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new pc configuration (pg. 4)
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| DJ-Fuq |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
werd. all the upgrades i could do with my pc were
1. remove hard drive + cd-rw drive & put in 2 bigger hds
2. add new sound card + lan card
3. expand RAM to 256mb
not bad, but when you computer can't physically fit more than 3 drives + floppy + doesn't have enough power wires, it's kinda said.
by the way, my current power supply says "100W" on it. i'm wondering how the i've been able to use it for almost 4 years. |
Whats ur budget for a new system? |
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| ThaDevil |
whiskers you can save money, I'll sell you my current CPU for 40 bucks!! it runs 2.2GHz no sweat!!
Let me know if your interested. |
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| ThaDevil |
| quote: | Originally posted by ThaDevil
whiskers you can save money, I'll sell you my current CPU for 40 bucks!! it runs 2.2GHz no sweat!!
Let me know if your interested. |
And see I'm a hardcore gamer, so I must have top of the line PC at all times, thats why I built my own because I know I'll be able to upgrade whatever I want! |
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| jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by ThaDevil
BTW, Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev2 is the best nFroce2 motherboard on the market right now. |
The ABIT NF7-s V2 owns the A7N8X-dlz rev2, you seen any A7N8X-dlz's running 230mhz fsb??? |
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| ThaDevil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon
The ABIT NF7-s V2 owns the A7N8X-dlz rev2, you seen any A7N8X-dlz's running 230mhz fsb??? |
Asus A7N8X D ownz Abit nF7-s, I bought Abit and returned it because it was a big pile of !
I had my Athlon XP1700 running at 240FSB, till I reduced it in the summer due to heat. |
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| DJ-Fuq |
| quote: | Originally posted by ThaDevil
Asus A7N8X D ownz Abit nF7-s, I bought Abit and returned it because it was a big pile of ! |
:eyes: Maybe it was defective
| quote: | | I had my Athlon XP1700 running at 240FSB, till I reduced it in the summer due to heat. |
U need this: http://www.vapochill.com/main/page.asp?sideid=391
Im getting 1 this month |
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| AZCA |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
how does this look:
Case: Super Case MidTower ATX, 300 Watt - Beige $45.00
AMD CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.00 GHz, 256k Cache) $97.00
Heatsink/Fan Options: Use a CoolerMaster DP5-7JD1B Fan (Silent Cooler) $0.00
Motherboard: GigaByte GA-7VT600-L with Audio/LAN (400MHz FSB) $83.00
RAM (1st stick): Corsair XMS 512 MB PC3200 DDR400, Heat Spreaders $147.00
DVD Drive (Read Only): Pioneer DVD-120 IDE DVD, 16x40x, Drive Only - Beige $55.00
Video Card: ATI RADEON 9000 128MB w/TV-Out (OEM) $70.00
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live 5.1 (OEM) $35.00
Total: $ 532 |
ASUS A7N8X DELUXE motherboard, the best without any questions with all the features and only around ~125$
or get an nForce 2 board with built-in geForce 4 MX video, better than spending 50$ on ATI 9000, which sux + these motherboards have excellent sound onboard 6.1, no need to buy a separate card. The MB also come with 1 or 2 networks cards, USB 2.0, optional firewire/serial ata.
($100) AMD XP 2500+ BARTON (333 MHZ FSB)-> then you will overclock it to 2800+ very easily, simply by changing the multiplier in BIOS from 11 to 12.5, very easy
RAM, get 2 x 256 (333 Mhz pc 2700, not pc 3200)sticks of preferably Kingston HyperX (best choice) or Crucial XMS or other good known brand, make sure u RAM is low latency (timings 5-2-2-2) (CL=2.0), not CL=2.5
if you need new HD, get WD (western digital) , some 7200 rpm, 2 meg cache will do, 8 megs cache ones perform exactly the same, no difference.
Also, I would recommend getting a FULL-tower good case with good power supply, like Antec or ENERMAX. |
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| ThaDevil |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ-Fuq
:eyes: Maybe it was defective
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It wasnt, it was just a pile of , wouldnt run stable at 205 while my Asus runs flawless at 240 :rolleyes: |
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| ThaDevil |
| quote: | Originally posted by AZCA
ASUS A7N8X DELUXE motherboard, the best without any questiosn with all the features and only around ~125$
or get an nForce 2 board with built-in geForce 4 MX video, better than spending 50$ on ATI 9000, which sux + these motherboards have excellent sound onboard 6.1, no need to buy a separate card. The MB also come with 1 or 2 networks cards, USB 2.0, optional firewire/serial ata.
AMD XP 2500+ BARTON -> then you will overclock it to 2800+ very easily, simply by changing the multiplier in BIOS from 11 to 12.5, very easy
RAM, get 2 x 256 (333 Mhz pc 2700, not pc 3200)sticks of preferably Kingston or Crucial or other good known brand, make sure u RAM is low latency (timings 5-2-2-2) (CL=2.0), not CL=2.5
if you need new HD, get WD (western digital) , some 7200 rpm, 2 meg cache will do, 8 megs cache ones perform exactly the same, no difference.
Also, I would recommend getting a FULL-tower good case with good power supply, like Antec or ENERMAX. |
That is EXACTLY what I said, I've seen people run Athlon XP2500 at XP3200 speeds (cant wait to get mine today!!).
The only thing I disagree with it the Kingston memory, which plain and simple sucks.
The best memory on the market right now is Corsair & Crucial. |
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| AZCA |
| quote: | Originally posted by ThaDevil
That is EXACTLY what I said, I've seen people run Athlon XP2500 at XP3200 speeds (cant wait to get mine today!!).
The only thing I disagree with it the Kingston memory, which plain and simple sucks.
The best memory on the market right now is Corsair & Crucial. |
Kingston HyperX is the best PC2700 (333 MHZ) memory on the market.
I benchmarked Corsair Extreme Performance sticks, and their stable timings only were 6-3-3-2(CL2)-1T, lower timings were crashing the system. and Crucial was a rip off in price.
Kingston HyperX runs purely on 5-2-2-2(CL2.0)-1T, stable as rock in dual channel mode (tried both 256 and 512 sticks).
Now benchmark scores -> Kingston bechnmarked almost 22% higher than Crucial/Corsair + it was cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage...-144-104-04.jpg |
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| ThaDevil |
| quote: | Originally posted by AZCA
Kingston HyperX is the best PC2700 (333 MHZ) memory on the market.
I benchmarked Corsair Extreme Performance sticks, and their stable timings only were 6-3-3-2(CL2)-1T, lower timings were crashing the system. and Crucial was a rip off in price.
Kingston HyperX runs purely on 5-2-2-2(CL2.0)-1T, stable as rock in dual channel mode (tried both 256 and 512 sticks).
Now benchmark scores -> Kingston bechnmarked almost 22% higher than Crucial/Corsair + it was cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage...-144-104-04.jpg |
My current XMS timings are 4-2-2-2 |
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| DJ-Fuq |
| quote: | Originally posted by ThaDevil
That is EXACTLY what I said, I've seen people run Athlon XP2500 at XP3200 speeds (cant wait to get mine today!!). |
Ive seen 4000+
Anyway read this http://www.tomshardware.com/motherb...tra_400-33.html
Theres hardly any differences in those 2 boards, theyre more or less the same. But i havnt got either so i dont care anyway. |
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