New computer.

[Hitmen]

200 gigs seems like a little over-kill, doesn't it?

640k should be enough for anyone!

[muert0]

I found a couple of dual xeon boards I like for around 200-250. And I can get 2 xeon 3.06 with h/t for around $650. Getting 2 120gig 7200-10000 rpm HDDs. And probably 2 gigs of ram. And the x800.
I'm really getting $10,000 and 5k was the most I was spending on a computer. But I definently wont go that high.

[quasi-modo]

Would this mobo make a good base for a gaming computer or is it mainly based towards being a server?

Well, the card's title is: "An Excellent ATX Server System Infrastructure From MSI"
With that said, I suggest something different. I usually use: www.NewEgg.com for my computer parts.

newegg is the shit! I have rmaed a doa hard drive, a motherboard that kicked the dust long after i bought it, ram that was not compadible with the new motherboard thet sent me, they are great with customer care. I love em, I still shop around, but if newegg is complerable in price I always buy newegg.

PS: I have 320gb, and I useing it.... get plenty of space.

[Sargera]

AMD-based server?  Wouldn't an Intel-based server be far better?

[quasi-modo]

AMD-based server?  Wouldn't an Intel-based server be far better?

No, it doesnt really matter. Xeon is sexy, opteron is sexy, both make a sexy server. I do not like the itanium2 procs because they are not really even x86 and they are a pain in the butt to work with from what I have read and seen. But it really does not matter if you use amd or intel, they can both get the job done.

[Meh]

200 gigs seems like a little over-kill, doesn't it?

640k should be enough for anyone!

Didnt Bill Gates say that?

[quasi-modo]

I think so, but that was back in the day.

[Maddox]

RAM: 1gign

Dual channel DDR.  I got two sticks of Corsair, and it seems pretty sexy.

Hard drive: 200gig Maxor, or something like that

200 gigs seems like a little over-kill, doesn't it?

Sound card: something that gives good sound if you care
about that

Soundblaster 5.1 Live!  It's not too expensive, and seems to work nice.

motherboard: well, youll have to do some looking around.. ive done some looking myself, and after about 6 months, i still havent found one that i like..

I recommend an ASUS board and an AMD CPU.

200GB is pretty inexpensive now. I saw 160GB for $70 in a Fry's ad the other day. As for a sound card, I'd get an Audigy 2 Platinum. For the mobo, I recommend the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe with an AMD XP 3200+.

[muert0]

Yeah it looks like a good choice. If I decided to go intel what mobo would you suggest?

[quasi-modo]

I got a 200gb serial ata for 125 bucks, its seagate. 200 is a drop in the bucket now.

[quasi-modo]

Yeah it looks like a good choice. If I decided to go intel what mobo would you suggest?

I am a big fan of msi boards.
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=875p_Neo-FISR&class=mb
Thats a good board, but its not pci express. Mine is a little older then that, I am on this one: http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=848p_neo-v&class=mb but I think the 848 chipset is decent too. The board I have is selling for under a hundred bucks now, but no pci express, no dual channel, no ddr2 of course.

What are you looking for, dual channel and pci exprecc? You want it to support northwood or prescott? Or do you want it to run xeon, or what?

[muert0]

I kind of like this one.
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=915P_Neo2_Platinum&class=mb
And I found it for a pretty good price.

[quasi-modo]

Its is pretty nice, no northwood support though. But I guess that is okay, prescott is a pretty decent core now. You going to get one with ht? Does anyone know if all prescotts with an 800mhz fsb have ht? Because that is what they are doing with northwood now, and the motherboard you listed, muerto, only supports 800mhz.