Building first Athlon 64 System, help make it good!

[draconius]

Well it has come time for me to upgrade my athlon XP1800 gaming rig at long last, and I have put together a wish list on newegg (of course), and I was hoping (like a zillion other people) to get some opinions on the hardware I am going to get.

Check out the wishlist here
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...?ID=1474915&WishListTitle=Gaming Rig April 05

This machine will be for gaming only, but I would like to be able to overclock it well at some point in the future, so I threw this sutff together, and figured out I have no idea wtf I am talking about

So any suggestions are more than welcome!
Thanks
Drac

 

[FadedSpark]

dont get raptors... IMO they are a waste of money...

change the heatsink to a Thermaltake silentboost K8

change the cpu to a AMD A64 3500+ winchester

everything else is perfect IMO

 

[dualityim]

That video card is not going to fit in that motherboard.

 

[draconius]

figured that out heheh


I dont know what card to get....6800GT, or x850xt?

 

[dualityim]

You have an SLI board there so why not go nVidia and perhaps get a second card later on?

 

[draconius]

is it worth it?

I updated my wishlist a bit now, but I still have an ATI card. I'm not getting a 6800Ultra just because its a bit more expensive, and I don't know if I would ever go SLI anyways. I think I should probably just use my old ti200 until the next gen of cards comes out

anyway, here is the wishlist as of now

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/WishShareShow.asp?ID=1474915&WishListTitle=Gaming%20Rig%20April%2005

Thanks for the suggestions so far everybody!

 

[Epicenter]

ATI cards don't work in SLI. Get a 6800GT, they're both better deals and you can add a second identical 6800GT when the price is down for tremendous performance gains. Or skip the SLI board and get the normal NF4 Ultra-D and save even more cash. Do not get an X850 XT, it's a complete ripoff.

Ditch the gimmicky RAM and get 2 512 MB sticks of Corsair Value Select. "Low Latency" Bullshit RAM does you no good, you'll get an unnoticable 1% performance gain for 200% price.

Raptors are a terrible deal, they are only slightly faster, emit lots of heat and make tons of noise. For price of one 74gb Raptor, you can get almost 400 GB of silent, low-heat Seagate storage at almost exactly the same performance level.

Change the power supply to an Antec True430 or Enermax Noisetaker 420 supply, and grab a 20 to 24 pin adapter. The 550W model is overkill. Major overkill.