What do you think?

Not sure I would go for either board, CPU, or RAM if you're trying to get a SLI gaming rig going. Better options out there for gaming. Plus, what OS are you going to run with 8GB of ram? Sure as heck isn't going to be XP Pro :)
 
XP PRO x64 supports up to 128gb ram as does the up and coming vista.

i'm not trying to make a gaming only PC, also for hardcore HD video editing, huge graphic file work as well (photoshop, 3d, etc.).

I went off of the slizone.com suggestion for their biggest and best SLI rig...
 
Ok that board is for a SERVER. Not a gaming rig. Having dual processors can actually hinder your frame rate not help it. And no game out there needs 8Gbs of RAM.

I say if you want nVidia go ASUS A8N32-SLi, eVGA 7900GTX times two, 2Gbs ram, and just one of those Opterons. That should be more than enough and cost a lot less.

Edit: Just noticed that mobo doesn't support 3Gb/s SATA transfer just 150Mb/s. That would erk me with my Western Digital 10k Raptors. Oh and it supports SLi but doesn't come with a SLi bridge, which leans itself more towards multiple monitors than just SLi gaming. Unless they made a way to do it through the board, like with two ATI X1300's.
 
Anavel0 said:
Ok that board is for a SERVER. Not a gaming rig. Having dual processors can actually hinder your frame rate not help it. And no game out there needs 8Gbs of RAM.

I say if you want nVidia go ASUS A8N32-SLi, eVGA 7900GTX times two, 2Gbs ram, and just one of those Opterons. That should be more than enough and cost a lot less.
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Like I said - it's not only for games...
 
Ok what are you going to be doing with it? Web server and run F.E.A.R. at the same time. :p The ASUS A8N32-SLi has 4 of the 3Gb/s SATA ports. Attach 4 of the new 750Gb hard drives and you have 3Tb of storage. That should still put you under the 6-8k mark you are looking at.
 
Just noticed the opty you want is 940 not 939. So to go with the A8N32-SLi you'd have to change the proc, Opteron 180 is about the same price but 939 pin.

Opteron 180
A8N32-SLi
2 eVGA 7900GTX
4 Seagate 750Gb hard drives
2 1Gb (pc3700) OCZ ram
OCZ GameXStream 700W power supply to run it all

Roughly $4150 on newegg.com. That's what I would do if I was looking for {H}ard gaming with massive storage. And frozenCPU.com has the new Koolance PC4-1036BK water cooling case for about $675. Yep that would be one {H}ard rig.
 
Anavel0 said:
Ok what are you going to be doing with it? Web server and run F.E.A.R. at the same time. :p The ASUS A8N32-SLi has 4 of the 3Gb/s SATA ports. Attach 4 of the new 750Gb hard drives and you have 3Tb of storage. That should still put you under the 6-8k mark you are looking at.
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Read above. I mention what I am using it for.
 
Anavel0 said:
Ok that board is for a SERVER. Not a gaming rig. Having dual processors can actually hinder your frame rate not help it. And no game out there needs 8Gbs of RAM.

I say if you want nVidia go ASUS A8N32-SLi, eVGA 7900GTX times two, 2Gbs ram, and just one of those Opterons. That should be more than enough and cost a lot less.

Edit: Just noticed that mobo doesn't support 3Gb/s SATA transfer just 150Mb/s. That would erk me with my Western Digital 10k Raptors. Oh and it supports SLi but doesn't come with a SLi bridge, which leans itself more towards multiple monitors than just SLi gaming. Unless they made a way to do it through the board, like with two ATI X1300's.
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From what I have been reading, you don't need an SLI bridge with the video cards I mentioned...
 
MyFirstSLI said:
XP PRO x64 supports up to 128gb ram as does the up and coming vista.
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If you're looking to build with Vista in mind and you don't want to "waste" 6K, I would wait until DX10 HW comes out. Spending as much as 6K at that time is going to give you "longer" legs on the system as well as being at the cutting edge of hw at the time.
 
If it's just the video card, couldn't I just spend the $$ for one of the cards and get a DX10 card when it comes out?
 
LOL. People are funny. READ THE PREVIOUS POSTS.

I think that board is probably going to be your best best. The msi board has too few usable slots, and there are no tyan boards with enough sata ports and sli capable.

Do you plan on overclocking at all though?

Actually, i think this should be moved to the SMP section.

EDIT: You may also want to take a look @ this http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8qe.html
and this http://www.tyan.com/products/html/m4881.html
and 8 of these http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...e=M&Product_Code=120772&AFFIL=pricewatch&NR=1

and 16 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227210
and one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227210
Thats just if you really want to go all out. :D
 
Yes, I'd like to do SLI. I'd like to do SLI as well as HD video editing and hardcore 3d/graphic development.

I think your setup is a LITTLE more than 6-8k ;)
 
I think the ultimate goal is to get a great system that I can upgrade to support DX10 when it comes out. If I have to spend $6k-8k now and $1,000 to upgrade to DX10, then I will.
 
You know...AM2 is right around the corner with DX10.

Seems like a lot to spend right now for yesterdays tech.
 
AM2 is launched...

(looks at watch)
in 2 hours.

(yes...that means tuesday.)
 
Haven't heard anything good about the AM2... Conroe is almost here as well... Would getting two dualcore AMD's be better than conroe or should I wait?
 
can anyone confirm that with the first posted (supermicro) motherboard and the 2 7900GTX video cards I will not need an SLI bridge?
 
Here are the 3 configs im looking at.... I still need to add storage/optical/sound/power and liquid cooling.

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX EXTREME (675MHz) 512MB PV-T71F-YDE9 Video Card - Retail $495.99 2 $991.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150136
SUPERMICRO H8DCE-O Extended ATX Server Motherboard $379.99 (1) $379.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813182081
AMD Dual-Core Opteron 280 1000MHz HT Socket 940 Dual Core Processor $862.99 (2) $1,725.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103573
CORSAIR 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail $105.00 (8) $840.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145519
Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Single Pack - OEM $139.99 (1) $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102065

Total so far: 4077.94

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX EXTREME (675MHz) 512MB PV-T71F-YDE9 Video Card - Retail $495.99 2 $991.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150136
ABIT AN8 32X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $169.99 (1) $169.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127232
AMD Athlon 64 FX60 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail $986.99 (1) $986.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103573
Patriot Signature 2GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail $288.50 (4) $1,154.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220098
Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Single Pack - OEM $139.99 (1) $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102065

Total so far: 3442.95

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX EXTREME (675MHz) 512MB PV-T71F-YDE9 Video Card - Retail $495.99 (2) $991.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150136
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE-1394a/PCI-E/SATA3G/DDR2/ATX 64 AM2 $249.99 (1) $249.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131011
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual-Core 1MB Per Core 90nm (AM2) (Retail Box-w-Fan) $1,031.00 (1) $1,031.00 http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120987
2gb dimms… somewhere?
Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Single Pack - OEM $139.99 (1) $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102065


Total so far: 2412.96
 
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