Rate my budget PC

i_am_mowerman · 27 Aug 2006 at 19:10

OK, here goes again:

MOBO
MSI K9N Platinum nForce 570 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-069-MS) £99.86
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Socket_AM2_MSI.html

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM) £105.74
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Socket_AM2_X2.html

RAM
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) £124.95
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Geil_DDR2_Memory.html

Graphics card
BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) £74.95
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7600_Series.html

PSU
Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS) £79.89
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Seasonic_Power_Supplies.html

All compatible? Bottleneckless(ish)? Faster than my current pc TiME athlon 2600, 1gig very old ram, junk mobo, gf FX5200.?
thanks for any imput

xirokx · 27 Aug 2006 at 19:15

will u be overclocking?

dunno how much that will cost in total but why not go conroe? as thats a much better option especially if u will be overclocking..

As far as your questions are concerned

yes its all compatible, i cant see any bottle necking issues and it will **** on yer time computer...

i_am_mowerman · 27 Aug 2006 at 19:59

xirokx said:
will u be overclocking?

dunno how much that will cost in total but why not go conroe? as thats a much better option especially if u will be overclocking..

As far as your questions are concerned

yes its all compatible, i cant see any bottle necking issues and it will **** on yer time computer...

No overclocking for me.
I hear a lot of raving about Conroe, whats the deal, is it so much better than athlon x2 that I should change my mobo?
And HAHAA I'm soo glad to see that it will own my current rig

made my day! Do you think I can run HL2 in 1280x1024 now? with nice settings?

semi-pro waster · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:13

I'd be very surprised if it didn't work a whole lot better than your current PC and yes HL2 should easily run maxed out. I haven't totted up the price properly for your suggestion but I think this comes out around the same price and will be faster although the motherboard won't be much good for overclocking.

CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£115.99 £115.99
MB-003-AK Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-003-AK)
£53.99 £53.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£124.95 £124.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£129.99 £129.99
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.99 £49.99
Subtotal £474.91
VAT £83.11
Total £558.02

Raikiri · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:15

Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-064-GI)
Price: £57.99 (£68.14 Including VAT at 17.5%)

That spec ^ but with this motherboard

xirokx · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:16

BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) £74.95

at that res possibly pushing it with this card cuz it only has 256mb and at that res or higher u need a card with 512mb especially if u wanna play it on max settings

Conroe are the best cpus around today cuz of their overclocking potential..However that comes at a price...lol.....for example your x2 3800 has a 512kb L2 cache where as the minimum a conroe has is 2mb which is 4 times the equivalant...

Depends on what u do with your pc and from what angle you look at things

if you overclock then definately go conroe and also if u want to have the latest tech...

However if you dont care about overclocking and not having the latest tech then X2 or even a single core 3700 san diego will be good for u....

Keep in mind it will all be changing earlier next year with the release of windows vista, DX 10 gpus and quadcore cpus lol...

So its what u want really and more importantly what you do with your pc...

You dont really need a AM2 socket cpu either mate theres such a small difference in performance from AMD x2 and AM2 x2 so small u wudnt even notice the diff...

That psu u have chosen is not really required for the bits u have chosen either

i_am_mowerman · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:25

Well, I'm not versed in the art of OCing, so I guess I'll just stick with x2 for now.
And yes, should be fun when Dx 10 hits us.
And I only thought I'd choose that PSU, is because it had a SLI logo next to it

And All the stuff I'm going to order are geared towards SLI, I think.
I'm no expert, just want a fairly easy install, and just to be able to play some games with some eye candy anf reaosnable frames!

Raikiri · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:35

xirokx said:
at that res possibly pushing it with this card cuz it only has 256mb and at that res or higher u need a card with 512mb especially if u wanna play it on max settings

1280x1024? That is not all that high really. I would only consider needing a 512mb card for 1680x1050+

xirokx said:
Conroe are the best cpus around today cuz of their overclocking potential..However that comes at a price...lol.....for example your x2 3800 has a 512kb L2 cache where as the minimum a conroe has is 2mb which is 4 times the equivalant...

It doesnt cost much more really, same price with the cheaper motherboard and they Allendales (6300/6400) have 2mb whereas the x3800 has 1mb total cache.

xirokx said:
if you overclock then definately go conroe and also if u want to have the latest tech...

It is faster anyway, before overclocking.

xirokx said:
That psu u have chosen is not really required for the bits u have chosen either

Both the seasonic and FSP listed are very good PSUs and would be good enough for future upgrades

i_am_mowerman · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:54

Thanks Guy, Raikiri.
Well my total for listed items, came to £485
And really, is Conroe that much faster it justifies the extra dough? bearing in mind I'm not goin to overclock anything at all?
thanks, I'v just sort of always bought AMD, apart from a celeron a while ago.

Raikiri · 27 Aug 2006 at 20:58

Not that much before overclocking, if you do get the X3800+ save some money and buy a cheaper motherboard with an x1800xt.

CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£89.99 £89.99
MB-147-AS Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-147-AS)
£57.99 £57.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
CA-005-SK FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-005-SK)
£49.99 £49.99
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£129.99 £129.99
Subtotal £437.91
VAT £76.64
Total £514.55