Check Spec please

IntoTheVoid · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:42

Hi,

I want a powerful gaming system and the following is just within my budget. Please can you give advice on the components. i.e. would it be better to go for the 4400 x2 and drop down to x1900xt graphics, is the power supply in the p150 case up to the job? would cheaper memory be ok i.e. Corsair value select?

What do people think of the monitor?

Here are the specs:

Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS)
£124.95 £124.95
CP-126-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4200BVBOX) (CP-126-AM)
£219.95 £219.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
GX-113-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-113-SP)
£329.95 £329.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£54.95 £54.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
CA-047-AN Antec P150 Quiet PC Case - 430w HE Modular PSU (CA-047-AN)
£86.95 £86.95
MO-003-BE Belinea 102035W 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-003-BE)
£279.95 £279.95
KB-073-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver (KB-073-LG)
£34.95 £34.95
Subtotal £1,299.55
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £229.69
Total £1,542.19

Thanks.

semi-pro waster · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:49

I'd go for the X2 4400 because it has 1mb L2 cache compared with the 512kb on the X2 4200.

The PSU will be fine in the case, no worries there.

Any Ram PC3200 or above will be ok for your system.

You could keep the X1900 XTX if you were to go for a slightly cheaper motherboard unless there is some particular reason for the Deluxe Crossfire version?

ACESHIGH · 8 Mar 2006 at 02:13

Yep, the X2 4400+ is worth getting due to L2 cache size.
You could go for the MSI X1900XT, cheap & almost as quick.
Then keep the mobo (or get the cheaper ASUS mobo, which seems to be quite good too).

volt9291 · 8 Mar 2006 at 03:49

yeah get the 4400 if you can, the rest is fine.

Monstermunch · 8 Mar 2006 at 07:42

How about this spec:

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£284.95 £284.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
GX-060-MS MSI ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-MS)
£289.95 £289.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£63.95 £63.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
KB-073-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver (KB-073-LG)
£34.95 £34.95
MO-009-NE NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE)
£349.95 £349.95
Subtotal £1,337.55
VAT £234.08
Total £1,571.63

volt9291 · 8 Mar 2006 at 07:55

Yeah all good, tho i would change the hd to this:

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)

3 squid less and 16Mb cache, much better hd imo.

Explicit · 8 Mar 2006 at 12:46

Monstermunch said:
How about this spec:

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£284.95 £284.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
GX-060-MS MSI ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-MS)
£289.95 £289.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£63.95 £63.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
KB-073-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver (KB-073-LG)
£34.95 £34.95
MO-009-NE NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE)
£349.95 £349.95
Subtotal £1,337.55
VAT £234.08
Total £1,571.63

That's a great spec, I'd go for that one.