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2004-09-14, 09:13 PM | [Ignore Me] #1 | ||
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K, I'm in the process of re-vamping my system, money is an hinderance, I can only afford about $250 a month right now. What I'm looking to do is:
Asus GeForce4 FX5700: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...121-166&depa=0 Kingston Hyper X PC 3200 (2-4 of these eventually): http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...144-160&depa=0 AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Barton: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-390&depa=0 Cooler Master JET 7 heatsink and fan: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-152&depa=0 I already have: Asus A7V880: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...131-501&DEPA=0 RAIDMAX "Silence" w/ 420 watt: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...156-147&depa=0 with pidly Athlon 2700+, 512 kingston PC2700 and GeForce4 FX 5200 Ultra. Let me know what yall think or if yall have any suggestions. Late
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2004-09-14, 09:52 PM | [Ignore Me] #2 | ||
save up a bit and grab a 9800pro, or a X700/6600 when they come out for AGP that extra $50 is gona be worth alot of performance.
use the ram you have currently and buy the 2 sticks of ram together at that same time, the case looks decent enough as well i a have a raidmax, it's decetn especial for the $50 i paid
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2004-09-15, 11:18 AM | [Ignore Me] #5 | ||
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Could save alot on processor here:
XP3200 oem for $107 http://www.smksuperstore.com/catalog...em.asp?ID=7354 Mine shipped last Friday, so hoping to have it soon. This is a much better deal on ram that zodiac found: $169 for 2x512 pc3200 with very good timings and reviews http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...factory=BROWSE Get a real heatsink and not some flashy gimmick. I wouldn't buy that video card if it was $75. FX series = crap now. Take the money you could save on cpu/memory and buy a 6800GT\X800XT. Last edited by Daleon; 2004-09-15 at 11:20 AM. |
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2004-09-15, 07:25 PM | [Ignore Me] #6 | ||
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Whats a good video card I could get then, my mobo supports 4x AGP. Or am I better off just getting a new mobo, if so which do you reccomend?
Processor: Intel P4 2.4 GHz with 533 FSB EDIT: This motherboard looks good for 40 bucks. Im pretty sure it would work with my processor, but im not the expert here, which is why im asking you guys. http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...139-144&DEPA=0
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2004-09-15, 08:14 PM | [Ignore Me] #7 | ||
that mobo will work with your CPU, and paired with a new midrange card like a 9600pro will definently help your performance.
But i would save up for a whole new system unless you won't be able to scrape together the cash by next spring.
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2004-09-16, 02:27 AM | [Ignore Me] #9 | ||
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I could care less about flashy-ness. The only reason I'm going with that heatsink and fan combo is that a friend recommended it to me. He has the same one and stands by it like there's no tomorrow.
*EDIT Also, I'm rather new to the whole "building and working on my own computer" thing, so a couple questions I have: Dual Channel...correct me if I'm wrong... with dual channel RAM and Mobo, can double the capasity of the RAM installed, right? i'm guessing that would also make things unstable. CAS Latency? Talking to people, the lower the better, but how can you monitor things like that and can you "tweak" it in any way and still be stable? Any suggestions or hits are greatly appreciated. L8
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2004-09-16, 02:50 AM | [Ignore Me] #10 | |||
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2004-09-16, 03:01 AM | [Ignore Me] #11 | ||
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Ok, if you wanna go with that HSF its fine. There are defintely better out there for that price range though. But if your not gonna OC its not a big deal at all.
Dual Channel - Does not double your memory. If you got paired or closely matched memory you can do dual channel. It will increase the memory bandwidth giving you about 5-10% memory performance increase on an AMD XP platform, even less on an AMD64. On an intel its much greater. My memory bench's almost double when in dual channel on my intel system. Its still not that big a deal, just nice to have as its usually a "free" performance increase. Lantency - Cas2 is preferred. The tighter the timings the memory can run, the faster it will perform. Also a bonus to memory that can run at tight timings at DDR400 is that you can usually loosen the timings to increase the speed. So taking 200mhz up to say 250mhz giving you DDR500 at like cas 2.5 or 3. This is mostly useful if your OC'ing your CPU FSB and need to run your memory at a 1:1 or 5:4 ratio, otherwise your limited how far you can OC your CPU by how fast your memory can get up to. Also a good thing about it is it will last longer. FSB's will continue to go up. Intel will be increasing from 800 to 1066 or something soon. So memory can that run at 533DDR or faster will still be useful for future cpu upgrades. Though with DDR2 slowly improving and other stuff coming its still got a fairly short life span. |
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2004-09-20, 05:48 PM | [Ignore Me] #15 | ||
Pass through for audio = Sux
That case only has Mic/Phone passthrough, no motheboard headers. Suggest going with a different case.
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