I'm building a machine...any one want to comment?
P4 - 266ghz 533 fbs
512mg DDR RAM
128 BIT DDR RAM graphics CARD
Burner
DVD Drive
Floppy Drive
LIQUID COOLED all parts that can be liquid cooled (chipset, processor, hard drive, video card)
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I'm building a machine...any one want to comment?
P4 - 266ghz 533 fbs
512mg DDR RAM
128 BIT DDR RAM graphics CARD
Burner
DVD Drive
Floppy Drive
LIQUID COOLED all parts that can be liquid cooled (chipset, processor, hard drive, video card)
An Asus board to seat it all, a SoundBlaster live5.1 card (works great for me). If you have the money go with RAMBUS ram to really open the performance of the P4. Liquid cooling should not really be needed if you set it up correctly. With 2.66GHZ why bother to OC? For a video card I would suggest either the Radeon 9700 pro or the nVidia GeForece FX, and for a case I recommend Antec. Good luck.
Already got the above suggestions except for the RAMBUS...I'm sticking with the reliability of DDR - to cut down on the cost a bit...its only a difference of 66mhz.....but I have the Soundblaster 5.1 and the Radeon 9700 pro.....
...and Linux!!!
or... do you want it for games???
Fist off, what do you plan on doing with it?(gamming, compiling, processing?) two: What are your DVD and burner drives?(RAM, ROM, mix. CD-R(W)) Three: Go AMD, not P. They are less expensive, more effiecient, and offer higher performance regardless of the lower clock speeds. Example: AMD 1800x runs as well as a P4 2.4Gig.
This is mainly a gaming machine....the DVD is a 16x, the Burner is a 40x16X48..and money isn't really that much of an issue, so I'm sticking with the Pentium 4 266 so I can upgrade or overclock later
if your mainly into gaming goto www.madonion.com and download 3d mark 2001se it gives u a bench mark on your system the higher the better and will recommend graphics cards that will run better on your motherboard/chip configuration...im also in online gaming well i play counterstrike alot and most hardcore gamers swear by 3d mark its quite a big download ...i done it on my system and got a benchmark of 5000 but if i had a gf4 it would go up to 9000
hope this is of some help
waterboy
whatever you get, check a hardware compatibility list for linux because chances are you will want to put it on eventually. better checking now than in x months time.
always think "upgradeability", if there is such a word. if you are going for 512mg DDR RAM, be sure this doesn't max out the motherboard! or there will be no upgrading :( get a good mobo, with rambus ram.
games machine eeh. it's been a year since i have been shopping for processors but last time i checked AMD chips were giving the highest frame rates. and i think dual processor boards were in development for amd's, so they should be out now. i'm thinking, get a dual processor board with one chip, save the other one for upgrading :) when they become cheaper.
make sure the mobo has AGP8x for the graphics card. lots of PCI (64bit 100Mhz) slots would be nice. and some creative sound device complimented with 3d surround sound speakers and extra bells. now i am going to pull you on this one,
why not get two 21" flatscreens? or eight Pioneer 61" Plasma screens? and an operating system. window~98 is supposed to use less systems resources than 2k, xp and is more stable than ME, so its good for games. but then you would be running window~98!Quote:
money isn't really that much of an issue
edit: can not believe i forgot this http://www.vapochill.com/default.asp...on=2&menuID=-1
AMD's overclock very well. Get an XP 1600 AGOIA/AGOGA from Newegg for $50 and you can make it hit 2GHZ with watercooling. you may want to check out www.overclockers.com for more... and running AMD system would save you atleast $200 on CPU alone, maybe motherboard as well.
Madonion.com is a joke. I had a 1GHz that out performed a 1.3GHz (both AMD), and the only thing that was different between the two computers was the amount of GHz's. Plus I have a friend who has a 2GHz and I have a 1.5GHz (both AMD again). This was all according to MadOnion's test results. I mean it looks nice, I like the tests it performs, but I honestly think people give that thing more credit than it's worth. It's a FREE product, how can you be sure something so FREE can be so COOL?
Mad Onion is now known as Futuremark... and the benchtests aren't free you have to pay for them, even the old ones.
El Diablo
when did that happen? I was just over at a friend's house no later than a week and a half ago and he was doing benchmarks on madonion.com...and it was still called madonion.com
ok just to even check... yes madonion.com goes to futuremark.com BUT you can still download the 3DMark2001SE if you want to, to test your computer. I just did, and it worked fine. You CAN buy a licensed copy, or the PRO version of the software if you like... but you don't have to.
where did you find the free version? The only thing I was able to trace down was the PRO and SE version and they both had price tags associated with them.
I'm sleepy this morning so I problably missed something on the site.
El Diablo
well this is what I did...goto the main page...click the download button kind of top right coner...download PCMark2002 button (kind of small text)....I went to download.com's download link....that takes you to download.com's website...then just click download now...and do it....then install it and run it...and it works fine....
you live within the US right El Diablo?
yah, I'm on the left coast and it was a very early morning for me. I only got about 2 hours of sleep because some "hackers" thought it would be funny to attempt to DoS our network.... bah I need more coffee :D
El Diablo
Okay, Instead of just starting a new thread I'm going to ask the my question here. I am looking to get a new machine ( my old one is gone and I am stuck going to friends and the public library) and I can't find anyone to finance me on getting one. It will take be forever to save the $1200 needed for a new machine (already basically figured out what I need). Any ideas on a company that might extend some kind finance to me so I could get one? And would it be better to go to a OEM or build it?
Hjack
El Diablo... where you working at? DoS...that's some serious stuff man, sorry to hear about that!!
hijack, as for a computer. What all do you want the computer for, if you want a really basic computer, goto wal-mark and get one of their towers for 200 bucks, and find a used salvage place for computer stuff and buy a monitor and keyboard and mouse. If you do it like that, you won't pay anything more than $300.00 USD.
For something with more of a kick, you will probably end up spending between $400-$700 USD. I know, I build this stuff for people all the time. Buy off the net, build it yourself (or have a friend do it), and save yourself 600 bucks. Sorry to hear about the credit problems man...
ooooooooh, Liquid cooling...I could have goten that...but I don't like the idea of water(or other liquid) near my Computer...I sepnt alot of money on it.
AAAGH.....My machine isn't gona be her till friday now, they keep changing the date coz they can't get the box....ugh...
Good luck, make sure you post a picture.....becides that, every thing looks honky-dory (I'v always wanted to say that...lol)
- Noia
I will admit that liquid cooling is a scary thought. I mean I bought a case and did it MYSELF with no experience in that field. I've probably put together over 200 computers in my day from scratch, but that was the most nerve racking! Though I must say, I have an AMD 1800+ which has never gone over 94 degrees F. And that is even after overclocking it 200 MHz. I've very happy with my purchase, and would recommend that ANYONE who has a computer in a place where it can't get proper air flow, or is a big overclocker who is scared of CPU temps rising, get a liquid cooled setup.
I bought mine from Koolance, I spent maybe a total of $300USD on the case, water blocks, and shipping. I had a friend who built one from LOWS for under $100USD.