Building a comp

You want two SATA drives, striped, to speed up disk xfers too.

 

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ATI stuff is lovely, ... when it works, ...!!

Drivers like you say can be a pain. I had a ATI TV-tuner/TV-out card way back. Common fault with them was that while you could pick up TV signals just dandy, the sound didn't work, ... I had two before I gave up.

 

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I have seen ATi work. One of my friends has it and its a demon. No hassles, but I have two ATi cards in my draws that blue screen all the time (one was my gf`s).

The big crunch came when installing ubuntu. You can do the most amazing stuff with your desktop with something called XGL. My friend who has a laptop with an ATi card in it could not install XGL as there was no ATi screen card support for his card. His default display was also very pixled.

I have chosen Nvidia because I personally have never had a hassle with one (my one mate has issues with his Nvidia in linux... he over clocked the card a couple of 100%`s to many... those linux drivers are powerful!)

I recon most of my prejudice to the brand came from their Microsoft monopoly tactics and personal experience, but as I mentioned earlier on. AMD has bought them out, so I am really hoping for major improvements... and if they do improve. I will try it out again.

But for me, now. Nvidia FTW! (They also have a better resell value)

 

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I've read about XGL before, looks really interesting. Last I heard though people were working on reverse engineering both ATI and Nvidia drivers for it, since neither worked properly. Something about XGL requiring kernel access to the drivers which neither company would officially support (trade secrets and such). That was some months ago though...

 

xgl -> beryl/compiz they are in (k)ubuntu

 

Mandriva too.
btw, I have Mandriva on my laptop, but I don't use those effects, because to me they're only a distraction.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7sz_mandriva-linux-2007-3d-desktop

 

Make sure you have a good cooling system, It makes all the difference in speed. The cooler the processer, the smoother the gameing!

P.S. when this beast is completed, could you post pics? I would love to see it!

 

I will post pics when it is up, but it will definetely be a little while. I am just planning out the future computer, but it will be a few months til i get it. Cant wait! I will probably change a few of these specs as technogoly becomes available... but i wont go with ATI ... ive had so much problems with ati its not even funny. Im going to stick with Nvidia

 

What ever you do don't get a Seagate Harddrive...they will scram on you with constant use in 3 to four years...
IF you don't go SATA then I'd suggest Western Digital...

 

Can't agree.
All hard drives nowadays are pretty much the same in failure, experience of individual users varies, of course, but go talk with someone working in a computer shop,
And Seagate gives better warranty than most.

 

Make sure you get a kick-ass case.

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And make sure you have enough fans.

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and do not get an CPU, RAM, MOBO or any other pc component as they will be outdated within 6 month

 

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That isnt going to crash my PC is it?

 

No computer is complete without a gunrack.

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Are you insane!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!? 4500!?!?!?!?! and not quad core!?!?!??!?!??!?! man wtf are you thinking?!??!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!I mean its not nessecary and if you want it mainly for gaming and well.....but still I mean personally I would sacrifice the graphics down to the xfx gtx 8600( going by memory not sure if thats the exact model) to get to quad so that way you can always upgrade.

 

And maybe I didn't read it but how much RAM have you got? Never mind.

 

Ok... ive been looking around... i think this is what i want
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Power Supply - NZXT 1000 Watt Power Supply [Quad SLI Ready]

Processor - Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor QX6700 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)

Processor Cooling - CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit

Motherboard - Asus Striker Extreme nForce® 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB

Memory - 4096MB [1024MB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module

Video Card – NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB w/DVI + TV Out Video

Video Card Brand - eVGA Brand Video Card Powered by NVIDIA

Hard Drive 1 - WD Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 16M Cache Hard Drive

Hard Drive 2 -320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]

CD/DVD Drive - 16x DVD-ROM Drive

CD – RW / DVD – RW Drive - [Lightscribe Technology] 18X Dual

Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive

Sound Card - Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi

Speaker System - Creative Labs Inspire P7800 7.1 Surround Speaker + Subwoofer

Network Card - Killer M1- Online Gaming Accelerator - w/ 400Mhz Network Processing Unit + Lag & Latency Reduction Technology

Meter Display - Logisys Multi-function Panel with Remote control

Extras - Surge Protector [Opti-UPS Surge Buster]
- IEEE-1394 Firewire PCI Card w/Cable + Software

Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Headset - Zalman 5.1 Channel ZM-RS6F+M Headset w/Mic

Power Protection - Opti-UPS SS1200-AVR Mighty Voltage Regulator

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Anyone see anything that i could change to be better?

 

Two 2 GB RAM modules instead of one of 4GB.

It's more practical thing. If one is broken, you'll still have PC that works.