Author Topic: New machine in a new city (Read 6790 times)

Czar · « **on:** October 28, 2005, 01:31:24 AM »

Well peeps, I finally made the move to Calgary, Alberta...that's in Canada for those of us who are geographically defficient...

I ordered my parts from newegg.com like any other good Trini on a budget

Had them shipped to my aunt in Florida and then picked them up during my layover between flights...talk about timing immc! The bigger items like case, speakers and monitor were picked up at a local shop in Calgary.

Here's the list:

DFI LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Venice core)
2GB (2x1GB) OCZ PC3200 RAM
eVGA 256MB GeForce 7800GT CO
2x 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 3.0Gb/s NCQ
BenQ DW1640 16x DVD Burner
NEC 3500A 16x DVD Burner (only piece of my old machine that I took with me)
Enermax Whisper II 535W Power Supply
Antec SLK3000-B ATX Mid Tower Case
Logitech MX518 Mouse
Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard
Samsung SyncMaster 997MB 19" CRT
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers

Gonna follow the Benchmarking thread that Synth posted, and drop some numbers in here when I'm done.

I also plan to conduct a lil RivaTuner on that gfx card to try to unlock the pipes...hopefully we'll get a before and after for the benchies, but I doubt cos I'm impatient, and will try to unlock it in a few mins

Oh...forgot to mention the inet connection that I'll soon have, which will be the same package as the one by my uncle's place which I'm using right now...a 5mbit line for $38.95 Canadian per month! Put dat in yuh pipe and smoke it TSTT!!!

Carigamers · « **on:** October 28, 2005, 01:31:24 AM »

Czar · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2005, 03:45:47 AM »

Right, got some benchies done...haven't quite figured out the RivaTuner yet, but in a timing for dat.

Here are:
CPU-Z 1.30
Super PI 1.1
CPU Mark 2.1

Czar · « **Reply #2 on:** October 28, 2005, 03:47:26 AM »

And the 3DMark benchies...

3DMark 2001 SE
3DMark 2003 3.6.0
3DMark 2005 1.2.0

W1nTry · « **Reply #3 on:** October 28, 2005, 08:55:18 AM »

SPLOI! dat is some respectable scores man... *Sighs* as my rig slips further and further down the list...lmao ah well.

Czar · « **Reply #4 on:** October 28, 2005, 01:46:16 PM »

Muchas gracias, she has been in my dreams for some time now, glad I could finally bring her to reality

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** October 28, 2005, 01:46:16 PM »

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2005, 07:25:42 PM »

indeed a dream of a rig, cept for the amd part

any sli plans?

Czar · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2005, 09:29:42 PM »

SLI is a definite thought...but it won't be anytime soon...fortunately tho, now with the new 81.85 drivers and above, you can pair up any 2 cards, of the same level (2 GTX or 2 GT for example) and they don't have to be the same make, manufacturer, bios, de nada...I saw a nice article over at HardOCP about it (http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODY5)...SLI has really matured now. Hell, he even paired up a factory-overclocked card from eVGA with a stock card from MSI and it worked fine! I new it was only a matter of time till they got that going...definitely makes it easier to go SLI.

That was my main reason for going with the Ultra board...the 2 PCIe slots are there for if ever I get the inclination (and the spare cash!) to get a second card.

I had actually originally intended to get a 4000+ CPU, but that would have meant going with a GeForce 6 family card...and prolly just 1GB of RAM. But after reading countless articles on the 7800 GT, I decided that I had to have one in my rig

As a result, I ended up scaling back on the processor to save some cash and throwing that directly at my GPU budget, with the left over allowing me to go to 2GB RAM as well...not a bad tradeoff I think.

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2005, 12:05:50 AM »

indeed not a bad trade off... but amd still sucks so hard lucks dere.

Yeah there is a thread in hardware and tweaking or software about the 81.85 drivers allowing sli with any 2 sli capable card.

I mean, how 1337 is nvidia for making such a product that a driver update that could do such a thing.

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2005, 12:12:52 AM »

DAMN @ those scores

that machine + that 5mbit internet connection is a gamer's wet dream.

Pressure for us w1ntry.

My rig is even worse than yours in the standings. 6600GT just isn't the manly card it used to be with scores like those on the table.

Czar · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2005, 01:24:14 AM »

5mbit installed!!!11!!!one!!1!!eleven!!1!

Woo hoo!!

And to top it off...they're givin me my first month free AND they lowered the rate to CAD$29.95 per month!!!!! muhahahahhaha

Put dat in yuh rukumspec TSTT!!!!

Took this screenie while I was downloadin some stuff in the background...

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2005, 01:17:50 PM »

....

yu know we hate yu a hole lot now rate czar...

but hey yu can host stuff for us now !!

TrinireturnofGamez · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2005, 01:42:33 PM »

sweeeet czar you lucky mc.... what happen to the old rig? You should donate it to pleb , he running a Dell with integ . I guess i could host a game once in awhile on my dsl , 200k upload is enough for an 8 man halo or CoD .

Czar · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2005, 05:54:38 PM »

@crixx
Hostin stuff shouldn't be a prob...dunno bout the pings tho, seein as I'm so far away...but I'm willin to give it a try.

@trini
My old rig is for sale actually...askin $3500, negotiable.

Asus A7V8X-X mobo (onboard LAN, sound, USB etc)
AthlonXP 2600+ Barton
128MB ATI RADEON 9800Pro
Seagate 80GB 7200rpm IDE HDD
Seagate 20GB 7200rpm IDE HDD
1GB RAM 2 x 512MB Kingston HyperX DDR333
Codegen 450W PSU
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
LG 48x24x48 CD-RW drive
56k Modem
Altec Lansing ACS54 4.1 Speakers
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

Everything except a monitor.

But that's for another thread...interested peeps can PM or email me.

Netizen1 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 09, 2005, 01:31:41 PM »

I just realised I got more excited

when I saw your bandwidth screenie...

but anyways, yeah, that's a real sweet rig.
LOL @ Baego "gamer's wet dream" Indeed

can't you tell us how much it set you back (minus the last 7 items on your list of course) only cause I'm interested in a similar setup eventually (and from the same site no less) On second thought, forget item#6 - DVDRW, just the first 5 items... include shipping cost if possible

It really does make more sense to splurge on the GPU and perhaps a 64-bit dual core CPU... followed by 2GB of RAM and the rest.

Like a man could host the much desired BF2 servers, once pings are acceptable

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #14 on:** November 09, 2005, 01:42:40 PM »

* [X]-Baego tries to conceive the bandwidth and speed @ CAD$29.95 and dies.

Czar · « **Reply #15 on:** November 09, 2005, 09:15:31 PM »

As requested...here's the damage:

DFI LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D - $128
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Venice core) - $219
2GB (2x1GB) OCZ PC3200 RAM - $206.44
eVGA 256MB GeForce 7800GT CO - $369
2x 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 3.0Gb/s NCQ - $90 each

The shipping which also covers a power supply, mouse and the BenQ burner came up to $22.30 ...and it could have been cheaper, but I chose UPS 3 day shipping to make sure it got there on time.

lol @ Baego

Kaizen · « **Reply #16 on:** November 10, 2005, 04:07:41 PM »

gotta love these specs lovely system czar ../me cries so beaatiful

the price for everything is good ..man that card is still outta my price range lol xfx 7800gt
wtmc at teh bandwith cant wait to see some clocks on quake 4 etc

also is that pc the old one still up for grabs?

Czar · « **Reply #17 on:** November 10, 2005, 11:19:25 PM »

lol @ kaizen crying

The nice thing with the eVGA's though is the lifetime warranty...to sweeten the deal even more, their warranty covers damage from you overclocking the card!! How kick ass is that??

Old machine is still available yes, you can PM me for more info.

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2005, 02:10:11 PM »

evga covering oc cards too now??

Way, so its both bfg and evga
niceee

cah afford a bfg card buh an evga card maybe hmm

RustyPlumber · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2006, 05:35:21 PM »

nice specs there man, almost the same as mine

well except is 1 gig ocz gold i have 2-2-2-5, thermaltake bigtyphoon cpu cooler and tsunami dreams case, logitech mx 518 mouse. bad news is doh i kill my dfi ultra d

but another in transit as i posting this, will post some 3dmark 2k5 and 2k6 specs soon, one BFG 7800GT SLI and the other single BFG 7800 GTX so look out for some crazy high numbers soon

Carigamers · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2006, 05:35:21 PM »

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