Uber_G's Vista Rig, Movie Music Production

[uber_g]

Sup everybody, im going to be building a Vista rig with the parts i have now

( exept Case,Vista, Opteron )

( PROJECT Home computing )

-It will be sorta a Rack Mount System for flexibility and to keep it in good maintenance

here are the parts


Norco RPC-800 ( case is 75$ at newegg.com )

-has 2 120mm intake fans

Asus sli
AMD Opteron 165
1gb DDr 400 -getting 2gb soon
7900 gs - at gt speeds
NEC DVD burner
Audigy 4 soundcard
500 watt PSU- Looking for a better one
-and soon will be getting Windows Vista Premium( maybe ultimate ) OEM

This is all going to be for general stuff, Movies, BF2, and Music Production

-Any input on this will be sweet


-to me that Case is a Very Very good deal

 

[aBg_rOnGak]

Not input whatsoever, just wondering, what kind of hsf can be fit in this case. Are you going to OC this rig?

 

[uber_g]

i have an Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro, it should fit just fine, so can a Tuniq Tower

@ your question. i do plan to overclock the Opteron to 2.6 2.8


im look for a rack cabinet also

 

[uber_g]

Il be gettin the Vista Premium



-il see later if i can get a cheaper DX10 card

 

[uber_g]

Bump

 

[uber_g]

ive also been thinking about going with the NZXT duet

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146033

 

[dasickninja]

*Drool*

 

[Viceras]

Just reading the specs and it says "can fit all video cards less than 8" in length" Dont think you'll be fitting any DX10 cards in these cases my friend.

 

[aBg_rOnGak]

Perhaps he can put any DX9 card now and wait for G80's/R600's family (8600GT etc....) to arrive.Hope they're much smaller than 8800GTX, or even 8800GTS

 

[3lfk1ng]

Hope they're much smaller than 8800GTX, or even 8800GTS

They will be appearing sometime around Cebit in mid-march so we will see them then, in the meantime everyone should upgrade to full-tower . As far as length...AMD has already said the top of the line r600's are going to be the same size as the 8800series. (Sorry, no link, I'm unable to find the article again)

 

[uber_g]

Just reading the specs and it says "can fit all video cards less than 8" in length" Dont think you'll be fitting any DX10 cards in these cases my friend.

A dx 10 card is going to be in my new rig , later on this year


im building this to get used to vista, also make music and watch movies

 

[aBg_rOnGak]

As far as length...AMD has already said the top of the line r600's are going to be the same size as the 8800series.

8O
Sigh...I'm just too slow, like living in the past .Have been a bit busy downloading warez and Ocing my old AGP card (successful in the past,unsuccessfull ie crapped my GPU currently) that i didn't have much time finding & reading useful news

 

[uber_g]

 

[alcattle]

What is the shelf life of a taco in that case compared to this one?

Cool Case?

 

[yourmothersanastronaut]

Yeah, he mentioned that he wanted a rackmount. He's got a point...I mean, how many people do you know that have rackmount PCs in their computer rooms? That's pretty badarse.

 

[alcattle]

I was looking for the mini fridge PC case , but that one came up first, nice touch with the glass empty at the end :twisted:

 

[tach]

I have a vista rig now and let me just tell you this 1 gig of RAM is okay for vista basic. but vista home premium i suggest waiting for the two gigs. the resources alone on premium can take 480Mb to 750mb easily just running media player or itunes. 2 gigs will allow vista to consume almost half your memory and allow you to still run your programs as full speed

 

[uber_g]

Yeah, he mentioned that he wanted a rackmount. He's got a point...I mean, how many people do you know that have rackmount PCs in their computer rooms? That's pretty badarse.

its going to be in my closet with an amp that i have



i like the whole "hidden" PC look

will keep updated

 

[uber_g]

lol yea i have some Panasonic Surround sound speaker set ( its ok )


i found the 3800 X2's are really cheap on newegg- cheaper then the 165
so i might just pick up the X2 OEM




- Tacos r awsome

 

[uber_g]

I know aren't they :lol:

But personally I would go with the x2 3600 (oem is $69 bucks) with an am2 mobo and the cheapest (like $60) 2gb kit of ddr2 you can find. The windsor cpus oc higher if that appeals your, and they cost less if that appeals to you also, so I would check that out. That, or get a single socket f board so you can drop in a barcelona quad down the road

The problem is with those speakers I'm talking about, they cost a crap load from the start, and then you are supposed to have them put in ahead of time since they require quite a bit of modding to your walls. Very nice concept if you have the dough though


PS: I don't know if you remember or not, but you had helped me with a cpu thing when I first joined toms wayyy back, so it's kinda nice to return the favor

<3





that AM2 idea doesnt sound to bad at all

thanks! will keep thread updated as i go along


( thx taco ! )

 

[dasickninja]

I'm turning it into a wallpaper... :mrgreen:

 

[dasickninja]

I may be smart, but I've yet to figure out how to make an animated wallpaper - wallpaper.

 

[dasickninja]

No Mexican. Not for a long while.

 

[dasickninja]

No Chinese. Not for a long while either. While I'm at it, no Italian or Indian. Heavy group study sessions that involve massive quantities of food, caffeine and studying do that.

 

[dasickninja]

No Chinese. Not for a long while either. While I'm at it, no Italian or Indian. Heavy group study sessions that involve massive quantities of food, caffeine and studying do that.

Now I'm done digressing.