wewt new rigs

[Hor]

JUST submitted my order with newegg.com:

2 LIAN LI PC-65B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112040') -$20.00 Instant [ $239.98 ]
2 EVGA 113-M2-E113 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188036') $20.00 Mail-in Rebate [ $179.98 ]
2 EVGA 512-P3-N866-TR GeForce 9600 GT Superclocked Edition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130445') $30.00 Mail-in Rebate [ $199.98 ]
2Thermaltake TR2 RX W0146RU 450W ATX12V Ver2.2 Modular Passive PFC PFC Power Supply - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153057') -$10.00 Instant [ $111.98 ]
4 G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122') -$10.00 Instant [ $159.96 ]
2 AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor Model HD960ZWCGDBOX - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103244') -$20.00 Instant [ $199.98 ]
2 OCZ Solid Series OCZSSD2-1SLD30G 2.5" 30GB SATA II Solid State Disk (SSD) - Retail ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227372') [ $192.00 ]

Total: $1,283.86

[Kayley]

Huzzah \o/ Enjoy.

[Bovidae]

Congrats, but with one warning: The PSU does not meet all of the power requirements of the video card.

EVGA specifies ('http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=512-P3-N866-TR&family=GeForce%209%20Series%20Family') a power supply with a minimum of 400w total capacity (you're ok there) but also a 12v supply that can supply up to 26 amps, your PSU's 12v supply has a 16 amp peak ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.aspx?CurImage=17-153-057-04.jpg&Image=17-153-057-02.jpg%2c17-153-057-03.jpg%2c17-153-057-04.jpg%2c17-153-057-05.jpg%2c17-153-057-06.jpg%2c17-153-057-07.jpg%2c17-153-057-08.jpg&S7ImageFlag=0&WaterMark=1&Item=N82E16817153057&Depa=0&Description=Thermaltake%20TR2%20RX%20W0146RU%20450 W%20Power%20Supply'). The day of the independent multiple 12v rail has come and gone because of todays high draw video cards.

Check out something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703016 with a single 12v rail with a 36a capacity. PC Power and Cooling was my psu of choice until last night, when I got a DOA unit for a rig I was building for a friend...

[Hor]

Ewww, don't know how I missed that. Well, hopefully it'll be enough to get me going till I can replace it with something a bit more beefy.

Edit: Odd, I just noticed something ... the PSU was linked to this Video card for a discount. Along with several others that don't fit the apparent recomendations (only in Amps however, everything else meets the recomendations). So ... I'm a little confused now.

[Bovidae]

Shoddy marketing imo

They should honor the combo discount and allow you to exchange the incompatible (stress this) product that they recommended (more emphasis), for a similar product that is. I'd call customer service and directly ask for a manager.

[Hor]

Yeah, Newegg's a little unforgiving in the "newb" department. IE you buy a motherboard and ram that don't match, etc they're not going to warn you all these parts don't fit. But ... you would think that parts marketed together at a combo price would actually, I dunno ... be compatible.

Since my current rig is in a similar situation (amps on the psu don't quite match the video card, but everything else does) and it's been running for a year solid, I'm going to wait and see how the new rig fires up. I don't expect to see any real problems, but if there is I'm definitely going to be in contact with them over this. Thankfully, Newegg's always been good to me about RMAs, etc. I've only had a couple of problems over the past 10 or so years I've been doing business with them and everytime it's been resolved quickly. In either case, I think I'll be sending them an email with the info about the apparent compatibility issue with their combo deal.

[Hor]

Addendum:
Today I got a BIG surprise from the UPS guy, all of the parts finally arrived. So I excitedly tore everything open and got to work. Everything was seated properly (the SSDs took a little work to get securely in place, but the Sytrin KuFormula SHF1 Series HD Coolers worked PERFECTLY for mounting the odd little drives) I get to work hiding wires, etc and unpack the PSU, sadly it doesn't have the right size connectors to the motherboard. So I'm now on the market for a new power supply for this setup. I'm going to hit best buy tomorrow and see if they have anything that will work, if not I'm going to have to hit up Newegg again. So take it as a learning experience, when ordering parts make sure to check everything ... even the full stats on the power supply for compatibility. I'll have pics of everything once it's all up and running.

[Bovidae]

I was hoping you were going to say that everything went well.

Now's your opportunity to choose a better psu...

[Hor]

Yeah, I'm looking into several options right now. Taking my time so I find a good one.

[cixdk]

When I was building my first machine.. it was sort of a blind build. I didn't know what I needed basically. I kept adding and deleting things over about 2 weeks, and when it came time to order it was a mess. I ended up ordering the wrong graphics card and psu. Thankfully they worked together :P

Since then, always, always, make sure everything is compatable ;)

I'm planning to piece together a new PC this summer, I'm stoked already for it. Kinda jealous of you now!

Do the 30gb SSD's really provide much of a performance boost?

[Gurblash]

I just bought this PSU today, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006, it will be amazing @ 60amps on the 12v rail.

[Hor]

Now that's a nice price for that, I might have to pick that up. (-$70 instant?!) nice.

[Gurblash]

yea the exact reason I bought it today along with my Antec 900 case. Going to buy the rest of my i7 kit a piece each week. Next week should be able to get my Mobo, then my CPU, then Gfx and Ram. Followed up with HD/Heat Sinks/ and drives.

[brasssmunky]

hey there, i'm a little bit more of a hardware guru than a software guru, if you could give me your pricerange and specific requirements, i'm almost 100% sure i could configure you a better multiboxing setup.
also, if you are willing to wait a month or 2, ATI is unveiling the hd4770, at a 100dollar pricepoint, its supposed to outperform the 8800/9800GT (same as 9600GT but with more SPs) not to mention, with it being a new core, the crossfire scalability is probably amazing (not that you would use crossfire for this application) and, in my experience, with the new shader engine implimented in WoW3.0, ATI cards have an easier time handling WoW due to the higher shader count with lower frequencies (i believe that is why ati cards dominate nvidia cards in WoW).

so if you could just let me know, i think i could help ye out :D
oh, and that case is expensive... i love lian-li cases, but some are expensive (looking into the a05 meself)
and i'm no ati fanboy... my card in my pc is a 9600GT, great card, looking to SLI next time i have some spare cash..

dont really mean to disrupt your thread with this wall of text, but i was googling something and wound up back on these forums, saw this post, and i just dont like to see people making bad hardware choices :P

good luck! hope to hear from you soon!


edit:
WOOOOOW! excuse my ignorance for your first line lol....
good luck!
and if you have enough amperage on the 12v rail for both cards, the wattage from that psu is fine...
buuut, if you do want to get a new psu, which i reccomend.. corsair is always one of the best options, them and PC power and cooling
but another great brand, that you can get for DIRT cheap is...
http://cmstore.coolermaster-usa.com/index.php?cPath=18_37_3
BAYUM!

[Hor]

All I need is the power supply, I HAVE the rest of the components but thank you for your help.
Here's my requirements:
Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply. Minimum +12v rating of 26 Amps. Sub $100. And of course 24 pin + 8 pin motherboard connectors are a must. I don't need to future proof it really, I just want it to work with the hardware listed above because it's all sitting in the cases right now doing absolutely nothing.

The cases are pricey, but I've been a big Lian Li fan for years. And these aren't that pricey 100 bucks each.

Anyhow, open to suggestions. That Corsair is definitely a contender though.

[brasssmunky]

wow, you got back to me fast :P
almost quicker than my realization of my idiocy lol

http://cmstore.coolermaster-usa.com/index.php?cPath=18_37_3
look at the end of my post :P

[Hor]

Well, good news (so far) I decided to work on just one of the computers first just to get the kinks out. I found an inexpensive psu at Best Buy that looked like it would work. A BFG 450 GS. Got it home and had to do a bit of fiddling (the BIOS wouldn't immediately recognize the SSD) but after some work, it looks like Vista is finally installing... *crossing my fingers*