Cardoc build (maybe)

cardoc · 04-01-2008, 09:46 AM

Hi all
Thinking of building a mid range system and I'd like your opinions on these choices.I don't do any heavy gaming just some Nascar,flight sims etc.

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...sp?ID=10759147

Thanks in advance for any input.
Cardoc

**beefers1** · 04-01-2008, 11:25 AM

you play nascar too? what game?

also: ID and password?

cardoc · 04-01-2008, 01:17 PM

cardoc · 04-01-2008, 01:21 PM

Opps again.
Try link from first post ,it may work now.Thanks
ARGH I guess not sorry.

**beefers1** · 04-01-2008, 02:53 PM

everything looks fine. Though there are some great motherboard/CPU/memory bundles on tigerdirect that you can look at.

**TheMatt** · 04-01-2008, 09:20 PM

Check out this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128074

It will allow Phenom compatibility in the future if you decide to go that route.

These are also good choices:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128081
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130168

**beefers1** · 04-01-2008, 09:36 PM

Yep. What NASCAR game do you play? Also: when are the Phenom triple-cores coming out?

cardoc · 04-02-2008, 05:41 PM

Hi All
Many thanks for the feed back.I play Nascar 2003 and and Nascar Sim Racing, but it's been a little while.I wish they could combine the best of both it would be an awsome sim.
Currenty my system is a Chaintech Apogee mobo, Athlon XP 2.6,512 ram and a Radeon 9150 GPU running XP SP2 still pretty well.Once in a while it gives me a headache so it's time to retire it to # 2 position.(Currently "old" parts Biostar? mobo,512 old ram,Duron 1.2 old and slow standby but still ticking).Looking foward to the new build, just have to justify the cost.Maybe I could put a small smoke bomb in this one.I've had to resolder a couple of power joints in this mobo over the last couple of years.I'd like to see the tech guys trouble shoot that remotely.That took my wife's nose to pin down a faint burning smell.Oh well.
Good luck and good fun all.
Cardoc

**beefers1** · 04-02-2008, 09:10 PM

lol nice little story to go along with your justification to get a new PC.

also: I LOVE NASCAR 2003, but heard many bad comments about NSR. is it really as buggy and "arcady" as many claim?

cardoc · 04-03-2008, 03:16 PM

Yeah Kind of

**beefers1** · 04-03-2008, 03:24 PM

well, i suppose no driving sim can be totally realistic, but I think NR2003 comes really close, in terms of immersion and physics. One downside is that the cars somehow get automatically and magically "towed" back to the pits after an accident. also: cones can't get knocked down and so present so hazard to the cars.

cardoc · 04-23-2008, 08:28 PM

Hi people
Just an update, system with hardware mentioned in my posts is up and running.So far so great!Came up on first try.Went step by step bench testing.Posted fine and I'm tuning as I go.Only change I made shopping was 4gg G.Skill(2x2GB)DDR2 800 running dual channel.Yes I know the (non)issue wih more that 3gb in XP Home.Works very well.Set the drives

in a RAID 1 array.So far so great.
Thanks for the advise,Cardoc

**beefers1** · 04-23-2008, 09:23 PM

congratulations. but why raid 1? unless you're working on ultra-valuable corporate business stuff, raid 1 really is not necessary, and robs you of half of your hard drive space.

cardoc · 04-24-2008, 06:34 PM

I've read pros and cons.But in the last year I've lost a couple of drives with lots of turmoil so I figure it's worth a try and drives are somewhat cheap.

**TheMatt** · 04-28-2008, 08:46 PM

I would personally go with RAID 1, and would have even implemented it on my own computer if my budget had allowed it at the time.

04-01-2008, 09:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Cardoc build (maybe) Hi all Thinking of building a mid range system and I'd like your opinions on these choices.I don't do any heavy gaming just some Nascar,flight sims etc. https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...sp?ID=10759147 Thanks in advance for any input. Cardoc

04-01-2008, 11:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
beefers1 Below is my avatar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada Posts: 4,035 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 13	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) you play nascar too? what game? also: ID and password? __________________

04-01-2008, 01:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Opps Try these. case- http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811119068 mobo- http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131013 gpu http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814127284 psu http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817371001 cpu http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103210 mem http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820231122 hd http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148262 burner http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827135156 os http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16832116056

04-01-2008, 01:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Opps again. Try link from first post ,it may work now.Thanks ARGH I guess not sorry. Last edited by cardoc; 04-01-2008 at 01:24 PM. Reason: Opps again

04-01-2008, 02:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
beefers1 Below is my avatar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada Posts: 4,035 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 13	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) everything looks fine. Though there are some great motherboard/CPU/memory bundles on tigerdirect that you can look at. __________________

04-01-2008, 09:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Check out this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128074 It will allow Phenom compatibility in the future if you decide to go that route. These are also good choices: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128081 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130168 __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-01-2008, 09:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
beefers1 Below is my avatar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada Posts: 4,035 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 13	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Yep. What NASCAR game do you play? Also: when are the Phenom triple-cores coming out? __________________

04-02-2008, 05:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Hi All Many thanks for the feed back.I play Nascar 2003 and and Nascar Sim Racing, but it's been a little while.I wish they could combine the best of both it would be an awsome sim. Currenty my system is a Chaintech Apogee mobo, Athlon XP 2.6,512 ram and a Radeon 9150 GPU running XP SP2 still pretty well.Once in a while it gives me a headache so it's time to retire it to # 2 position.(Currently "old" parts Biostar? mobo,512 old ram,Duron 1.2 old and slow standby but still ticking).Looking foward to the new build, just have to justify the cost.Maybe I could put a small smoke bomb in this one.I've had to resolder a couple of power joints in this mobo over the last couple of years.I'd like to see the tech guys trouble shoot that remotely.That took my wife's nose to pin down a faint burning smell.Oh well. Good luck and good fun all. Cardoc

04-02-2008, 09:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
beefers1 Below is my avatar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada Posts: 4,035 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 13	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) lol nice little story to go along with your justification to get a new PC. also: I LOVE NASCAR 2003, but heard many bad comments about NSR. is it really as buggy and "arcady" as many claim? __________________

04-03-2008, 03:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Yeah Kind of

04-03-2008, 03:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
beefers1 Below is my avatar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada Posts: 4,035 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 13	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) well, i suppose no driving sim can be totally realistic, but I think NR2003 comes really close, in terms of immersion and physics. One downside is that the cars somehow get automatically and magically "towed" back to the pits after an accident. also: cones can't get knocked down and so present so hazard to the cars. __________________

04-23-2008, 08:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) Hi people Just an update, system with hardware mentioned in my posts is up and running.So far so great!Came up on first try.Went step by step bench testing.Posted fine and I'm tuning as I go.Only change I made shopping was 4gg G.Skill(2x2GB)DDR2 800 running dual channel.Yes I know the (non)issue wih more that 3gb in XP Home.Works very well.Set the drives in a RAID 1 array.So far so great. Thanks for the advise,Cardoc Last edited by cardoc; 04-23-2008 at 08:30 PM.

04-23-2008, 09:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
beefers1 Below is my avatar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada Posts: 4,035 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 13	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) congratulations. but why raid 1? unless you're working on ultra-valuable corporate business stuff, raid 1 really is not necessary, and robs you of half of your hard drive space. __________________

04-24-2008, 06:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
cardoc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ct. Posts: 198 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) I've read pros and cons.But in the last year I've lost a couple of drives with lots of turmoil so I figure it's worth a try and drives are somewhat cheap.

04-28-2008, 08:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Cardoc build (maybe) I would personally go with RAID 1, and would have even implemented it on my own computer if my budget had allowed it at the time. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides