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Need a little advice -- I'm currently replacing the system in my sig (the p4 3.0, scsi, sata raid etc) with a high-end dual core AMD.
I'm aiming for 3 months from now to have everything finished (thats when the 500 man lan party is).
What I'm looking for, is a system that will play all current games, and ones for another 2 years or so, at 1280x1024 and high/ultra quality settings. Native res of the LCD I use for lan parties is 1280x1024, but I use a high-end CRT at home, so gaming at higher resolutions at home would be nice too. The LCD is only for lan parties though -- don't like uding it at home, its a 19" Viewsonic VX924... doesn't have good blacks!
Anyways back to the point.
Price is kinda of an issue, I'm probably going to keep using my SCSI drives, and bring over the 2x Seagate 160's in SATA raid to the new system so I wont have to buy new drives.
But I'll want at least a X2 4400, or a comparable Opteron. I want this system to last, so going as highend as possible, without being obviously rediculous (FX-60 no lol).
Video opions: Looking at a single 7800GT 256 meg to start, with an SLI board so I may be able to add another 7800GT in the future.
Motherboard: Highend Asus, preferable, been out of the market for a while, but Asus still seems like a good brand.
Sound: I have an Audigy2 Platinum or something already, and it works well enough, no need for anything better.
Drives: using current drives most likely
CPU: discussed above, 4400 or better
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do better, or where I can gain more for the money, or anything like that?
* edit: Not interested -too- much in overclocking -- this system has got to be stable, and last at least 1 and a half to two years.
I'm aiming for 3 months from now to have everything finished (thats when the 500 man lan party is).
What I'm looking for, is a system that will play all current games, and ones for another 2 years or so, at 1280x1024 and high/ultra quality settings. Native res of the LCD I use for lan parties is 1280x1024, but I use a high-end CRT at home, so gaming at higher resolutions at home would be nice too. The LCD is only for lan parties though -- don't like uding it at home, its a 19" Viewsonic VX924... doesn't have good blacks!
Anyways back to the point.
Price is kinda of an issue, I'm probably going to keep using my SCSI drives, and bring over the 2x Seagate 160's in SATA raid to the new system so I wont have to buy new drives.
But I'll want at least a X2 4400, or a comparable Opteron. I want this system to last, so going as highend as possible, without being obviously rediculous (FX-60 no lol).
Video opions: Looking at a single 7800GT 256 meg to start, with an SLI board so I may be able to add another 7800GT in the future.
Motherboard: Highend Asus, preferable, been out of the market for a while, but Asus still seems like a good brand.
Sound: I have an Audigy2 Platinum or something already, and it works well enough, no need for anything better.
Drives: using current drives most likely
CPU: discussed above, 4400 or better
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do better, or where I can gain more for the money, or anything like that?
* edit: Not interested -too- much in overclocking -- this system has got to be stable, and last at least 1 and a half to two years.
