Hondo-911 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) I've just finished builiding my new rig. Took a while to fix up and I had to wait a while for some of the parts,but I'm proud of it since it's the second PC I've built and I hope to keep for a long time. Anyway here's the line-up Thermaltake V2000A Xaser III Supertower ATX Case Aerocool Aeropower II 550w UK PSU ASUS SK8V Socket940 FX51 Motherboard 2 x Corsair TWINX 2Gb PC3200 (4Gb RAM Total) AMD Athlon64 FX-51 (Socket 940) 64-bit CPU (O/C 2.5Ghz) 4x WD 74Gb Raptor SATA 10,000rpm HDD (RAID 0) Samsung SD-616 DVD-ROM Plextor Premium 52x/32x/52x CD-RW Saphhire Radeon 9800XT Atlantis 256Mb Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers I'm using Asetek WaterChill Watercooler for the FX51 and the Radeon, and the 4 Raptors are in a CoolerMaster CoolDrive HDD Rack. Cost me about £5,000 including new software and games to go with it and the monitor I'm using is a Ilyama ProLite E431S-S 17" TFT. Edited March 23, 2004 by Hondo-911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostie Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Cost me about £5,000 including new software and games to go with it and the monitor I'm using is a Ilyama ProLite E431S-S 17" TFT. that certainly is a sweet setup. that's over 9 g's USD. what are you going to use this system for?? 4gb of ram damn. well now i'm curious what your benchmark scores are. please post your aquamark, futurmark, sandra, GAT and CAS settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite1967 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 that is certainly close to my dream machine tho ill wait for fx53 and nforce 350 before i buy a 64, id also be interested in any benchies u have plus a pcpitstop score if youve done one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo-911 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 I haven't benchmarked it yet, Just finished building it and installing the OS (Win XP). When I've installed all the updates and the games I normally play I might, but I'm not really a fan of benchmarking myself. I don't really care whether my PC is faster or slower than another gamer and what my 3D Mark 2001/2003 score is. As long as it does what I want it to and is reliable then that's good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 4x WD 74Gb Raptor SATA 10,000rpm HDD (RAID 0) That's the most beautiful thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurFACE Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 CPU: Intel P4 2.6 FSB800MHz Motherboard: MSI 865PE Neo2-LS Memory: 512 MB of Kingston DDR 3200 Video Card: MSI G4Ti4200-TD/128 (Nvidia Geforce4Ti) Hard Drive: IBM DTLA-307060 60.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS Monitor: MGC 17" CDROM Manufacturer & Model: MSI 52X CDR/CDRW Manufacturer & Model: MSI CR52-A2 Bulk Sound Card: CREATIVE LAB Audigy 2 Speakers: Creative 5200 5.1 Internet Connection: Time Warner Road Runner Cable @ 2408 / 359 Operating System: windows xp professional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Hmmn... new parts, sorta new rig. AMD Atholon 2400+ @ 2GHz 120GB Maxtor HD @ 7200RPM (New) Epox EP-8RDA Mobo 768MB RAM @ ?? - I'll figure it out ATI Radeon 9500Pro SB Live! 5.1 - Running through 5.1 Speakers (with 3CD CD Player, AMFM Radio and 2 Tape decks. ) LiteOn 52x CD-RW Walmart Special Floppy Drive Coolmax 400W PSU (New) D-Star Monitor 17" Microsoft Intellimouse 5 button Mouse Arabic/English Keyboard <-- l337 Charter Cable Internet... not sure on the speeds right now. Running... Linux Red Hat v9 (10G and 50G Partitions) Windows XP (10G and 50G Partitions) I think I got it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XavierOnasis Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 New RAM is due in today Somewhere in Maryland, behind the smoke, someone is jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZJJ Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 New RAM is due in today Somewhere in Maryland, behind the smoke, someone is jealous. I'm sure it will, especially since it will put this new rig at 700+ MB of RAM. It currently only has 386... or there abouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite1967 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 shh dont mention the great ram debacle of 2004, just forget it ever happened and he has always ahd 768 of ddr400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZJJ Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 shh dont mention the great ram debacle of 2004, just forget it ever happened and he has always ahd 768 of ddr400 I wish I could forget, but do you realize how much $$$$ is tied up in RAM right now? We still have the "old" stuff and just got the "new" stuff. I need to return the "old" stuff and wait for a refund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite1967 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 yes i do realise how much, but as soon as that other ram is returned youl be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) 2 x Corsair TWINX 2Gb PC3200 (4Gb RAM Total) AMD Athlon64 FX-51 (Socket 940) 64-bit CPU (O/C 2.5Ghz) Yo Hondo, that certainly is an amazing rig ... some of the best parts on the market right now. Read great things about the SK8V mobo. Just curious what CPU temps are you getting at 2.5GHz with water cooling? The only thing I might add: are you running your OS off the RAID? I've heard you can get better performance with WinXP booting on a non-RAID HD (you can use an IDE drive) and put your virtual cache and data on the RAID. Ref: Ultimate RAID 0 Array setup http://www.hardwaretech.info/guides/configure_bench_raid.php Edited March 24, 2004 by CR6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo-911 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 You know what I haven't really checked. I'll have a look later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeXaN Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Shoebox with a cable modem attached too it AMD 1700 1.4ghz 60 Gig HD Mobo = Crap i dont even want to know what it is 256 ram GF4 MX 420 64 MB PCI Trying to upgrade to atleast a new case / mobo / ram if i can then i can get another video card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo-911 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I'm in a fairly cool room so it's not too bad. Idle temp is about 29 - 31c and Load Temp gets to around 43 - 45c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.W.A.T-Hondo Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 (edited) A Fellow Hondo, Hello -911. Anyway here's my gaming rig. It's not really that much, and I've been upgrading over the past 18 months with new parts and some old ones from my previous system, but here's my current specs. Coolermaster Stacker Case with a side window + a blue cold cathode light by the window, a Matrix Orbital MX212 LCD display and a Akasa FX-03 fan controller. ABIT IC7-MAX3 Motherboard P4 3.4Ghz Extreme Edition CPU running at 3.4ghz 2Gb Corsair TwinX3200PRO DDR RAM 2 x WD 74GB Raptors (No Raid and in 2 Vantec Vortex HDD Coolers) Plextor 12x4x DVD Rewriter XFX Geforce 6800 Ultra Graphics Card Soundblaster Audigy2 Platinum Pro Sound Card Creative Gigaworks 7.1 THX speaker system Iiyama ProLite E511S-B 20" LCD Monitor I've got the CPU and the Chipset watercooled using the Danger Dan Maze 4 Ultimate Plus, and I'll probably upgrade the memory to Geil or Corsair PC3500 memory. I've just bought a Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse and one of the Z-Board Crossfires to replace my old Logitech MX500 and Internet Navigator It's not really the state-of-the-art but it keeps me happy. Edited October 22, 2004 by S.W.A.T-Hondo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 2Gb Corsair TwinX3200PRO DDR RAM 2 x WD 74GB Raptors (No Raid and in 2 Vantec Vortex HDD Coolers) ... It's not really the state-of-the-art but it keeps me happy. ← Not state-of-the-art but pretty close!! A couple questions for you if you don't mind: 1. Have you noticed much difference between running 2GB RAM vs. 1GB RAM? I've recently got 2GB (4x512MB Corsair TwinX non-pro) of RAM, but just running 1GB at a time the last few months to test each pair first. I will be running both pairs in the near future when I next crack open my case ... 2. How do you like the 10K Raptors, especially with regards to data transfer speeds, heat and noise? I was considering getting a pair, but since the recent articles about RAID 0 not being any better than non-RAID, I am now considering getting a pair of SATA 250GB HD's which may cost not a whole lot more, but have more capacity (never thought I could have half a terabyte in my system ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasniper Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 only a few years till we'll all be buying hdd's in terabytes not gigabytes link to my system in my sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostie Posted October 23, 2004 Author Share Posted October 23, 2004 How are the corsairs in the Max-3? I had an IS7 before with corsair and would get tons of errors. I have a Max-3 now but decided to buy the OCZ 4000el's with it. Runs like a charm at FSB255 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 (edited) Machine specs in plain English: MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR w/nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset AMD AthlonXP 3000+ Barton Core @ 2.1 Ghz, NOT OC'd. 512MB Kingston Value RAM PC 3200 RAM 2.5 CAS running in Dual channel mode @400Mhz Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB (NOT OC'd.) Turbo Case X-SuperAlien with 6 Case fans, and 500Watt Power Supply 4 Hard Drives, 1 WD, 1 Quantum, and 2 Maxtors, equalling 500 GB. ! New Maxtor 250 GB, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache. CDRW DVD Drive LS120 120 MB Floppy Drive(Optical) FDD 1.44MB 19"Samsung SyncMaster997DF CRT, .20mm DPI Monitor. (New) ! ! Drivers DirectX 9.0b Omega 2.5.36b drivers for ATI Radeon 9800 Pro All latest drivers for nForce chipset and MSI board. Cable 3.0Mb connection down, 384 up, Run through a Linksys BEFSR81 8 Port Router Operating Systems Currently Running XP Pro Windows 2K Server SuSE Linux 8.0 Pro Loading up BSD and Sun Solaris Edited October 23, 2004 by PhantmSniper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRP 56 Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 P4 1.8 512mb's Ram Nvidia TNT2 64 Pro Still chugging along! ← Still have the PC above but game playing is now taking place on this. P4 3.2 - Intel D875P Motherboard - Corsair 3200 XMS 1024MB - BFG FX5950 Ultra - Audigy 2 Soundcard - 19" Viewsonic P90f. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pz3 Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Asus A8V Deluxe AMD64 3500+ OC@ 2.46ghz ThermalTake Volcano12 Fan+Heatsinc 1GB Corsair PC3200 DDR400 PNY Geforce 6800GT SoundBlaster Audigy2 two 40gb Western Digital Hard Drives 7200RPM Generic Cheap PC case (looks good IMO) 380watt powersupply DVD Rom, CDRom, CD-RW FloppyDrive Sony HMD A440 monitor (POS dying) need a new one. Altec Lansing ATP3 2+1 Speakers Radio Shack Speaker Switch Altec Lansing Head Set Microsoft Internet Keyboard Logitech Mouse MX500 Logitech MOMO Steering Wheel Logitech Cordless WingMan GamePad Cyborg Evo Joystick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.W.A.T-Hondo Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 2Gb Corsair TwinX3200PRO DDR RAM 2 x WD 74GB Raptors (No Raid and in 2 Vantec Vortex HDD Coolers) ... It's not really the state-of-the-art but it keeps me happy. ← Not state-of-the-art but pretty close!! A couple questions for you if you don't mind: 1. Have you noticed much difference between running 2GB RAM vs. 1GB RAM? I've recently got 2GB (4x512MB Corsair TwinX non-pro) of RAM, but just running 1GB at a time the last few months to test each pair first. I will be running both pairs in the near future when I next crack open my case ... 2. How do you like the 10K Raptors, especially with regards to data transfer speeds, heat and noise? I was considering getting a pair, but since the recent articles about RAID 0 not being any better than non-RAID, I am now considering getting a pair of SATA 250GB HD's which may cost not a whole lot more, but have more capacity (never thought I could have half a terabyte in my system ). ← Hello there, CR6 1. Not really much in standard use, but with games like DOOM 3 and HL2 coming out where I want to run them in hi-res I decided probably more is better. I also do sometimes store and view hi-res images on the rig (which are quite big, 3200x2000 sometimes), instead of my Mac I find it useful. I also found that's it's faster in motherboards with 4 Ram slots, that it's faster to use just two slots inst ead of four. (2x1Gb instead of 4x512). 2. The Raptors are fine and are as smooth as silk for me. I was originally going to use a 36Gb Raptor as a system drive with a 160GB Seagate SATA HDD for games and mp3s, but because I'm using the rig mainly for gaming, I decided to go for speed. I don't really trust RAID when it comes to storage for just everyday use, and having read that article you mentioned, I'm glad I didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.W.A.T-Hondo Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 How are the corsairs in the Max-3? I had an IS7 before with corsair and would get tons of errors. I have a Max-3 now but decided to buy the OCZ 4000el's with it. Runs like a charm at FSB255 1:1. ← So far, I've had no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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