card

27-January-05, 10:37 PM		#4 (permalink)
macetom Apex Advanced Techie	Fro AMD i would Get s939 AMd athlon 64 3500+ winchestor MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce4 Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series DDR500 1 gig Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card zalman CNSP7000b-cu

27-January-05, 10:49 PM		#5 (permalink)
chile Apex Techie Lite	i would wait a bit to see how ati's rs480 chipset stacks up...rightnow, they're not readily available...plus, a lot of 939 boards shouldbe coming down in price within the next few months...for oc'ing, iwould go with dfi...for features, i would go with msi...

09-February-05, 07:38 PM		#6 (permalink)
Isha Apex Techie Wannabe	Well after the feed back here plus some research I looking at this: ASUS AN8-SLI Deluxe AMD 3500+ Kingston DDR400 2x 512MB 2x Nvidia GeForce 6600GT PCIe 128MB I know the PCIe might be over kill but I figure I might as well do it now and then as the cards come out I and upgrade those. I know I said in my original post I was not looking for "bleeding edge" the price difference was not much more. Anyone got reasons why I should not go with the PCIe? I know I got to get a special Power supply. I am also looking at a case for this. Any suggestions?

10-February-05, 12:19 PM		#7 (permalink)
MaTtsPc Apex Tech God	Hey SLI is cool but with the cards you are choosing it wont be that great. You could pull the same numbers and profromance with 1 X800 XT or even a X800Pro. Your going in the right way with AMD though but if you really wanna go PCI-E get something bigger for cards go wtih the 6800U's or even the none U's would still be beter.. Matt Check this out this might add some light when it comes to VIDEO CARDS!! http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread....021#post326021 check out the scores!