im planning a pc build for the 1st time.i already bought a: transformer case and hiper r 580 ps blue im thinking of buying the: san diego 3700+[supposably has a great stock hs\fan]?????????? abit fatal1ty sli board[dosent look like it has a printer port though,that would suck] or msi neo4 sli platinum sli[heard the board will not work on win xp pro x64 editon] and 2 hitachi 250gb sata 3.0\8.5 seek hd[r these any good?] and 1 dvd\cd rom burners[dont know what to get,in a decent price range, sata or not] and of course the xfx 7800 gtx oc 490mhz at newegg[529 usd] also do u need a dvi moniter for this card or can i use my old hp m70 crt moniter?it has res up to 1280x1024 and 85 mhz moniter speed and xms cosair\cmx32xlpro\with led display[newegg 259usd] p3200ddr400 timings 2-2-2-2-5[matched pair 2x512] the last thing im not sure of is xp pro full or xp pro x64 edition[alot of people are complaining about x64,will this run at full potencial on xp pro full or do i have to buy x64 edition is this a decent build for a gamer/coaster maker or does this suck?
I would go for either the DFI lanparty ut nf4 ultra d or the Asrock 939 dual over the Abit fatal1ty board, the Asrock has both AGP & PCI-e slots so you could still use your 6800GT (still a good card)& save a few $$ . the rest looks ok, but why 2 dvd burners ? . you might want to go for a new monitor as the 7800 & 6800 can do a much higher rez & games look better @ higher rez .....just use normal XP pro as the x64 version has a few driver compatability issues. Heres a link for a mobo review http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2524 ... have fun
thanks but what is the different between pci-e 1 and pci-e 16.dont i want two 16 slots for best proformance or it really dosent matter
If you want to use xp pro x64 edition i would suggest going nforce chipset as nvidia seem upto date with drivers.... Also ive just built a system with x64 edition and nvidia chipset and all is good.... As for graphics cards the 7800GTX has 2 DVi ports so i would recomend a DVi Monitor, but the card should come with adaptors so you can use your existing anolog monitor (saves you some money).... But that system would be great for gameing and certainly wouldnt suck : ) EDIT: Sorry you just posted while i was typeing.... The PCIx (small) is a 1x slot for use with the likes of add-on cards like modems, network cards etc... The PCIx 16x is for graphics only! Now if you want to go SLI then get a board with SLI support, these boards will have 2 PCIx 16x slots for 2 graphics cards that will run in SLI mode... I would suggest getting one with SLI support and just use 1 card then for the future if you want you can get another and run them together
Your only going to need 2 PCI-E 16x slots if your gonna go the SLi route , otherwise you will have a slot doing nothing..... from what i've read the Abit board isn't as stable for overclocking as other 939 mobo's
i heard that games r going to be utilizing all sli modes and duel core in the near furture.if they do, and its not a fad ,the games will be so real and look amazing.what about that fata1ty sli card, heard good things,good overclocking with guru and a push button reset for the bios on the 5.25 bay drive[how cool is that?],but how good does it perform in sli with x64?anybody know?should i start a new thread about it?
The DFI mobo is better than the Abit , in terms of stability, design & price .... or even the Asus A8N- SLi deluxe. So you know that Sli means running 2 cards at the same time and you can only use a matching 7800gtx to accomplish that, which means another $529 on your budget. Gaming will go that way in the end, but not for a while yet... theres not that many games that use 64 bit yet let alone dual core & SLi & crossfire are starting to look preety good
