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AMD 64 2800 SOCKET 754 1.8 Gightz running @ 2.25Gightz

SOLTEK K8AN2E-GR ATHLON64 S754

One stick of OCZ 512MB PC-3200

160GB SATA Western Digital Hard Drive.

Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platnum

ATI All In Wonder 128mb 9600XT

Two 40GB Western Digital IDE Hard Drives

Edited by BaZurk

Just ordered my new dual-core system :punk:

  • GIGABYTE GA-8I955X Royal Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard
  • Intel Pentium D 820 (2.8 GHz) Smithfield 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core, EM64T Processor
  • CORSAIR VALUESELECT 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered System Memory
  • PNY VCG6800GXPB Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
  • 2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
  • COOLER MASTER TAC-T01-EB Blue/Silver Computer Case
  • CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Sound Card
  • PLEXTOR Beige SATA DVD Burner Model PX-716SA/SW
  • Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor

Total Cost: $2870.97

I just built my first computer (well that was actually mine, i obviously have one to be typing this..) and it should be finished today when the video card shows up (they shiped wrong one) and here goes.

.amd athlon 64 3200+ (venice) 939

.msi k8n neo4 platinum sli motherboard

.pci express nVidea 6600gt from msi

.2x 512 corsair value select (pc 3200)

.160 seagate baracuda

.antec truepower 400 wattss

.raidmax black mustang case

.poineere 16x +/- double layer dvd burner

.lite on dvd rom drive

.windows xp pro x64

think that's everything, quite an improvment from my p3 800mhz

I just purchased the following. It was just in time too. My PIII 933 MHz just died. This is my first true custom build.

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (Venice) 939

MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum SLI Motherboard w/ Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit

MSI nVidia NX6800 PCI Express x16 (Will purchase another one when prices drop)

2 GB (2 x 1GB) Corsair PC3200 DDR Unbuffered Memory (Room for 2 more GB)

250 GB SATA Seagate Baracuda HDD

80 GB SATA Seagate Baracuda HDD

Thermtake Silent PurePower 680W ATX 12V 2.01 PSU (Love the cable management)

Lian Li PC-V1200B (B for Black) Plus Aluminum Quiet Tower (Sweet design for sound and cooling)

Plextor SATA 16x DVD Burner (PX-716SA/SW)

ViewSonic 20" LCD Monitor (VP201b)

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AMD 3200+ 939 (Winchester) @ 2.5ghz

Asus A8N-SLI deluxe

2x 512 Corsair PC3700 @ 500mhz

BFG 6800GT OC PCI-E @ 400/1050

SB Audigy 2ZS

Pioneer 108

2x120gb WD SATA

200gb WD SATA

OCZ Modsteam 520

Chenming 601 (black with blue lights)

Upgrades to come soon.

Edited by PuRe420

AMD64 x2 4400 Socket 939 (oc'd to 2.8ghz)

2048MB (512x4) PC3200 Patriot XBL (2-2-2-5)

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D SLi

Antec black Mid tower case

Maxtor Daimondmax 300g SATA (x2)

Geforce 6800GT 256MB PCI-Express (might get another one)

why? I don't know. I just like it. :D

2gigs DDR, 600gig HD, 2.8ghz dual core (almost a 6ghz system)

Edited by Samoa

Just finished building mine last Thursday:

AMD-64 3500+ (2.2Ghz @ 2.45Ghz on stock cooling)

Asus A8V-E Deluxe Motherboard

1GB Giel Dual Channel DDR400 (2x512)

Asus X800-XL 256MB PCI-e

120GB WD EIDE Hard Drive (Soon to get SATA)

Ultra X-Connect 500w Power Supply

Mine is in my sig.

HP pavilion zv6005 lappy:

3200+ Venice

512mb pc2700(the machine can run at 3200 so I'll be upgrading to 2gb of 3200 soon)

80GB 4200rpm (upgrading to 100gb 5400rpm eventualy)

Ati Radeon Xpress 200M 128MB dedicated

15.4 1200x800 Widescreen

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ "CBBLE 0512DPAW" @ 2.81Ghz 1.61v

DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-D motherboard

OCZ Gold PC4000 VX @ 255Mhz 1.5-2-2-5

Maxtor 160GB P-ATA HDD

ATI Radeon X850XT PE

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

Tagan silent 480w PSU w/ Antec PlusView 1000AMG

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Aspire X-Navigator, 500 Watts PSU

ASUS P5WD2 Premium MoBo, 1066 FSB

Intel 640 HT EM64T with 2 MB Cache (OC to 3.6 Ghz), 901 FSB

1 Ghz (2x512 MB) OCZ DDR2 RAM @ 300 Mhz

ATI Radeon X800 XL, 256 MB RAM (PCIE)

Hauppauge 150 MCE TV/FM Card

Realtek 7.1 High Definition Integrated Audio

Dell Altec Lansing ADA 995 5.1 Speakers (THX Certified)

19" Dell P992 Flat Screen Trinitron Monitor

160 GB SATA, 80 GB Enhanced IDE WD Hard Drives

16x NEC Dual Layer DVD Writer

Gigabit Integrated Dual LAN

Silicon Image Integrated SATA/RAID Controller

ITE Integrated Dual UATA/IDE Controller

ETC.

Edited by Zucker2k

althon 64 3500+ (whinchester core)

512mb ram

2x 160gb harddrives

radeon x600 256mb

abit an8 (nforce4) motherboard

lg dvd writer

lg dvd rom

480w antec truepower.

onboard audio

although should have 1gb ram and 256mb x800 pro soon

just waiting for the order to arrive ;)

Notthing so mush powerfull I guess.

Athlon64 3000+ "NewCastle" @ 3200+ (2200MHz)

ASUS K8N nFORCE3 250GB A1

ShikaTronic (Samsug Chips) 512MB PC-3200 @ 440MHz

Seagate 80GB S-ATA

Western Digital 80GB P-ATA

Quantum 30GB P-ATA

LG 52?32?52?16? Combo Drive

Sapphire Radeon 9600Pro "Dis"advantage 256MB

And finally a stupid normal case =_=

I use a modded Windows XP Pro x32...

Didn't try again XPx64.

But LongHorn 5048 is so SLOW...

CPU-Z Validation Page

All right, why not.

AMD San Diego 3700+ 1 mb cache processor, 2.2 GHz stock, currently at 2.71 GHz (247x11), although I've gotten to 2.8 stable. Tower112 heatpipe cooler with dual 80mm 32cfm fans.

DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D mobo with latest offical bios.

2x512 MB OCZ PC4000 VX RAM @ 2-2-2-6 latency, 1:1, 3.3V

BFG GeForce 6600GT OC GFX card @ 525 / 1100

74 GB WD Raptor 10k rpm hard drive, 5.2 ms seek time. I keep my OS and programs on this drive.

200 GB WD Caviar 7200 rpm 8.something ms seek time. I keep my music, movies, and other crap on here.

Both drives have aluminum heatsinks and dual 60mm fans.

Antec NeoPower 480W PSU. I love this thing.

LG 16x DVD+/-RW/RAM

Thermaltake SViking case with dual 120mm fans (1 intake 1 exaust)

LED fans and blue liquid neon cold cathode.

Currently running Windows XP Pro SP2 (on the raptor) and Linux Mandrake 10.1 (on a 20 gb partition of the Caviar). I'm thinking about trying XP 64 bit.

I think this processor could go faster if I had better cooling. I'm trying to decide which I want more, a water cooling kit and another 6600GT to SLI, or an X2 4400+. I could afford one or the other, but not both. :p Any opinions?

Anyway thats my system. I almost feel n00bish for posting this, but hey, what good is a nice PC if you can't brag a bit now and then? Thanks for listening, lol.

Peace,

Pete Zaria.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Core

Akasa EVO33 Heatpipe Cooler

MSI Neo4 Platinum NForce 4 Ultra

GeIL Value Dual Channel PC3200 400MHz DDR 2x512MB CAS 2.5 8-4-4

Gigabyte Nvidia 6600 Turbo 128MB Heatpipe Cooled

2x 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 8MB Cache SATA

17" Sharp LL-172AB TFT Monitor

LG SuperMulti Write Drive (DVD+/-RW/RAM)

Tagan 420W TG-420-U1 Silent PSU

Black "Cheap & Cheerful" Case... with stupid big blue power button.

Beats the Duron 800Mhz I was using before!!!!

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ "CBBLE 0512DPAW" @ 2.81Ghz 1.61v

DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-D motherboard

OCZ Gold PC4000 VX @ 255Mhz 1.5-2-2-5

Maxtor 160GB P-ATA HDD

ATI Radeon X850XT PE

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

Tagan silent 480w PSU w/ Antec PlusView 1000AMG

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Dave - your config is almost exactly like mine, with two exceptions:

AMD Athon64 "Clawhammer" 4000+

Seagate ST380817AS 80GB SATA

eVGA nVidia GeForce6 6800GT PCI-E

Enermax 525w PSU

How did you get the info for your RAM Timings? I've been looking for the optimal settings ever since I put this box together. Thanks for posting those timings!

--ScottKin

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