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Hello everyone,

I've saved up some of that well earned money and decided to purchase a new computer.
So I compiled my very own 'supercomputer' list :D and I need some feedback on it.
I work a lot with computers, but i'm not very techy about them, so I'd like to know if all part are well suited/compatible/... you know.

Main purpose is some gaming (Guildwars, C&C), coding and general desktop work.
Yea it's some overkill but like I said, I've saved up and like to give myself a treat.

Anyway, here is the list :

1- GRAF. CARD:

Asus nVidia GeForce EN7900GT TOP PCI-E 256Mb HDTV Dual DVI
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=269&model=1074&modelmenu=1
== My preference==

GRAKA alternatives :

Asus nVidia GeForce EN7900GTX PCI-E 512Mb HDTV Dual DVI
Model EN7900GTX/2DHT/512M
Clock Core 650MHz - Mem Core 1.6GHz
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=269&model=1062&modelmenu=1

Asus nVidia GeForce EN7950GT PCI-E 512Mb HDTV Dual DVI
Model EN7950GT/HTDP/512M
Clock Core 550MHz - Mem Core 1.4GHz
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=306&model=1350&modelmenu=1
== My preference==

Asus nVidia GeForce EN7950GX2 PCI-E 1GB HDTV Dual DVI
Model EN7950GX2/2PHT/1G
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=306&model=1187&modelmenu=1

Asus nVidia GeForce EN8800GTS PCI-E 640Mb HDTV Dual DVI
Model EN8800GTS/HTDP/640M
Clock Core 500MHz - Mem Core 1.6GHz
(495,00 loveno) = W VISTA dx10 ready
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=442&model=1455&modelmenu=1

Asus nVidia GeForce EN8800GTX PCI-E 768Mb HDTV Dual DVI
Model EN8800GTX/HTDP/768M
Clock Core 575MHz - Mem Core 1.8GHz
(645,00 loveno) = W VISTA dx10 ready
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=442&model=1454&modelmenu=1

2- CASING:

CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Black Aluminium
(169,00 loveno)
http://www.coolermaster-europe.com/index.php?LT=nederlands&Language_s=11&url_place=product&p_serial=RC-830-KKN1-GP&other_title=RC-830-KKN1-GPCM%20Stacker%20830%20Zwart

-or-

CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Black No PSU
(130,00 loveno)
http://www.coolermaster-europe.com/index.php?LT=nederlands&Language_s=11&url_place=product&p_serial=RC-632&other_title=RC-632Mystique%20632

-or-

Antec NSK6500 Midi Tower 430W ATX
(118,00 loveno)
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=96500#
== My preference==

Alternative cooling:

Antec NeoHE 550 High Efficiency 550W PSU
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=28550

3- CD / DVD players:

Lite On SHM-165P6S DVD±RW Super Allwrite bulk black
(36,00 loveno)
http://www.liteonit.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=67

-and-

Lite On SOHD-16P9S DVD 16/48 bulk black
(niet op loveno)
http://www.liteonit.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=99

4- CPU:

AMD Athlon64 5000+ X2 Dual Core AM2 1Mb Boxed
(niet op loveno)
== My preference==

-or-

AMD Athlon64 4600+ X2 Dual Core S939 Boxed
Dual Core Processor Socket 939 Boxed with cooler
(285,00 loveno)

Alternative cpu cooler:

Zalman CNPS9500 AM2
High end ultra silent cooler AMD AM2/S754/S939/S940
(55,00 loveno)
http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.asp?idx=202&code=005
== My preference==

5- MISC:

Apacer Embedded Card Reader 15-in-1 USB2.0 Black
(22,00 loveno)
http://www.apacer.com/en/products/Internal_Card_Reader_AE161.htm

6- HARD DRIVES:

WD Caviar SE16 WD4000KS SATA 400 GB, 300 MB/s, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=131

7- MOUSE:

Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
(68,00 loveno)
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/NL/NL,CRID=2142,CONTENTID=10715

8- FLOPPY:

Sony FDD 1.44 Mb black front

9- MAINBORD:

Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi AM2 nForce 590 SLI MCP PCI-E DDR2 ATX
(niet op loveno)
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=226&model=744&modelmenu=1

10- MEM:

2x KingMax TinyBGA DDR2 1024MB PC6400 800MHz
(134,00 stuk loveno)
http://www.kingmax.com/product/tinybga/tinybga.htm

-or-

Kingston HyperX Dual Channel DDR2 2x 1Gb PC6400 CL5
(399,00 loveno)
http://www.kingston.com/HyperX/products/khx_ddr2.asp#Dual
== My preference==

11- MONITOR:

BenQ FP202W 20 inch TFT Silver/Black
(408,00 loveno)
http://www.benq.com/products/LCD/?product=594
== My preference==

-or-

Samsung SyncMaster 205BW 20 inch wide TFT 6ms Silver/Black
(355,00 loveno)
http://www.samsung.com/nl/products/monitor/lcdmonitors/widescreen/205bw.asp

12- SOUNDBLASTER

from old PC

13- KEYBOARD:

BenQ X800 keyboard
http://www.benq.com/products/Keyboard/?product=797

14- ASSESCOIRES:

Sennheiser PC140 Headset with Microphone
(45,00 loveno)
http://www.sennheisercommunications.com/eprise/main/SennheiserCommunications/com/Products/CNT05_VBLG?ProductId=PC140

-or-

Logitech Precision Gaming Headset 980231-0914
(32,00 loveno)
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/NL/NL,CRID=103,CONTENTID=9523

MS Windows XP Home Edition NL SP2
(286,00 loveno)
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Rich-M
Well a few quickies here from me...
Not sure of difference between two Corsairs, but any Corsiar is fine in my book too and both seem to be Xms which is the way to go if you can afford it. Googling without the pro seems to bring up the pro anyway.
Kingston is fine also, I would avoid the Hyper is all and Crucial is great but watch out for same problem with finicky "Ballistic" there.
Lite-on was a good brand about 5 years ago, but I would avoid it like the "bubonic" right now...others are fine except Sony is now made by Lite-on as well which must be why they crap out quickly too.
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Rich-M said:
Well a few quickies here from me...
Not sure of difference between two Corsairs, but any Corsiar is fine in my book too and both seem to be Xms which is the way to go if you can afford it. Googling without the pro seems to bring up the pro anyway.
Kingston is fine also, I would avoid the Hyper is all and Crucial is great but watch out for same problem with finicky "Ballistic" there.
Lite-on was a good brand about 5 years ago, but I would avoid it like the "bubonic" right now...others are fine except Sony is now made by Lite-on as well which must be why they crap out quickly too.
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Ok no Hyper for me then :up:
I think I'm going for the Corsair then if no-one sees any problems with it?
It's really weird though. I got the memory spec from an established PC magazine that posted a likewise system, and they took the Kingwin in their system specification.
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Great setup, although for extra bucks you could get the superior Intel core 2 series or an 8800gts/x graphics card!
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ZotteStef said:
Ah yes, setting up a raptor as main drive to boot Windows from. How would this work then? You have WIN XP SP2 with a WD raptorSATA and a WD 400 gig SATA partitionned.
Do you have to perform special tasks in order to install win xp sp2 on the raptor?
I remember in the early days of SATA my brother had a SATA drive he wanted to use in his system (with a normal ata drive) and he had to install special drivers or something during the installation of windows.
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No special tasks with Raptor....and the special drivers for sata are a thing of the past with most chipsets these days, especially the ones you are looking at.
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ke200 said:
Great setup, although for extra bucks you could get the superior Intel core 2 series or an 8800gts/x graphics card!
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I think I'm going for the 8800x card

Rich-M said:
No special taks with Raptor....and the special drivers for sata are a thing of the past with most chipsets these days, especially the ones you are looking at.!
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Great news!
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Still haven't got any prices from stores I mailed, will post an update when I get any, and specify what system I then think about
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ZotteStef said:
I think I'm going for the 8800x card

Great news!
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Well that's good. The 8800gtx video card is better than dual SLI setups.
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Yea but I just read that DX10 is windows vista only, and I have no intention to switch over to vista soon at release ... bummer.
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OK, after lots of browsing and comparing I decided to re-arrange it a bit and set up an Intel system to. Check it out. Do you think this system is better than the AMD system?

Mainboard:

ASUS P5B Deluxe P965 Intel S775 PCI-E DDR2 ATX
(199,00 loveno)
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&model=1295&modelmenu=1

CPU:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz LGA775 4Mb FSB1066 Boxed
(344,00 loveno)
http://www.loveno.be/product/11410/Intel-Core-2-Duo-E6600-2.40GHz-LGA775-4Mb-FSB1066-Boxed.html

CPU Cooler:

Zalman CNPS9500-AT S775
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=193&code=009

RAM:

This is the part I'm stuck at a bit.
What's the difference between TwinX and XMS2 memory?
Is twinx for dual channel?
And what's the difference between 5400 (cl4) and 6400 (cl5) memory?
The lower the better?

Corsair Twinx 1024Mb DDR2 PC5400 CL4 with HSP TWIN2X1024-5400C4
(179,00 loveno)
http://www.loveno.be/product/7333/Corsair-Twinx-1024Mb-DDR2-PC5400-CL4-with-HSP.html

or

Corsair Twinx 2048Mb DDR2 PC5400 CL4 with HSP TWIN2X2048-5400C4
(315,00 loveno)
http://www.loveno.be/product/11036/Corsair-Twinx-2048Mb-DDR2-PC5400-CL4-with-HSP.html

XMS2?
Corsair XMS2 1024Mb DDR2 PC5400 CL4 with HSP CM2X1024-5400C4
http://www.loveno.be/product/11040/Corsair-XMS2-1024Mb-DDR2-PC5400-CL4-with-HSP.html

Videocard:

Asus nVidia GeForce EN7950GT PCI-E 512Mb HDTV Dual DVI
Model EN7950GT/HTDP/512M
Clock Core 550MHz - Mem Core 1.4GHz (315,00 loveno)
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=306&model=1350&modelmenu=1

Sapphire ATi Radeon X1900XT PCI-E 512Mb Dual DVI VIVO (359,00 loveno)
LOVENO http://www.loveno.be/product/10593/Sapphire-ATi-Radeon-X1900XT-PCI-E-512Mb-Dual-DVI-VIVO.html

HDD:

Western Digital 36GB Raptor 10.000 rpm SATA (OS)

Western Digital 150GB 7200 rpm SATA (DATA/MEDIA)

Western Digital 150GB Raptor 10000 rpm SATA (GAMES)

FDD:

Sony black 1,44MB

DVD-ROM& RW:

Lite On SHM-165P6S DVD±RW Super Allwrite bulk black
(36,00 loveno)
http://www.liteonit.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=67

Lite On SOHD-16P9S DVD 16/48 bulk black
(niet op loveno)
http://www.liteonit.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=99

Soundcard:

Creative Labs Audigy 4 van oude pC

Networkcard: Is this really needed btw?

Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Mouse:

Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
(68,00 loveno)
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/NL/NL,CRID=2142,CONTENTID=10715

Screen:

BenQ FP202W 20 inch TFT Silver/Black
(408,00 loveno)
http://www.benq.com/products/LCD/?product=594

931BW Widescreen 19" Analog/Digital LCD display (nog prijs vragen aan willy)
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Monitor/LCD_Digital/LS19MEWSFXAA.asp

Keyboard:

BenQ X800 keyboard
http://www.benq.com/products/Keyboard/?product=797

Tower:

Antec Solo Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – Retail (nog prijs vragen aan willy)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129018
(metalen behuizing geen plastiek geen PSU)

PSU:

Antec NeoHE 550 High Efficiency 550W PSU
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=28550

Antec TruePower Trio 650 EC 650 Watt PSU
http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID=07665

Zalman ZM600-HP
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=223&code=015
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I can understand the 10,000RPM Raptor for the OS and applications.

But for the data & games - its not going to be that huge of a difference.

Spend ($110) USD on each 320GB drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136039

150gb is kinda... small.

550watt PSU is fine for single video card use.

I'd still take the Pioneer or NEC over the LiteON DVD drive - they cost the price.
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PS: I forgot to say

Use the on-board network adaptor. You could always ADD one later if it blows up... I did that on a clients PC last month. It simply died - so I disabled it and popped in a new $20 card.
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