Re: Vista, Sound Card, Drivers, and My Rig

**sordavie** · 07-29-2007, 06:05 PM

I don't see what the relevance of the prices of those components today. You stated that you weren't going to build this thing until summer of 2008. That's a long time from now. Indeed, I think that you won't be looking at any of the main components that you listed here by then.

For instance, you probably wouldn't want to buy a DDR2 board and memory then. If history tells us anything about Nvidia, they'll release a, by then, mid-range 8900 series card which will be a better buy than the 8800GTS. And, it's likely that there will be a better more cost efficient cpu than the E6420. I'd take a E6550 over that one today for just $15 more. But in 11 months, the CPU scene will be quite different than it is now.

Seems just a bit strange to me to be thinking about specific components like these a year in advance.

**sordavie** · 07-29-2007, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mosatii

If cost is an issue why not look into an AMD CPU? They have always been and still are the king of high performance affordable CPUs.

C2D OCing:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=106321

You could also check out Futuremark and see if you can find benchmarks for systems similar to yours in 3DMark.

God its hard to type with one hand, shoulder reconstruction is not conducive to keyboard usage.

Not anymore.

**Mosati** · 07-29-2007, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by sordavie

Not anymore.

In the lower price ranges AMD still comes out on top, although not by much currently (in the face of Intel's recent price cuts). In the Quad core game, Intel takes the cake.

http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2...f/index.x?pg=1

**Acreo Aeneas** · 07-29-2007, 08:26 PM

Sordavie,
I usually look at parts and start to finalize a prelist well in advance of the actual build purchase. It gives me a choice between the current build and perhaps a price-comparable build in the future. Then it just comes down to what I can afford on my set budget. In addition with this build, I'll know of most of the issues I might encounter along the way and possible solutions to them.

No one has yet given me any feedback as ease of updating the BIOS on eVGA boards. I'm still hoping someone has dealt with them.

**Mosati** · 07-29-2007, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas

No one has yet given me any feedback as ease of updating the BIOS on eVGA boards. I'm still hoping someone has dealt with them.

As far as I can tell you can flash it with a boot flopy and awdflash or you have the option of flashing it through windows with Winflash.

I was just looking at some of the evga bios screens, and wow it looks like a breeze to configure.

**Zoopy** · 07-29-2007, 10:42 PM

680i boards are easy to flash, just use a floppy or CD iso image.

**Acreo Aeneas** · 07-29-2007, 11:27 PM

Great!

Thanks Mos and Zoop!

*adds eVGA boards to list for final consideration*

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