Tyrael turns 21yrs! Time for a new gaming-rigg! - Page 2

11th January 2006, 14:05

Suggestions about the motherboard and memory?

PS: I'm not going to oc my rig.

11th January 2006, 14:23

if you're not going SLI the Asus A8N or A8N SLI for SLI

jmke · 11th January 2006, 14:41

Asus and MSI are very feature rich if you take the Deluxe/Premium version

and come recommended if you don't OC

11th January 2006, 19:58

http://users.pandora.be/tyrael/setup2.jpg

Let me know what you find of it

jmke · 11th January 2006, 20:07

change PSU if you want to battle noise

11th January 2006, 20:13

Question: that motherboard is with 2 SLI-slots for 2 pci-e graphic cards. Which speed are these slots? 8x pci-e each or 16x pci-e each?

jmke · 11th January 2006, 20:16

in none SLI mode

one 16x

in SLI mode

both 8x

there is a 32PCIE version from Asus which has both at 16x

but guess what.. no performance difference between 16x en 8x

piotke · 11th January 2006, 20:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrael
http://users.pandora.be/tyrael/setup2.jpg

Let me know what you find of it

- Get yourself a 7800 GT (<400 euro range) instead of GTX wich costs +500 euro. The performance difference isn't that big.

- Mainboard and cpu are good. Mainboard is totally passive cooled, silent, but perhaps replace boxed cooler by HQ cooler.

- Silence is your goal ? Raptor is loud. Fast but loud. Not that you will hear it in the next room, but when aiming at silence it might become irritatting.
But it's a fast *****

- 255 euro for case + PSU. I personally find that an expensive combination....

11th January 2006, 22:30

I wouldn't drop the raptor because you want silence. Got myself a raptor yesterday and it makes a little bit of noise, but I cant hear it over a 120mm fan at medium speed (the spinning). The performance however is

It just makes some clicking noise from time to time (quiet silent) like all maxtor disks I have owned.

11th January 2006, 22:47

Piotke did the advice of getting a case with PSU included... that's a good idea.

I thougt about getting a 100€ case with PSU... spares aboud 150€ money. The aircooling either won't be so good as in an Antec P180 I suppose.

11th January 2006, 14:41	#13
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Asus and MSI are very feature rich if you take the Deluxe/Premium version and come recommended if you don't OC __________________

11th January 2006, 20:07	#15
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	change PSU if you want to battle noise __________________

11th January 2006, 20:16	#17
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	in none SLI mode one 16x in SLI mode both 8x there is a 32PCIE version from Asus which has both at 16x but guess what.. no performance difference between 16x en 8x __________________

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11th January 2006, 14:05	#11
Tyrael Posts: n/a	Suggestions about the motherboard and memory? PS: I'm not going to oc my rig.

11th January 2006, 14:23	#12
Rutar Posts: n/a	if you're not going SLI the Asus A8N or A8N SLI for SLI

11th January 2006, 19:58	#14
Tyrael Posts: n/a	http://users.pandora.be/tyrael/setup2.jpg Let me know what you find of it

11th January 2006, 20:13	#16
Tyrael Posts: n/a	Question: that motherboard is with 2 SLI-slots for 2 pci-e graphic cards. Which speed are these slots? 8x pci-e each or 16x pci-e each?

11th January 2006, 22:30	#19
kr15t0f Posts: n/a	I wouldn't drop the raptor because you want silence. Got myself a raptor yesterday and it makes a little bit of noise, but I cant hear it over a 120mm fan at medium speed (the spinning). The performance however is It just makes some clicking noise from time to time (quiet silent) like all maxtor disks I have owned.

11th January 2006, 22:47	#20
Tyrael Posts: n/a	Piotke did the advice of getting a case with PSU included... that's a good idea. I thougt about getting a 100€ case with PSU... spares aboud 150€ money. The aircooling either won't be so good as in an Antec P180 I suppose.