Critique my new build
 

4 2001FP's

Xentera GT4

250gig SATA Seagate

Quad monitor stand

1 gig of crucial

Intel 530j Prescott

Abit IS7-V2

Antec SLK3800B with 400 watt psu


Total is about 3600. How is it? Any glaring incompatibilities?

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Nice. Also, those are great cases, imo. Amazing how inexpensive computers are getting, though the video card is pricey, eh? [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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Yes there a probleme, The motherboard you selected runs older P4 chips(Socket 448) and your processor is a newer P4 "prescott" LGA 775, so it won't fit, also if youre gonna spend 3600$+ on a system get a PCI express motherboard not an AGP(for the future upgrades since AGP is being phased out for PCI-X).

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Ah, thanks.

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Buy an intel mobo instead. Abit are among the worst. Also like someone else mentioned make sure everything fits. I would also rather buy two peices of ram to dual chanel them, get one of those kits.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440

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If said it before, but go with the Western Digital Raptor. If you need more storage, add anotehr hard drive. But the raptor blows away my 200gb 7200RMP SATA drive.

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Abit mobos are fine. They are geared toward overclockers and performance nuts. That said, I prefer Asus motherboards. Intel motherboards are also good but they tend to be more expensive than the taiwanese boards per feature set.

Dual channel is goot.

PCI-X is goot.

Serial-ATA is goot.

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New intel mobo

New WD raptor

New ram

Someone mentioned to me that I should get a good main video card and a 2nd pci one since it would cost the same as the Xentera but would let me game on it. Does the Xentera give me any software I need for 4 monitors that I wouldn't get with a different card?

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Abit mobos are fine. They are geared toward overclockers and performance nuts. That said, I prefer Asus motherboards. Intel motherboards are also good but they tend to be more expensive than the taiwanese boards per feature set.

Dual channel is goot.

PCI-X is goot.

Serial-ATA is goot.

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Abit = "Cool" parts made for overclockers, low quality, bad reputation amongst serious users
Intel = Rock solid parts made for the serious user

Think about it, if you bought a Intel cpu, why wouldn't you want an Intel mobo?

And why on earth would you ever want PCI-X in a computer made for playing poker?

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4 monitors and 4 DVI port card...wow. I am envious. Looks like I'll have to go 6 monitors. So that way mine will be bigger than yours.