Please let me know if this set up is any good. Thanks

akuji · 20 Mar 2007 at 17:24

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

Asrock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC2-8000 Dual Channel Extreme Edition XTC Platinum Series EL-DDR2

Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black

Samsung SpinPoint P HD160HJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU

Please let me know what u guys think, it will be much appreciated, thanks =)

Also my budget was only ment to be £450 max but this comes to £575 so im not looking to spend any more really

chaparral · 20 Mar 2007 at 18:02

akuji said:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

a Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
will be faster and cheaper...

but you need choose a different motherboard and ddr2 ram

V|per · 20 Mar 2007 at 18:02

chaparral said:
but you need choose a different motherboard and ddr2 ram

It is AM2.. thus already ddr2... but.....

...why the stupidly expensive ram? save some money and get the Corsair 2x512 ddr2 xms2 pc5400 cas 4 stuff seen here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-116-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

chaparral · 20 Mar 2007 at 18:10

V|per said:
It is AM2.. thus already ddr2... but.....

Thanks for the heads up...(i still got amd 939 cpu with there ddr1 struck in my head)

akuji · 20 Mar 2007 at 18:13

V|per said:
...why the stupidly expensive ram?

Well the reason for the new system is to play Enemy territory:Quake Wars (when it coimes out). So do u think it will run games such as that as smooth with the cheaper ram that u mentioned ?
btw what is the ram u said to get equal to if it was just DDR ?

Bailey_sufc · 20 Mar 2007 at 20:19

lose the hiper psu there shocking atleast one dies every week get a energy max or tagan etc this is coming from a hiper owner

akuji · 20 Mar 2007 at 20:43

Thanks for all your help guys, Ive now made a few changes, plz let me know what u think.

Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - Retail (changed)

Samsung SpinPoint P HD160HJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (changed)

Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 PRO TwinX (2x512MB) X2 (changed)

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (changed)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU

Its around the same price mark as before.
Please let me know if the mobo is any good with the componants cos i just went with the cheapest one that seemed to match all the other high priced ones

Thanks again.

p4radox · 20 Mar 2007 at 21:01

Looks good.

I'd get a different 965 board, in order to overclock that CPU to the max. A DS3, P5B or P5N-E would be better choices than the Intel board. A Gigabyte S3 would also be a good choice if you are on a very tight budget - essentially the same as the DS3.