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MikeB12
10-13-2007, 08:06 AM
I'm biting the bullet and building my quad early, was gonna wait for q9450... but said screw it...
so i'd like to tap some brains here, spot any holes before I click buy.

any suggestions welcome...
the if's in my mind are:
1.
ram-thought about going 2x2gb, but the xtreem 2x1gb looks to be a better performer, plus doubt I need 4. but anyone with abit ip35pro thats had good ram results I'd luv to know... yeah and I saw the huge ip35pro +100 page thread... great resource.

2.
2900 pro-i'm just an occasional gamer, so I still want a decent video, but is it worth the extra $70 for gddr4..
Thanks in advance for looking...
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6576/49854533qt2.jpg
Maxfly
10-13-2007, 08:17 AM
looks pretty damn nice!enjoy your new rig :D
L'enFer
10-13-2007, 08:23 AM
good enough ;).
The_Beast
10-13-2007, 08:50 AM
good :up:
emoners
10-13-2007, 09:00 AM
do you still need a floppy drive? & don't forget your hard drive
MikeB12
10-13-2007, 09:04 AM
thanks, I caught that too a couple minutes after I posted... hd added
prob keep the floppy for bios and raid stuff..
MikeB12
10-13-2007, 09:17 AM
I think (hope) I got everything in one click. not that it'll make any difference before monday... after confirming looks like egg is shipping from 3 whse's, ca,tn, and nj...
stimpson
10-13-2007, 09:30 AM
l00ks good . one thing you can pick up a guarnteed go q 6600 at clubit for 265.00 oem. but you dont need the sink any way
Nosfer@tu
10-13-2007, 12:16 PM
Very good choises :D

I would go with a Raptor drive :D
justin_c
10-13-2007, 12:49 PM
bigger HD? no floppy? ballistix 6400s? i prefer pioneer or liteon writers.
perkam
10-13-2007, 01:10 PM
Go for it.

Perkam
MikeB12
10-13-2007, 02:08 PM
Thanks for the confirms.. takes some of the immediate buyers remorse away...

I looked around at ram and considered quite a few, ballistix being one of them; but ended up with the xtreems because they were on the approved list at abit and had the lowest latency on the list:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2609/17745960jo5.jpg

could have ordered a better hd, but I like wd and was trying to skim a little on the price to keep it at around 1200, which I slid right up to. plus I already have 500gb (2x250) in my current box..

now that its said and done, I look forward to playing with the new toy in about a week... Thanks :)
Alik4041
10-13-2007, 02:35 PM
I would recommend an upgrade from 250gb to 500gb western digital for only $30 more :up:

PS: I've never seen a brand new floppy that cheap :eek:
zanzabar
10-13-2007, 02:48 PM
the samsung 500j is faster than the wd500gb, and were are the fans for that case it needs 5 extra 120/140 and 1 extra 80
MikeB12
10-13-2007, 03:22 PM
I knew I missed something... fans! I'll see what the 3 it comes with do, then pick up some more if I need to locally... the sflex I ordered is for the thermalright...

edit: I thought about it and went ahead and ordered some more sflex's
cloned
10-13-2007, 05:34 PM
well honestly i would have gotten a 640 MB 8800 GTS for only about a $100 more but overall it looks pretty good and should serve you well
voltaire2030
10-13-2007, 05:56 PM
I would recommend an upgrade from 250gb to 500gb western digital for only $30 more :up:

PS: I've never seen a brand new floppy that cheap :eek:

30$ upgrade very well spend ...

If you plan to overclock your system, maybe a higher powersupply...
Alik4041
10-13-2007, 08:09 PM
well honestly i would have gotten a 640 MB 8800 GTS for only about a $100 more but overall it looks pretty good and should serve you well

Which brings up the question; At which resolution will you be playing?
MikeB12
10-18-2007, 01:48 PM
well, it all came in, no problems from ups... and I got a G0-SLACR.... lucky so far...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/B12MHudson/IMG_0157.jpg
Maxfly
10-18-2007, 06:24 PM
ah thats a beautiful thing,nice new hardware ready to get abused!<---never fails to bring a smile to my face :D
enjoy your new rig!
emoners
10-18-2007, 06:42 PM
looking good! :up:
MikeB12
10-18-2007, 10:45 PM
got everythng installed and posted first try.. lucked out and the abit IP-35 they sent me already had bios 14, so no need to flash.. but man routing all those fans was a pita.. I ended up using all the places the case had 7, plus 2 on the thermalright push/pull.. 6 of them are blue leds so it's lit pretty well... anyway vista is installing now,

Thanks for yalls help, think I'll like it... :D
Alik4041
10-19-2007, 05:26 AM
got everythng installed and posted first try.. lucked out and the abit IP-35 they sent me already had bios 14, so no need to flash.. but man routing all those fans was a pita.. I ended up using all the places the case had 7, plus 2 on the thermalright push/pull.. 6 of them are blue leds so it's lit pretty well... anyway vista is installing now,

Thanks for yalls help, think I'll like it... :D

I'm using beta 16 and it's the best sofar IMHO.
MikeB12
10-19-2007, 01:05 PM
I'll have to check out the beta 16...
I found a comfortable oc 3.4 at 1.4v, passed an hr occt, so I put it on the smp folding this morning and it's been going all day no errors. temps are nice with the thermalright, I may just be happy with this for a while, but I'm sure 3.6 is next, let it sit here for a couple days folding and tweak it a little further. but I'm pretty sure 1.4v is close, cause 1.375 failed occt 1 hr test.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/B12MHudson/2-7.jpg