DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Ok the time has come for a new system build, I was talking about it awhile back and now its time, So far this is what i know Im getting. NZXT LEXA-NP Black/ Silver Aluminum Construction Plastic Front Panel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811146018 BFG Tech BFGR88768GTXOCE GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16814143080 ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16813131074 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16822136073 Logitech G9 Black 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16826104079 ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16835118223 OCZ Vista Upgrade 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820227195 (Is this RAM gonna be to slow? I dont want bottle necking) Can I raise the speeds/timing? Is it all that important? I will be using my old CPU Core 2 Duo E6600, I will be OCing hopefully with a lil help. I will also be using my WD Raptor 10,000 RPM from my rig I have now. (trying to save $$$) PSU Im not to sure about, I want some extra power for future upgrading but dont wanna go over board. For some reason Im being picky about it having 2 fans (PSU). Any suggestions would be great, also someone said to make sure the rails will support what I have. The only thing I really get wishy washy about is the ram.....ive heard sooo much about timings and speeds and all that.....and what type of ram I get makes a differance on what mobo I get....so lemmi have it fellas....what do you think? Im not trying to spend more than what I need but I there Is a better combo of parts and not that much more, i say why not pay a lil more for the bangin hardware. thanks.gif I will be checking forums every 5 mins for your input banana.gif gun.gif im starting to get hyped!!!!! DirTy cheers.gif ps....i copied and pasted this from another site so I wouldnt have to type it all out again...hope its cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNo~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 WoW that sounds cool DirTy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I use similar OCZ ram (2 x 1Gb) with same GPU and CPU on a ASUS mobo it should run fine. Your mobo choice is what I should have got and I use a Zalman 600W PSU with only one fan (120mm tho) it works great. Have fun mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 sounds nice. Good luck with the build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 thanks guys.......i been looking at yall's system specs on the bottom of your posts. I think that ive almost got it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Well you got a great buildl going on there. Maybe go with a bigger p/s=800watt the 8800gtx is power hungry vid card! And ram prices have fallen way down now. Maybe go pc 8000 or 8500 ram. I heard some of very top end ddr2 ram was qurkie. The asuse board "striker" is a very good one. Go to the motherboard webb sight and look up that board and check the recomended ram for that board. OCZ should be ok. But some boards are paticular on the mfg of ram that is used. Build it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hi Dirty, I have the striker extreme on 2 machines. On one I have 2gb of corsair dominators which was expensive and didnt work, but worked fine with the board once it was replaced. on the other machine I have 2Gb DDR2 OCZ Reaper 4-4-4-15 HPC wich was cheaper and worked perfectly out of the box. for cooling I have a zalman CNPS9700 on one machine and an Asus silent knight on the other, despite being smaller the cpu runs cooler on the Asus silent knight (both machines are quad cores) so I would recommend the Asus Silent knight. Good luck with your new build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Funny you should mention that Zeno about the silent knight heat sink, I was looking at it like "this thing looks bad ass!" but wasn't sure because Ive not heard anyone peak of it till now. I'm gonna get the silent knight for sure now. Thanks a million guys.....i really do appreciate the help, I want this comp to be as good as possible. again! DirTy ps only now I'm looking at a different board. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131221 This is just a little more than the striker board and has the new 38x north bridge on it, from what ive heard this is a very nice board as well as the striker board. let me know what you think of this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Just read the link mate and it will not support sli if you ever want 2x88oo cards and the heatpipe stuff means some cpu coolers are not compatible. From what I have read the striker MOBO is the muts nuts, Zeno is not the only one using it I believe Viiiper has one can't get a better recomendation than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 and maj3stic plus who do you think recommended the striker extreme to me, lol. Plus I like the name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Just read the link mate and it will not support sli if you ever want 2x88oo cards and the heatpipe stuff means some cpu coolers are not compatible. From what I have read the striker MOBO is the muts nuts, Zeno is not the only one using it I believe Viiiper has one can't get a better recomendation than that. LOL Viiiper has 2 Striker Extreme boards, my last build CPU Intel QX6850 Quad 3.0Ghz FSB 1333 Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler Striker Extreme Mobo HPC Reaper 8500 but 6500 is just as good BFG 8800 GTX OC2 768Mb (626Mhz) Enemax Galaxy 1000W Twin boot XP/ Vista ON 2 BOOT DRIVES Striker EX mobo is very stable motherboar 300GB/s ports (SATA2) + 1 external. Backlite, LCD back panel built in with diagnostics, over clock with ease (QX unlocked CPU is a perk) Save money on ram go for DDR2 PC6400 (800Mhz) lowest clock numbers 3-3-3-12 or 4-4-4-15 reaper is good and cheap GTX is great, sli if more needed in future or update to Nvidia 98xx in new year. PSU 700+ watts 120mm coolers big and easy fits the Striker with all it's heatpipes Zalman CNPS9700-NT Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) Best of luck but I think Zeno & Majestic have Strikers too (zeno with 2 aswell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 AWESOME.....this is the type of input i need to make a good choice. But Custard.....i looked and it said it has 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, support at full x16, x16 speed??? Isnt this mean SLI???? Well by tonight I may place my order.......thanks for all the help guys....HEHE....i knew viiiper would give up the down and low eventually....thanks....i respect yall's opinion highly. Viiiper (memorey) so the lower the timing numbers the better?....sorry im such a noob when it comes to RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Yes lower better 2 things dictate performance of memory the frequency (speed) and the timings (in cpu access clocks) So 800mhz @ 4-4-4-4 timing means 4 clks for access 4 clks for read etc etc.... So memory running @ 1200 5-5-5-5 needs 5 clocks to access 5 to read etc etc... Now the important bit, the clock tic toc of 1200 is 1/1200 of a second so 5 clocks is 5/1200 800mhz ran @ 4 is 4/800, question which is faster? 5/1200 or 4/800 Well if your good at maths 5/1200 is a smaller number so there it is but if you got 3/800 then 3/800 is smaller number so that is faster converting to decimals to make it more obvious. 5/1200 = 0.00416 4/800 = 0.005 3/800 = 0.0037 all in seconds (time) miliseconds mS ;) problem is, you pay alot more for less clocks so 5 is normally cheaper than 4, than 3 viii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Thanks viii!!! :)PSU ok ifound some good dealsat 89.99 after mail in rebate this is a stealhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817171024and this one aint bad ethierhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817171017pretty sure im getting the 850 though $139.99 after mail in rebate.memoryhttp://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820227191im liking these sticks for Rambut also had my eye on these as well 4 x 1 GB OCZhttp://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820227252almost ready!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi Dirty,I have the striker extreme on 2 machines. On one I have 2gb of corsair dominators which was expensive and didnt work, but worked fine with the board once it was replaced. on the other machine I have 2Gb DDR2 OCZ Reaper 4-4-4-15 HPC wich was cheaper and worked perfectly out of the box.for cooling I have a zalman CNPS9700 on one machine and an Asus silent knight on the other, despite being smaller the cpu runs cooler on the Asus silent knight (both machines are quad cores) so I would recommend the Asus Silent knight.Good luck with your new build.Hey zeno man.....Ive been reading the reviews on the silent knight and a lot of people are saying it wont mount horizontally??? How is yours mounted? and the rest of you guys if you have the silent knight.ok rig updateIm 99% sure im going with the ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA / SE LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard, I kNOW I KNOW....it dosnt support sli...only im pretty sure im not going to be getting ANOTHER $600.00 video card any time soon any ways.....after reading the reviews on the striker board I was turned off on it.Also I gonna go ahead and get the Q6600 quad core cpuRAMhttp://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820227191Gonna try this heat sink insted of the zalman 9700, it looks so sexy dont it.http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16835101007PSU http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16817256024I also upgraded my 8800 gtx to the 8800gtx oc2http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16814143093Case...think the PSU will fit in this one AZ? without covering the fan space?http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16811146018Thanks guys, this has been exhausting......lol.Link to the asus maximus boardhttp://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16813131221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The Silent knight does touch a couple of the cooling fins of the motherboard, but it fits correctly (even if only very slightly fiddly) The Zalman fit with no probs at all. The OCZ reaper HPC ram is tall and some cpu coolers could foul on them. New egg are having issues right now so I cant see the items. If you go for the Q6600 make sure it has GO stepping (it allows better OC'ing in the quad, someone chime in if they know more). I think the Q6600 was replaced by the Q6700 so you may be seeing old stock. good luck with your build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Thank you Zeno.......isnt the silent knight just a bad ass looking heat sink.......I want one :)we will see how it fits the ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA mobo. To bad it dosnt support sli........any of you guys running sli on the striker boards?ps...sorry about my last post being all messed up...happend when i tried to add stuff after I posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 Ordered OCZ Titanium XTC 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820227270 COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution RC-830-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16811119122 ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16813131074 BFG Tech BFGR88768GTXOC2E GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16814143093 SILVERSTONE OP850 ATX12V / EPS12V 850W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CE, cUL, TUV, FCC http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16817256024 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16819115017 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16822136073 Sony NEC Optiarc Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE Combo Drive Antec 761345-75024-0 120mm Blue LED Case Fan X4 ASUS 90-PN531CE-00100 92mm Sleeve Silent Knight CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835101007 I will be waiting on pins and needles until it gets here...pics up soon!!! SHWING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Envy envy nice list bro have fun putting it together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Hope it goes well and all components are good and no Cylawyer syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirTy_Oh_Gee_EBDA_ Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 Hope it goes well and all components are good and no Cylawyer syndrome. what do you mean cy syndrom???....dont tell me he got something im getting and had a hard time with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Dont worry, Cy had a bunch of RMA's, just bad luck, I had 2 on the last 3 builds. shit happens, but the end result is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Mine wasn't too bad to resolve, though still annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I had awful probs RMAing 2x my mobo but that Sriker has a much better rep than mine you'll be fine bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis~SPARTA~ Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I suggest you change your order to have everything shipped to me. I will check things out and handle all RMAs if there are any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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