Some boffin please check this for me? :)

gojolleygo · 11 May 2006 at 19:45

I've put myself something together, and I'd just like someone to check if it would all work/fit/be compatible together or looks alright before I get it... I've read all the stickys and a lot of the help and I'd just like some checking

Thanks

CPU

Heatsink

Motherboard

Graphics Card

RAM

Monitor

Case

PSU

SiriusB · 11 May 2006 at 19:53

Could you not just list the parts rather than links? Would make it easier for people

SiriusB

lee87 · 11 May 2006 at 19:56

Agree, just add all the components to the basket then copy and paste into the forum. Saves time and much easier to read.

The links take you to these forums anyway.

gojolleygo · 11 May 2006 at 23:22

ahh ok sorry, thought that might have been best. Here it is...

CP-131-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-131-AM)

HS-020-AR Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (HS-020-AR)

MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)

GX-037-GW Gainward BLISS GeForce 7300 GS 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (471846200-7661) (GX-037-GW)

MY-061-CS Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT400C3) (MY-061-CS)

HD-050-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)

CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)

CA-018-EN Enermax CS-527 Case Black No PSU (CA-018-EN)

CA-013-AK Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel with Blue LED Fan (CA-013-AK)

MO-033-HY Hyundai ImageQuest B71A 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-033-HY)

There are some other bits but they don't really matter, (speakers etc.)
And I'm not really going to be using this for gaming, so I didn't choose an expensive graphics card or anything, but that won't have any bad effects will it apart from less fancy graphics?

Thanks again helpy helpertons

SiriusB · 11 May 2006 at 23:34

Get an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro instead of the alpine. The 64 Pro is probably the best CPU cooler going for the price.

Other than that, looks okay to me.

SiriusB

NightmareXX · 11 May 2006 at 23:38

Whats wrong with the standard AMD cooler? I've always used the stock coolers and they've worked fine

gojolleygo · 11 May 2006 at 23:42

It doesnt have a blue light though

Thanks SiriusB!

BigDom · 12 May 2006 at 01:40

I'd replace the Corsair with Geil Ram.

Upgrade the graphics.

Drop a NEC DVD Re-Writer in as they are generally popular and considered the best choice.

Personally I'd use a Samsung Spinpoint HDD. Personal preference and very good drives.

gojolleygo · 12 May 2006 at 18:42

Thanks BigDom, just had a look and they were all really good recommendations. Changed everything to what you said.

However I'm not really sure what to do about the graphics card. I retreived my shopping list again today and the graphics card has now gone. There's only two of the 5 NVIDIA PCI links working :confused:

The 7900 Series which are all too expensive, and the MX & FX Series, which look a bit pootripe and are quite cheap, I could spend a bit more on one. Would an ATI graphics card be any good? Or do you need a CrossFire board to use one?

BigDom · 12 May 2006 at 19:16

In the sub £100 area ATI are the best choice. I have 6600's and X800's and X850's.. the latter two are far superior to the 6600.