Good stuff... ?

Jin-Roh · **Good stuff... ? -** 05-06-2005, 11:35 PM

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000 (939pin-2.4GHz), 1MB
2x DDR 400MHz 256MB PC3200 Unbuffered
Quiet'n cool Black Tower Chasses (Front USB+1394)
400W Quiet and Cool Power Supply w/12cm Large Fan
WD SATA 74GB 10K RPM (8MB Cache)
1.44MB Floppy Drive
On-Board RAID-0 or 1 Controller
On-Board 1394 Firewire Ports
On-Board Gigabit/100/1000T Ehternet
Logitech Black Deluxe Plus Desktop KB + Mouse PS/2
52x32x52 CDRW + 16X DVD Combo Drive
SoundBlaser Live 24bit PCI 7.1
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speaker w/Subwoofer
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB 8X AGP --- (or All-in-Wonder 128MB)
19" CRT Monitor
++ Norton AV 2005
++ XP Pro
++2yr Parts Replacement

TOTAL : $2143

SoLiDUS · 05-06-2005, 11:35 PM

You can do much better. What do you intend on doing with that pc ?

Jin-Roh · 05-06-2005, 11:40 PM

Gaming... I don't have a lot of money, and this is what I think I can afford, and when I have more money I could just trade-in for an upgrade or something.

TonyMontana · 05-06-2005, 11:41 PM

2000 american is a ridiculous price

edit: wtf get at least a gig of ram

Judas · 05-06-2005, 11:47 PM

it does seem kind of expensive for what youre getting... not sure on the cost of that processor tho. i might would try new egg for the parts and put them together yourself ... you might save 1000 bucks.

TonyMontana · 05-06-2005, 11:49 PM

i paid 1500 canadian for mine.. ok my processor isnt top of the line, and my video card isnt 256mb, but everything else I have is the same, and my sound card was better and my HD was better..

Why would you get a top of the line processor when everything else is just mediocre?

ps: dont get a 7.1 soundcard if you only have 5.1 speakers....its a waste, and you will never get true 7.1 sound even if you have the speakers.

SoLiDUS · 05-07-2005, 12:52 AM

A 4000+ is overkill for gaming. A well cooled and overclocked 3200 is more than
enough: the idea is to get a very good videocard so don't cheap out. While it IS
performant, the 9800 will have difficulties with many upcoming games at higher
resolutions. Get an x800 and 1GB of quality RAM. Everything else is accessory...

This goes without saying, but don't cheap out on the mainboard: get something
good. Remember, it's the most critical part ;-)

Sniped Ur Azz · 05-07-2005, 06:46 AM

Alls I know is that, its a pretty high price. For the same amount of money you could get better. Do what they said and check out http://www.newegg.com and build your pc on there, make sure you get the right stuff. I have been in your shoes and its by FAR better to build one then have one built. Especially if its for gaming. If your shooting for a VERY LOW budget pc say $500 USD, then buying a pre-built one is the way to go, however, not in this case. Wait and see what all Akuma has to say about it, he has helped me out when I was putting together my new PC. Seeing as you are going for the AMD, I know he can help you MUCH better then I could. Best of luck.

BTW, where are you trying to buy this PC from? What PC Building Company? Most likely your paying for their Proud Ass Name. *cough* Alienware/Falcon

Johnj · 05-07-2005, 07:30 AM

I recently built a system mostly buying from newegg.
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 754

ABIT "NF8" NVIDIA nForce3 250GB Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754 CPU
Model# NF8

Corsair Value Select Memory 184 Pin 1GB DDR PC-3200
Model VS1GB400C3

XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "PVT40AUD"
Model# PVT40AUD

MegaStor 6-in-1 DVD±R±RW

Samsung DVD CD R±RW

Generic Case with 350 Watt PS

Spent around $1100 and it rocks.

Sniped Ur Azz · 05-07-2005, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnj

I recently built a system mostly buying from newegg.
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 754

ABIT "NF8" NVIDIA nForce3 250GB Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754 CPU
Model# NF8

Corsair Value Select Memory 184 Pin 1GB DDR PC-3200
Model VS1GB400C3

XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "PVT40AUD"
Model# PVT40AUD

MegaStor 6-in-1 DVD±R±RW

Samsung DVD CD R±RW

Generic Case with 350 Watt PS

Spent around $1100 and it rocks.

Speaking of the 6800GT Video card...I was wondering something. I will be ordering my new pc here in a couple of days and before I do so...is it worth the few extra bucks to get the 6800 256 PCI-E instead of the 6600GT 128 PCI-E? Just wondering which one will give me acutal better performance. I dont mind the price...on those...fine with either one...just want to know if the 6600GT 128MB > or < or = 6800 256MB? And yes I do realize there is a difference in Clock speeds and in Pipelines. Just curious.

Thx

Miscguy · 05-07-2005, 10:08 AM

Go 128 gt.

The short answer on this rig is, more ram, and a current gen vid card of decent specs. It will last longer in terms of playabliity. You could also probably do withouthte 1.44 floppy since most mobo's will do cd boot. Id also go with a higher cap HD rather than a 10k. To save some cash you could downgrade the processor.

2.4 ghz
[url:ee88e]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103484[/url:ee88e]

2.2ghz
[url:ee88e]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535[/url:ee88e]

Himmler · 05-07-2005, 05:21 PM

g dont go for the 10k drives unless your going to RAID 0 them, you wont see a huge increase in performace unless you do that.

Akuma · 05-07-2005, 05:57 PM

RAID 0 doesn't do much besides give you a greater chance of data corruption.

Himmler · 05-07-2005, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akuma

RAID 0 doesn't do much besides give you a greater chance of data corruption.

i have raid 0 on 2 of the raptors andi see a huge performace increase dude

Akuma · 05-07-2005, 07:21 PM

I didn't, neither do most people.

Congrats if you did, though.