Advise req on am2 spec pls.....

xirokx · 25 Jun 2006 at 23:26

Hi,

A friend is thinking of going am2 route....please check the spec I devised and advise comments....

CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM)
£66.95 £66.95
MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS) 1
£54.95 £54.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL) 1
£54.95 £54.95
CA-006-SK FSP Sparkle ATX-400PNF 400W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-006-SK) 1
£26.95 £26.95
CA-012-AN Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-012-AN) 1
£28.75 £28.75
Subtotal £232.55
VAT £40.70
Total £273.25

no gaming or overclocking....

THANKS

Murzo · 25 Jun 2006 at 23:40

That looks fine, all compatible

semi-pro waster · 26 Jun 2006 at 03:06

I can't see any obvious problems although I might encourage you(them) to spend a little more on the PSU, maybe with a slightly higher wattage FSP are pretty decent in general but I don't know about that PSU specifically. Although it isn't a massively demanding system it would allow for easier upgrades in the future.

Stelly · 26 Jun 2006 at 09:00

Yup that looks fine to me

Stelly

Scottie2004 · 26 Jun 2006 at 09:12

Same mobo, CPU and RAM I bought recently. All plugs together fine and had no problems on initial startup.

xirokx · 26 Jun 2006 at 09:44

did u overclock it? scottie?

what gpu would u guys suggest? cheap but will play games like cod2 splinter cell chaos of theory, bf2 etc at 1280 x 1024 medium or low settings?

if i wanted to overclock then which board would u suggest? taking into consideration need it as cheap as poss???

Scottie2004 · 26 Jun 2006 at 10:34

I wouldn't recommend that board for OCing. It doesn't appear to offer much support. To be honest I've never really seen the point of OCing for a few extra fps. When it comes the time that the CPU is lagging then just buy a new CPU?

I bought the X1800 XT with that setup, although I got the 2 Gig of RAM rather than 1 Gig. Have to say, everything I have thrown at it so far has been very smooth. Inlcuding DOD:S, COD2 and BF2. All running at 1440 x 900.