Good system or not?

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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?

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

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA3700BNBOX

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 WD360GD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD360GD

Shuttle Black IDE DVD Burner Model CR40 (black) - Retail
Model #: CR40 (black)

Shuttle XPC SN26-P1-BK-V1 AMD Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 / FX / X2 NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Aluminum Chassis Barebone - Retail
Model #: SN26-P1-BK-V1
 
Only change I'd make is the processor. I'm going to suggest the opteron because it will overclock higher and is cheaper than the 3700. It's the same thing basically except better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103596

Also the raptor doesn't have that much capacity. I would go with this harddrive personally. It offers very fast performance. Not quite on par with the raptor, but I think that the capacity outweighs the performance difference. But if you must have the best, go for it. Also check to see if your motherboard supports sata2. It should, but I'm not familiar with it.

Other than that, it looks very similar to one of my wishlists.
 
Skolar said:
Only change I'd make is the processor. I'm going to suggest the opteron because it will overclock higher and is cheaper than the 3700. It's the same thing basically except better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103596

Also the raptor doesn't have that much capacity. I would go with this harddrive personally. It offers very fast performance. Not quite on par with the raptor, but I think that the capacity outweighs the performance difference. But if you must have the best, go for it. Also check to see if your motherboard supports sata2. It should, but I'm not familiar with it.

Other than that, it looks very similar to one of my wishlists.
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I keep seeing this type of suggestion regarding the Opteron. What I am wondering is will a new out of the box motherboard boot with a Opteron without a BIOS upgrade first?

If not, how do you upgrade the BIOS if the only 939 CPU you have is a Opteron and it won't boot?
 
Met-AL said:
I keep seeing this type of suggestion regarding the Opteron. What I am wondering is will a new out of the box motherboard boot with a Opteron without a BIOS upgrade first?

If not, how do you upgrade the BIOS if the only 939 CPU you have is a Opteron and it won't boot?
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It should boot. I've never heard of a motherboard not booting with a socket 939 opteron was installed. You wouldn't be able to upgrade the BIOS because you need a CPU, as you said, to do that.
 
I was told that the X2 is the best solution if you aren't overclocking, and the Opteron is the best solution if you are...
 
Not 939 Opterons, they like it unregistered. How well do Shuttles overclock? Is that even a real option with them? It's not like they're about the mad cooling.
 
ImStillDave said:
I was told that the X2 is the best solution if you aren't overclocking, and the Opteron is the best solution if you are...
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Even if your not going to overclock, the opterons are still subject to a higher spec than the x2's are. Plus they are cheaper. the x2 4400 is ~80 bucks more expensive than the opteron 170
 
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