Will This Work...

[mlakrid]

For sheer amount of space I would go with 2x 2405s

But then again... arent the 2407s coming out real soon??

 

[Not Bman]

Alright, I'll check out the Corsair XMS, since many people have recommended it. I still want 7.1 soundsystem, cause either it is better, or will come in handy in the future. Any links to a good deal on the memory?

 

[Sazar]

For sheer amount of space I would go with 2x 2405s

But then again... arent the 2407s coming out real soon??

Yes, and why not suggest the 3007

bman, I am not a big fan of a ton of speakers in a confined space. I would think it would be more prudent in a car or a theater but I don't believe in it for personal computer systems.

5.1 can give you essentially the same fidelity but with a cleaner overall signal.

I would just check newegg or someplace for the memory deals.

 

[Not Bman]

Don't these 7.1 systems sounds better then 5.1 systems if you have the X-Fi soundcards?

 

[Sazar]

No, it only gives you more output points and therefore THEORETICALLY better sound reproduction.

The 5.1's are about all you ever need because you have enough outputs for your ears.

 

[Not Bman]

Do they have the Inspire 5.1?

Edit* Yes they do, and I noticed that there only around $10 cheaper....

 

[iceman7311]

bman i just got 7.1 and i like it alot better then 5.1. i sugest you look into creative gigaworks 7.1 sound system. you are going to buy a nice sound card you should match it with a nice sound system.



http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=461&product=9306

 

[Not Bman]

That's what I was thinking, but I also heard alot about 5.1 is better. I'm not sure, I think in years to come a 7.1 system will be better to have. I should be going with the 7.1 system I have choose.

The gigaworks looks amazing, but so does the inspire kind, I can't find a good deal on the gigaworks around my area.

 

[Not Bman]

Alright, doing some research on everything again. Not going to have this computer for a couple more month untill so yea.

If my motherboard says SLI, does that mean I can't have dual ATI Radeon x1900XT?

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

SLI is for Nvidia cards you need Crossfire for ATI's

 

[Not Bman]

that's what I thought, just making sure

 

[Not Bman]

As some must know, I switched officially all my things over to work with Crossfire, instead of SLI. I had a SLI ready powersupply. Can I still use the one I have picked out, or do I need to find one that says Crossfire ready?

 

[madmatt]

Yes, it will work fine. SLI Ready means it is powerful enough to run two video cards (and every thing else). It also has two video card power adaptors.

 

[Grandmaster]

Why did you make the switch from SLI?

 

[Not Bman]

Originally, because I wanted a change from Nvidia. Now I have just been hearing many more better things about ATI, and seen some reviews and 3Dmarks on both the cards.

 

[Sazar]

Well, honestly, the sli config is more mature.

Ati does offer better hardware when it comes to raw shader power but currently there is really no difference between the two.

If it was a single solution question, I would undoubtedly suggest Ati as the better option.

For dual, sli is more mature so you are likely to see better overall performance from it.

That being said, Cross-fire is hardly a slouch and if it does have issues in some games, you can always just use one card

Also, DON'T base your decision off of 3d mark please.

 

[Not Bman]

I didn't, I just stated that I have checked some out.

Thanks for the tips, this is the thing I hate about tech. Too many things, names and problems. Still think I'm going with Crossfire for now.

 

[Not Bman]

I have been asking questions and researching so much, I'm not sure if I have asked this already, so I'll ask again. lol

I have this memory picked out..

Kingston Unbuffered Dual Channel DDR 400 (2GB) / PC3200

2 of them, to make 4GB, first off What does Unbuffered mean, and someone was talking about low latency memory, what are the differences and where can I get some, which are the same like this 2GB

 

[Not Bman]

Many questions lol

What's the difference between

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1221701

and

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1447057

 

[LeeJend]

$76 dollars,
the cache is 1mb on the FX vs 2 mb (1mb per core),
one is an dual core cpu the FX is single core
the FX has no fan

Both are 2.4Ghz clock speed so the dual core will probably be faster in most applications.

Buffered is a little slower than unbuffered but buffered used to mean you could use more sticks. That is changing, now many boards can use 4 sticks of unbuffered.

Timings are how many of the 400 mhz clock cycles it takes to do a job (refresh, read, write, etc). Usually listed a 3 numbers. 2-2-2-7 is fast memory, 3.5-3-3-10 is junk.

When they go to DDR2 the clock speed goes up (667 or 800) but the timings go way down 5-3-3-15. So at 566 DDR2 is no faster than DDR which is why intel and amd are not pushing the DDR2 MBs. There is no reason until DDR2 800 is widely available.