Building a fast pc

[IBM]

(Just typed a reply, took a call, login timed out, post all gone *grrrr*)

So, in brief...

Fondie -- no room on desk for 'nother 22" CRT and TFT running at 1600X1200 are £1K+. 7.1 sound system, audiophile I ain't. Agree on speed to cost ratio point, 'nother reason for downgrading to Athlon64 3200.
Lament the fact I'm not you, but playing dealt hand.

Howard -- refreshing change from naysayers, you product of the Nike ('Just Do It') revolution....just after I decide to change to a lower spec system. Damn You!! .
*strokes monitor* nice Iiyama....nice Iiyama...

Silent -- main reason for Athlon64 is the 64bit issue -- as and when upgrading OS -- rather than speed (although nice bonus). Games to play...anything DX 9, would love Doom III alpha, but will wait like rest of plebs for retail...Half Life 2 would be lovely, but I don't think it's ever coming out

[IBM]

Fondie -- one for you http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...106&howtoID=41

[fondie]

ibm - though my heart says i want one, my brain (it's definately right this time) tells me otherwise

i wouldn't lament the fact you're not me until you know me better, then you can (or not).

it's just easy to get caught up in the excitement of building the fastest thing you can without stepping back and looking to see whether that's what you really want, of course that might be exactly what you want to do, and by all means go for it just thought i'd give a different perspective, as that's really what this thread is about i guess

oh, and you don't need to be an audophile to appreciate some awesome sound, though i still haven't worked out where i could sensibly have my pc in a decent position in relation to my audio kit.

[payniel]

IBM--*YOU BASTARD ENGLISH*(JK) Yes, only around 3k. As to the economy comment , actually its quite ok now, very well.

[IBM]

Alright, thinking of getting the Athlon64 3200...back to the RAM issue...since I'm not limited to ECC, and am thinking of the Chaintech Athlon 64 (ZNF3-150 ZENITH) mobo, does anyone know some nice RAM?

Was looking at the Corsair XMS3700, but can I ask if anyone knows if the my system is going to be able to make use of such memory? Any bottlenecks anyone can think of?

[unrealrocks]

I'd not get the Chaintech one ...

ASUS K8V-Deluxe for great stability (I have one - so this is from experience)
MSI K8 board - raw performance you get a little more from that than the other boards!

I run Corsair XMS3700 in that ASUS K8V-D board with no problems ... but its a waste of time the amount of FSB you can add to the CPU - just get PC3500 for the extra tweaking and your done!

[DaftpuNk]

I personally don't think the Athlon64 /FX based systems have matured enough yet. Give it some time to allow some real motherboards and chipsets to surface.