Damn Lightning

war59312 · #1 11th May 06, 07:57 AM

Hey,

Well, it's that nightmare come true. Damn Lightning has killed my CPU and motherboard.

So guess it's time to start a new.

So what do you guys and gals think of this setup:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131568

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103546

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16835118115

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814121002

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817101517

Thanks,

Will

Cyberion · #2 11th May 06, 08:15 AM

650W supply.. I didn't realise that was normal now. damn..

war59312 · #3 11th May 06, 10:14 AM

Yeah and I am not sure I need it. Will have to do some tests. Have a working 430w atm. Perhaps it will be fine, since I wont be doing SLI untill after summer probally.

And check out this 1000w one. lol Pretty sweet.

QUAD SLI!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703004

That's if I even do this. Might just wait until AMD releases the new AM2 chipset and motherboards. Though I dont know if I can wait that long, with no computer. Well besides this pos 600mhz I am typing on atm.

wase4711 · #4 11th May 06, 06:17 PM

get a top notch surge supressor first man, so that wont happen again..

and, get the biggest power supply you can afford, that way, you wont have to upgrade it when you get a new machine..mine is a 650watter, and that probably isnt big enough for whats coming out next year!!

war59312 · #5 11th May 06, 08:39 PM

Well, I just saw: "AMD Athlon 64 Processors for Socket AM2 to Be Launched on May, 23."

So I will be waiting. And yeah I had top notch surge protection. Too bad the damn thing only warranties your PC parts for three years.

Think I will grab this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16842107113

Voodoo · #6 11th May 06, 08:46 PM

Sorry, Will. Bad luck buddy.

I would not wish this even to my worst enemy. Damn lightning is a curse. I get lots where I live. I am paranoid because of it. If I just smell rain, I plug out everything.

One positive though. Now you have a reason to upgrade.

Cheerz
Dave

~*McoreD*~ · #7 12th May 06, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wase4711

get a top notch surge supressor first man, so that wont happen again..

just what I was gonna say --- before anything else!

rikytik · #8 13th May 06, 01:58 AM

sorry for your misfortune, but sometimes it's nice to have an excuse to build something new. My last rig is an A8N-SLI Premium. I love it. I put an AMD 64x2 4200+ in it and am thrilled. My other PC is an Asus P4C800 Deluxe with a 2.8 intel cpu. The A8N runs rings around it. In my case, I put it in an Antec Sonata case with the standard whisper quiet huge fan. The stock cooling system on the AMD is adequate and the cpu runs at 36C, whereas the GPU runs usually around 49-51C. Using a bottom end video NVidea 6600GT card. Seems to me the PS is 450 watts. Got 4 HD's (2-SATA and 2 IDE) in it, plus 2 optical drives (BENQ and SONY) in it.

war59312 · #9 16th May 06, 02:23 AM

Nice rikytik. Well, I got three hard drives, 2 dvdrws, sound system, geforce6800, and a few other. Been reading some stuff and everyone recommands at least 500w.

Well, I've decided to just wait it out. This 600mhz is fine for now. I'm going to wait until vista is out and directx 10.