Opinions on build please?

The only thing I would Change is to get a different motherboard. Biostar is a no go.

I would also Add a discrete sound card. I really dislike integrated audio. Every board I have ever had has had crap onboard sound. I can't imagine as though things have changed in the past 7 months.
 
sorry for posting it here but i'm a gamer and i think i would rather get the opinions of the people in this forum.

What would you suggest instead of the biostar? My choices at newegg seemed to be limited. I wanted to choose a 667 board for the memory i ordered.

I forgot to mention that i already have an Audigy 4 sound card that i'll be using.

Big Roy
 
The biggest problem is that $270 for an x1950 pro is a huge waste of money. You can get an x1950 xt for that same price, on the same website.
 
bigroy1231 said:
sorry for posting it here but i'm a gamer and i think i would rather get the opinions of the people in this forum.

What would you suggest instead of the biostar? My choices at newegg seemed to be limited. I wanted to choose a 667 board for the memory i ordered.

I forgot to mention that i already have an Audigy 4 sound card that i'll be using.

Big Roy
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This would be better:

EPoX EP-5P945-3. $70.99
 
chris.c said:
The biggest problem is that $270 for an x1950 pro is a huge waste of money. You can get an x1950 xt for that same price, on the same website.
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Yeah, but i want the 512MB of RAM. Max textures and a bit of future proofing....ya know what i mean?
 
bigroy1231 said:
Yeah, but i want the 512MB of RAM. Max textures and a bit of future proofing....ya know what i mean?
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Not really.. but if 512mb is important to you I would go for the 7950gt. Again, same price as that 1950 pro.
 
bigroy1231 said:
Thanks for the tip. Can you tell me why it's better? There are no reviews for this product on newegg and i don't know anything about it. Is this a new product that just got put on newegg?
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Biostar is a bottom end product line. I've seen more Biostart boards go dead than any other brand. I've owned a lot of EPoX boards, and have never had a problem with any of them.
 
chris.c said:
Not really.. but if 512mb is important to you I would go for the 7950gt. Again, same price as that 1950 pro.
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I considered that but the x1950pro has better image quality and performance, plus it can do HDR+AA at the same time.
 
No, they're just cheaper. And i initally thought that if i was using 667 ram i wouldn't be able to use a motherboard that uses 800. But now i realize that they will work. Which is why i'm considering the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 now. That and I may try to overclock to say 3.0ghz. I have read on a couple forums where people have used the vanilla crucial 667 ram and were able to overclock it quite a bit.
 
The DS3 MB is nice and a pleasure to OC. I have one and am able to get 3200MHz out of my E6400 easily. I know I can get much more but I want to stay with AIR cooling. I am using PQI memory but that should be a close look-a-like for your Crucial. Goof luck and enjoy.
 
Kango said:
The DS3 MB is nice and a pleasure to OC. I have one and am able to get 3200MHz out of my E6400 easily. I know I can get much more but I want to stay with AIR cooling. I am using PQI memory but that should be a close look-a-like for your Crucial. Goof luck and enjoy.
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Thanks Kango. I feel a bit more confident now and i'm definitely going to try to OC to 3.0ghz. I added some RAM heat spreaders and an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro to my wishlist to ensure that i don't fry anything.

My only concern now is the case. I don't want to spend a lot of money on one but i would like to keep it cool. And dust free...maybe i should ditch the rosewill i chose and get one without side vents? I can see a lot of dust coming in there. I suppose i could get dust filters or something right? What about the front fan intake though? A filter would probably slow down air flow too much eh?

I probably worry too much and overthink all this stuff eh?

Big Roy
 
DS3 P965 and a Scythe Infinity. If you cant get the Infinity get The Ninja. Also make sure you get an aftermarket cooler for the chipset. It gets really hot under the passive little piece of metal that sits atop it. Newegg has a really cheap copper coolermaster HSF thats 2.99 after MIR i believe.
 
Endurancevm said:
DS3 P965 and a Scythe Infinity. If you cant get the Infinity get The Ninja. Also make sure you get an aftermarket cooler for the chipset. It gets really hot under the passive little piece of metal that sits atop it. Newegg has a really cheap copper coolermaster HSF thats 2.99 after MIR i believe.
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How do i get the fan to work? I need a place to plug it in on the mobo but i don't think there are any extra are there? I think there is 1 extra but i would be using that one for the case fan right? Also, this is going to sit high up and collide with the CPU cooler. How do i prevent that?

I'm still not sold on the Rosewill case i picked out. Maybe this one would be better?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068

I don't want to spend a lot on the case though...
 
I'd suggest a P5B-E mobo. Great for OCing.

I'd also try to work your components so you can afford an 8800GTS (I didnt see your budget). Maybe opting for onboard on the P5B? The onboard sound on today's mobos is really pretty good.
 
andru said:
I'd suggest a P5B-E mobo. Great for OCing.

I'd also try to work your components so you can afford an 8800GTS (I didnt see your budget). Maybe opting for onboard on the P5B? The onboard sound on today's mobos is really pretty good.
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Unfortunately, i'm already over budget and an 8800 would definitely be out of the question. If anything i need to find ways to save more money if i can cut back somewhere. I already own an Audigy 4 that i'll be using. Screw that onboard audio BS.

Big Roy
 
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