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Offline Reschke

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OK guys here is your chance...You have $1500
« on: February 09, 2005, 11:29:58 PM »
With the $1500 here are your games that you will primarily play on it and the everyday basics that you need to get your computer working. This is assuming you don't have anything at all and are just building your first system. You already have the games you just need something to play them on.

GOTTA HAVE HARDWARE
  • keyboard
  • mouse
  • monitor


GAMES LIST
  • Pacific Fighters, IL-2 series
  • Half-Life 2
  • Ace's High
  • Rome Total War
  • LOMAC


Here's my list:
COOLER MASTER CAV-T03 CAVALIER 3 w/500W PS and extra 80mm fan $109

AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ (939 PIN) GIGABYTE K8N ULTRA-SLI; CRUCIAL 1GB DDR400 (512MB x 2); ASSEMBLE/TEST BUNDLE) $499

VIEWSONIC 17" E70FB $125

2 WD 120GB 1200JD SERIAL ATA150 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER HARD DRIVE w/ SATA cable $180

PLEXTOR DUAL 12x8x4x/DVD+-RW 48x24x48x/CD-RW SATA INTERNAL $130.14

SONY 52X CDU5221-XV CD ROM $18.50

GIGABYTE NX66T128D 128MB NVIDIA GF6600GT PCI EXPRESS DDR VGA W/TV&DVI $185

LOGITECH CORDLESS DESKTOP LX700 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE  $74.48

Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/sp2  $134

SONY 1.44 BLACK FLOPPY DRIVE w/ cable $13.90

Grand Total from Mwave.com $1,470.01 without shipping
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2005, 12:22:39 AM »
My only question would be the 939/PCI-exp combo vs a 754/AGPx8. You could pair a DFI lanparty or Gigabyte 754 board with a x800 XT or other top end card and get better bang for the buck. From what I've seen on gaming systems they use smaller HD's as well usually stripped 60's or smaller. Certainly a good combo though. Assuming I could massage everything within budget I'd go with a Sceptre X9-gamer LCD ($395) vs a CRT.
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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2005, 09:18:31 AM »
Go with whatever chipset you want. I dropped in the 939 AMD since that is what I am looking at for the next system I am going to build. I didn't look at LCD's for this one but that Sceptre sure does sound like a good price for the budget. On the hard drives there really isn't that much difference in price when you are comparing the small drives with the mid size drives.
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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2005, 10:45:54 AM »
The smaller drives provide faster thruput for a gaming system from what I gather...as for 939 vs 754. For now you have better OC capability with the 754 MB's as well as petter pricepoint on highend VC's.
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2005, 11:34:17 AM »
that moniter will not be able to run 1280x1024 with more than 60hz refresh (meaning seeing flicker)

also you don't have any memory listed.

add $200 or close for 1gb corsaire
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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2005, 11:55:10 AM »
"AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ (939 PIN) GIGABYTE K8N ULTRA-SLI; CRUCIAL 1GB DDR400 (512MB x 2); ASSEMBLE/TEST BUNDLE) $499 " <--nice price for that full combo

memory is lusted after right there ...

i myself would use the neo platinum mb .. and a 6800 ... but i dont see anything wrong w/ the giga mb

the only thing i dont like is the coolermaster power supply (coolermaster makes cheap junk as far as im concerened)  id use a antec or enermax.
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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2005, 11:56:28 AM »
Looks decent to me.  You're cutting corners on a few things but overall it shouldn't matter much.

I will say however that going for 2 hard drives (I assume you're going to set up RAID array) then getting a 6600GT doesn't make sense to me.  Get a single seagate 7200.8 drive in 200 or 300 gig size because it'll have about the same seek time and not really that much lower overall throughput, and it should be quieter too.  Then get a 6800 or 6800GT instead of the 6600GT.  The 6800GT benchmarks about as fast as a dual 6600GT SLI setup in some games, and significantly faster in other games where the SLI configuration doesn't work right.  You can always get that second 6800GT later when the price drops, instead of the second 6600gt.

If you're planning on overclocking, getting premium memory might help.  Crucial stuff is fine and getting pc4000 memory should give you an easy 50mhz memory overclock, but the latency on that memory might be slow and premium PC4000 memory (like crucial ballistix) would speed things up somewhat.

You can find s cheaper dual layer dvd recorder elsewhere.  Newegg keeps selling some dual layer dvd recorder for $69 and another one for about $80, so shop around.

The comments on the monitor are very valid.  Do a search on http://www.anandtech.com for their value and mid-range system builder guides and look at the monitors they select.  60hz absolutely sucks and you should try to ensure your monitor runs up to 1600x1200 at 70hz, otherwise you'll get headaches when playing games and wonder why your eyes are twitching.
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« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2005, 12:00:17 PM »
Better yet get an lcd screen. I know I won't buy crt's anymore.
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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2005, 12:19:59 PM »
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Better yet get an lcd screen. I know I won't buy crt's anymore.


I've got to agree with you, amazing how much better my new LCD is vs my old llayma pro 450 19" CRT...
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2005, 01:02:26 PM »
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...my old llayma pro 450 19" CRT...
what did you do with it?
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2005, 01:12:43 PM »
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what did you do with it?


When my cpu fried it went dead...guessing its a fuze but not sure. Just havent had time to trouble shoot it yet....
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2005, 01:27:49 PM »
ahh rgr...

 i need a better monitor, as i actually have an older model of the 17" viewsonic. i run at 1024x768 85hz, but my ti4800 can run 1280x1024 at 85hz... i would like to see that some day.
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« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2005, 02:28:22 PM »
DO NOT use the Gigabyte 6600 that you have listed in an SLI board. It will not work.

It has the connector, but the board is not listed in the approved SLI list and I know from personal experience it will not work (at least with the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe) in SLI mode.

If you want a 6600 get the XFX one.
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2005, 06:48:36 PM »
You forgot the cost of the HOTAS.

If you go CH, you just blew your budget to bits.

Also TrackIR costs.....
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« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2005, 07:16:32 PM »
Bit of advice for you:


Invest in a 21" monitor.


Your PC will come and go but your monitor will remain with you for a long, long LONG time.

a 21" is also a significant 'advantage' in online games.

Save some money and drop the wireless stuff... you have to be in front of the PC to be able to  play anyways. If you think its a pain in the arse when you lose your tv remote control, wait till you lose your wireless mouse.. heh!

You need 2 hard drives..for what (I see no RAID mentioned there)? save money and just get one.. unless you really really need it.

aside from that..nice system. Id go for a 256mb vid card if you could afford it too.
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