Upgrade

187(V)URD@ · 24th January 2005, 21:43

I am beginning to follow hardware again because I wanna try a new setup

.

My main upgrade was a Graca

- X850XT PCI-E @ 433€
- X850Pro vivo @ ... maybe 380-400€ ?

But since it is just out in .de I need to wait for the prices and let see if the Vivo can be flashed into a XT.

My other upgrades are CPU - Mainboard.

CPU

- AMD 64 3000+/3200+/3500+ (for oc'ing)

Mobo

- Waiting for nforce4 and good oc board without voltage mods, dunno what brand.

What I already have.

Eheim 1048, kingston 2*256BH5 , Corsair 2*256 BH6 , DDR booster.

little upgrades :

-New CPU waterblock
-New NB block
-New graca block
- +extra silent/small pump for NB+graca.

Where i am doubting on :

- sell all my ram and buy 2*512MB gskill.

Lets hope i got enough money from weekendjob and my current hardware to buy this setup

Any suggestions or info about a mobo is always welcome?

25th January 2005, 00:24

cpu: right now, I'd say 3000+ they oc about as good as the 3500+ anyway
but on the other hand, you could wait untill the E0 revisions are out and see how those perform (they should be much better but wait and see in my humble opinion)

mobo: dfi lp ut nf4 ultra (can be modded into full sli with great ease)

2*512 G.Skill --> pc4400 1GBLE (best choice for a 1 Gig set according to Onepagebook himself

)

*edit* maybe considder some buying some good BH-5? From what I hear, 2*512 BH-5 / BH-6 clocks quite good on A64, I've seen several people doing 250 mhz with theirs.
or some memory with winbond UTT chips (with brainpower pcb? I haven't been following this so I don't know if they perform better with a brainpower pcb or not...). Macci claims nothing can beat BH-*/UTT at ~260mhz properly tweaked.

on the dfi, you also won't have problems with volts, you can switch form the 3.3V line to the 5V line (allows up to 4V to your ram) but Oskar Wu says if you do, place a fan over the mosfets or only use 5V for benching purposes

187(V)URD@ · 25th January 2005, 09:28

Some good info kristos!

I got 2*256MB kingston BH-5, 2bad it isn't 512MB.
But it can do 280fsb 2-2-2-6 on 3.4V (single channel)

So i'll stick with my BH5 and bench a bit then

.

187(V)URD@ · 25th January 2005, 23:40

I doubting between X850Pro or the X800XL.

X800Xl (0.11µ= 350$
X850Pro (0.13µ)=399$

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/177/
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/x800xl/
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzAw

I would go for the X800XL bcause of the 0.11µ (oc?!)core but i rather wait till more guys have such cards so I can compare those cards.

187(V)URD@ · 2nd February 2005, 17:39

what TFT screens should I buy for gaming purpose.

I was thinking about the 431 or 435 from Ilyama and the 710T from samsung.

2nd February 2005, 21:19

Quote:

Originally posted by 187(V)URD@
what TFT screens should I buy for gaming purpose.

I was thinking about the 431 or 435 from Ilyama and the 710T from samsung.

I got the 431 and I can't think of a bad thing about this screen.

At school we got a few pc's with that samsung screen, and I don't notice any difference, but at school a don't game.

But I think they'll both very good screens.

Dunno what the 435 is, allmost the same as the 431?

187(V)URD@ · 9th February 2005, 18:03

die 431s komt zonder DVI kabel ?

9th February 2005, 18:21

Quote:

Originally posted by 187(V)URD@
die 431s komt zonder DVI kabel ?

indeed.

I had to buy one.

187(V)URD@ · 9th February 2005, 19:25

how much € for that ?

9th February 2005, 20:53

Quote:

Originally posted by 187(V)URD@
how much € for that ?

I bought one @ SG (arena51 now) for €12 I think. But normaly the price is a lot higher.

24th January 2005, 21:43	#1
187(V)URD@ Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 923	Upgrade I am beginning to follow hardware again because I wanna try a new setup . My main upgrade was a Graca - X850XT PCI-E @ 433€ - X850Pro vivo @ ... maybe 380-400€ ? But since it is just out in .de I need to wait for the prices and let see if the Vivo can be flashed into a XT. My other upgrades are CPU - Mainboard. CPU - AMD 64 3000+/3200+/3500+ (for oc'ing) Mobo - Waiting for nforce4 and good oc board without voltage mods, dunno what brand. What I already have. Eheim 1048, kingston 2256BH5 , Corsair 2256 BH6 , DDR booster. little upgrades : -New CPU waterblock -New NB block -New graca block - +extra silent/small pump for NB+graca. Where i am doubting on : - sell all my ram and buy 2512MB gskill. Lets hope i got enough money from weekendjob and my current hardware to buy this setup Any suggestions or info about a mobo is always welcome? __________________ AMD Opteron 146@3ghz H2O Storm \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| 2512MB Gskill LE \| X800GTO²@X850XT-PE \| 2250GB Hitachi \| Modded Aopen H600B\| Seasonic 600W \| MX510@450HZ \| 19\" TFT BenQ 937s+ \|3DMARK2001 AMD XP2400+@2600+ \| Epox 8rda+ \| 2256 Twinmos BH5 \| Club3D 9600Pro \| Maxtor 80GB + 200GB \| server + moviestation \|

25th January 2005, 09:28	#3
187(V)URD@ Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 923	Some good info kristos! I got 2256MB kingston BH-5, 2bad it isn't 512MB. But it can do 280fsb 2-2-2-6 on 3.4V (single channel) So i'll stick with my BH5 and bench a bit then . __________________ AMD Opteron 146@3ghz H2O Storm \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| 2512MB Gskill LE \| X800GTO²@X850XT-PE \| 2250GB Hitachi \| Modded Aopen H600B\| Seasonic 600W \| MX510@450HZ \| 19\" TFT BenQ 937s+ \|3DMARK2001 AMD XP2400+@2600+ \| Epox 8rda+ \| 2256 Twinmos BH5 \| Club3D 9600Pro \| Maxtor 80GB + 200GB \| server + moviestation \|

25th January 2005, 23:40	#4
187(V)URD@ Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 923	I doubting between X850Pro or the X800XL. X800Xl (0.11µ= 350$ X850Pro (0.13µ)=399$ http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/177/ http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/x800xl/ http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzAw I would go for the X800XL bcause of the 0.11µ (oc?!)core but i rather wait till more guys have such cards so I can compare those cards. __________________ AMD Opteron 146@3ghz H2O Storm \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| 2512MB Gskill LE \| X800GTO²@X850XT-PE \| 2250GB Hitachi \| Modded Aopen H600B\| Seasonic 600W \| MX510@450HZ \| 19\" TFT BenQ 937s+ \|3DMARK2001 AMD XP2400+@2600+ \| Epox 8rda+ \| 2*256 Twinmos BH5 \| Club3D 9600Pro \| Maxtor 80GB + 200GB \| server + moviestation \|

2nd February 2005, 17:39	#5
187(V)URD@ Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 923	what TFT screens should I buy for gaming purpose. I was thinking about the 431 or 435 from Ilyama and the 710T from samsung. __________________ AMD Opteron 146@3ghz H2O Storm \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| 2512MB Gskill LE \| X800GTO²@X850XT-PE \| 2250GB Hitachi \| Modded Aopen H600B\| Seasonic 600W \| MX510@450HZ \| 19\" TFT BenQ 937s+ \|3DMARK2001 AMD XP2400+@2600+ \| Epox 8rda+ \| 2*256 Twinmos BH5 \| Club3D 9600Pro \| Maxtor 80GB + 200GB \| server + moviestation \|

9th February 2005, 18:03	#7
187(V)URD@ Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 923	die 431s komt zonder DVI kabel ? __________________ AMD Opteron 146@3ghz H2O Storm \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| 2512MB Gskill LE \| X800GTO²@X850XT-PE \| 2250GB Hitachi \| Modded Aopen H600B\| Seasonic 600W \| MX510@450HZ \| 19\" TFT BenQ 937s+ \|3DMARK2001 AMD XP2400+@2600+ \| Epox 8rda+ \| 2*256 Twinmos BH5 \| Club3D 9600Pro \| Maxtor 80GB + 200GB \| server + moviestation \|

25th January 2005, 00:24	#2
kristos Posts: n/a	cpu: right now, I'd say 3000+ they oc about as good as the 3500+ anyway but on the other hand, you could wait untill the E0 revisions are out and see how those perform (they should be much better but wait and see in my humble opinion) mobo: dfi lp ut nf4 ultra (can be modded into full sli with great ease) 2512 G.Skill --> pc4400 1GBLE (best choice for a 1 Gig set according to Onepagebook himself ) edit* maybe considder some buying some good BH-5? From what I hear, 2512 BH-5 / BH-6 clocks quite good on A64, I've seen several people doing 250 mhz with theirs. or some memory with winbond UTT chips (with brainpower pcb? I haven't been following this so I don't know if they perform better with a brainpower pcb or not...). Macci claims nothing can beat BH-/UTT at ~260mhz properly tweaked. on the dfi, you also won't have problems with volts, you can switch form the 3.3V line to the 5V line (allows up to 4V to your ram) but Oskar Wu says if you do, place a fan over the mosfets or only use 5V for benching purposes

9th February 2005, 19:25	#9
187(V)URD@ Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 923	how much € for that ? __________________ AMD Opteron 146@3ghz H2O Storm \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| 2512MB Gskill LE \| X800GTO²@X850XT-PE \| 2250GB Hitachi \| Modded Aopen H600B\| Seasonic 600W \| MX510@450HZ \| 19\" TFT BenQ 937s+ \|3DMARK2001 AMD XP2400+@2600+ \| Epox 8rda+ \| 2*256 Twinmos BH5 \| Club3D 9600Pro \| Maxtor 80GB + 200GB \| server + moviestation \|

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