Playing Around!

Turbanation · 29 Jan 2006 at 22:08

I was mucking around

and I got this spec what do u think good for 2 grand?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4800CDBOX) (CP-129-AM)
£384.95
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS)
£119.95
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£152.69
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO)
£359.95
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£206.74
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 320GB 3200JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-045-WD)
£92.53
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£17.57
Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£103.34
Thermaltake VB1000BNS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-017-TT)
£46.94
Belinea 102035W 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-003-BE)
£323.07
Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail (KB-015-RA)
£46.94
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (KB-077-LG)
£46.94
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£29.96
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)
£151.52

Total Inc VAT £1,983.09

Maybe we could fit in a FX-60? Looks like a good spec though doesnt it. If I was getting it I'd wait for 7900 in march-april time.

Turbanation · 30 Jan 2006 at 14:07

How much difference is there between a FX-60 & a 4800, is it big?

Zefan · 30 Jan 2006 at 14:12

FX60 is clocked 200mhz higher at stock, and has an UNLOCKED multiplier, therefore can be far more flexible when it comes to overclocking as the multiplier can be raised and not just lowered like locked chips. I'd say that you should only really go for the FX60 if you are into some sort of dry ice or have a lot of money to burn.

Answering the question tho, at stock, there's not a lot of difference at all, and the 4800 can be very simply clocked up to the FX60

Turbanation · 30 Jan 2006 at 14:22

What do you think about the rest of the spec then?

Turbanation · 31 Jan 2006 at 09:28

Is there any point in putting in the crosair memory?

Ultra_Extreme · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:37

wouldnt use geil value memory, found it very limiting in my fx-57+7800GTX setup

AFK_Matrix · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:53

Hey ya,

Sorry not been on msn Turbanation to chat but building my new rig

.

I like ** spec, I would defiently change ** memory, i have got the Gskills HZ kit. Can't tell u how they preform yet obviously but they have some good reviews. Also don't know if ** going to overclock but if u are get the DFI board. But if you want to do crossfire wait till the R580 boards come out they should be a big improvement. If ** gonna go SLI and not overclock then the board u chose should be fine. Also if u do get that X1900 get the XT version there is very little differeance in clock speed and u can clock the XT to XTX speeds and save urself some money.

Turbanation · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:04

What memory what you change it to?