Hello - I'm building a new system, and it's been some years. After a little research, this is what I'm looking at - let me know what you think of the components (specifically, if something is overkill or if a bottleneck in one place makes another component severely under-utilized), and whether there are any more ways I can quiet the system without performance sacrifice. I will use it for video editing, typesetting and publishing layout, games, music, and watching movies.
PSU - please make recommendations
Antec P180 Case
Opteron 165 (I will OC some)
A8N-SLi Premium (quiet, and I need the 1394)
OR
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-Sli ($70 cheaper then the ASUS - thoughts?)
OR
Please recommend a QUIET MOBO which has 1394 but not SLI
2 GB good memory - will not OC - please recommend
WD Raptor 150 GB 10K drive (not as quiet as a Samsung, but mounted in the P180 shouldn't be too bad)
Scythe Ninja on the CPU
XFi - the basic one
eVGA 7800 GT (N17 is $330-350, N18 is $380-$400 - what's the diff?)
Nexus Real Silent fans to replace those on case and Ninja
I'll be watching this all on a 2405FPW, and listening to it on Z-5500's.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Help?
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Bob_the_lost
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A nice build if you can get the opteron. For the RAM read the anandtech review of value RAM, you look like the poster boy for it, the money you save can go for a better XFI card, the bottom of the range one is not all that much better than a 2 ZS card.
Look at the A8R MVP motherboard, much better overclocker than your one aparently. Also silent and a nice board overall.
Look at the A8R MVP motherboard, much better overclocker than your one aparently. Also silent and a nice board overall.
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depravedone
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I Highly recommend the Abit AN8-Ultra motherboard as it does have 1394 and has a heatpipe/passively cooled chipset. The board has more fan headers than you could ever need, including two that can be programmed to stop all together or run from 6 to 12v based on temperature.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813127212
As for your ram I recommend the Corsair TWINX2048-3200 kit as it has decent timings 3-3-3-8 @ 1T and is available for under $200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145486
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813127212
As for your ram I recommend the Corsair TWINX2048-3200 kit as it has decent timings 3-3-3-8 @ 1T and is available for under $200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145486
I recommend the Seasonic S12 380 PSU which should be more than enough to power your system.
When if comes to overclocked 7800GTs, the typical OCed 7800GT will perform approximately 8% - 10% better than a stock 7800GT. The difference between OCed 7800GT who's core is clocked at 445MHz to one that is clocked at 470MHz is negligble. It may show up in the benchmarks, but based on what I've read you will hardly notice any difference with your own eyes.
Also there have been a few people to posted that they actually had to lower the overclock on some 7800GTs because they would overheat and freeze their system. So save yourself a few bucks and go for a 7800GT that's only OCed to 445MHz or 450Mhz.
When if comes to overclocked 7800GTs, the typical OCed 7800GT will perform approximately 8% - 10% better than a stock 7800GT. The difference between OCed 7800GT who's core is clocked at 445MHz to one that is clocked at 470MHz is negligble. It may show up in the benchmarks, but based on what I've read you will hardly notice any difference with your own eyes.
Also there have been a few people to posted that they actually had to lower the overclock on some 7800GTs because they would overheat and freeze their system. So save yourself a few bucks and go for a 7800GT that's only OCed to 445MHz or 450Mhz.