please could i have some help with my new build

darkrichard

darkrichard

darkrichard

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im looking to, upgrade, but can you just check this lot before I place the order .

What I'm planning to buy:

AMD ATHLON 64 X2 DUAL CORE 4200+ (Socket 939) - RETAIL

Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard

2x 512MB EVGA e-FeForce 7600GS CO ,Mem 800MHz ,GPU 400MHz ,12Pipes, D-Sub ,DVI-I ,S-Video/TV Out, (pci- express)

2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

Corsair® 2GB PC3200 (400) (Twin Pack), 184 pin DDR Non-ECC Registered, CAS3

HiperPower 580W Red HPU-4R580 Modular 20 and 24 pins compatible Full ATX 2.2 compliance

What I already have that will be used in the new rig

ThermalTake Tsunami Black Aluminum
Logitech black cordless keyboard and mouse
Floppy drive / DVD- ROM / CD-RW
Sound blaster 5.1 Live! Digital
Hyundai ImageQuest N91W 19" Widescreen LCD .

pc will be used for Music, games, videos/movies, internet,workstuff ,web design

So, what do you reckon? Are there any glaring errors on my spec or areas that I can improve upon for the money / things I should change?

Many many thanks for any help, I want to get this right so that I don't have to upgrade again for hopefully a few years.
 
Welcome to the forums. The most obvious question is why socket 939? Intel's Conroe(socket 775) is faster and doesn't cost much(if any) more than what you have specified there. The second obvious question is why go for two mid-range graphics cards in SLi?

I'd probably suggest something like this, it barely costs any more going on current prices but it would offer much better performance and allow more potential to upgrade if necessary.

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£114.99 £114.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£149.99 £149.99
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£189.99 £189.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£54.95 £109.90
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£62.99 £62.99
Subtotal £719.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £127.72
Total £857.52
 
im going socket 939 because i like the reviews iv been reading on Asus Mortherboard iv all ways had Amd cpus . would socket AM2 be any better then socket 939.

the two mid-range graphics cards in sli i was told in my local computer shop to be the better cards for me .

would it better to get one top -range graphics cards and get the second one at a later date.

Maybe it time to change to Intel's

what are you views on watercooling with the Intel set up
 
yes welcome richard, afaik am2 is showing little performance increase over 939, all you get it slightly more futureproofing! but i myself made the switch over from amd 939 to intel 775 conroe! and personally i wouldn't look back! so a wise person would use conroe if it's a brand new build for the reasons stated above!

but if you are still wanting amd i personally would stay with 939!
 
Conroe vs AMD cost to performance

You going to get around 10-15% better performance for the same price going with conroe.

SLi vs single

Synthetic benchmarks - probably up to 80% better performance, but depends on system setup, processor speed, output resolution, and of course the games u going to be playing. In real terms if u running a system where the processor is the bottleneck then sli may give 5% extra framerate. This paragraph is very generalised as there are so many factors that will imfluence performance.
 
i think you would be better off getting a single better card something around the x1900 or 7900 series, and going core 2, and as said i went from a 939 to conroe and my 6400 at stock destroys my old 3700 939 that was at 3ghz lol! so ther's a gauge for you ;)
 
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