System ordered...but still need help/advice

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Titanium Johnson

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Hey all -

Well, the new system is on it's way, in the (I hope) capable hands of Fed Ex. However, here's the thing...the last system I built up from scratch was back when the XP2200+ was pretty hot, and a GeForce FX video card smoked. :)

So...my question is what should I be paying particular attention to while building the rig? Or has the basics stayed the same?

For reference, here is the system:
Case - COOLER MASTER RC-730-SSN1 PRAETORIAN 730 (SILVER) ALUMINUM MID TOWER
Mobo - ECS KN1 SLI EXTREME nVIDIA nFORCE4 SLI CHIPSET SERIAL ATA300 ATX FORM FACTOR
CPU - AMD ATHLON 64 4000+ (ADA4000BNBOX) W/1MB CACHE 90NM (SAN DIEGO) 64-BIT SOCKET 939 RETAIL BOXED W/COOLING FAN (3 YEARS WARRANTY)
CPU Cooling - ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED-CU COPPER BASE CPU COOLING FAN FOR AMD (SOCKET 754/939/940)
MEM - 2 x MWAVE 1GB (1024MB) PC3200 400MHZ NON-ECC 184-PIN DDR DIMM
VIDEO - 2 x EVGA 256-P2-N565-AX GEFORCE 7900 GT CO SUPERCLOCK 256MB PCI-E W/HDTV & DUAL DVI :D
HDD - WD 250GB 2500KS SATA300 16MB 7200RPM
OPTICAL - LITE ON SOHC-5236K BEIGE 52X/32X/52X CDRW +16X DVD EIDE INTERNAL COMBO DRIVE w/NERO SW
OS - MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL W/SP2

Any help and/or advice is appreciated!

Thanks.
 
Nice man, Nice.

That rig is sick, and BTW, if you have one too many GFX card, hit me up. ;)


While building, just take your time! Patience I cannot stress enough. Oh, and I've never had a problem with it, but I would suggest an anti-static band, insurance that you will NOT fry that $1,500 ( or whatever) PC you got there!
 
Looks like a nice rig. Good call on getting 2 x 1GB sticks - I've heard about problems with 4x512 slowing everything down.

More points for going with eVGA - solid company with great support and service.

have fun with it!
 
lovemyPC said:
Looks like a nice rig. Good call on getting 2 x 1GB sticks - I've heard about problems with 4x512 slowing everything down.

More points for going with eVGA - solid company with great support and service.

have fun with it!
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The term you're looking for is "2T Command Rate", but don't mention anything around Eclipse, he'll post a gigantic screenshot.
 
Thanks for the replies. Everything has shipped and due in on Friday. :D

AND...as an added bonus...kids go on spring break on Friday so wife is taking them to her family's place for a week. A solid week of bachelordom and new computer goodness!
 
I've seen a lot of stability complaints on those Superclocked eVGA cards.
 
bLaCktIGErs91 said:
The term you're looking for is "2T Command Rate", but don't mention anything around Eclipse, he'll post a gigantic screenshot.
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lool :p
 
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