Did I do good?

[whargoul12342]

Just ordered the following:

Athlon 64 3200+
Sapphire X800GTO2
Corsair Value Select 2x512 PC3200
Asus A8N-E
Fortron 400W ATX-400PN (29A continuous on 12V)

I seem to remember some issues with the Corsair and some nforce4 boards, it wasn't the Asus was it?

Also, anything not listed will be recycled from old computer.

 

[mwmorph]

corsair and dfi are not happy together. you are fine.

 

[whargoul12342]

Oh, right. Thanks.

 

[eXx08]

Seems good to me. Sort of like my PC in a way.

 

[Rockhound1]

Those parts will make a good, solid rig.

What kind of case did you put it in and how is your cooling?

 

[whargoul12342]

My old Antec SX835. Cooled with 3 Antec 80mm @ 7V (hopefully).

 

[eXx08]

Make sure you post pics when your done.

 

[Ricemarine]

You actually did good...

:thumbsup:

 

[whargoul12342]

Thanks.

Total came out to about $780 CND.

Gonna reuse my Benq 1620, LG CD-RW, Maxtor 60Gig HD (next to be upgraded), Mitsubishi DP930SB and of course other little things.

 

[whargoul12342]

Actually I ended up changing the motherboard to an Asus A8R-MVP. Passive chipset cooling was just too hard to pass up.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Excellent parts!

:thumbsup:

 

[alimoalem]

it looks good. if you could've gotten your hands on an opteron that would've been nicer though . did you consider the 6800gs when making your purchase?

 

[whargoul12342]

I'm sure the Athlon will be fine for my overclocking needs - that is when I get around to it. I'll have my hands full with getting the GTO2 running as best I can. Also, the cheapest Opteron that was in stock at the time I ordered was about $130CND more than the Athlon. Granted it does have an advantage even at stock speeds.

Yes I did consider the 6800GS, and I probably would have got it if there were no GTO2's available. As long as I can clock the GTO2 up to atleast X800XT speeds, I'll have the raw power equal a 6800GS as well as the extra pipelines.

 

[lyssword]

good choice. GTO2 o/ced will b faster than 6800gs most likely