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Which system to buy?

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rayman2k2

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Okay, getting a new comp at the end of the month to early february and I have my choices narrowed down, I just need some suggestions on what platform to choose. I game quite a bit (but by no means am hardcore), i.e. play games every other night or so. I edit videos, and do 3D work (Alias|Wavefront Maya). This rig will be watercooled, so it will be heavily overclocked! The platforms I'm looking at are:

P4 3.0E w/ IC7
-Pros: Can keep current video card, cheapest solution
-Cons: s478, AGP, DDR, and 875 are effectively dead

P4 530 w/ DFI Lan Party 875-T
-Pros: Can keep CPU when I possibly upgrade again or go nForce5, mid-priced solution, can keep current video card
-Cons: Only two S-ATA ports (not a fan of PCI -> SATA cards), not too many features in terms of audio, etc.

P4 530 w/ Abit AA8XE Fatal1ty
-Pros: Red backlight, future-proof (relatively), have a reason to get a PCI-E video card, can use DDR2 and video card in future rigs, excellent overclocking
-Cons: Most expensive, can you turn the red light off?, Most expensive


Budget-wise I have like 1200-1300 for case (Lian-Li V1000B), PSU, and watercool stuff, can go up a little...


So what do you think? Which one would you get? Which one would you recommend?
 
rayman2k2 said:
Okay, getting a new comp at the end of the month to early february and I have my choices narrowed down, I just need some suggestions on what platform to choose. I game quite a bit (but by no means am hardcore), i.e. play games every other night or so. I edit videos, and do 3D work (Alias|Wavefront Maya). This rig will be watercooled, so it will be heavily overclocked! The platforms I'm looking at are:

P4 3.0E w/ IC7
-Pros: Can keep current video card, cheapest solution
-Cons: s478, AGP, DDR, and 875 are effectively dead

P4 530 w/ DFI Lan Party 875-T
-Pros: Can keep CPU when I possibly upgrade again or go nForce5, mid-priced solution, can keep current video card
-Cons: Only two S-ATA ports (not a fan of PCI -> SATA cards), not too many features in terms of audio, etc.

P4 530 w/ Abit AA8XE Fatal1ty
-Pros: Red backlight, future-proof (relatively), have a reason to get a PCI-E video card, can use DDR2 and video card in future rigs, excellent overclocking
-Cons: Most expensive, can you turn the red light off?, Most expensive


Budget-wise I have like 1200-1300 for case (Lian-Li V1000B), PSU, and watercool stuff, can go up a little...


So what do you think? Which one would you get? Which one would you recommend?
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Of those choices you give, I'd have to go with the DFI..


Reason?
At least with the dfi you are using a lga775 socket cpu, so you can upgrade the board [which is a relatively cheap part] later.

You can always get a decent sound card if you don't like it's onboard.

the fatal1ty is a mistake, too much money, in my opinion.. I operate under "state of the art -1 or -2" for picking parts

That's why I don't, for example, buy 300 and 400gig hdds

I'd rather buy 2x250s instead of 1 x 400 [and you know what.. I *can* buy 2 250gig hdds for less than 1 400gig..]
 
there was a mobo here that had pci-x and agp, and had ddr and ddr2 so id go with that. its a 775 socket and shold have room for expansion if you choose to do so in the future. coupled with a 3.2 ghz proc and you can keep your current ram and video card till the 2nd generation of the new cards come out later this year or whenever.
 
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