Rate my new AMD X2 system...

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Rob

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This is what I came up with over the past few days. What do you think? Nothing is set in stone right now and I can spend up to $1500. I don't need a mouse, sound card or speakers. I don't really game either, but the video card supports dual DVI, SLI, and should be good for the future and occasional games I do play once in a while.

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Case		Antec TX1050B	 				115.00
Power Supply	Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP500 (500 Watt)	  	  0.00
Motherboard	ASUS A8N-SLI Premium	 			170.00
Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+	 			347.00
Memory		OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) Platinum	 		257.00
Hard Drive	WD 36.7GB 10,000RPM, 8MB Cache (SATA150)	116.00
Hard Drive	WD 250GB 7,200RPM, 16MB Cache (SATA300)	 	122.50
Graphics Card	eVGA GeForce 6600GT (128MB)	 		162.00
DVD ROM Drive	Lite-On SOHD-16P9SBLK (Black)	 		 21.99
CD/DVD Burner	NEC ND-3540A (Black)	 			 39.98
Keyboard	Logitech Black Wired Value Keyboard		  7.00

Total							      1,358.47

Oh, and a Dell 2405FPW display.
 
why are you getting an SLI motherboard but only one graphics card


and a low end one at that
 
AMD T-type said:
why are you getting an SLI motherboard but only one graphics card


and a low end one at that
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Because I want an ASUS and it's the only one in their line up that has the features that I want, such as firewire.
 
Looks good. I'd recomend spending the extra money on something like a 7800GT though. You can get 'em for about $350 if you shop around.
 
sc00ter said:
Looks good. I'd recomend spending the extra money on something like a 7800GT though. You can get 'em for about $350 if you shop around.
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I agree get a better graphics card...well that is I supposed if you are a gamer.

Now that I think about it, I want a new graphics card
 
I'd kill the 36 gig Raptor totally, they aren't worth the price premium. Get another storage drive or run one HD and save a little cash.
 
GForce64 said:
I'd kill the 36 gig Raptor totally, they aren't worth the price premium. Get another storage drive or run one HD and save a little cash.
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What's wrong with it?
 
Rob said:
What's wrong with it?
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Taken from DougLite's HD buying guide.


DougLite said:
WD360GD, 10K SATA 36GB: The 73GB Raptor's little brother is significantly slower (often merely equal to much cheaper per GB 7200RPM drives) and has only half the capacity, at a much higher cost per GB. To be avoided.
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I figure Nividia has to have some sort of 512MB solution in the works. Is there any reason to hold out for that to materialize?
 
Not really...the price premium is gonna make it pointless. Not too many games right now depend on memory size.

I would step up to a 7800GT (preferably eVGA). And I agree that you should get rid of the Raptor. Instead, get two big drives. I'd skip the WD drive, and replace it with a Seagate 7200.9 series drive. I'd get two of these.
 
Bad choice with the 36GB raptor. They're slow. Normal 7200rpm SATA drives are quicker, and hold more.
 
SocceRich20 said:
Bad choice with the 36GB raptor. They're slow. Normal 7200rpm SATA drives are quicker, and hold more.
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o_0

Raptors aren't much faster than most 7.2k SATA drives but they are most definately not slower.
 
Yes they are. My Hitachi 250GB SATA drive smoked my 36GB raptor, so I sold the crappy raptor. The 74GB raptors are a different story though. Those are quick.
 
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