*****EDIT June 24, 2006: AMD rig is being scrapped in favor of the upcoming Intel Conroe......sigh.
It's been a few years since I put together my decent P4 1.6GHz (OC'd to 2.1GHz) and it's time for a massive update.
The 'second' the AMD AM2 X2 4400+ hits the stores (hopefully this week), I'll be putting this sweet baby together.
NZXT Lexa Classic Case ATX (already bought)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 [AM2] 4400+ Dual Core Processor
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi Edition AM2 motherboard
2GB Corsair TWINX2048-6400C4 DDR2-800 w/EPP
Asus EN7900GTX 512MB nvidia vidcard
Enermax Liberty 620W modular PSU (ELT620AWT)
2x - WD Caviar SE16 SATA II - WD3200KS - 320GB (640GB total)
2x - WD Caviar (Ultra ATA-100) - WD2000JB - 200GB (already own, 400GB total)
Plextor PX-716SA Int. SATA 8mb (6X Dual Layer DVD & CDRW)
Onboard MOBO sound should be fine with my 5.1 Logitech speaker set for now. Will upgrade to Creative's X-Fi Fatality edition sound card later on. Monitor/kybd/mouse = keeping what I got already but a 20" LCD is definitely coming soon after (likely the NEC 20WMGX2 widescreen .
Considered getting the new Asus EN7950GX2 instead (1GB) but figured since I'll likely upgrade the vidcard next year anyway for the newer DX10 series vidcards for Vista, the EN7900GTX beast should do just fine for now.
Same thing goes with the PSU, I will likely upgrade to 1000W+ next year (if i add a 2nd vidcard in the SLI) but 620W is enuf with a single vidcard.
Watcha think?
It's been a few years since I put together my decent P4 1.6GHz (OC'd to 2.1GHz) and it's time for a massive update.
The 'second' the AMD AM2 X2 4400+ hits the stores (hopefully this week), I'll be putting this sweet baby together.
NZXT Lexa Classic Case ATX (already bought)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 [AM2] 4400+ Dual Core Processor
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi Edition AM2 motherboard
2GB Corsair TWINX2048-6400C4 DDR2-800 w/EPP
Asus EN7900GTX 512MB nvidia vidcard
Enermax Liberty 620W modular PSU (ELT620AWT)
2x - WD Caviar SE16 SATA II - WD3200KS - 320GB (640GB total)
2x - WD Caviar (Ultra ATA-100) - WD2000JB - 200GB (already own, 400GB total)
Plextor PX-716SA Int. SATA 8mb (6X Dual Layer DVD & CDRW)
Onboard MOBO sound should be fine with my 5.1 Logitech speaker set for now. Will upgrade to Creative's X-Fi Fatality edition sound card later on. Monitor/kybd/mouse = keeping what I got already but a 20" LCD is definitely coming soon after (likely the NEC 20WMGX2 widescreen .
Considered getting the new Asus EN7950GX2 instead (1GB) but figured since I'll likely upgrade the vidcard next year anyway for the newer DX10 series vidcards for Vista, the EN7900GTX beast should do just fine for now.
Same thing goes with the PSU, I will likely upgrade to 1000W+ next year (if i add a 2nd vidcard in the SLI) but 620W is enuf with a single vidcard.
Watcha think?
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