new rig

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:02

hey guys c an you help me please get some new hardware for a new rig. i want to get every thing from over ocuk and next day delivery. i have all my drives and psu as well. at the mo i have a 3000+ 64 (754) gigabyte nf3 250. and a 6800nu. i have £600 to spend so end price must come to same include vat lol. i have always tened to lean to navidia to not to botherd if i go ati or navida just want gd cpu and gfx-c. please help me !!!!

Eliminos · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:09

What are you going to be doing with it? Playing a lot of games/doing a lot of video encoding etc. If games: what games?

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:19

games mostly and mutlimedia stuff as am starting my masters dgree in mulitmeadia in sep

Eliminos · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:21

Can you elabourate on what games you will be running?

semi-pro waster · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:22

I'd go for something along these lines if gaming is the primary objective, this assumes you have suitable Ram already and does include a PSU.

MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£234.95 £234.95
Subtotal £489.80
VAT £85.72
Total £575.52

If you want dual core I'd go for something like this.

MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£184.95 £184.95
GX-042-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-HT)
£179.95 £179.95
Subtotal £484.80
VAT £84.84
Total £569.64

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:25

i play bf2 gw cs:s FEAR all high end really

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:26

just fancy a few differnt options

Eliminos · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:28

semi-pro waster said:
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£234.95 £234.95
Subtotal £489.80
VAT £85.72
Total £575.52

I'll second that - but do you need RAM?

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:33

av god a gig of ddr 400 the now

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:34

i can get a way with out the PSu as i have adaptors for my psu which is 550w to convert to atx 2

semi-pro waster · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:50

scotishhaggis said:
i can get a way with out the PSu as i have adaptors for my psu which is 550w to convert to atx 2

What is your PSU? 550w as a figure doesn't mean much on its own, a cheap PSU probably won't cope with the same as a 350w from a good brand.

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:59

to tell you the truth aye cant rember but i bought only 4 months ago its cost about £60 am at wrk so i cant check nut i got adv to buy it on anouther forum

ACESHIGH · 18 Feb 2006 at 13:41

semi-pro waster said:
I'd go for something along these lines if gaming is the primary objective, this assumes you have suitable Ram already and does include a PSU.

MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£134.95 £134.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£234.95 £234.95
Subtotal £489.80
VAT £85.72
Total £575.52

If you want dual core I'd go for something like this.

MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.95 £49.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£184.95 £184.95
GX-042-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-HT)
£179.95 £179.95
Subtotal £484.80
VAT £84.84
Total £569.64

Both setups are great gaming rigs.
If you multitask though the dual core 3800+ will suit you more.

Sounds like your PSU will be ok.

scotishhaggis · 18 Feb 2006 at 16:11

cheers guys for the help i like the idea of the x2 but its stuck at 2.0 aith 512 l2