Update on my new rig

Waffle · 08-03-2005, 08:22 PM

I know I said about it sometime in january, but I have a definite update on my new rig

On thursday I'm gonna be going to check out the hardware and pick a case, and I should have it by saturday.

I'm not getting a 3500 as planned, but due to the insanely cheap price, I'm getting an AMD3000+ 64 socket 939, which is perfect for future upgrades, and a deluxe asus mobo, 8.1 sound, raid, wireless, the whole setup!

Guess how much?

£140 with a new Coolermaster case! Trade Prices

and other discounts

I'm gonna be selling my old rig to a friend for the price of my new set up, give or take a bit.

Any suggestions on the case? After my disastorous experience with the damn prescott, cooling is pretty important, which is why I was thinking coolermaster and a fat assed HSF?

matttibb · 08-03-2005, 07:41 PM

Sounds good Waffle! I'm going to try and upgrade my computer a bit when I get the money...

ProcalX · 09-03-2005, 09:05 AM

Nice Waffle

Get a Artic Freezer 64 Ultra HSF (silent with some of the best air cooling possible)

If all thats costing you £140, i presume your going to be using alot of your memory in your new system thats in your current P4 rig??

Are you getting PCI-e graphics?? or is it AGP?

- Just as a side note the AMD64 3000+'s are very good overclockers compared to the other AMD64's, you should no problem be able to overclock from 1.8GHz to 2.5/2.6GHz stable on air.

Waffle · 09-03-2005, 01:25 PM

Yeh, I think I'm gonna be keeping three sticks of ram and sticking one 512 in my old case with perscott/mobo, get a crappy graphics card and hard disk and flog it on ebay for about 300 quid.

Easily cover my expenses for the new stuff.

That HSF looks decent, I'll consider it when I get the setup!

Waffle · 10-03-2005, 05:02 PM

I got my stuff!!!

Gonna get it set up after I back up

I'll let ya all know how it goes later on.

Addis · 10-03-2005, 06:26 PM

Good luck with the upgrades!

ProcalX · 10-03-2005, 07:47 PM

Photos! SuperPi 1mB!

Waffle · 10-03-2005, 09:27 PM

All I can say is.

Oh. My. F*cking. God.

AMD64 is the shiznit!!!

My boot up is 15 seconds, and using a slipstreamed XP w/ SP2 cd installed it all in 14 minutes 37 seconds.

Stuff Intel, addis you were right

Pictures coming after I've had some fun seeing what this beast can do.

My case temp is 23 degrees and my processor is @ 32!! eat that lousy prescott @ plus 60

ninja fetus · 10-03-2005, 09:38 PM

more power to ya waffle! congrats on the system

Fred · 10-03-2005, 10:12 PM

Good for you! Hope it works out great for ya!

Waffle · 10-03-2005, 10:17 PM

Thanks guys

yeh its worked out amazing!

Can't wait to try out some cpu intensive gaming and see how it compares.

Pics: (sorry for bad quality, only lame 2megapixel camera

)

http://img237.exs.cx/img237/3271/14nr.jpg

Shame about the creme drive fascias, but i'm sure i can replace them with black or blue.

Nic · 10-03-2005, 10:59 PM

lukin

waffles

EDIT: My drives are like that too but i have a door around mine so no-one will ever know

Fred · 10-03-2005, 11:04 PM

Looks good! You're right though, its a shame that the drives are cream. Oh well!

ProcalX · 11-03-2005, 09:20 AM

Glad you like it

All i can say Waffle is unless you really NEED it, don't overclock it as you don't need to

I've left mine at stocks as there's about 1 or 2 fps difference in games (10-15 if i overclock by 600MHz).. but still not enough to warrant the bother

And we will all be expecting you to start folding again

- don't worry about the case to much, i've got a Silver Cooler Master and i've got all Black Optical / Floppy drives

Addis · 11-03-2005, 06:29 PM

Glad it goes well. AMD rox!

08-03-2005, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	Update on my new rig I know I said about it sometime in january, but I have a definite update on my new rig On thursday I'm gonna be going to check out the hardware and pick a case, and I should have it by saturday. I'm not getting a 3500 as planned, but due to the insanely cheap price, I'm getting an AMD3000+ 64 socket 939, which is perfect for future upgrades, and a deluxe asus mobo, 8.1 sound, raid, wireless, the whole setup! Guess how much? £140 with a new Coolermaster case! Trade Prices and other discounts I'm gonna be selling my old rig to a friend for the price of my new set up, give or take a bit. Any suggestions on the case? After my disastorous experience with the damn prescott, cooling is pretty important, which is why I was thinking coolermaster and a fat assed HSF?

09-03-2005, 09:05 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
ProcalX Student Bum Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 1,536 Times Helpful: 30 My Mood: Cheerful Status: Offline My Computer	Nice Waffle Get a Artic Freezer 64 Ultra HSF (silent with some of the best air cooling possible) If all thats costing you £140, i presume your going to be using alot of your memory in your new system thats in your current P4 rig?? Are you getting PCI-e graphics?? or is it AGP? - Just as a side note the AMD64 3000+'s are very good overclockers compared to the other AMD64's, you should no problem be able to overclock from 1.8GHz to 2.5/2.6GHz stable on air. __________________ Laptop // Toshiba Satellite A210-11P // AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8Ghz Dual Core // 4GB DDR2 // 200GB Sata HD // Dual Layer DVD-RW // ATI Radeon HD2400XT 256MB // 15.4" HD Crystal Display // Vista Premium Desktop // HP DC7700* // Pentium Dual Core 3.4Ghz // 2GB DDR2 // 2x 160GB Sata2 // 16x DVD-RW // Crucial Ballistix // ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB // 20" Dell Screen // XP Pro SP2*

10-03-2005, 06:26 PM	#6 (permalink) Top
Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,255 Times Helpful: 403 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Good luck with the upgrades! __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

10-03-2005, 07:47 PM	#7 (permalink) Top
ProcalX Student Bum Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 1,536 Times Helpful: 30 My Mood: Cheerful Status: Offline My Computer	Photos! SuperPi 1mB! __________________ Laptop // Toshiba Satellite A210-11P // AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8Ghz Dual Core // 4GB DDR2 // 200GB Sata HD // Dual Layer DVD-RW // ATI Radeon HD2400XT 256MB // 15.4" HD Crystal Display // Vista Premium Desktop // HP DC7700* // Pentium Dual Core 3.4Ghz // 2GB DDR2 // 2x 160GB Sata2 // 16x DVD-RW // Crucial Ballistix // ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB // 20" Dell Screen // XP Pro SP2*

10-03-2005, 10:59 PM	#12 (permalink) Top
Nic Sleepy Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 18 Female Posts: 2,470 Times Helpful: 21 My Mood: Sleepy Status: Offline My Computer	lukin waffles EDIT: My drives are like that too but i have a door around mine so no-one will ever know __________________ Last edited by 01bolandn; 10-03-2005 at 11:05 PM.

08-03-2005, 07:41 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
matttibb Ultra Geek Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 914 Times Helpful: 1 My Mood: Dead Status: Offline My Computer	Sounds good Waffle! I'm going to try and upgrade my computer a bit when I get the money...

09-03-2005, 01:25 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	Yeh, I think I'm gonna be keeping three sticks of ram and sticking one 512 in my old case with perscott/mobo, get a crappy graphics card and hard disk and flog it on ebay for about 300 quid. Easily cover my expenses for the new stuff. That HSF looks decent, I'll consider it when I get the setup!

10-03-2005, 05:02 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	I got my stuff!!! Gonna get it set up after I back up I'll let ya all know how it goes later on.

10-03-2005, 09:27 PM	#8 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	All I can say is. Oh. My. F*cking. God. AMD64 is the shiznit!!! My boot up is 15 seconds, and using a slipstreamed XP w/ SP2 cd installed it all in 14 minutes 37 seconds. Stuff Intel, addis you were right Pictures coming after I've had some fun seeing what this beast can do. My case temp is 23 degrees and my processor is @ 32!! eat that lousy prescott @ plus 60

10-03-2005, 09:38 PM	#9 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	more power to ya waffle! congrats on the system

10-03-2005, 10:12 PM	#10 (permalink) Top
Fred Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Age: 23 Male Posts: 659 Times Helpful: 37 Status: Offline My Computer	Good for you! Hope it works out great for ya!

10-03-2005, 10:17 PM	#11 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	Thanks guys yeh its worked out amazing! Can't wait to try out some cpu intensive gaming and see how it compares. Pics: (sorry for bad quality, only lame 2megapixel camera ) http://img237.exs.cx/img237/3271/14nr.jpg Shame about the creme drive fascias, but i'm sure i can replace them with black or blue.

10-03-2005, 11:04 PM	#13 (permalink) Top
Fred Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Age: 23 Male Posts: 659 Times Helpful: 37 Status: Offline My Computer	Looks good! You're right though, its a shame that the drives are cream. Oh well!

11-03-2005, 09:20 AM	#14 (permalink) Top
ProcalX Student Bum Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 1,536 Times Helpful: 30 My Mood: Cheerful Status: Offline My Computer	Glad you like it All i can say Waffle is unless you really NEED it, don't overclock it as you don't need to I've left mine at stocks as there's about 1 or 2 fps difference in games (10-15 if i overclock by 600MHz).. but still not enough to warrant the bother And we will all be expecting you to start folding again - don't worry about the case to much, i've got a Silver Cooler Master and i've got all Black Optical / Floppy drives __________________ Laptop // Toshiba Satellite A210-11P // AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8Ghz Dual Core // 4GB DDR2 // 200GB Sata HD // Dual Layer DVD-RW // ATI Radeon HD2400XT 256MB // 15.4" HD Crystal Display // Vista Premium Desktop // HP DC7700* // Pentium Dual Core 3.4Ghz // 2GB DDR2 // 2x 160GB Sata2 // 16x DVD-RW // Crucial Ballistix // ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB // 20" Dell Screen // XP Pro SP2*

11-03-2005, 06:29 PM	#15 (permalink) Top
Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,255 Times Helpful: 403 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Glad it goes well. AMD rox! __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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