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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: Mugzeee on September 17, 2006, 05:37:02 PM
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Welp..here it is.
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.
1. ASUS P5WDG2-WS PRO Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Server MoBo
2. Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz
3. Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply
4. Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
5. ATI 100-435843 Radeon X1950XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 VIVO PCI Express x16 CrossFire Video Card (Skuzzy. I would really like to know what you think about this card)
6. Im going with one of the WD Raptor HD's..just not sure whice one yet.
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The X1950 card is a great card, but it does run hot. I opted for the Artic Cooler for mine as it is significantly quieter than the ATI cooler and does a better job.
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Other thoughts that came to mind.
Any thoughts on the Crossfire feature?
Anyone using it?
Skuzzy, did you go with an ATI mfg card as i am doing? (Always thought it best with ATI cards)
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You might want to take 2x 1GB of RAM there looks a bit strange to have halve your RAM on the graphic board.
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Originally posted by Schutt
You might want to take 2x 1GB of RAM there looks a bit strange to have halve your RAM on the graphic board.
Been thinkin about that too.
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Originally posted by Mugzeee
Other thoughts that came to mind.
Any thoughts on the Crossfire feature?
Anyone using it?
Skuzzy, did you go with an ATI mfg card as i am doing? (Always thought it best with ATI cards)
I like the K.I.S.S. principle. Only one video card. I went with HiS.
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Update on the SYS after further discussion.
1. ASUS P5WDG2-WS PRO Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Server MoBo
2. Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz (Looks like this thing overclocks with ezzz and Temps are easy to control and keep stable.)
3. Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817371001 .
I hope this PSU will operate 2 x X1900's along with the overclocked CPU if he dicides to go Crossfire later. I have done a lot of research and am lead to believe it will.
4.CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
5. MSI/ATI 100-435843 Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 VIVO PCI Express x16
6. Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive.
(He says he will strictly be Gaming...BF2 and AH2 on this rig, so we opted for the Speed and Cache of this drive and sacrificed caopacity for price. $159[/B][/QUOTE]
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FYI: The new Seagate vertical recording drives, running SATA 3.0, are faster (slightly), cheaper (under $100), and higher capacity (320GB) than the Raptor.
You just have to remember the drive defaults to SATA 1.0 speeds and has a jumper to change them to SATA 3.0.
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Thanks again Skuzzy
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OK heres how it shook out.
1. ASUS P5WDG2-WS PRO Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Server MoBo
(Excellent Core2 Duo board, Software bundle will make overclocking and monitoring Temps a breez for noobs right from the desktop!)
2. Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz (Overclocked to 3.2 only raised Temps to 84 c. with stock cooler setup. But of course we didnt leave it there. An after market cooling solution of around $40 - $60 would likely let you overclock to +1 gig over default with ease.)
3. Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails . (Solid as a rock)
4.CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
(default ts to 4. 4. 4. 18. but tightened to 5.5.5.12 at default voltage of 1.8 with ease on the P5WDG2-WS)
5. MSI/ATI 100-435843 Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 VIVO PCI Express x16 (Overclocking utility is awesome and makes overclocking from deask top a snap all while monitoring Temps in the same control panel)
6. Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive. (fast and smooth.. a wee bt noisier that expected but very acceptable)
Ah2 settings
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(Video Settings)
1200x1600 res.
1024 Max Texture
Preload in sys mem "Checked"
Preload skins "Checked
Hardware vertex processing "checked
Optimize objects "checked"
Optimize terrain "checked"
Max frame rate "Unlimited"
( Graphic Detail )
Object Detail = Max Detail
Ground Detail Range = 3 Miles
Gama at 1.4
Disable other plane skins = off
Animated water = On
Horizon = On
Terrain Mipmapping = On
Optimize Objects = On
Disable weapon effects = Off
Disable Vehicle effects = Off
Transitions = On
Optimize terrain = On
AA is at 6x
AF is at 12x
Ah2 FR is a solid 80 FPS in all but the most taxing situations and even then only drops to 65+.
BF2 runs at a solid 60 FPS at MAX settings.
3DMark06 scores were 6100 to 6200 at default clocking’s. (Noted that CPU test scores were a little lower than expected around 2000.)
All in all a very nice system for around $1650
PS. used a Thermaltake Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133160
This is a very nice case for the money. The cooling solution is plenty, looks racy and is loaded with control features. Be warned...there are wire connectors out the yeng-yang!!! LOL
At first it looks rather overwhelming as to what the hell to do with all those wires... I actually made a shelf to lay all the connectors on right behind the PSU and just in front the back of the CD Rom bays. There was plenty of room for the CDrom connections.
Very happy with the value of the Core2 Duo system:aok
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Update:
Looks like Newegg doesnt have anymore of these cases.
Here is the link to Thermaltakes page advertising the case used on the system from above.
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Chassis/midtower/damier/v6000plus.asp
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skuzzy,
see any problem getting this beast running.
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6600 (2.4GHz), Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD
XPS 700 Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6600 (2.4GHz)
[222-4409]
Memory 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
[311-5031]
Keyboard Saitek 104-Key Eclipse Backlit Gaming Keyboard (Ships Separately)
[310-3798]
[A0583670]
Monitor 20 inch UltraSharp™ 2007FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
[320-4712]
Video Card Dual 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU Graphics Cards, Quad SLI
[320-4828]
Hard Drive 320GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 160GB SATA 3Gb/s 10,000 RPM HDDs)
[341-3230]
Floppy Drive and Media Reader 13 in 1 Media Card Reader and 3.5 in Floppy Drive
[341-3671]
[341-3672]
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD
[313-7222]
[412-0688]
[412-0870]
[420-4927]
[420-4939]
[420-5460]
[420-5476]
[420-5769]
[420-5924]
Mouse LOGITECH G5 Laser Gaming Mouse (ships separately)
[310-3799]
[A0574601]
Modem No Modem Requested
[313-3607]
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
[412-0914]
Optical Drive Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
[313-4306]
[420-5780]
[420-5791]
Sound Cards Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card
[313-4307]
Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
[313-4514]
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) Microsoft Office Professional- Small Business Ed. plus Access database
[412-0467]
Security Software Norton Internet Security™ 2006 Edition 15-months
[412-0905]
Warranty and Service 3Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service
[412-0359]
[950-3339]
[960-3642]
[960-8700]
[960-9502]
[980-8160]
[985-3708]
[985-3709]
XPS Specialized Support XPS, Specialized Support
[960-2697]
Protection Against Accidents Add CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service to 3Yr Lim Warranty
[412-0358]
[960-0019]
Internet Access Service No ISP requested
[461-3063]
Future Operating Systems Windows Vista™ Capable
[465-4663]
SYSTEM DETAILS 2.5MM aluminum thickness Chassis with front & back customizable LEDs
7-slot, BTX design motherboard
1 kilowatt Power Supply
Tower Six-heat pipe, Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fans
Two 120mm x 38mm front fans
[465-3640]
[465-3641]
[465-3643]
[465-3644]
[465-3645]
Physics Accelerator AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator
[320-4785]
Dell Digital Entertainment No preinstalled software
[464-9572]