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GhettoChild · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:58

All,

Please could you comment on the selection below before I get buying. Comments on all or any components would be good, and whether I can get any better performance for a little more or less cost....

Also, comments on the compatibility of the build....

Cheers..

CoolerMaster Wavemaster
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS)
XFX GeForce 7800GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70G-UDF7) (GX-070-XF)
SpeedLink Ultra SL-6465 Flat Metal Keyboard (KB-000-SL)
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 4.0A - OEM (N48-00022) (KB-003-MS)
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
Pioneer DVR-111DSV 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Silver) OEM (CD-039-PO)
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Silver (CD-001-AP)
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)

Andy

GhettoChild · 30 Mar 2006 at 22:22

Will be mainly CAD, gaming, and general application use at university.

My current P4 2ghz is struggling with the fact I have about 4 CAD/CAM packages lol

A

GhettoChild · 30 Mar 2006 at 22:40

Cheers, my main thoughts are with the mobo, and whether this is the best choice for the price.

Would an Asus Premium be a better choice?

Andy

GhettoChild · 30 Mar 2006 at 23:00

Right ok, although the only issue with the silent cooling pipe is that i will run a wavemaster, traditionally not superb for cooling and thus might not be so good...

I aint looking to overclock, and if i were, want it to be easy as never done it before....comments?!

Andy

GhettoChild · 30 Mar 2006 at 23:22

Right ok,

So mobo wise its a toss up between SATA ports etc....

Andy

GhettoChild · 30 Mar 2006 at 23:36

Well is the DFI my best choice as a mobo if it maybe has conflict with RAM as well as PSU's?

Not being an overclocker, but potentially one in the future, what would be best? I'm getting lost with decisions!

Andy

GhettoChild · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:19

Well thanks for the info guys, sadly I'm still stuck on my mobo choice at the moment, can't decide whether having an ultimate o/c board is required or whether the asus with more features is preferred...

A