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Offline GtoRA2

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I just bought the parts for a new system!
« on: September 14, 2004, 10:58:49 AM »
This will be the first time in a long time I have had a top of the line system.



My last top of the line was back in like 92, a p90 with 16 megs of ram!


My new one will be:
CPU: An AMD 64 FX 53
MB: An ASUS SK8V K8T800
Ram: 1 gig of Corsair registered DDR
Video: Asus X800 pro 256 meg
HD Maxstore SATA 300 gig drive.
Sony DVD_/+RW

I ordered a new Case as well.


Hopefully it will run Aces high pretty good!

:D

I hope to have all the parts by the end of the week.

Newegg.com rocks.

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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2004, 11:20:48 AM »
yeah have used newegg for the last few years, it rocks.

Looks like you are throwing together a pretty kick bellybutton system there, and the case is very bling bling ;)

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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2004, 11:31:01 AM »
Yeah I am going to throw a NOS stick and a wing on the case!


lol.

It should be sweet. I screwed up and ordered the wrong ram at first, but getting a return RMA for newegg is easy.

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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2004, 11:41:02 AM »
wow, bad bellybutton rig :)
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2004, 11:53:57 AM »
If that FX-53 is a 939 socket job, you don't need registered RAM. However, you would do for 940 socket.

Nice machine. I'm building a similar rig in a couple of months, but I'm going for low sonic levels. Silenced 6800 GT/Ultra, Sonata case, Zalman quiet copper cooler and sound proofing. My current machine is far too noisy!
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2004, 12:05:37 PM »
Runnin an FX53 w/6800gt here as well.  I had a lot of problems initially, which after 2 weeks of screwing with everything but, turned out to be a bunk power supply which was causing the system to throttle back under load when 3d apps were running.


Goes like stink now!

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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2004, 12:22:06 PM »
Dowd,
 It is a socket 940.

 Thanks for the tips though!

 Ijust checked again, the mobo and proc are both 940.... I am paraniod I messed something else up on the order.



I considered going with a cheaper case and watercooling, but decided to keep it somewhat simple for now.

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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2004, 01:00:11 PM »
I've got the FX53 in 939 in my rig, had it for almost two weeks. Was gonna splurge on a vid card but held back. The proc is so dang fast who needs a top-end video card. AH2 is pegged at 85FPS in 1280X1024X32 with all sliders on full quality, and that is with the measly 9800-pro-128.

I've had zero issues with the hardware, everything is great with XP-Pro, but driver support for XP64 is not what you'd want it to be :(