Final spec check 2

Major_hangover · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:37

Please let me know what you think about this before I commit.
Not sure about the Abit board (whats the heatpipe thing all about?)
And Igors sold me on the monitor :eek:

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£289.95 £289.95
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£54.95 £54.95
MB-091-AB Abit AT8 ATI RD480 Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-091-AB)
£74.95 £74.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.95 £14.95
CB-014-AK Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Blue EL Data Cable (CB-014-AK)
£9.50 £19.00
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
MY-093-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-093-CS)
£189.95 £189.95
CD-046-LO Liteon SHM-165P6S-02C 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail (CD-046-LO)
£27.95 £27.95
MO-009-NE NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE)
£349.95 £349.95
CA-006-SV Silverstone Temjin TJ05 - Silver (No PSU) (CA-006-SV)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-002-SK FSP Sparkle FX600-GLN Epsilon 600W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-002-SK)
£69.95 £69.95
Subtotal £1,491.50
VAT £261.02
Total £1,752.52

p4radox · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:43

Are you actually planning on buying a 2nd ATI card for Crossfire in the future? If not, then I suggest simply going for an NF4 board - much more established and proven technology.

Other than that, it's one hell of a spec, pretty much what I would go for if I was in the market for a new setup.

Monstermunch · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:46

Agreed, swp out the crossfire in exchange for the DFI nF4 Ultra-D.

Major_hangover · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:53

Thanks for that coz I really dont know if I would crossfire,(heard it can be tricky) probably just upgrade to the next big thing in cards when it comes along.
Sound advice I might just do that coz I've got a NF8 just now and am happy with it.

Noni · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:20

I would get a 1900XT as it can be flashed to a XTX when you need the power.

Also, swap the TJ05 for a AKASA ELCIPSE or PC7+ , there are better cases.

I would change the mobo, ABIT are not one of the best. Look at DFI or ASUS.

Swap the RAM for much cheaper G-SKILL PC3200 or PC4000.

Also, you might want a samsung pinpiont HD for silence.

Good luck and thats a killer setup!

ACESHIGH · 20 Feb 2006 at 06:44

But it appears that XTX cards in general are cherry picked & thus can overclock better than XT cards & that the Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X are the best in that regards. Id stick with it.

Rest looks reall good.

Kaiju · 20 Feb 2006 at 07:32

Asus A8N32 Deluxe loves that Corsair 3500LL. Watch out if you use more than one PCI card though. If you are going down the ATi route, you will only need the one card anyhow.