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DocMartin

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  1. Well, yes, that question was already asked and answered. If you choose to keep waiting and waiting for the next technology to become available, you end up going nowhere (although it does save you money by never buying anything). M2 is only the next socket design from AMD. The current cpu's are still extremely powerful, and this mb will allow for 2 dual-core chips... plenty of growing room. And DDR2 is only the next continuation of ram clock speed increase. The current DDR2 design seems to have slightly increased latency and slightly increased clock, which seem to cancel each other out. And I believe that the cpu is limited to 800 Mhz FSB also? So unless you plan to overclock the system, they don't offer any real advantages for the time being. Down the road there may be some performace increase as the technology matures, but I'm not convinced that DDR 400Mhz dual-channel is too slow...
  2. Hi suryad, I was just researching a similar system myself and found your thread was active. Checking on pricewatch for lower-cost alternatives, you may want to look into: Case: SkyHawk MSR4615 D7 (www.shg.com.tw) [$30.49 pricewatch] -EATX board specification 12"x13" -ALUMINUM, which is a big plus in my book, weighing in around 13 lbs. My current case is a skyhawk aluminum, and it is very sturdy, very light, and very easy to access. Plus there will be even more room for a water cooling setup, even though mine fits easily in the smaller case. RAM: I can't seem to find out whether ECC/Reg is an absolute necessity, but it does seem to run a bit slower than the unbuffered/non-registered. Pricewatch found me 2 sticks of pc3200 512gb ECC/Reg CAS 3 for $49 each. I think with dual channel ddr, it's best to install them in pairs? So 2x512gb for each of the CPU's for a 2gb total? PSU: HEC ACE480UB (www.hecgroupusa.com) [$61.56 www.avadirect.com] Of the power supplies recommended on the Tyan website, the Zippy HP2-6460P is only rated at 460W. Taking that into account, the fact that it wants EPS12V, and dual SLI, I found this PSU. 2 fans, dual rails... sounds good to me. I actually went out and bought this one last week for my current system when the old PSU died. HDD: Seagate Cheetah ST3146854LW 15krpm 146gb u320 (www.seagate.com) [$299 re-cert on pricewatch] Comparable to the Hitachi's you have listed, but might be a bargain deal... Of course, I'm only drooling over the specs too. And just trying to find ways to make it affordable for my own budget ($2,000 still might be out of range) In all honesty I would probably have to start with one cpu/gpu/ram combo. But with a motherboard that lets you scale up so easily, it just seems like the right place to start.
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