i just built this rig and it handles everything i throw at it, just makes me wanna cry Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Black Edition Processor (overclocked to 3.2) Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ( just for the operating system) Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (for everything esle) XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI TWO- PHILIPS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE interface (ATAPI) ENCORE ENLWI-N PCI 2.3 Wireless Adapter Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC ATX 430W Power Supply ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler ECS KA3 MVP (V1.0A) AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
only about 800, most of the stuff was on rebate so it was nice, my monitor was the most expensive by far, it was 220 bucks, newegg is the best place
I running as follows this case that I built: am2 x2 3800 overclocked to 2125mhz ka3 mvp motherboard 4gb ram ddr 667 radeon 256mb 1800xt overclocked pci-e card 250gb and 320gb Sata II hard drives I'm having two problems though. I hope someone can help me. 1. I wanted to see how far I could go with overclocking the board but for some reason it won't let me go past the 1.30 volt barrier with the 3800 Has anyone had any luck with this? 2. Because of the frustration, I purchased recently an Am2 x2 5000 black edition cpu. I'm afraid to just pop it in to cause it to go to the dredded "blue screen of death" or flash the bios to having it not work properly. If this is a justified reason can anyone who has flashed on this board tell me that there will be no problems with the cpu or the bios and just relax and just do it!!
cw16496: Monitor: Moderate RAM: Good CPU: Moderate Hard disks: Excellent Graphics: Moderate DVD drive: Very good wireless adapter: good Power supply: Good CPU cooler: Excellent Motherboard: Very poor Case: Moderate Overall rating 55% - reasonable midrange build, CPU is a little on the slow side by modern standards but at least it's overclocked. The letdown is the ECS motherboard, some may have good features, but they are universally poorly made, and often go wrong. Valwens: You should really have your own thread for this, but: As I mentioned to the OP, the motherboard is awful. I wouldn't even consider overclocking an ECS board as if you do so, they usually break within days or weeks. As for the CPU, it's a reasonable upgrade, but the CPU is not the problem. Get a better motherboard from MSI, Asus or Gigabyte.
