Updating soon, thoughts?

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Updating my pc within the next 2 months. This time a proper update.

Going to get

DFI Lanparty nF4 UT SLi-DR

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+               

Leadtek Winfast 256MB PX7800GT TDH MyVIVO nVIDIA GeForce PCI-Express (yea i know PCI-E bs... but this update has to last me somewhat close to 2 years)
        
 Kingston DDR400 2GB KIT (KVR400X64C3AK2/2G)

or

 GeIL DDR400 2GB Kit Value w/Heat Spreader.


I\'ll probably remove the heatspreaders and replace them with heatsinks.


any thoughts?

There ye go !

7800GTX 512mb Ultra article

[Paul2]

wow, soulgrind.  You upgrading already?  When was the last time you upgrade your computer that you are planning to replace?

I don\'t have much thoughts on upgrade since obviously you are more experience and knowledgeable in this area than I am.  But good jobs though.

yes, the dude has a decent job :thepimp:

fixing busted monitors must really pay off

oh, and hold off till final specs of the 500mb GTX are released

If you\'re going to buy an SLI-ready chipset, make sure its one of the new ones with 32 lanes for graphics. Just to be safe.

BTW, there\'s nothing wrong with PCI-Express. All of the "DONTS INVEST IN FIRST GEN PCIE IT SI DANGARUS~!!!!!!!!!" talk is bologna as far as I\'m concerned. My PCI-E mobo and video card (6800GT) have served me very well.

great i just ordered the 256 MB ones

Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
PCI-E is to new imo, i\'d go AGP. Simply because while i was in the RMA department at mmt. We got 90% returns on PCI-E cards over AGP.
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u work n RMA do u? it\'s to new, it\'s got problems and i saw lots of them. If he plans on updating his gpu every 6 months.

Sorry Soully but when you contradict yourself that bad in just two weeks it has to be brought back.  Glad you\'ve seen the light.  My pci-e graphics card runs without a hitch, and it\'s nice knowing the chipset can handle more bandwidth when needed.

Looks like a kickass system.  If you\'re planning on overclocking consider DDR500, either from Kingston HyperX or Crucial Ballistix.

[Evi]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Meh...that\'s ok.

it\'s a little better than ok

i\'m getting the same processor here in a few weeks.... along with a 7800gt after christmas

[Evi]

I\'m getting the 4400 model this month with a 7800GT.

4400+ X2?  Yow that\'s like a jillion zillion dollars.

What\'s funny is you can buy a 3200+ Venice core for $150 and overclock it to be faster than the 3800+ X2 for gaming, which is over twice as much.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Originally posted by mm
fixing busted monitors must really pay off

oh, and hold off till final specs of the 500mb GTX are released

ehh, i build pump control systems not repair pcs.  Check my journal.

Sorry Soully but when you contradict yourself that bad in just two weeks it has to be brought back. Glad you\'ve seen the light. My pci-e graphics card runs without a hitch, and it\'s nice knowing the chipset can handle more bandwidth when needed.

Looks like a kickass system. If you\'re planning on overclocking consider DDR500, either from Kingston HyperX or Crucial Ballistix.

No Choice, No 7800GTX cards in AGP. Also this update has to last 2 years while i\'m at tafe, start in 3 months. So i had to make sure i built a system that i can upgrade with my tax return next year. Will throw another 7800GTX in.

I\'m a bit sceptic about SLi.  Consider the extra energy it needs and the overall heat build up. I\'d rather have 1 super vga card.

by next year, a single card solution will beat any SLi option today