Building a Gaming System

[SirKenin]

Maybe you were using components that are not compatible?

I hear what you are saying, but no, as a qualified system builder I only use AMD recommended mainboards, power supplies and fans as found at http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348,00.html

I'm very fussy what I build with, as that's the only way I can be assured to make money. My time is worth something to me, as it no doubt is to you, and it's lost income wasting time replacing fried or faulty CPU's and incompatible mainboards.

 

[Apologist]

I'm very fussy what I build with, as that's the only way I can be assured to make money. My time is worth something to me, as it no doubt is to you, and it's lost income wasting time replacing fried or faulty CPU's and incompatible mainboards.

It's interesting how different people have different results.
I know a guy over at the MSI forums who also builds and sells systems and he is a big fan of AMD processors. This guy has built hundreds of systems and knows his stuff too, but like I said everyone has their favorites for whatever reason.

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

Ok, I have updated my specs a bit...

Does this motherboard/CPU combo make sense?

I believe they are compatible and use Hyper Threading technology....drool.

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Intel D865PERLK Socket 478 Motherboard
(w/ Hyper Threading Technology)

Pentium 4 / 2.8GHz 512k socket 478,
Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB
w/ CPU fan

1 GB Corsair DDR SDRAM
TWINX1024-3200C2 400MHZ 2X512MB (matched pair),
CL2 DDR DIMM W/HEAT SPREADER, DIMM 184-pin,
(Dual-Channel for the 865PE chipset)

Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache

 

[SirKenin]

That sounds good Defens I would prefer an Asus board to an Intel board though. Intel boards give you absolutely zero options in the BIOS for tweaking if you should so desire.

However, it sounds like it will be a smoking system regardless.

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

That sounds good Defens I would prefer an Asus board to an Intel board though. Intel boards give you absolutely zero options in the BIOS for tweaking if you should so desire.

However, it sounds like it will be a smoking system regardless.

Cheers!

 

[revolutio]

I can vouch for Radeon cards. I recently bought a Radeon 9700 Pro and it far exceeeded all my expectations. The only thing that could even make it show any noticeable slowing was Morrowind on max everything.

Anyone who has played that game knows that max everything is insanely beautiful and will absolutely kill any system that tries to run it.

All the benchmarks I have seen show the 9700 barely showing any difference from the 9800 except in a few benchmark tests. I don't think the difference is worth the price right now.