For people not on a budget

[Ging]

was bored so hammered OC's website and built the following system let me know your critic


CP-173-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX62 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-173-AM)
499.95 499.95
MB-159-AS Asus M2N32 WS Pro nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-159-AS)
154.95 154.95
MY-109-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-109-CS)
301.95 301.95
GX-017-BG BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-017-BG)
289.95 579.90
HD-073-WD Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-073-WD)
189.95 379.90
CD-020-AS Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVDRW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-020-AS)
24.50 49.00
CA-000-NX NZXT Lexa Classic Series Ultra light Aluminum Midtower (CA-000-NX)
74.95 74.95
WC-003-ZA Zalman Reserator1-Plus Fanless Water Cooling System - Black (WC-003-ZA)
135.95 135.95
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
84.95 84.95
HD-002-MI Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black (HD-002-MI)
12.95 12.95
CB-000-WD Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD)
4.95 9.90
CB-047-GE Akasa Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) - Red (CB-047-GE)
1.95 1.95
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)
81.95 163.90
Subtotal 2,450.20
VAT 428.79
Total 2,878.99

 

[confused]

Why go for a Fx62?

100% better off going for a Intel Conroe chip


Oki so unbudgeted

GX-084-XF XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 Extreme Edition 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71U-ZDF9) (GX-084-XF)
£389.95 £389.95
CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£666.00 £666.00
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-010-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-010-GS)
£302.95 £302.95
CD-020-AS Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-020-AS)
£24.50 £24.50
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.95 £62.95
HD-073-WD Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-073-WD)
£189.95 £189.95
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
WC-041-VP WaterChill Xtreme CPU/VGA/Chipset Cooling Kit - Triple 120mm Radiator/6 Fans (03-L-1319) (WC-041-VP)
£273.95 £273.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£76.95 £76.95
Subtotal £2,266.10
VAT £396.57
Total £2,662.67

I'm not really one for a water cooled rig, but unless i've missed something thats the daddy...

Better Cpu, better gpu, better psu and significantly better case

Also with two raptors in raid 0 you're really not going to notice that much difference

Also depends on the screen(s) that you're using, if it can take 1600x1200 then stay with the 7950, any lower a 7900 is going to be fine

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Hundreds of people asking for conroe specs, the one above is following the same lines

 

[Ging]

add another 7950 as i had 2x 7900gtx on Sli, oh and your not on a budget, bit of a friday filler for me

 

[confused]

add another 7950 as i had 2x 7900gtx on Sli, oh and your not on a budget, bit of a friday filler for me

Not a Sli board, only conroe compatible multi gpu mobo is crossfire.

 

[noaim]

Since 7900GX2 is 2x 7900GT, 2x 7900GTX in SLI should perform better, and you cant SLI GX2, especially not on an intel based board.

2x 1900XT in CF should outperform the GX2 though.

 

[confused]

Since 7900GX2 is 2x 7900GT, 2x 7900GTX in SLI should perform better, and you cant SLI GX2, especially not on an intel based board.

2x 1900XTX in CF should outperform the GX2 though.

Thats why I mentionned the resolutions of monitors, I doubt you'd see any difference between the x1900cf and the gx2 until 2550x1600 + rez

Not that I have ever used a gX2 before, but I know that even one of my x1900 will have 30+ fps on max detail oblivion on one of my monitors

 

[chretien]

For those not on a budget.
Liebermann Computers.

 

[noaim]

Thats why I mentionned the resolutions of monitors, I doubt you'd see any difference between the x1900cf and the gx2 until 2550x1600 + rez

Not that I have ever used a gX2 before, but I know that even one of my x1900 will have 30+ fps on max detail oblivion on one of my monitors

Resolution isnt the only thing that lowers your performance though.

 

[Darzil]

One thing lacking from these no budget machines :

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/07/can_gigabyte/

Get your O/S and your games on one each of these.

Or at least go for extreme drive performance - Pagefile on it's own disk, O/S on Raid 0 pair, Games on another Raid 0 pair, Data on mirrored Raid pair. Only 7 drives.

Darzil

 

[Svartmetall]

Put 4GB of RAM in if you're going money-no-option.


Note to self: I must never look at this thread drunk or I'll buy that PC

 

[confused]

Resolution isnt the only thing that lowers your performance though.

Higher resolutions = generally lower fps, try running a 6600gt on a 1600x1200 on oblivion then run it on same detail at 1280x1024

 

[noaim]

Higher resolutions = generally lower fps, try running a 6600gt on a 1600x1200 on oblivion then run it on same detail at 1280x1024

Eh? Maybe you should read before you reply.

 

[Saggy]

Resolution isnt the only thing that lowers your performance though.

In this case its the only factor that matters though. Using CF/SLi/GX2 with screen that supports only 1280x1024 (or so) would be just plain stupid as you wouldn't see performance increase compared to one card even if you have all the eye-candy options maxed.

Oh, and you can Quad-SLi GX2 cards if MB supports it

 

[noaim]

In this case its the only factor that matters though. Using CF/SLi/GX2 with screen that supports only 1280x1024 (or so) would be just plain stupid as you wouldn't see performance increase compared to one card even if you have all the eye-candy options maxed.

Oh, and you can Quad-SLi GX2 cards if MB supports it

Afaik only some OEM mobos support that at this point. And for some reason I think you can slow down a single 7900GT for example, if you turn on everything at a 1280x1024 resolution. And if not, you can always get a higher 3d Mark-score.