I'd substitude OCZ Platinum EL series memory for the Gold series and get better latency. If you want to overclock, I'd go with their ehanced bandwidth Platimum series.
I would buy a Opteron over the fx60. I'd also get a 24" widescreen monitor. Spending 5000$ on computer, then looking at a 19" square... just ain't right
if you're serious about watercooling I would get something a little heftier than the koolance stuff. It's been almost a year, but last I checked 3/8" ID was about the minimum size for decent performance.
Man, I was half way through building a high end gaming computer before the Fiero devastated my budget. I should move that back up on my list of projects.
Originally posted by zMacK: I would buy a Opteron over the fx60. I'd also get a 24" widescreen monitor. Spending 5000$ on computer, then looking at a 19" square... just ain't right
Why an Opteron? They only have a 1000MHz HT speed. And its been proven time and time again, gaming is best on a 19".
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Originally posted by Toaster_Man: if you're serious about watercooling I would get something a little heftier than the koolance stuff. It's been almost a year, but last I checked 3/8" ID was about the minimum size for decent performance.
I've got a Koolance PC700 case. I really am happy with the performace I get from it. And most of the Koolance stuff besides CPU is 1/4" ID. Which I don't mind because setting up everything with 3/8" or 1/2" tubing would be a real pain. I don't buy Koolance stuff for serious overclocking and extremely low temps- I buy it because its well priced and delivers the great performance of watercooling while being completely silent. I can also buy preinstalled kits in a Lian Li case. Plus shopping outside of Koolance and Newegg is all dark and scary
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Originally posted by Toaster_Man: Man, I was half way through building a high end gaming computer before the Fiero devastated my budget. I should move that back up on my list of projects.
The thing that is scary about buying a top of the line system, you will almost always shoot yourself a month later when you realize its not longer top-of-the-line.
Originally posted by IEatRice: Why an Opteron? They only have a 1000MHz HT speed. And its been proven time and time again, gaming is best on a 19".
Kind of the same reason I bought a mobil athlon, when I could have bought a 939 athlon for the same price. One is more unique, and higher quality. As for the monitor. Non-widesreen will be obsolete/gone in a few years.
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Originally posted by IEatRice: ... And its been proven time and time again, gaming is best on a 19". ...
The thing that is scary about buying a top of the line system, you will almost always shoot yourself a month later when you realize its not longer top-of-the-line.
Gaming proven best on a 19"? Who proved this? I'd wager it was someone who had a 19" monitor. I'm running a Dell 24" widescreen LCD on my PC, and until you've played Half Life 2 at 1920 x 1600, you just don't know how good it can look. You have to have major graphics hardware to push that, but if you're building a top end system, that shouldn't be a problem.
And you might s well start shooting yourself, becaue the FX60 isn't top of the line anymore.
And yeah, that's the OCZ memory I'd use for overclocking. You can also overvolt it without voiding the warranty.
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The thing that is scary about buying a top of the line system, you will almost always shoot yourself a month later when you realize its not longer top-of-the-line.
That's exactly why the project never got done actually. I got into the market just as AMD was introducing their 64bit processors and fell into that dark cycle of "I could buy this, but look at what they're launching next month." I still only need to settle on a processor, mobo, ram, video card, and power supply (SLI was in it's infancy) to call it done.
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That View Sonic I first put on the list has a 2ms.
2ms is definitely better, if hard to believe. Well, not really hard to believe, but there is so much inconsistancy in latency ratings it's really hard to tell what you can get. I've seen reviews where 8ms monitors performed worse than 12ms monitors. The best test is to try it yourself and see what's pleasing to your eyes - just like the best way to choose speakers is to listen to them and see what sounds best to you.
I'm thrilled with my 24", even though the latency spec says it's much slower than the ViewSonic you listed, I don't see any ghosting, so I'm fine with it.
It's similar to frames per second. 200 fps is much better than 100 fps, but can you actually see a difference?
Originally posted by Formula88: It's similar to frames per second. 200 fps is much better than 100 fps, but can you actually see a difference?
Of course not, but it sure as hell fun to brag about! After all, that's mainly what a top-of-the-line system is all about. Because you could spend 2000 and play just about every game out there at maxed stats.
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