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dye4metal

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Alright updating my old pc with the 2000+ XP

AMD 64 3200+ Venice
MSI Neo4-F SLi
Sunbeam Nuuo 550W Sli PSU
WD Caviar 80 gb
PNY PC3200 2x512mb
Chaintech 6600GT

should this all work with the Mobo? Im gonna buy this all. Im still sketchy on the Sli can i just run one card for now? and can i use 2 different cards? also for that card do i need the sli PSU. Like the extra power source. Nvidia says all the cards have the power hookup on the Sli cards.
 
will my mobo take those ram cards? i want my Sli board and PSU. i like that 4200 for $76 though..
 
Oh, no, that's DDR2. Just get the same stuff, except the DDR version. :p Like the post above, do you plan on overclocking?
 
somewat. would u overclock if u were me? Im also getting a zalman all copper 120mm CPU cooler.
 
I would definitely overclock if I were you.

As for the parts you have chosen. I suggest just saving your money and bumping down to a 3000+. Yes, the 3200+ has a 10x multiplier, but with a good motherboard it is highly unlikely for you to be limited by the HTT.

I would also change the motherboard. The DFi NF4 Ultra-D is known to be the best overclockers board, however, it may take a little tweaking to get it to work properly. So, I would suggest hgetting the Epox NF4 Ultra board.

For the PSU I would suggest a Fortron AX500-A. Get some Crucial Value RAM and an X800 too.
 
You should really spend some more time researching, a lot of the threads you have created recently can be solved by searching through google...

There are a lot of different types of Zalman coolers, google the model you are getting, read some reviews, get the specs, look at some pictures, and you should be good to go..
 
yea, sry bout it. but ur right ive searched some things on google and found good stuff. thanx
 
My suggestions:

MOTHERBOARD: EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI
-overclocks just as well as the DFI Ultra and Fatal1ty boards and costs much less. Very stable. Many good reviews floating around out there.

CPU: AMD Venice 3000+ (or an Opteron 144 if you can find one.)

MEMORY: Good price on that after the rebate! Wow.

PSU: Can't beat an SLI certified psu for that price, eh?

HDD: Seagate 80GB
For approx $10 more, you get to run SATA.

GPU: XFX 6600GT PCI-e
-only $125 after MIR!!!

:D
 
Wow, sweet find on the video card DejaWiz! That's an awesome price. I haven't heard much about that version of the mobo, but if it's like the non-SLI version I wouldn't doubt that it's good.
 
Yeah, every reputable site that has reviewed the SLI board says it totally phukin rules. At only $138, it's one hell of a deal.
 
is the XFX Nvidia certified? it doesnt look like it is. i no the MSI is. and im gonna go with that?
 
which would u choose MSI or XFX? and do the cards have to be the same if run in Sli?
 
dye4metal said:
which would u choose MSI or XFX? and do the cards have to be the same if run in Sli?
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I've had both brands before. They are both decent. I kinda liked the XFX better, but MSI is great nonetheless. You do have to have the same brand cards to SLI as of right now, but nVidia has just released a beta driver (ver 8x.xx) that will allow brand mixing). By the time you upgrade to SLI, the driver should be official. ;)

For the price, get the XFX. Hard to pass up if you're in the market.

Ps - I'm running the latest beta driver and it's actually pretty darn stable.
You can get it here:
WinXP 32bit
WinXP 64bit

I'm using it on my x64 install and Far Cry 64 looks absolutely beautiful!
 
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