New PC

[GrumpyOG]

the 4800 series is due out in May and from the one (possibly fake) japanese benchmarch, 1 4870 beats a 3870x2 (just)

PS DFI make some very good motherboards, and bios support is never lacking

[Porky]

Rightho Laaaaaaaads. Im saving up for a new rig and lookin to spend about a grand and this is what i have come up with and u gays seem to kno alot about pcs n stuff so anything u can get me to change or suggest cheaper stuff tehn all is welcome

nForce 750-SLIP5N-D Chipset Motherboard w/Dua; 16x PCI-E
Windows Vista Home Premium
OCZ 4096MB PC-6400 DDR2-800 Dual Channel Memory
400GB 7200RPM SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache Ultra Fast HD
2x GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Video runnin SLI Mode
18x Double Layer DVD+/-RW Drive & 16x DVD-ROM
High Definition 7.1 3-D Surround Sound
Logitech Keyboard and Optical Mouse
NZXT Lexa Blackline Tower Case
Dual Engine High Performance PSU

all that i dont understand just looks good in the magazines haha

why dont u wait till u got a grand?? cos by then all this will be cheaper and like george michael....OLDER

[IceT-Bag]

I cant imagine the 3870 being any bigger than the 2900XT (10 inches!)

http://www.22ndsas.info/forums/viewtopi ... hilit=8500

[LuMbErJaCk]

I cant imagine the 3870 being any bigger than the 2900XT (10 inches!)

http://www.22ndsas.info/forums/viewtopi ... hilit=8500

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[elpopo]

@ LuMbErJaCk

Well, if you've been reading some of my spam lately, you'll know I've been building a new PC rig:


Asus P5KC motherboard
Intel Core2Duo E6750 cpu (1333Mhz)
2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500 DDR2 (1066Mhz)
Sapphire Radeon HD 2900XT (512mb DDR3) PCI-e
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi GamerXtreme
250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA-II Drive
OCZ 600W SilentXtreme PSU
Gigabyte Poseidon PC Case


During the initial build I came across some issues, which where overcome thanks to Sky, Shaggy and Hervig.

Im hoping to have it all finished for the weekend

Anyhow, here are some piccies (camera is crap so I've had to manipulate brightness in PS CS2.0)







Will post 3DMark06 results over weekend.

I can say the following:

:: The Gigabyte Poseidon case is very nice, and very quiet
:: The Radeon 2900XT is a big b*stard....10inches long!!
:: The Crucial RAM looks cool when powered on (blinking LEDs lol)
:: The System is nice and quiet, despite claims the Radeon fan is noisy

[umbongo(uk)]

who,s got length

ati 3870 x2 10.5 same as a 8800 GTX or Ultra .undestandable to say its 2 gpus glued to one pcb
ati 3870 is about half an inch shorter than the 2900xt so that,ll be 9 n arf then lol

from what i hear everythings about to change yet again on the mobo front and cpu side. what with wolfcrest/yorktown n amd striving to add qaud cores over 2.8 to the market and above,,o the joys of home computing lmao decisions decisions

but i have a feeling intel will put more effort into that miniture mobile cpu chip to nick the new cheap mobile device market share as they hold the top cpu spot ! for now !

hopfully ive been as much help as an ashtray on a motorcycle

[CuZ]

I've only heard bad things about Vista, but if you want to experience DX10 stuff you'll need it - otherwise I'd go for XP Pro - Microsoft have extended its 'lifetime' by another 2 years - which should give them time to fix Vista (XP only makes use of 3gb ram max).

Its rumoured that Vista is going to follow in the shoes of Windows ME and be replaced by what they should have done in the first place: "Windows 7"
M$ clarification to Gates' "mis-speaking"