CHeck out my new RE-Build....lotho version

[lothodon]

since bigdaddy went and copied my whole system i had to change....


msi nforce4 motherboard
amd athlon64 3200+
g.skill pc4400 2x512mb
msi x800xl (ati) video card with dual dvi out

2, yes 2, hyundai l90d+ 19" digital lcd's with 700:1 contrast, 300nit's brightness and 8ms response time

everything else is the same as follows...

ocz 520w modular power supply w/blue led 120mm fan
zalman cpu cooler w/blue led 92mm fan
2 120gb seagate sata hard drives
liteon dvd
nec dvdrw
generic floppy
logitech keyboard
logitech z5300 5.1 speakers
logitech mx510 gaming mouse
canon mp360 multipass printer scanner copier
lian li self modded window case (black anodized aluminum)
3 silenx blue led case fans (super quiet)
motorola cable modem
gravis gamepad
buslink 32mb flash drive

beat that bigdaddy!

[ripper007]

very nice lothodon.

[JoeLouie]

a lil competition never hurt anybody... as long as it's friendly competition lol.

[MrJoshua]

Hmm im going to rob a bank BBS :P
cheers :) :)

[analogue40]

......round two. ding ding.
Lo I took that guys advice who system i built the other day and sold off all my old/uneeded hardware and upgraded my two main systems too, although you'll be glad to know lotho the system isn't the same as yours lol, so you wont have to upgrade again ;)

edit, those dual 19inch are.....wow lol

edit2, Just realised you copied the title of TBD's post further down in this section letter for letter lol classic

[lothodon]

well, i HAD to copy the post, he copied my system :)

anyway, specs anny specs!

i'm running the new build now, short the lcd, darn thing was DOA, but the second will be here in two days. that one had better work.

2.45ghz stable now, which is short of what my epox nforce3 could do (although i haven't tried higher yet) and i'm at 71k in aquamark with the new x800xl.

thankful to be back with ati, not that nvidia graphics are bad, but i much prefer the monthly driver updates of ati....at least i feel like i'm getting more out of it that way.

[ripper007]

Lothodon,
how do you like your new msi nforce4 motherboard . ?

[lothodon]

so far it's amazing. i'm much more impressed with this than the via i just used. black board, neon plugs, pretty sweet looking.

perfomance wise, it's blowing the via away. i'm not at 2.5ghz (250mhz 1:1 cpu:mem) and stable as a rock. 72k in aquamark3 now.

other than testing for the top limit, i'll be running at this speed 24/7 so to speak.

the pci-x vid card doesn't require additional power...how long has it been since you've seen that in a high end card? seems to me like something is missing.

[analogue40]

If that second LCD arrives DOA, we'll have to arrange an OE trip to Hyundai stopping in at newegg on the way.
Yeah i went for the AX8 this time, i know it's the via, but i was really impressed with the AV8 and it's just turned out the last 3 boards i bought being Abit.
I also went for the sapphire X800XL, after i saw the price on tuesday and read the hardocp review, there is no other card available right now that offers the performance for this price, be crazy to buy any other card.
I also ordered another SATA HD so i can set RAID up, can't wait.
Catch ya on msn. Nice one getting back to 2.5Ghz ;)

[analogue40]

stuff just arrived, and i have to sit here for two more hours in work with it next to me :S

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/2186/moblog_9f07d04cd5012.jpg

[lothodon]

ok, update...ordered the VERY newly released arctic cooler for the x800xl, and i'm betting you will to anny.

damn that fan is a screeeeeeeeeamer. hard to find the coolers though, pretty new.

so back to the comparison for us eh?

nvidia vs. via all over again.

[analogue40]

too late, i already bought it, and it was the wrong one arg, the site didn;t specify it had to be an R420 core to take the rev4 cooler, put i for an RMA.