Ultimate gaming Combo

[Stewart]

Hmmm, so where does that put the soon-to-be-mine 939 socket 3500+?

Inbetween the socket 754 3400+ and the socket 939 3800+ I assume. Would have been interesting to see how close it is to the 3800+ though.

Anyone know what sort of overclock I might expect from a 939 socket Althon64 3500+?

[ikonia]

according to the reviews in the above link, overclocking is poor due to already high running temperature.

[Stoo]

yup, needs a die shrink to get the heat down..

[Baz63]

ULTIMATE GAMING COMBO?

AMD Athlon 64 3500 (Socket 939)
Asus 16X DVD-ROM Drive, Model DVD-E616P1,
Plextor PX-712A 12x4x DVDRW
Sapphire Radeon X800 XT Platinum Video Card
ASUS A8V Deluxe WiFi MOBO
Enermax EG465AX-VE FCA 460W ATX Power Supply
Coolermaster Wave Master Case- Black (No PSU)
Western Digital Raptor 10000RPM 74GB 8MB SATA OEM
Kingston ValueRam HyperX 1GB PC3200
Logitech Z Z-680 Speakers
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum Pro

Not possible until I can get the x800xt card (either sapphire or ati ). Christmas, at this rate? Assuming it has not been discontinued.
And I may get the more basic non platinum audigy 2 and hold off with the speakers until I move house. Neighbours would not apprecieate the 680.

[Furton]

Myth, take special notice of this link
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128&p=16
and
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128&p=17
And then stop pimpin Intel for gaming

I get the feeling he wants a Gaming rig more than anything, AMD 64 all the way

[Leo]

How about this rig, just priced it up from OcUK. Base unit only, as monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse and Screen are a matter of personal preference



AMD Athlon FX53 (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-089-AM) £499.95

ThermalRight SLK-948U (Socket 754/940 & Socket 478) Cooler (HS-014-TR) £29.00

Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939 nForce3 Ultra (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-018-GI) £124.95

2 x OCZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC3700 Dual Channel Platinum Edition EB-DDR CAS3 (MY-041-OC) £399.90

Plextor PX-712A 12x4x DVDRW (Black) - Retail (CD-015-PL) £84.00

Plextor PX-116A 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-PL) £20.60

XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-016-XF) £349.95

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX - Retail (SC-017-CL) £64.95

2 x Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD) £225.00 (RAID)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP1614C 160GB SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-012-SA) £119.90 (BACKUP)

Coolermaster Wave Master - Black (No PSU) (CA-047-CM) £99.95

OCZ PowerStream 520w Power Supply (CA-011-OC) £88.20


Subtotal £2,109.35
VAT £369.14
Total £2,478.49

[Shogun]

Hmm haven't heard alot about OCZ power supplies, tbh i would swop it with a tagan. Would rather go with well known brands than things i haven't heard alot about.

[BUFF]

I've seen it suggested that Tagan are the manufactures of the OCZ PSU's.

[Leo]

Review for the OCZ Powerstream PSU. I would pick it over the Tagan any day of the week. Independently adjustable rails without any modding

http://www.xtremesystems.org/modules...wcontent&id=39

[Shogun]

Review for the OCZ Powerstream PSU. I would pick it over the Tagan any day of the week. Independently adjustable rails without any modding

http://www.xtremesystems.org/modules...wcontent&id=39

If the rails are good to start with you don't need to adjust them You know it makes sense

[Leo]

Well, I cant say personally how good they are, but they are the next item on my shopping list. Gonna be replacing my enermax 550w which is powering a vapo system as it seems to be great reviews all round (and a lot of positive feedback on quite a few forums).

I did however have a Tagan, which was a pain in the a**. The constant ticking noise and heat issues it had meant I had 3 RMA's before I went for a complete refund.

Other good choices would be the antec truecontrol 550w or the enermax 550w/660w jobbie. used them both in the past and not one issue (except for the antec's weak 12v rail )

[BUFF]

I did however have a Tagan, which was a pain in the a**. The constant ticking noise and heat issues it had meant I had 3 RMA's before I went for a complete refund.

My Tagan has been great, I rate it above my Antec TrueBlue 480W.

[Leo]

To each his own I guess