Good system or not? V.2

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spitfire9137

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Wanting to build a new system to game on. Mostly Battlefield 2 right now. Is this a good system or not? This is a heavily modified version from my first post.


Antec PERFORMANCE TX640B Black Steel ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: TX640B

Thermaltake TT-8025A-2B 80mm 2 Ball Case Cooling Fan - Retail
Model #: TT-8025A-2B

SILVERSTONE RL-FN91 92mm Case Cooling Fan - Retail
Model #: FN91

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: LP[UT]nF4 SLI-DR Exp

ZALMAN ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller Panel - Retail
Model #: ZM-MFC1

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: 256-P2-N516

AMD Opteron 148 Venus 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model OSA148BNBOX - Retail
Model #: OSA148BNBOX

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200 - Retail
Model #: TWINX2048-3200

SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM
Model #: SFD321B/LBL1

Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD740GD

LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner Model SHW-160P6S - Retail
Model #: SHW-160P6S BK RT

LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SV - Retail
Model #: SOHD-16P9SV

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Model #: ARCTIC SILVER 5
 
spitfire9137 said:
Wanting to build a new system to game on. Mostly Battlefield 2 right now. Is this a good system or not? This is a heavily modified version from my first post.


Antec PERFORMANCE TX640B Black Steel ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: TX640B

Thermaltake TT-8025A-2B 80mm 2 Ball Case Cooling Fan - Retail
Model #: TT-8025A-2B

SILVERSTONE RL-FN91 92mm Case Cooling Fan - Retail
Model #: FN91

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: LP[UT]nF4 SLI-DR Exp

ZALMAN ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller Panel - Retail
Model #: ZM-MFC1

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: 256-P2-N516

AMD Opteron 148 Venus 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model OSA148BNBOX - Retail
Model #: OSA148BNBOX

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200 - Retail
Model #: TWINX2048-3200

SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM
Model #: SFD321B/LBL1

Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD740GD

LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner Model SHW-160P6S - Retail
Model #: SHW-160P6S BK RT

LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SV - Retail
Model #: SOHD-16P9SV

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Model #: ARCTIC SILVER 5
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Overall its a pretty decent system, but it needs a little work.

1. That case is too small, you need to get something bigger or you're gonna have a LOT of problems.

2. Are you using stock CPU cooling? If you're planning to OC you definitely wanna pick up a different CPU fan. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223 This fan is a bit pricey, but definitely one of the best fans on the market.

3. You probably wanna get a PSU with more power. Check out
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=844691 For a great guide on how to pick a PSU.

4. If you wanna put out the money for it, grab the the new 150 raptor, because its quite a bit faster for gaming and such. I don't know if this matters to you.

Other than that, it is a very strong setup and I'm sure you will enjoy it=)
 
Are you going to do any overclocking? Personally, I went with an X2 4800+. Gives me plenty for games while giving me extra juice to multi-task. If you are going to oc the Opterons are an excellent choice for that. As stated above my post, you might also want to consider an aftermarket HSF for oc'ing.

Are you going to run SLI anytime soon? I didn't see you list a PSU. Well, aside from what's already on the case. Even if you aren't going to run SLI I would still recommend getting a beefier PSU. At least something more around 500W that has dual 12V rails and is SLI ready. That should help future proof your rig for a while. I just checked NewEggs pictures of the PSU for this case. Looks like it has dual 12V rails. Can't really tell if it can do SLI. But the amp raiting for both rails are 14A and 15V for +12V1 and +12V2 respectively. You may run into stability problems if you oc. Try to get a PSU with something more like 18A or 19A for the 12V rails.

Are you going to oc your video card? I like your brand choice. I have never had any trouble with eVGA. I ordered the 256-P2-N517. It is $15 more then the N516 (Actually same price because of sale when I got it), but it is also OC'd already. Also comes with Quake 4 free.

Your choice of RAM is good too if you're not going to oc much. 1gb sticks generally don't oc as well as the 512mb sticks. If you ordered the same sticks as I did (Twinx2048x3200C2PT)... actually you didn't, but if they are similar in oc abilities; I've read people can get between 225-240MHz with them. Higher oc's needed timings relaxed a little to something like 2.5-3-3-6 with 2.7v - 2.8v.

The Raptor is a great choice also. You didn't specify a second HDD. I'm going to assume this is just a gaming rig? As in your previous thread, that's really not much. Well, depends on what you are going to install and how much data you're going to store. The Raptor should be fine for OS and plenty of games. If you take a lot of hi-res pictures like me, or if you have a ton of MP3s, you might want something bigger like the WD 250GB stated in your previous thread. Their performance is almost up there with the Raptors. Or get a second storage drive.

Hey, at least you remembered the AS5! Good solid system. These are just my 2 pennies.

Alpha D.
 
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