X6800: The most Balla S**T EVAH!

[BobaFettm]

I got my X6800 in the mail today from Microcenter.com... These guys really did an outstanding job on making sure I was happy and getting my chip to me ASAP! Excellent job and I recommend them for in the future even if they do cost a little more cash... in the time of need they proved to be reliable!

Now im just waiting for all the rest of my parts to show... then ill post benchmarks and pics!

 

[cyborg_ninja-117]

lets see how far you can push it

 

[BobaFettm]

I think im gonna be a little girl and just OC it to the Tom's Hardware specs then OC the ram to the amount that Anandtech did... for the video card thats another story... I really dont know much about how the GX2 can handle OC'ing!

 

[JonathanDeane]

I got my X6800 in the mail today from Microcenter.com... These guys really did an outstanding job on making sure I was happy and getting my chip to me ASAP! Excellent job and I recommend them for in the future even if they do cost a little more cash... in the time of need they proved to be reliable!

Now im just waiting for all the rest of my parts to show... then ill post benchmarks and pics!

ROTFLMAO that picture is funny as hell !!! Anyway enjoy that CPU it should last you a loooong time hmm or untill the 4 core versions come out lol

 

[BobaFettm]

haha! Thanks... I think that skit on Chappelle show was one of his best... just fantastic!

if someone hasnt seen it

 

[xyzunit]

haha! Thanks... I think that skit on Chappelle show was one of his best... just fantastic!

if someone hasnt seen it

:twisted: and he chops off the dinosaur's head... and then drinks it's blood.

 

[BobaFettm]

ha! That part made me sad actually probably cuz i loved jurassic park as a kid lol

I seriously can loop that video over and over

 

[BobaFettm]

BTW! etech4sale.com hooked me up also

I called them this morning to see if they had a ASUS Motherboard P5N32-SLI SE DELUXE... they said maybe... and i put an order in then... they called me back to say it was gonna be shipped... I called them just now to see if it really shipped... and talked to a californian chick that sounded cute lol... they told me it shipped straight out of their provider to me and it will be here by Friday

Nice job Etech4sale! If anyone needs this board they might have more!

 

[baddog1]

I really dont know much about how the GX2 can handle OC'ing!

I think it'll oc fine if you can keep it cool. This could be a problem.

 

[BobaFettm]

I really dont know much about how the GX2 can handle OC'ing!

I think it'll oc fine if you can keep it cool. This could be a problem.

im guessing ill just OC the CPU/RAM and this will be enough for fun... and ill keep the XFX OC'd to the standard that they did for it already 520mhz... unless someone else knows about OC'ing the GX2

 

[Grimmy]

BTW! etech4sale.com hooked me up also

I called them this morning to see if they had a ASUS Motherboard P5N32-SLI SE DELUXE... they said maybe... and i put an order in then... they called me back to say it was gonna be shipped... I called them just now to see if it really shipped... and talked to a californian chick that sounded cute lol... they told me it shipped straight out of their provider to me and it will be here by Friday

Nice job Etech4sale! If anyone needs this board they might have more!

Ah.. glad that website worked out for ya. Did you get it at $215.10?

Heh, they have 3 instock last I checked.

 

[BobaFettm]

Ah.. glad that website worked out for ya. Did you get it at $215.10?

Heh, they have 3 instock last I checked.

I owe you huge Grimmy!!! Thank you so much!!! I got it for the 215 yuppers!

 

[Agelmar]

I just got my X6800 retail from newegg...

I'm crying, but I'm tring to figure out why. It's either tears of joy that I finally got one of these, or tears of sadness that newegg ripped me off for $1255. Either way, my old computer went up in smoke (literally) earlier this week, so I really did not feel like waiting much longer.

Stuff catching on fire seems to be a good reason to upgrade.


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Qty. Product Description Total Price
Item(s) shipped from CA Tracking Number:
1 i-rocks ir-4600-S USB 2.0 Smart Hub Silver - Retail
Item #: N82E16817201007 $11.99
1 LITE-ON SK-1688U/B Black USB Wired Standard Keyboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16823107128 $6.29
1 Antec TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail
Item #: N82E16817371001 $159.99
1 Lian Li PC-G70B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811112105 $179.99
1 Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 1066MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557X6800 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115001 $1,255.00
Item(s) shipped from NJ Tracking Number:
1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Single Pack - OEM
Item #: N82E16837102065 $139.95
1 NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
Item #: N82E16827152058 $30.99
1 Intel BOXD975XBXLKR Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813121016 $259.99
1 3ware 9590SE-8ML PCI Express x4 SATA II Controller Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16816116037 $549.99
4 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s (The First Perpendicular Recording) Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822148134 $1,599.96
1 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Item #: N82E16835100007 $5.99
Item(s) shipped from TN Tracking Number:
1 SAMSUNG 244t-Black Black 24" 6 ms (G to G) Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824001222 $859.99
1 NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16821152005 $4.82
1 Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 B7G-00004 Black 5 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Laser Mouse - OEM
Item #: N82E16826105183 $26.99
1 MSI NX7900GT-VT2D256E-HD Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814127218 $269.99
2 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145034
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[BobaFettm]

that system is gonna be sweet! I like that monitor! Wheew its a big one! ha...shipping has to be a bia

 

[IcY18]

too bad you got ripped off for that monitor, for $900 you could've have gotten something twice as good

 

[tool_462]

1600 bucks on HDDs? 550 on a RAID card? 1255 on a CPU? I would guess the OP has money to spend and probably doesn't care about the 900 bucks for the monitor I mean really, for the price of the HDD's or CPU alone I could build one pretty sweet machine.

 

[Agelmar]

too bad you got ripped off for that monitor, for $900 you could've have gotten something twice as good

Actually, I debated for quite a while on the monitor, and I'm happy with my choice. As much as I hate DRM, one of my requirements for this computer is that it have a HDCP-compliant video card and monitor, as I really don't want to get screwed in another few months when I want to watch BluRay / HD-DVD titles that have HDCP protection enabled. There are very few monitors with HDCP support, the Samsung 244t is one of them. I also wanted a widescreen monitor, and I wanted high-res. Overall, I think the 244t met my requirements, and the price was not bad for a 24" LCD.

 

[Agelmar]

1600 bucks on HDDs? 550 on a RAID card? 1255 on a CPU? I would guess the OP has money to spend and probably doesn't care about the 900 bucks for the monitor I mean really, for the price of the HDD's or CPU alone I could build one pretty sweet machine.

It's basically $2100 on storage, or $1,000/TB. (Works out to 2.25TB/2.05TiB in a RAID-5 array). It's actually extremely reasonable considering the reliability. My box that just went up in smoke cost me a heck of a lot more for storage than $1k/TB. Plus, the Seagate drives are high-performing, quite reliable (5yr warranty), and they're in a RAID-5 array so I am a bit more comfortable with SATA2, whereas previously I would have only considered SCSI. This way I get 2TB with hardware RAID-5 (aka it will work in linux), and life is good.

(For those wondering, this computer's primary use is as a workstation for my research.)

 

[Agelmar]

that system is gonna be sweet! I like that monitor! Wheew its a big one! ha...shipping has to be a bia

I'm hoping it will be sweet, and that nothing will be DoA.

I'm a bit peeved about the shipping though. Newegg had the processor listed as in stock for about 2 minutes at 10am, and I tried to place my order then but it went out of stock during checkout. I was pissed. Anyhow, the proc finally went back in stock at 7:30pm-ish, which meant that I missed the 3pm same-day cutoff, so it won't ship until tomorrow. No delivery on Saturday, I'm out on a business trip on Monday, so that basically means pay for overnight to get it Friday or wait until Tuesday (6 days!!!). I opted for overnight shipping, it ended up costing about $180 for the shipping.

Actually, that's not too bad. The 3-day shipping was about $75 or $80 I think, so for an extra $100 I get it sooner and it's not being bounced around by a UPS truck for a week.

 

[tool_462]

I wasn't saying you went overboard or anything Just simply stating that you are spending a lot of cash on the rig and probably did your research. I would love to be able to drop that kind of cash on a computer, or a third of that for that matter Hope everythings works great for ya!

 

[Agelmar]

I wasn't saying you went overboard or anything Just simply stating that you are spending a lot of cash on the rig and probably did your research. I would love to be able to drop that kind of cash on a computer, or a third of that for that matter Hope everythings works great for ya!

I hope it works out too. I really hope that it ships tomorrow and I find out how well it works in time for some weekend fragging...

 

[BobaFettm]

ha... Fraggin'?

jeez... I built this beast to play some 1600x1200 high res'd solitare bishes!!! :lol:

I built this computer to be a dyno queen... just to get some cute little benchmark numbers to post on the web!

 

[chewbenator]

Dude, I play Minesweeper w/ a projection screen in my personal IMAX Theater, talk about Ballin. 8)

 

[BobaFettm]

Dude, I play Minesweeper w/ a projection screen in my personal IMAX Theater, talk about Ballin. 8)

Ha! That would be balla! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Agelmar]

It shipped! Will be here tomorrow Time for the soli^H^H^H^HWorld of Warcraft....