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sabregen
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The problem:
Antec Nine Hundred (5x 120mm fans, 1x 200mm), Thermaltake Toughpower 750W (140mm fan), Thermaltake PurePower Power Express dedicated 250W GPU PSU, Zalman CNPS9700LED (110mm fan), ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe (Crossfire Xpress3200) , Opteron 165 LCB9E 0646 RPMW @2610 currently (290x9) @stock volts, 2GB PC3200 Kingston ValueRAM @187 3-3-3-7 2T(4x512), Dual Sapphire x1950pro's (running 614/776 in Crossfire) w/Zalman VF900-Cu's, Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty w/drive and remote, 2x WD Raptor 10k 80GB SATA...yes 80's (RAID0), Plextor 16x DVD-ROM, Plextor 16x DVD-R (PX-7116A ), Westinghouse LVM-37w3 37" LCD, Klispch ProMedia v2 4.1, Creative Surround Station
Everything runs rather well, and I'm not terribly unhappy with the system, but alas, I am stuck (as you can see) on S939 hardware, DDR1.
The other problem:
On order, a 2x1GB kit of Micron D9GMK based Buffalo Firestix PC2-8000, scheduled to be delivered sometime inside of a 2 week period. This RAM is shit hot, and for the $212, shipped, that it cost me...I've very hesitant to sell it off at $350 (original plan).
I could dump my board, and CPU, and RAM on the FS/FT forum...but where to go from there? I've been on AMD since my Tbred 1.33 on Abit KG-7RAID. A E6400 Core2 system smoked my CPU at stock speeds, in SuperPI and other math-based CPU benchmarks. I am right at the CPU-limiting-the-GPUs threshold, but am wondering if I should take the value out of my parts now to move to a new platform, and use the new RAM....or sell the new RAM, as planned, on Flea-bay and live life on S939 for a bit longer? Also, I'm hearing great things out of the Brisbane 3600+ AM2 chips, but with the AM2's needing PC2-6400 to run stock, how far do you think I can push D9GMK chips on the RAM? I read the PC2-6400 D9GMH based stuff going over 1100...but I don't know.
I know you guys won't steer me wrong, but I do need some guidance on this one. I don't care either way, Intel or AM2. I love bang for the buck, and a good OC. I'd have way more headroom on the Core2Duo chips, as far as the RAM goes though. But, a XFire Intel board in a configuration that I like is well over $225...and that's just a bit much for me. If you can find other options that do XFire on S775, LMK! Whatever the choice, it's going to have to be Crossfire capable for now, as I cannot afford to get rid of these cards. I paid $200/ea for them right at release (was waiting for them to release), and immediately added the VF900 kits at $50/ea. The 1950pro Ultimate sells for much less than what I have into these, so I figured I'd wait until ATI removes their heads from their rear and gives us something in the way of a DX10 part before re-thinking the SLI/XF choice.
Antec Nine Hundred (5x 120mm fans, 1x 200mm), Thermaltake Toughpower 750W (140mm fan), Thermaltake PurePower Power Express dedicated 250W GPU PSU, Zalman CNPS9700LED (110mm fan), ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe (Crossfire Xpress3200) , Opteron 165 LCB9E 0646 RPMW @2610 currently (290x9) @stock volts, 2GB PC3200 Kingston ValueRAM @187 3-3-3-7 2T(4x512), Dual Sapphire x1950pro's (running 614/776 in Crossfire) w/Zalman VF900-Cu's, Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty w/drive and remote, 2x WD Raptor 10k 80GB SATA...yes 80's (RAID0), Plextor 16x DVD-ROM, Plextor 16x DVD-R (PX-7116A ), Westinghouse LVM-37w3 37" LCD, Klispch ProMedia v2 4.1, Creative Surround Station
Everything runs rather well, and I'm not terribly unhappy with the system, but alas, I am stuck (as you can see) on S939 hardware, DDR1.
The other problem:
On order, a 2x1GB kit of Micron D9GMK based Buffalo Firestix PC2-8000, scheduled to be delivered sometime inside of a 2 week period. This RAM is shit hot, and for the $212, shipped, that it cost me...I've very hesitant to sell it off at $350 (original plan).
I could dump my board, and CPU, and RAM on the FS/FT forum...but where to go from there? I've been on AMD since my Tbred 1.33 on Abit KG-7RAID. A E6400 Core2 system smoked my CPU at stock speeds, in SuperPI and other math-based CPU benchmarks. I am right at the CPU-limiting-the-GPUs threshold, but am wondering if I should take the value out of my parts now to move to a new platform, and use the new RAM....or sell the new RAM, as planned, on Flea-bay and live life on S939 for a bit longer? Also, I'm hearing great things out of the Brisbane 3600+ AM2 chips, but with the AM2's needing PC2-6400 to run stock, how far do you think I can push D9GMK chips on the RAM? I read the PC2-6400 D9GMH based stuff going over 1100...but I don't know.
I know you guys won't steer me wrong, but I do need some guidance on this one. I don't care either way, Intel or AM2. I love bang for the buck, and a good OC. I'd have way more headroom on the Core2Duo chips, as far as the RAM goes though. But, a XFire Intel board in a configuration that I like is well over $225...and that's just a bit much for me. If you can find other options that do XFire on S775, LMK! Whatever the choice, it's going to have to be Crossfire capable for now, as I cannot afford to get rid of these cards. I paid $200/ea for them right at release (was waiting for them to release), and immediately added the VF900 kits at $50/ea. The 1950pro Ultimate sells for much less than what I have into these, so I figured I'd wait until ATI removes their heads from their rear and gives us something in the way of a DX10 part before re-thinking the SLI/XF choice.