My New System Final Specs

[Rbstr]

looks good to me, 495 - 150 for mobo, and 300 for CPU, that perfect

[Daleon]

I'd spend the extra $29 to get the NEC 2500A dvd burner or little more on a lite-on 812. A firmware just came out that updates the 2500A to a 2510A that supports dual layer dvd burning. The disks will be out soon, so thats 8+ gigs on a disk. Not to shabby.

[Biohazzard56]

But how do you know how much the Processor is?

[Rbstr]

well 300 dollars is normaly the price of a very nice CPU at release

[Daleon]

I can promise you a top of the line model AMD64 processor will cost quite a bit more than $300 at first release. If they release 3 chips for 939 initially, say around 3200, 3400, and 3600. The high end will prolly be $450 or more. The 3400 will prolly be around $325 or so with the 3200 in the $200 range.

This won't come down significantly until faster chips are released. And with AMD's rather slow mhz ramp up lately I wouldn't expect faster chips till Q4 prolly.

But a mid-range will do just fine to.

[Rbstr]

That what i mean the 3500+ will be very nice, and it won't be much more than 300

[Biohazzard56]

I did a little more reasearch the Socket 939 3500+ is a little faster than 3400+ (Pretty Much Common Sense due to AMD's Naming Policy). Its going to be nice.

[Rbstr]

yeah it will i envy

[Biohazzard56]

Ok case Battle, here are the two cases im considering.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/fro...ml?id=7WoU2sgI

or

http://www.antec-inc.com/Detail.bok?...otal=21&no=280

Im going for cooling and price, and I still have to buy fans for these.

[Rbstr]

I'd go with the scorpio

[Biohazzard56]

I thought the Fan in the Middle was a no no.

[Rbstr]

nah

[Electrofreak]

Despite what Vitter says, I'd go with the Scorpio just so you can show off your ass-kickin system. Though, for functionality you can't beat Antec.

[Daleon]

The side fan is fine. Isn't the scropio pretty much the same as the raidmaxx but $21 more expensive?

Also found that case for $10 cheaper here:
Scorpio Case

Side rails are defintely a nice thing to have. Removable motherboard tray would also be a nice touch. But if you can live without conviences as they only matter every once in a while, get the cheaper deal.

If anyone is a hardcore asus fan and wants a unique case, check it:
Asus Case

[Rbstr]

Yeah i saw that ASUS had a Sweet Athlon 64 system running in it at a bunch of lan parties to show off thier Mobos