Final Spec...how is it...

Rocker · 10 Feb 2008 at 20:37

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe/Wi-Fi AMD 790FX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB046000000)

x2 Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) (Deal Product)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

Lian Li EX-33 Bay Mounted Hard Drive Rack - Black

x2 Seagate Barracuda ES.2 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320NS)

x2 Lian Li C-01B Aluminium CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Bezel (Black)

Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

x2 Maxtor Diamondmax 21 320GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (STM3320820AS)

x2 Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7191A 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM

AcoustiFan DustProof Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin

Lian Li PC-343B Aluminium Cube - Black

Tagan TG700-U33 700W 2-Force II Series PSU

Do not like intel so sticking to go old AMD.

Any thoughts?

Cheers

Rocker · 10 Feb 2008 at 20:42

i just dislike them, althought at the min it seems that intel are better than amd??

Yeah i looked at it actualy, is it a good decent quiet power supply?

MumboJumbo · 10 Feb 2008 at 20:45

What are the pcs being used for? I presume your making two of them. And youd be a fool to not go intel baised on some random reason for not liking intel.

Also yes the corsairs are quiet and one of the best makes around, second to seasonic

yantorsen · 10 Feb 2008 at 20:46

I thought the Corsairs were made by seasonic anyway?

Rocker · 10 Feb 2008 at 20:49

woops, sorry, didnt mean to put x2 at the case...no, only making on PC. Ok i think i will go for the corsair PSU...what wattage?

chrispystix · 10 Feb 2008 at 20:51

well, I like the GPU!!

IAmATeaf · 10 Feb 2008 at 21:40

Unless there's a real reason for going AMD such as it'll run something that you're going to be doing better then definitely have a read on what Intel can offer and I'm not just saying that as a fan of 1 or the other as I grew up on the infamous KT266 chipset

Quixote · 10 Feb 2008 at 23:58

Firstly, the 6400 Black edition doesn't come with a heatsink & fan, so you would have to add one of those seperately. But if you won't be overclocking, the normal version of the 6400 is preferable because it includes a (very good) heatsink & fan in the price.
If you are going to be overclocking, you really should get an intel. If you're not, the 6400 performs about the same as a similarly priced intel chip.
It's my opinion that almost no-one needs a motherboard costing more than £70, if you don't need the (often useless) extra features & don't overclock to extreme levels there really is no earthly reason to buy these stupidly priced motherboards. Anecdotally, it seems to me that people suffer more glitches, stability & compatability problems with the high end boards anyway.
I hope this is helpful, I've been fairly opinionated, so do please seek 2nd opinions.

MumboJumbo · 11 Feb 2008 at 11:07

yantorsen said:
I thought the Corsairs were made by seasonic anyway?

Yeah a lot of people say that but there are differences. It has a lot more amps it can supply. I beleive its voltage regulation is a bit better under strain and its genenraly made of higher quality parts i beleive and has twin fans to keep it nice and cool.

when bmw owned mini, their minis wernt as fast as their M5s... or m3s, i cant remember when the M5 came out lol.