Bundles

v2^ · 5 Jun 2006 at 17:39

Hello,

I have just been looking at the bundles in the OCUK shop

This one caught my eye.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Athlon_64___X2_Bundles_432.html

ID: BU-047-OK

Is it good value for money ?
Also does the CPU come with a heatsink/fan and the fitting to attach the heatsink/fan to the board ?

Thanks for the help in advance.

semi-pro waster · 5 Jun 2006 at 18:20

Well you save £0.01 by going with the bundle option

MB-079-AB Abit UL8 ULi M1689 (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-079-AB)
£24.95 £24.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £189.85
VAT £33.23
Total £223.08

It is reasonable but I'd prefer not to go for the Abit motherboard, I think the Nforce 4 chipset is better than the Via ULi that the Abit is based on. The motherboard also only supports AGP graphics cards, I don't know if you need that but if you do I'd suggest the ASRock Dual as being a better bet albeit that also is based on the ULi chipset.

v2^ · 5 Jun 2006 at 18:59

I have 250 max to spend on a:

Motherboard
CPU and Memory (2gb prefered)

So im stuck when knowing what to go for so all options you can think of to steer me in the right direction would be great

trojan698 · 5 Jun 2006 at 19:40

just get this

MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK) 1
£36.95 £36.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£104.95 £104.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) 1
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £201.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £36.77
Total £246.87

v2^ · 5 Jun 2006 at 20:00

Is that a bundle ?

Also whats it like does it work well together ?

Quixote · 6 Jun 2006 at 00:45

No, it's individually selected components.
There's nothing wrong with bundles but what trojan698 has specced is probably better than any of the bundles in your budget range.
I've used that RAM with ASRock boards before, no problems, though you may have to set the correct RAM speed (400mhz) in the bios as mine auto-detected at 333MHZ.
The CPU will work in any board which supports it, as this one does.
The main advantage of trojan698's spec is that the motherboard has both (the older) AGP & (the newer) PCI-E graphics cards sockets. So you won't be locked into out-of-date technology & will have a better upgrade path. It's a very popular budget motherboard - bit of a classic.

v2^ · 6 Jun 2006 at 08:41

Thanks for the help i will look into this

v2^ · 6 Jun 2006 at 10:28

trojan698 said:
just get this

MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK) 1
£36.95 £36.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£104.95 £104.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) 1
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £201.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £36.77
Total £246.87

I have ordered this now, thanks for the help

kmistry · 6 Jun 2006 at 10:29

good choice

v2^ · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:07

trojan698 said:
just get this

MB-002-AK Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-002-AK) 1
£36.95 £36.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) 1
£104.95 £104.95
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) 1
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £201.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £36.77
Total £246.87

Hello again,

i got this and have setup the mb, cpu and ram in my case. But it keeps rebooting on me.

I have taken out all cards except the gfx card swapped ram checked all the leads so im a bit stuck.

Anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

Messiah Khan · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:30

Does this motherboard need an extra 4pin power lead? If so, is that plugged in?

v2^ · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:43

messiah khan said:
Does this motherboard need an extra 4pin power lead? If so, is that plugged in?

yeh its in, i get to boot up normal or safe. then no matter wch i choose it reboots

Messiah Khan · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:50

What temperatures are you getting on the cpu?

v2^ · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:54

Unsure but its only been running for 30 secs before the reboot, the only screen i can get up when trying to get in bios is where to boot from floppy or hdd

Mikey1280 · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:56

Does it restart in the BIOS as well, or do the other screens just not load up? You should be able to check the temps in the BIOS.

v2^ · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:00

Might sound dumb but i thought the key to get in bios was delete or f5 but delete does nothing and f5 just gives me the option of schoosing the hdd or floppy

Mikey1280 · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:07

Hmm delete usually is the key to get into the BIOS but I think it might be F2 with asrocks, try that

v2^ · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:10

Mikey1280 said:
Hmm delete usually is the key to get into the BIOS but I think it might be F2 with asrocks, try that

Thanks it was f2.

The cpu is holding steady at 33oc

Could it be my ram only running at 333mh and not 400 ?

v2^ · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:17

On the VCORE reading im seeing

3.30 = 3.435
5.00 = 5.295
12.00 = 12.655

Is this normal ?

Mikey1280 · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:23

The vcore should be 1.4v, those are the 3.3v,5v and 12v rails. Have you tried resetting the cmos?