20k budget upgrade

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Recently I have learned of my Trust fund which will be open to me in a few months(3), and now i have spare cash. So I have a few questions:

1. What is a good up grade path, I currently want
and X2, and a PCI EXPRESS ATI card(520).

2. What 939 mobos are out there that already have a bios fix for dual-core cpus? With PCI EXPRESS.

3. What type of X2 is the equal to a Winnie 3500+? Which X2 beats the pants off of it?

4. Water cooling, 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 id tubing (the rest i know about)

5. Is 2gigs needed now since the memory leak that was Bf2?
 
20k? Don't you mean 2k? Anyway. Asus, DFI and Epox all make really good mobos, so any one of them would be a solid choice. All X2's 'beat the pants' off a 3500, the 4800 doing the most beating. IDK about water cooling... And finally, yes, if you're building a new rig with a large budget 2 gigs is recomended.
 
nope, 20k. but im not going to spend all of it, jeez. so WHICH model motherboard has teh bios fix?
 
jeebus said:
nope, 20k. but im not going to spend all of it, jeez. so WHICH model motherboard has teh bios fix?
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So if youre not using it all you just decided to brag about it saying "20k budget"? I dont understand. :eek:
 
> 1gb is needed for BF2 at high detail high resolution. There was no memory leak for clients. Only servers running 1.01 patch.
 
i'm slightly confused becuase of this post from another thread of yours

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i dont have that high of a budget, and im an ati fanbiy sorry
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how'd you go from no budget and anti ati to 20k and wanting an R520?
 
4400+ X2
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
2GB OCZ Platinum
eVGA 7800GTX KO
WD Raptor

fuck watercooling....just get an xp-90 or xp-120 and cool the thing with air. most 3800+ X2 (stock at 2.0 ghz) are getting 2.5 and 2.6ghz and a few 2.7 and 2.8ghz.

You'll be fine for a long time with this setup...and if you feel the need to go faster, add another 7800GTX.
 
kidicarus74 said:
i'm slightly confused becuase of this post from another thread of yours



how'd you go from no budget and anti ati to 20k and wanting an R520?
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haha
 
jeebus said:
Recently I have learned of my Trust fund which will be open to me in a few months(3), and now i have spare cash. So I have a few questions:

1. What is a good up grade path, I currently want
and X2, and a PCI EXPRESS ATI card(520).

2. What 939 mobos are out there that already have a bios fix for dual-core cpus? With PCI EXPRESS.

3. What type of X2 is the equal to a Winnie 3500+? Which X2 beats the pants off of it?

4. Water cooling, 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 id tubing (the rest i know about)

5. Is 2gigs needed now since the memory leak that was Bf2?
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Since you have your mind made up on ATI cards I would suggest on waiting a month or so (3) until those cards come out as well as the Crossfire motherboards. just my 2 cents. But I wouldnt get your mind made up just yet I would ask this quesiton a little closer to the time you have the money in your hands A LOT can change in 3 months.
 
Judging from the benchmarks I've seen, you may want to go for a 7800GTX. The scores are amazing. Better yet, 2 of them for SLI.
 
i just learned about teh trust fund, about, 4 days ago. i just thought it would be a comical topic name
 
forf 20k i'd.... dual 7800gtx 4800x2, wait for the new asus mobo; spend ~5k on a bigass tv w/ dvi as well as a couple 24" widescreen lcds. then the last ~6-7k(10k?) on a badass stereo



orr....


i'd pay off some college loans and be happy with what i had.


either or;)
 
With that budget I'd be using dual Dell 2405 LCD's, and 3 Fujitsu 147gb 15,000 RPM HD's in RAID.

Either in a high end Lian Li case or the Antec P180.
 
Apple Dual 2.7Ghz PowerMac
4gb Memory
X850 XT

2 x 30" Apple Cinema Display


Thats about $10K right there....maybe throw in an Elgato HDTV tuner/dvr for good measure.

Course if you have a rig like that you may as well be artsy and get a Canon Digital Rebel EOS and a HD Camcorder and start capturing every second of life. And since you'll be all suave doing post work on your pictures, you'll need something nice to listen to iTunes with. So I would go with some speakers from Magnepan or Martin Logan....something that will be an equally good conversation piece.
 
lol, I love when people are basically given money and the first thing they do is blow a huge chuck of it on stuff they dont need.....
 
damn straight ill blow it. now, monitor. help me buy a monitor. right now i have a 15inch lcd. im looking for something bigger than 17. but i have no idea what any of teh jargon means, such as "contrast" and such. educate me
 
My $00.02 - asking for hardware advice is fine, but bragging about your trust fund is flame bait, pure and simple. Keep it on topic or the thread will get locked.

Thanks - B.B.S.
 
20K is enough to start your own daytrading operation.

If you're:

1. smart
2. tuned in to how business works at that level
3. willing to take a few risks here and there

you can turn that 20K into a lot more than that in a short time.

If you're not a big risk taker, you can still do well. Buy low, sell high.


But if you're talking about buying things you don't need with that much money, it honestly sounds like you're lacking requirement number 1.

If you want free money, do a C.D. at a bank that will give you the best possible rate and terms then watch it grow.
 
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