March 4, 200620 yr Just got the final quote on my computer, I can't wait! Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe S939 AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ Dual Core S939 eVGA GeForce 6800GS 256MB PCI-E OCZ Premier PC3200 1GB DDR400 Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA HDD Thermaltake Silent Purepower 560W Power Supply LG GSA-4167B 16x DVD+-RW Acer 17" LCD monitor 700:1, 8.5MS Logitech Office Pro Keyboard Windows XP Home This case: http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=93000# This is a first for me in many ways: -First full computer I've bought and owned -First 64bit owned -First LCD Monitor -First GeForce owned since my MX100/200 close to 4 years ago -First computer I'll be able to run Battlefield games on full settings! -First computer that would be built by me I am pumped, I'm ordering it either tonight or tomorrow, and then the waiting game begins. Mac thanks for the www.ncix.com referral, they're the best prices I could find. I'll be back playing Battlefield by the end of March Break. The price if anyone is interested is going to be $1835.62 Canadian, or $1617.00 American. I fit my budget perfectly, and now I have just enough money to buy a network cable
March 4, 200620 yr should go for a bigger/better case my mum has that same one on her home computer and has to leave the side off becuase it gets too hot(poor ventilation)
March 4, 200620 yr the ram wont severly hinder his performance, but its a good idea to get another set later on.
March 4, 200620 yr check internet ping routes to servers. even great system will still have lag if you in server with high ping or players with high pings to your net server. make ***.bat file and edit it to enter : cmd /k tracert ***.***.***.*** filling in stars with server ips you interested in. internet connection has as much or more to do with online game performance.
March 4, 200620 yr Author I'll order another gig of RAM once I get back working, but for now the gig will work fine. For the case: I'll try it out, and if it needs more air I'm not opposed to cutting another hole in it or adding another fan. I don't want to spend too much on a case. For the connection: It's either hit or miss here because there will be 3 gaming-capeable computers, so I may not have the best connection no matter what. My brothers are already sitting on these things like it's the most important thing in the world.
March 4, 200620 yr i guess as long as you get 2 120mm fans and keep a constant in/out airflow it may not be that bad,every computer is different so it could work for ya
March 4, 200620 yr Dont get a dual core proc. Get a 7800GT instead. Much better performance and the same price.
March 4, 200620 yr Author 10 minutes too late Mac . My plan is to get the dual so that in the future it will last longer, and be able to SLI the cards when need be. "Thank you for your order! You've successfully placed your order with NCIX.com." Can't wait!!
March 4, 200620 yr - LCD,- Keyboard, - DVD, - winXP, and i should be able to buy that setup soon (i don't need those anyway). Sweet, everything gets cheaper by the day.
March 4, 200620 yr You can always swap out a cpu or videocard in the future. 6800 is a little old is all.
March 5, 200620 yr when you buy that second gig of ram later, if youre going to run 4 sticks of 512, before you isntall the second gig, go into the bios and set your command rate to 2T on your ram. most memory controllers on the A64 cant do 4 sticks at 1T at ddr400, but they can at 2T. its a very small performance hit and the extra ram will make up for it.
March 5, 200620 yr Author HEY, take pics when you're done. And post 'em. I'll make a new thread, expect like 20 pictures at least You can always swap out a cpu or videocard in the future. 6800 is a little old is all. I realised that it wasn't the newest one, but the SLI sold me. when you buy that second gig of ram later, if youre going to run 4 sticks of 512, before you isntall the second gig, go into the bios and set your command rate to 2T on your ram. most memory controllers on the A64 cant do 4 sticks at 1T at ddr400, but they can at 2T. its a very small performance hit and the extra ram will make up for it. If I buy 1x1024MB instead of 2x512MB will it solve the problem without having to do that?
March 5, 200620 yr yes, but until you get that second stick, you will be limited to single channel mode which cuts your possible memory bandwidth in half. the pc3200 rating on the ram is the maximum bandwidth possible for single channel, 3200mb/s(usually 2700-3000mb/s avg). dual channel doubles that to a max possible of 6400mb/s(usually 5500-6000mb/s avg). it will make a difference performance wise.
March 7, 200620 yr Author Ahh, thanks for the clarification. Update: Everything but 3 items have left Vancouver . HDD and Motherboard are to be shipped sometime today, and the power supply as soon as they get their next shipment . I'm pumped.
March 10, 200620 yr Author Another update: Motherboard and Hard drive arrived today, and the rest of the parts (minus the power supply) are sitting at the shipping place, just waiting for me to pick them up at 6, when I'm allowed to. I switched the power supplies because the one I ordered ran out of them, and won't be ready to go for at least another couple weeks. I bought an Antec Neo 500W PSU, which supports both my SATA drive and SLi for later on.
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