I am building a new box with the following parts. I wanted some advise with parts. I was planning on buying the follwoing and build a maching totally SATA based.
Please advise and thanks in advance.
Shrini
Motherboard: ASUS M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
Video Cards: 2x ASUS EN8500GT SILENT/HTD/512M GeForce 8500GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video, so I can join them.
Memory: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
DVD Rom: ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A3T
Case: Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Power Supply: Sunbeam PSU-BKS580-US ATX 580W Power Supply - Retail
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
The X2-6000 is much cheaper than the FX-62 and faster.
Yes it is...but the Optrons use less power and overclock higher than the desktop versions or even the FX.
My $69 Optron 146 is 2Ghz stock and with out any voltage boost for any part of my system I run it at 3Ghz.
All he needs to do is get the correct socket Optron server chip and set the MB bios ram/cpu ratios and ram settings.
With the setup in my hardware profile I only run 3C over room air temps.
The DFI mb's are far better than the Ausus he is thinking of also.
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I second Adamj's recommendation for the motherboard - I have that board and love it. I tend to avoid Asus boards for AMD, Intel on the other hand...
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yeah deffinetly a better GPU, my single X800Xt beats those in sli (550:1200 clocks). Get the 6000+, save some money and get a performance boost. Im with Joe_The_Dr on the mobo, both would be acceptable.
Buy the x2-6000+.I would also purchase the power supply from a company like Thermaltake or Antec or a decent 550watt from Ace,which offers a decent PSU for a good price.But if you really want to run an 8xxx series video card then I recommend the 8800GTS 640 with a Thermaltake 700watt or more power supply.Goodluck.
Dahak
M2N32 SLI DELUXE MB
ATHLON64 X2-5600+
EVGA 7950GT KO
THERMALTAKE 850WATT PSU
2X1GIG DDR2 800 MEMORY
WD SATA2 80/250GIG HD
RAIDMAX SMILIDON GAMING CASE
XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION
