Need help to complete my Shuttle SN26P

Sinister · 23 May 2006 at 22:59

Hi

just in need of some help with some spec advice at the moment I have a

Shuttle SN26P
Raptor 74GB
dvd/rw
keyboard/mouse
TFT

I need advice on memory, cpu, graphics card ( just 1 )

have £400 max to complete rather have a fast cpu and memory that suits the shuttle and a ok gpu

can someone help

ichabod crane · 23 May 2006 at 23:02

CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£94.95 £94.95

GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£159.95 £159.95

Subtotal £254.90
VAT £44.61
Total £299.51

hows that seem

Sinister · 23 May 2006 at 23:03

sorry mate I need ram have £400 to spend sorry for the first post

ichabod crane · 23 May 2006 at 23:07

what do ya use your pc for?? reckon u would need 2gb or 1gb, with 1 you could get the same vid card and cpu as above for £400, if 2g you will have to get a lesser gpu

Sinister · 23 May 2006 at 23:08

Looking for 2gb of ram mate, I don't mind with a slower gpu card

really want the best combo cpu/ram once my student loan comes i'll see if I can buy a better card.

ichabod crane · 23 May 2006 at 23:11

CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£94.95 £94.95

MY-009-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR HS PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200USU2-2GBHS) (MY-009-GS)
£124.95 £124.95

GX-036-GW Gainward BLISS GeForce 7600 GT "Golden Sample" 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (471846200-7777) (GX-036-GW)
£124.95 £124.95

Subtotal £344.85
VAT £60.35
Total £405.20

Sinister · 23 May 2006 at 23:15

thanks dude you completed my rig

ichabod crane · 23 May 2006 at 23:17

welcome should be pretty good setup, and you can stick another card in later if you have the SLI shuttle like i think you do

Sinister · 24 Jun 2006 at 23:53

I have a raptor 74gb do I need to install the raid drivers when installing XP Pro at the start screen pressing F6?

Chris1712 · 25 Jun 2006 at 00:24

Sinister said:
I have a raptor 74gb do I need to install the raid drivers when installing XP Pro at the start screen pressing F6?

Generally new xp discs will auto detect the nforce 4 sata controller.

xirokx · 25 Jun 2006 at 06:48

I have a raptor 74gb do I need to install the raid drivers when installing XP Pro at the start screen pressing F6?

You only need RAID drivers if you have 2 WD raptors....otherwise just treat it as a standard drive in which I mean just install win xp like you would any other drive...

Its a SATA drive so will be installed as a SATA you don't need to worry about RAID or setting it up in a diff way...

P.S. what res do you game at? anything above 1280 x 1024 will require a 512mb card....Also if you are not going to be overclocking you can get the GEIL 2gb Value RAM instead - you may be able to get yourself a X2 chip then?

Burbleflop · 25 Jun 2006 at 09:05

xirokx said:
P.S. what res do you game at? anything above 1280 x 1024 will require a 512mb card...

Rubbish. I game at 1920x1200 with my rig and don't have any problems.