[Ket]

yep thats right, I figured i'd have a nice overhaul not decided 100% which mobo yet but here are the specs;

Mainboard: DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D £129.19
or
MSI K8N SLi Platinum nForce4 £140.94

CPU: A64 3000+ Winchester OEM £109.86
Cooling: ThermalRight XP-90 £28.14
Graphics: PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 XL VIVO £234.94
Memory: 1GB (2x512) Patriot PC3200 5-2-2-2 (Brainpower PCB, Samsung TCCD) £174.33
HDD: WD SE 200GB 7.2k SATA 8MB cach OEM £77.49

In case your wondering, yes, the HDD is extra storage. Oh, there is also a chance I may get an FX55. XP-90 i'm using due to weight and size issues. Its not too bad, it'll cost £754 with the DFI board.

 

[Burn]

wow, that's one heck of a setup. personally, i'd wait for the SLI tech. to have better technology in it, but that's me. looks like an awesome setup thoguh. i'd definitely go for an FX-55, that'd make the true SLI capablities come out.

 

[The Bartender Paradox]

if you are gonna go Sli then you should get an nvidia grafics card

 

[Ket]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATVkid*AFZ* wow, that's one heck of a setup. personally, i'd wait for the SLI tech. to have better technology in it, but that's me. looks like an awesome setup thoguh. i'd definitely go for an FX-55, that'd make the true SLI capablities come out.

both of thoughs mobos are SLI ready

im going ATI anyway because i dont like the amount of heat the nvidia cards piss out along with how fricken huge they are compared to ATI cards.

 

[The Bartender Paradox]

SLI only works on nvidia

and id wait for the DFI board to come out. thats what im gonna do

 

[Ket]

duh, we know that. i was just correcting ATV

 

[adas]

nice job, id get the dfi board.
but hes not gunna run 2 cards, so he doesnt need nvidia...
but the 6800gt isnt that big, its only a 1 slot card....
that thing would be bangin with a FX55

 

[Ket]

im using the nvidia chipset because its by far the best and its somewhat futureproof with SLI, and in terms of card size i meant how long nvidia cards are compared to ATIs.

I take everything into account when i upgrade, i dont get something thats just good for the "here and now"

actually that reminds me when the hell are the dfi boards due out thoughs suckers have been on pre-order for months, ugh, right now dfi suck balls, GIVE US RELEASE DATES! YA'LL WITH ME?!

 

[adas]

ohh, ok...yeah the pci-e version of the GT is huge...

and i agree with u, thats why i went 775 instead of a nother 478 system.
next up is a A64 sli rig for me...

but is the X800XL faster then a 6800?

yeah, dfi would be great if we had releases...

 

[Ket]

yes, a x800xl is a x800xt just underclocked, default speeds of the xl are 400\\980, itll easily OC to 475\\1000, it also has a full 16 pipelines over the pros 12.

 

[adas]

finally ati got something right for the budgeters...