New Opteron build

slipknottin · Post by **slipknottin** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:24 am

*LITE-ON 16X DVDÂ±R DVD Burner - $35
*Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB - $100
*ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 -$80
*ASUS EN7600GS SILENT/HTD/256M Geforce 7600GS 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card -$140
*SeaSonic S12-380 ATX12V 380W Power Supply - $75
*Scythe SCNJ-1000P - $40
*OCZ Value Series 1GB - $80
*AMD Opteron 165 Denmark - $330

I have ~600 gigs of storage in a networked storage server, so the raptor is plenty. And this will be going in my antec 3000 case.

I do alot of gaming and media encoding, so I want the opteron so I can overclock to 2.5 or so. Hopefully with something like crystal I can dynamically overclock and underclock depending on usage.

dchrsf · Post by **dchrsf** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:50 am

The 36gb Raptor is very under performing compared to its bigger brothers the 74gb and 150gb.

It acts more like a normal 7200rpm disk rather than a 10k, and you only get 30~ gigs of program installs etc.

Go for the 74gig or a 7200RPM Samsung or similiar if you want to save money.

As for gaming, I would go for the TOP Silent 7800gt reviewed by anandtech earlier this week. http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2756

Also RAM wise, I would seriously consider 2gbs of G Skill for only about $160. They sell PC4000 kits so you can run your ram async with the HT. 1gb is seriously lacking my todays standards if your building a new gaming rig.

Everything else looks fine, and dont forget the fans and case!

slipknottin · Post by **slipknottin** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:12 pm

Ok, Ill ditch the raptor and get OCZ Gold GX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) for $200 instead. Ill just use one of the various HD's I already own.

The graphics card you picked is nice, but its $400+, the one I chose is only $130.

dchrsf · Post by **dchrsf** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:48 am

What is your budget for this build so I could maybe help you a little more.

In the end you'll get what you like and have your mind set on, but there are ways to save money if I just know what type of limit there is to spend.

Edit: Heres a $950 machine similiar to the one you originally built, but faster.

slipknottin · Post by **slipknottin** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:34 am

Er, thats exactly the system I built, except it has a non silent 7600GT instead of a silent 7600gs.

Id prefer not having to mod my own video card after I destroyed two 9800s.

Im waiting for newegg to start selling the X800XL silent version for $150, and Ill get that instead of the 7600GS.