ardyandkari Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 hi. i am building a computer...i want it fast, REAL fast... i am currently selecting the parts to buy and cant be sure that i have the right mobo for the job. i am going to have an amd athlon 64 x2 6000+ processor...the mobo i was going to get is the GIGABYTE GA-M55SLI-S4, but i cant find the processor on the compatibility list. it ends at the 5000+. will the mobo work? or do i need to get one with the 6000+ listed??? here is the setup: GIGABYTE GA-M55SLI-S4 GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card 600W Power Supply 4 GB (4 1GB Sticks) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor Windows XP also the normal drives, case etc. any ideas on what i should do? or what mobo to buy? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The 6000 is on the compatability list here #9 down and go with SATA hard drives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Go with a nivida 8800 GTX and a Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Make sure you don't go cheap on the power supply. Running all that requires a lot of juice. Make sure you have 22A+ on the 12v rails. http://www.pcpower.com/home/ (I recommend these... they're some of the best in the business). And if you want FAST, you might consider SLI instead of one massive video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 When I built my last system I opted for 2 of the smaller WD 10K RPM raptor drives and set them up in a RAID stripe. So my system only has 140 GB of storage, only ~60 of which is ever occupied, but HDD access is fast. Long story short, I recommend 10K RPM drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 When I built my last system I opted for 2 of the smaller WD 10K RPM raptor drives and set them up in a RAID stripe. So my system only has 140 GB of storage, only ~60 of which is ever occupied, but HDD access is fast. Long story short, I recommend 10K RPM drives. Aren't they SCSI discs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 You can get 10K IDE or SATA drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Just a tip: If you are getting 4GB or memory make sure you get Windows XP 64bit and not 32bit. 32bit can only "see" up to 3GB. Also I have seen a lot of people recommend C2D over AMD X2. Go for an E6300, or the E6320 (if you want more cache) and overclock the pants of it, it'll love you . C2D are so easy to OC. You can easily get 3.6Ghz out it - thats without OC'ing your ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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