First post, by Iris030380
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FINALLY Built my ultimate XP 32bit machine.
Specs are as follows ...
ATHLON 64 3700+ Stock
DFI LANPARTY N-FORCE MOBO
2X1GB CRUCIAL DDR-400 DUAL CHAN.
2X74GB WD RAPTOR 10,000RPM IN RAID
X1950 PRO 512MB GECUBE AGP
AUDIGY 2 ZS
HEAVY METAL CUSTOM JOB FUJITSU SIEMENS CASE
700W EZCOOL PSU
Does exactly what I need it to. Was gonna go with one gig ram, but a game to be installed will be Gothic 3 ... which runs like a 3 legged dog on 1 gig. The need for dual channel rules out 1.5 gig. Let's keep to round numbers...
The only problem might be the raptors. Both drives were manufactured in August 2005. WD shipped them with a 5 year garuntee - and there seems to be a deluge of raptors on ebay recently. Hope they are in good condition! Will test them tomorrow. Anyone have any experiences with Raptors dying? I've never owned any before now.
I5-2500K @ 4.0Ghz + R9 290 + 8GB DDR3 1333 :: I3-540 @ 4.2 GHZ + 6870 4GB DDR3 2000 :: E6300 @ 2.7 GHZ + 1950XTX 2GB DDR2 800 :: A64 3700 + 1950PRO AGP 2GB DDR400 :: K63+ @ 550MHZ + V2 SLI 256 PC133:: P200 + MYSTIQUE / 3Dfx 128 PC66