Cazzzidy
02-24-2003, 09:41 AM
Hey guys,
I am new to this forum, but not new to overclocking. I must say, Xtreme Systems has the best damn OC forum on the net. This place is rad!!
With that out of the way (being my first post and all), I can move onto the question at hand.
I am building a second computer for me to mess with. It is going to have an incredibly powerful peltier cooling system, with water to cool the pelt. I have about $600 to spend on cooling equipment, so I want to make this thing very, very good.
Sense I will be spending so much on cooling, the parts are going to be of the cheaper variety. I will be using an nForce2 motherboard (still havent decided yet), a 1700+ TB Rev B, 256 to 512 megs of PC3500, and a cheap hard drive. Basically, I want to feel comfortable playing with the extreme cooling system knowing that I wont be damaging a $300 chip if I make a mistake. I have a 2700+ A7N8X DX system... but I want to keep it safe from myself.
So I am wondering... what is the best video card for under $100? I dont really care about which gets more bang for the buck, I want a card that has a slew of information and mods available. I want to try volt mods and new BIOSs, etc. Something that I can really tool around with. Right now, I am thinking about getting a GF4 MX440? But am I correct in that it doesnt support Direct X 8.1 features?
Well, enough about me... what would you guys suggest? Any other general recomendations for the puter I am building?
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I am new to this forum, but not new to overclocking. I must say, Xtreme Systems has the best damn OC forum on the net. This place is rad!!
With that out of the way (being my first post and all), I can move onto the question at hand.
I am building a second computer for me to mess with. It is going to have an incredibly powerful peltier cooling system, with water to cool the pelt. I have about $600 to spend on cooling equipment, so I want to make this thing very, very good.
Sense I will be spending so much on cooling, the parts are going to be of the cheaper variety. I will be using an nForce2 motherboard (still havent decided yet), a 1700+ TB Rev B, 256 to 512 megs of PC3500, and a cheap hard drive. Basically, I want to feel comfortable playing with the extreme cooling system knowing that I wont be damaging a $300 chip if I make a mistake. I have a 2700+ A7N8X DX system... but I want to keep it safe from myself.
So I am wondering... what is the best video card for under $100? I dont really care about which gets more bang for the buck, I want a card that has a slew of information and mods available. I want to try volt mods and new BIOSs, etc. Something that I can really tool around with. Right now, I am thinking about getting a GF4 MX440? But am I correct in that it doesnt support Direct X 8.1 features?
Well, enough about me... what would you guys suggest? Any other general recomendations for the puter I am building?
:toast: